CEH (Creation-Evolution Headlines) asks the question, “What Is It About Africa?” The slave trade was abolished, the old “evil” colonial empires are gone, yet hardship has increased over the last several decades. Why, in the 21st century, is so much of the continent caught in the grip of poverty, disease, drought, civil war and genocide? Certainly, on such a huge land mass, there exist limitless possibilities for prosperity –

Africa is a bountiful land of incredible diversity and productive potential, boasting the largest mammals, the great apes, geological diversity, vast panoramas of beauty, and numerous spectacular plants and animals.

 
What there isn’t, except in isolated pockets, is a firm belief in God and obedience to His law. Sadly, for the most part, the problems plaguing Africa are human-caused; avarice, corruption, ignorance, inhumanity.
 
The natural resources are there, and the technology exists, to vastly improve the lives of millions of Africans. What’s lacking is the political will, the right principles and the right leadership.
 
A recent article by Austin Bay at Townhall underscores the devastating results of government corruption on the lives of millions of powerless individuals worldwide: Corruption Feeds Crises Worldwide. As he rightly says, “corruption is innate to the human condition.” But societies flourish where “open, democratic systems, governed by the rule of law, assert their moral and creative superiority.” And the only world view that truly facilitates “open, democratic systems,” is the Judeo-Christian one.
 
CEH elaborates:

You can plant all the Fertilizer Tree Systems you want, and the next Mugabe-like dictator will rip them out and make weapons out of them. You can bring in science and technology, and terrorists will use it destroy their neighbors. You can discover natural resources in abundance, but superstitious people will stick to their unhealthy ways out of fear. You can install clean water systems, but neighboring terrorists will destroy them. You can send everyone to school, and they will learn how to be more sophisticated crooks. You can install thousands of U.N. environmentalists, but poachers will continue to senselessly kill rare rhinos and elephants for their horns and tusks.

 
BUT – what would happen if…

…a vast majority of Africans really followed what Jesus taught: “Let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven?” From that world view, from that perspective, flows a cornucopia of food, healing, safety, security, sharing, help, community, prosperity and love.

 
What’s ails Africa? Nothing that a big dose of Judeo-Christian values can’t fix.
 

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Hooray for DDT’s Life-Saving Comeback ~ The enviro-tyranny of the DDT ban claimed millions of lives in Africa – victims of malaria. Thank God, even Greenpeace is coming to their senses on the issue, (Greenpeace spokesman Rick Hind told the New York Times, “If there’s nothing else and it’s going to save lives, we’re all for it. Nobody’s dogmatic about it.”) and the world-wide bans are being lifted.
 
Atheist Says that Africa Needs God ~ Even a non-believer “gets” it!

Those who want Africa to walk tall amid 21st-century global competition must not kid themselves that providing the material means or even the knowhow that accompanies what we call development will make the change. A whole belief system must first be supplanted.