For example, traditional Africans have such strong family bonds that they continue communication with those who have recently passed away. Reverend William Kingsley Opoku says "Our ancestors are our saints. Christian missionaries who came here wanted us to pray to their saints, their dead people. But what about our saints?" (pg.53) This shows how Christians tried to change the Africans beliefs to accommodate their own without even thinking of how closely related they were. This is quite similar to the Christian practice or habit of visiting the graves of passed loved

Another example of common beliefs is the way that people "look to the divine for strength in dealing with personal problems." (pg. 20) Those who are suffering from physical illness, grief, stress, or any life problem often say a prayer or simply turn to their "god" in thought. Often a student who is preparing to take an important test will sit in their desk and say "Please God help me." Sometimes they do not even realize they are doing it. Likewise, a person who is going through some hard times or illness will say "Please God why me?" While in other cultures a person suffering the loss of a loved one will light a candle or incense rather than only say a prayer. Either way the person decides to go to the divine, it will only bring them closer to knowing what they believe as their divine. Agnes Collard, a Christian woman near death from four painful years of cancer said "I don't know what or who he is but I am almost sure that he is there. I feel his presence, feel that he is close to me during the awful moments. And I feel love." (pg. 20) Furthermore, Mahatma Gandhi was as extremely shy, fearful, self-conscious child when he turned to the great Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. While meditating to this scripture he transformed into on

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