Give seven ways through which the people in the Traditional African Communities use the environment to demonstrate their belief in God
Give seven ways through which the people in the Traditional African Communities use the environment to demonstrate their belief in God (7mks)
- Setting aside sacred places and building shrines for the worship of God
- Setting aside totems regarded as sacred such as animals, birds, reptiles
- Using land and other natural resources responsibly
- Praying while facing the heavenly bodies, mountains, objects which are regarded as symbols of God
- Using soil during oathing, cursing ceremonies, when blessing or making covenant
- Protecting the land because it was given to them by God
- Sharing of the resources given to them by God
- Giving to God the resources from the land such as grains and animal as offerings and sacrices
- Pouring libation to the ground
- Burning sacrifices to God so that the smoke ascends to heaven
- Worshiping God to end a calamity such as drought or floods
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