Nigerian journalist David Hundeyin has shared a deeply personal account of how religious beliefs affected his family, stirring conversations online.
In a detailed post, Hundeyin recounted tensions within his household linked to the teachings of Jehovah’s Witnesses, particularly their stance on blood transfusion, which was recently changed.
David Hundeyin recounts family conflict
He narrated how his father strongly opposed such medical procedures on religious grounds, leading to conflicts with his children.
According to him, the disagreements eventually strained family relationships, with his father reportedly becoming estranged from his children and missing key life events, including their weddings and the birth of grandchildren.
Hundeyin further alleged that later changes in the religious doctrine deepened his frustration, as he reflected on what he described as the long-term emotional consequences on his family.
@DavidHundeyin wrote …
“I remember back in 2006 when my older brother was a 5th year medical student at Korle Bu and he caused a big family quarrel during a brief holiday in Lagos where he mentioned casually that he regularly administered blood transfusions to his patients.
My dad believed that as a Jehovah Witness, my brother should decline to take part in any medical procedure involving blood transfusion on religious grounds. He didn’t even want to know whether such a refusal was even possible under the terms of medical practise (it isn’t) – all he knew was that 12 white men in Brooklyn who regularly spoke to “Jehovah” had decreed it so, and how dare us children from a JW family not prioritise those instructions over everything else.
And because he convinced himself that his placenta was tied to these stupid Jehovah’s Witnesses, he went on to lose his whole family that he spent decades building an empire for, and he died rich, miserable and alone. His first child got married and didn’t even inform him because she knew he wouldn’t approve. His 2nd child (my brother) invited him to his wedding and he declined because the bride was Catholic. His 4th child (me) got married and he was also absent, and he never met any of the 2 grandchildren he had before he died confused and heartbroken.
And after thoroughly fucking up his life, the cult just wakes up one day and changes the entire fundamental doctrine that made him go to war with his own children. There is no way to quantify the damage that has been caused here, and even if there were, oyibo man is definitely never going to pay.
As in my dad’s case and in the case of every other brainwashed, spiritually lost black person, African wey no gree get sense, na oyibo go kill am.
All we can do is cry over spilled milk now.”
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