SpaceX CEO Elon Musk suggested last week that he agrees with the assertion that Western civilization is doomed without Christianity.
Nzube Olisaebuka Udezue, a British rapper also known as Zuby, posted on X last Friday that he thought “the West is completely screwed if it loses Christianity.”
I don’t think I’ve ever said this publicly and directly, but I think the West is completely screwed if it loses Christianity.
To explain this in full would require an entire book. But I’ve thought about it a lot over the years and have come to this conclusion.
It’s like removing the…
-ZUBY: (@ZubyMusic) December 29, 2023
“To explain this in its entirety would take an entire book,” continued Udezue, who has 1.1 million followers on declared himself a Christian. “But I’ve thought about it a lot over the years and I’ve come to this conclusion.”
Udezue, born in London to Nigerian parents, said removing Christianity from Western culture is like “removing the foundations of a building while proudly expecting it to remain standing forever… Meanwhile , enemies inside and outside are trying to demolish the building.” on.”
He then compared the West’s historically dominant religion to its “immune system,” and said the presence of a Christian majority in the West has served as a “form of herd immunity” that has benefited both Christians and ‘to non-Christians.
“We cannot have a cultural and moral vacuum,” he added. “It goes against the laws of human nature.”
Udezue’s initial tweet, which attracted 1.7 million views and 28,000 likes, also prompted a response from Musk, who wrote: “I think you’re probably right.”
I think you’re probably right
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 30, 2023
“Amen!” replied Udezue, who interviewed Musk on his “Real Talk with Zuby Podcast” last June.
Musk has previously discussed his views on Christianity and religion, although he has not professed an orthodox faith in Jesus Christ. In a 2013 interviewhe told “The Office” star Rainn Wilson that while he dedicated his life to the “progress of humanity,” he said he “really doesn’t worship anything” and has neglected to pray even when he almost died of malaria. .
During a interview with popular Christian satire site The Babylon Bee in December 2021, Musk was asked if he would accept Jesus Christ as his “personal Lord and Savior”.
Musk, who was baptized and received communion while growing up in South Africa, responded that he admired “the principles that Jesus advocated,” such as “treating people the way you would want to be treated.”
“Things like turning the other cheek are very important, as opposed to an eye for an eye. “An eye for an eye makes everyone blind,” Musk said, echoing Mahatma Gandhi. “As Einstein would say, ‘I believe in Spinoza’s God,'” he also said, suggesting that he adheres to deist beliefs.
“But hey, if Jesus saves people, I mean, I won’t get in his way. Of course I will be saved. Why not?” Musk added.
In response to a tweet from an apparently Muslim user on X urging him to confess to a Creator in May 2022, Musk wrote: “Thank you for the blessing, but I’m okay with going to hell, if that is indeed my destination, since the vast majority of all humans ever born will be there.”
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