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COMMUNITY Charity
AFRIKA: The Dead Bones
Shall Rise
By Fr Anselm Adodo
he Covid-19 pandemic it, exploit it and do all kinds One distinctive feature of nature
experience is inviting of things with it. People go to is that it is generous; it is an
the world to come school to learn about nature, to open book, open for everyone to
Tdown to the earth to understand it, to explain it. They read and understand. And the
regain our health. We are people acquire degrees, become experts more we learn about nature, the
of the earth. The earth is the and professionals and profes- wiser we become, and the more
primary source of our creativ- sors in various fields of human our knowledge grows. And the
ity, intelligence, and humanity. knowledge: medicine, physics, more our knowledge grows, the
Before we set out to calculate, to chemistry, pharmacy, botany, more our need to know more
create, to invent, to fabricate, the biology, astronomy, geography, increases. We must therefore
earth already was. psychology, engineering, ar- remain close to the earth so that
chitecture, etc. Call it what you we don’t lose contact with our
Science does not and cannot wish, describe it as you like, roots, our origin. Today, faced
create. Science only tries to explain it as you want, mystify it with globalization, high-tech-
explain nature, to interpret it, as you please, it still boils down nology, and a fast-paced
manage it, mimic it, control to the same thing: NATURE. modern lifestyle, we are often
52 | Heal . Restore . Rebirth . Afrika
