What are some Nigerian customs and traditions about birth?
Many pagan customs have been kept by some present-day Nigerian parents and even by some brethren. Female circumcision causes great trouble after the child grows to be a mother. Children are often named during a religious naming ceremony. Sacrifices are often offered to the god of the land or the god of yams for bringing the child. Some parents believe that a boy is a re-incarnated spirit and consult a ju-ju priest as to where it came from. Any custom which is done as a religious practice is wrong, for all religious practices must come from the Bible. Any custom which is bad for health and may endanger life (such as female circumcision) must be rejected, since the Christian’s body is the temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 3:16,17). All tribal and ancestral customs should be examined or proved (1 Thessalonians 5:21). Hold fast that which is good and abstain from every appearance of evil (verse 22). Should a Christian mother forsake assembling for worship for a long period after the
