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I was moreso referring to his alternate title, General Overseer which legitimately sounds like something out of an Orwell novel. I have no beef with religion i
by FussyZeus 9y ago
I was moreso referring to his alternate title, General Overseer which legitimately sounds like something out of an Orwell novel.
I have no beef with religion in general, other than the fact that many religious leaders seem to have picked that job because they weren't qualified to do a single other thing, but hey, to each their own.
- humanrebar 9y ago"Overseer" is an alternate translation of "elder" or "bishop" (from the Greek: episkopos), which are recognized offices in most Western Christian churches. "Daddy Go" also sounds strange to my ears, but I'm not Nigerian.
- sah2ed 9y agoThe correct parsing should be "Daddy G.O." -- G.O. being the abbreviation of General Overseer.
- humanrebar 9y agoAh! That sounds a bit better. I could see children calling their grandfather or older family friend that.
- vidarh 9y agoDaddy/mummy/auntie/uncle/cousin/sister/brother pretty much indicate age/seniority/importance/familiarity in Nigeria without necessarily saying much about actual blood relation. So the use of "daddy" in itself is just cultural and nothing specifically to do with the church.
- adventist 9y agoThank you for putting more context into that! I was a bit confused at first.
- vezycash 9y agoThe two church leaders mentioned in the article Oyedepo and Adeboye had a functioning career. Adeboye was a lecturer. Oyedepo was an architect. Check out a picture or video of the Faith Terbanacle building. A 50,000 capacity with no visible support pillar. Guess who designed it.
- Digory 9y ago"Daddy Bridge builder" sounds odd in English, too. Two thousand years, and we don't give "pope" or "pontifex" a second thought.