Greetings!
Before these past few years, I used to watch all kinds of movies just to be entertained. Nollywood movies were especially appealing to me, including the meaningless and comic ones—I just love to be entertained.
The truth is, when it comes to finding meaning in movies, I would give it to our very own local movies because the settings revolve around our lifestyle. Among the many movies I've watched, one that really opened my eyes is "FAKE MIRACLES." There are many movies with this title if searched, but the one I'm referring to stars Kenneth Okonkwo as the main actor.
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As the name implies, "FAKE MIRACLES" portrays the trend of fake miracles in churches and how people are easily drawn to them. In this movie, deep and well-packaged exposures are made, surpassing the rumors and stories I used to hear about how fake miracles are organized.
One particular part that caught my attention was when the people paid to stage receiving miracles were about to confess and reveal the truth to the public because they were not paid in full for their jobs. At that moment, the pastor decided to take their lives to bury the truth. Consequently, they resorted to using voodoo from a native doctor to make the people used in the fake miracles become deaf and dumb, run mad, or die immediately if they thought of revealing the truth.
In this movie, although voodoo was used to perform most of the miracles, which appeared very real, the parts that freaked me out were when they rented people to pretend to be lame, deaf, dumb, or dead and then got healed immediately when prayed upon.
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The truth is, there are real miracles, no doubt about that. But looking deeper, most of the miracles we hear about today, even the ones performed by top men of God, are totally fake. In this movie, the clergy appeared real, original, and clean in the eyes of people. People believed him, and even some of the people working with him didn't know what he was up to; the whole system was incredibly well packaged.
The typical characteristics of flamboyant pastors were not seen in him—he was meek and humble, which never made the people suspect his acts.
This is the same thing happening in our world today. Most of these people appear very real, and only a few people know how they are getting their things done.
Like I said, I'm not saying I don't believe in miracles—I do believe in miracles—but I'm very careful about the things I applaud. In fact, I prefer it when a church or a clergy comes out plainly to say what they're using. I could mention names, but I will keep it reserved.
Meanwhile, most of us know which miracles are fake, and we still follow them because humans just love miracles.
Thanks for reading.