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I didn't see any theological details in the article. What is "blurring the line between religion and cult"? Call-and-response group communication (1)? I've considered that an interesting anthropolicial phenomenon, but nothing to eschew. Am I missing something?

(1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_and_response

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I was moreso referring to his alternate title, General Overseer which legitimately sounds like something out of an Orwell novel.

I have no beef with religion in general, other than the fact that many religious leaders seem to have picked that job because they weren't qualified to do a single other thing, but hey, to each their own.

"Overseer" is an alternate translation of "elder" or "bishop" (from the Greek: episkopos), which are recognized offices in most Western Christian churches. "Daddy Go" also sounds strange to my ears, but I'm not Nigerian.

The correct parsing should be "Daddy G.O." -- G.O. being the abbreviation of General Overseer.

Ah! That sounds a bit better. I could see children calling their grandfather or older family friend that.

Daddy/mummy/auntie/uncle/cousin/sister/brother pretty much indicate age/seniority/importance/familiarity in Nigeria without necessarily saying much about actual blood relation.

So the use of "daddy" in itself is just cultural and nothing specifically to do with the church.

Thank you for putting more context into that! I was a bit confused at first.

The two church leaders mentioned in the article Oyedepo and Adeboye had a functioning career.

Adeboye was a lecturer. Oyedepo was an architect.

Check out a picture or video of the Faith Terbanacle building. A 50,000 capacity with no visible support pillar. Guess who designed it.

"Daddy Bridge builder" sounds odd in English, too. Two thousand years, and we don't give "pope" or "pontifex" a second thought.

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