Abena Europe Basuula Amacalici

Pa myaka ukucila pali 1,600, abena Europe abengi baatekwa na mabuteko ayatila yalakonka ifyo Yesu alesambilisha. Bushe abaya ku mapepo nomba baleya balefula mu Europe muli ino myaka ya ba2000? Mu 2002, Steve Bruce, uwasambilila imikalile ya bantu alembele fimo pa calo ca Britain mu citabo citila God is Dead—Secularization in the West. Atile: “Mu myaka ya ba1800 mupepi na bantu bonse abaleupana, ubwinga bwabo bwalebela mu calici.” Lelo, ilyo umwaka wa 1971 walefika, mu England abantu ukucilako fye panono pali hafu e baleupanina mu calici. Mu 2000 abantu tabalefika na kuli hafu.

Umuntu umo uulemba pa fya mapepo mu nyunshipepala ya ku London iyitwa ati Daily Telegraph alandile ati: “Mu filonganino fya mapepo ifikalamba, ukutendekela ne Calici lya ku England, icalici lya Roma Katolika, ne lya ba Methodist ukubikako fye na macalici ya ba United Reformed, monse umu abaleupaninamo balecepelako fye.” Alandile pali lipoti imo amwene ati: “Pa kufika mu 2040 ninshi amacalici mu Britain yaya yalepwa kabili kukaba fye aba kupenda aba kulaya mu kupepa pa Mulungu.” Batila e fyo cikaba na ku mipepele mu Netherlands.

Lipoti yafumine ku maofesi ya baDutch Social and Cultural Planning, abalolekesha pa bwikashi bwa bantu mu calo ca Netherlands yatile: “Muli ino myaka cilemoneka kwati abantu besu nabatemwa sana ifya calo. Kanshi pa kufika muli ba2020, abantu abengi sana (72%) bafwile bakaleka ukuya ku mapepo.” Inyunshipepala ya mu German yatile, “Abena German abengi balitendeka ubuloshi no kumfwana ne mipashi pa kuti basange icisansamushi balekwata ku macalici, ku ncito e lyo na mayanda yabo. . . . Amacalici ayengi muli ici calo baleyesala pa mulandu wa kuti abantu tabaya ku mapepo.”

Mu Europe abantu abacili balaya ku calici, te kufwaya ukusambilila ico Lesa afwaya belako. Ilyashi limo ukufuma ku Italy litila: “Imipepele ya bena Italy, ilabasuminisha ukucita fyonse ifyo balefwaya.” Umwaume umo uwa mu Italy uwasambilila pa fya mikalile ya bantu atile: “Mu fyo baPapa basambilisha tulasalamo ifyo fwe bene tulefwaya ukukonka.” Ifi e fyo nalimo twingalanda na pali baKatolika ababa mu Spain, abatemwisha sana ukukwata ifyuma ukucila ukupepa kabili abafwaya sana no kwikala bwino pali ino ine nshita.

Ifyo aba bantu bacita fyalipusana sana ne fyo Kristu na basambi bakwe balesambilisha no kucita. Yesu taleeba abantu ukutila pa fyo alesambilisha kuti basalapo fye ifyo balefwaya ukukonka no kusha ifyo bashilefwaya. Yesu atile: “Umuntu nga alefwaya ukunkonka, aikaane umwine, asende icimuti cakwe ica kucushiwilwapo ubushiku no bushiku, alenkonka.” Yesu asambilishe abantu ukuti umwina Kristu afwile ukulabako kuli fimo ifyo engatemwa ukucita pa kuti abombele Lesa.—Luka 9:23.

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“IMIPEPELE NAIFULA ICINE CINE”

Umukalamba wa kabungwe kalolekesha pa milimo ya baKatolika mu France atile: “Natumona ifyo imipepele ifulile iileongola abantu. Abantu balasala icalici balefwaya, nomba nga bafilwa ukutemwa icalici basala, balaleka ukupepako no kuyafwaya limbi.” Grace Davie uwasambilila sana imikalile ya bantu, uwaba pa Univesiti yabela mu Exeter, ku Britain alandile pa mipepele yaba mu Europe ati: “Apo kwaba amacalici ayengi abantu basalapo fye ilyo balefwaya no kutendeka ukukonka ifyo licita. Filya fine fye . . . caba ku fintu fimbi ifyo tusala mu bumi e fyo cili na ku mipepele, abantu kuti basala ukupepa konse uko balefwaya uko bengabasuminisha ukucita fyonse ifyo batemwa.”