entry 34

"That is not so. We make sacrifices to the little gods, but when they fail and there is no one else to turn to we go to Chukwu. It is right to do so. We approach a great man through his servants. But when his servants fail to help us, then we go to the last source of hope."p.g 180

This is when Mr. Brown and Akunna are trying to describe their religions to each other. I like the way Akunna explained his religion. He basically said that we have one supreme ruler but we do not bother him with our everyday problems and only go to him in times of great need. He says that the people that they go to for lesser problems are the servants of their supreme god, which if you think about it is a lot like religion. Christians see priests, saints, prophets, an Jesus as servants of God just the same as the villagers see the lesser gods as servants to the supreme god Chukwu. So even though they are debating about which is the true religion they are both saying the same thing.