As we teach people about respecting authority, we should also make a case for the moral force of disrespect. Telling people to respect constituted authority is not helpful if the constituted authority does not respect them back. If today, Pentecostal leaders insist that constituted authority must be respected and the existing social order be preserved, it also means that they have become the establishment. When Pastor Paul Enenche, responding on the same issue, listed the criteria that Daddy Freeze did not meet before challenging their authority, he overlooked an important point. As much as the culture is respect is desirable, disrespect is just as important.

Source: Punch September 16, 2020 23:21 UTC