Chinua Achebes Things Fall Apart - The Clans Beliefs and Christian Beliefs :: Things Fall Apart essays

Things F every last(predicate) apart - The Clans Beliefs and Christian Beliefs       There are many differences between the Clans beliefs and Christians beliefs. This is illustrated on pages 126-129, in the quotation of the adept true god. Both the tribe and the Missionaries concord different perceptions on who this one true god is. The clan has trouble understanding the Christian beliefs as they have lived a tribal existence for so long. They have only ever been aware of their own culture, which makes it hard for them to adjust to the slipway of the Christians.   On arrival, the missionaries barely understand the tribe. They have very little companionship of the cultural beliefs or rituals that the tribe revere. It seems inappropriate that they are willing to hold up that the villagers beliefs are false. He told them that they worshipped false gods, gods of wood and stone. They dont even observe that this too is a successful community, which wor ks well under its mode of religious law. They take it upon themselves to change the religion or make it civilised, not respecting the fact that maybe the villagers were already content with what they had.   The missionaries take in one supreme god. This god is the creator of all the world and all the men and women who remain the Earth. They believe that all men go for judgement before him when they die, and that all men who worship false gods of wood and stone would be thrown into a fire that burned like palm oil. If the lord saves their soulfulness from transgress they will have eternal life in heaven with god, who is withal eternal. They bury the body of the deceased in the ground, but believe their soul goes up to heaven if they have accepted the lord in their heart. The missionaries believe that Christianity is the only right religion, why else would they be so intent on conversion and spreading the word of Jesus Christ? This creates conflict with the tribe , as the Clan are content with their way of life and do not wish to change.   The Clan has a different perception when it comes to the gods.