We are already in heaven, if not in hell
What if we are already in heaven? The question sounds spiritual, but it is deeply political and economic. Across religion, economics, and politics, the same moral lesson is preached in different languages: sacrifice now, be rewarded later.
Lazarus Kwedhi
What if we are already in heaven? The question sounds spiritual, but it is deeply political and economic. Across religion, economics, and politics, the same moral lesson is preached in different languages: sacrifice now, be rewarded later.
Clergymen promise heaven after death. Economists promise development after structural adjustment. Politicians promise prosperity after the next election.
The vocabulary changes, but the structure does not. The reward is always deferred, and the gatekeepers remain the same.
Christianity teaches Namibians to trade competing values – righteousness against sin – while waiting for judgment day. Believers endure poverty on earth so they can inherit the Kingdom of God, a place without pain.
Economically, the world is divided into “developed” and “developing” nations. This language was born at the Bretton Woods Conference after World War II to rebuild Europe.
