{"id":50734,"date":"2018-08-08T08:50:52","date_gmt":"2018-08-08T08:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/gh\/?p=50734"},"modified":"2018-08-08T05:05:12","modified_gmt":"2018-08-08T05:05:12","slug":"im-not-an-idol-worshiper-but-a-proud-catholic-john-dumelo-hits-back-at-critics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/im-not-an-idol-worshiper-but-a-proud-catholic-john-dumelo-hits-back-at-critics\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019m Not An Idol Worshiper, But A Proud Catholic\u2019 \u2013 John Dumelo Hits Back At Critics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Actor, entrepreneur and ‘Politician’, John Dumelo has hit back at his accusers that he’s an idol worshiper.<\/p>\n

According to him, he is not an idol worshiper but a proud catholic, a church whose doctrines have brought him thus far and is taking him farther.<\/p>\n

John’s comment follows accusations by some social media users that he’s an idol worshiper.<\/p>\n

Mr Dumelo has been on holidays in Montreal in Canada. Being an avid Catholic, he posted a picture of himself kneeling in front of the crucifix in a Catholic church.<\/p>\n

However, he was back-lashed on social media and tagged with \u2018idol worshiping\u2019.<\/p>\n

The accusations have gotten to a point where he has decided to clear the air on the matter and his faith.<\/p>\n

Below is the original post that brought the accusations:<\/p>\n

John’s previous post:<\/h3>\n

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In addressing the issue however,he posted the\u00a0same picture of him kneeling at the crucifix and captioned it:<\/p>\n

\u201cI usually don\u2019t respond to \u2018negative \u2018 comments on Instagram but these set of comments need clarification. I posted a picture of myself touching the feet of a statue Christ in a church in Montreal.<\/em><\/p>\n

Some people said it\u2019s idol worshipping. Some said it\u2019s blasphemy and others too said it\u2019s occultism. If we all turn our bibles to Matthew 9:20\u201322, it\u2019s talks about a woman touching the robe of Jesus to be healed.<\/em><\/p>\n

She said \u201c If I can just touch his robe, I will be healed\u201d. That was her faith. And her faith healed her. When we go to certain churches these days, anointing oil, water etc are sold.<\/em><\/p>\n

Some are asked to pray over these and apply them to be healed. What about those that touch Tv\u2019s to be healed? Is that idol worshipping? Is that occultism?<\/em><\/p>\n

No, it\u2019s all in your faith. Faith is such a big influence if used correctly. I\u2019m a proud Catholic and I will never be ashamed of that.<\/em><\/p>\n

My Catholic beliefs and principles have brought me this far and it\u2019s taking me further. We all believe in one God. No need to judge. God bless us all”.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Post below:<\/h3>\n

https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BmIhMs_H4yv\/?taken-by=johndumelo1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Actor, entrepreneur and ‘Politician’, John Dumelo has hit back at his accusers that he’s an idol worshiper. According to him, he is not an idol worshiper but a proud catholic, a church whose doctrines have brought him thus far and is taking him farther. John’s comment follows accusations by some social media users that he’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6036,"featured_media":50780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[841],"class_list":["post-50734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-john-dumelo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6036"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50734"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50781,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50734\/revisions\/50781"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}