Ghanaian actor, Majid Michel, has expressed the premature demise of the late Ghanaian footballer, Christian Atsu, as something that could have been avoided if he had focused on having a spiritual life.
In an interview on a Accra-based radio station, Majid noted that the Hatayspor winger Atsu was not called to rest by God, but rather died in a premature manner. “Atsu was not supposed to die; Atsu’s death was an untimely death,” he explained. Recent reports indicate that Christian Atsu booked a flight from Turkey to the UK but later cancelled his flight the night before the earthquake.
The renowned actor revealed that all assertions positing that since Atsu was brought to this earth by God, therefore he has been taken back, are all false doctrines derived from the anguish of Job in the Bible. I don’t believe in the phrase, “You don’t know what will happen tomorrow; God gives, and God takes. That’s a lie! Oh God gave Atsu, and God has taken Atsu; God did not take Atsu anywhere; it was Job that made that statement; he said that in anguish; those were Job’s words, and we have made that a doctrine.” he echoed.
Majid Michel believes that there is a need for the youth of the nation to be spiritually built and highlights that “it is better to raise strong children than to fix broken men.”
By: Kobina Badu Baidoo
