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I’ve seen the Tweet by Pastor Adeboye. There’s nothing in it that is agreeable to me. And I’ve been a nominal RCCG member for over 20 years. I will not sack a lady because I find her attractive. And I will never recommend that a lady be sacked because her boss is attracted to her.
The Christianity that I know is all about Equity. Fairness. Goodness. Charity. Love. Christ-like. And sacking someone for just being who they are, with no offense committed, goes against what I believe to be the very basic tenets of Christianity. And every religion worth the name.
More broadly, if we applied that requirement to the letter, we will need to completely segregate the working environment. Afterall, being attracted to a colleague or finding one attractive is fairly common place. To avoid this reality, we will all have to be sacked or move to sack someone just to retain our “sanity”. Surely that’s neither right nor practicable.
I have heard some folks argue that Twitter does not allow for a more rigorous analysis of issues. And that Pastor Adeboye could not have used the platform to dig deep into the issue in the way he’d have liked. Maybe. But we can only go by what is written and published. And that statement on its own, with its recommendation, cannot be how we want to be conducting relations in the work place. So if Twitter is to be used for preaching, it should be used with care.
Ultimately, our (religious) leaders, no matter how highly placed and revered, need to take care in the choice of words they use publicly. They may superintend over multitudes. They may mean well. But they should not make statements that, on reflection, are antithetical to the very basis of their calling. Our women suffer enough already without being victimized for just showing up at work.
Kinda sad that in the week that GirlDads are getting celebrated following Kobe’s death, this is coming up. Pretty sure no Dad will be happy to see his daughter sacked because a man finds her too attractive!
