newfarer wrote:bigchick said kenyans love being conned .how true.the church is still full.
It's not about Kenyans. Humans don't make decisions in the simple ways we tend to assume. For example, just because you interpret this event as evidence for falsehood, others may see it as evidence for authority.
Once again I'd like to refer us to the chapter of the grand inquisitor in the 'Brothers Karamazov'. Dostoyevsky explicates common folk psychology like no other writer I have ever met.
At all times remember, everything is valid if it works in a given context. For example, what would the ailing who go to Ng'ang'a do if they believed he was lying to them? What different quality of bishop would they seek? Owuor?
But spot the difference between Owuor and Ng'ang'a. Compare and contrast.