WISDOM NUGGET: A Thought On Religion.

The quote by Ilufoye Noah Adekunle —  

**"Diverse Religions has turned us to insanity on the way to choose the right one on Earth. But apparently we have to choose the right Religion that is why it is called 'FAITH'."™**  

— expresses a fairly common modern frustration with religious pluralism combined with a defense (or at least acceptance) of the need for personal religious choice.

Here is a clear breakdown of what the statement is actually communicating:

### 1. First part — the diagnosis / complaint

"Diverse Religions has turned us to insanity on the way to choose the right one on Earth."

- **Core observation**: There are **many competing religions** (Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, traditional African religions, newer movements, atheism as a worldview, etc.).

- **The psychological/social effect**: This **multiplicity creates confusion, mental overload, doubt, conflict, arguments, division in families/society**, and endless debates about which one is actually true / from God / salvific.

- **Result**: The process of trying to identify "the right one" among dozens (or hundreds) of mutually exclusive truth-claims drives many people toward **mental/emotional exhaustion**, frustration, cynicism, or even a kind of **collective neurosis** ("insanity").

- In short: **Too many exclusive options → paralysis / madness in decision-making**.

This sentiment is very widespread today — especially among young people in religiously diverse countries like Nigeria — who grow up exposed to multiple strong religious voices and feel overwhelmed or turned off by the competing certainties.

### 2. Second part — the twist / justification

"But apparently we have to choose the right Religion that is why it is called 'FAITH'."

- **Acknowledgment of necessity**: Despite the confusion created by diversity, the author does **not** conclude "therefore no religion is true" or "therefore all are equally valid" or "therefore reject them all".

- Instead: **We still must choose** — because ultimate questions (meaning of life, afterlife, morality's foundation, relationship to the divine) are too important to remain undecided or pluralistic about forever.

- **The key re-definition of faith**:  

  The very **reason** we call it "faith" (instead of "knowledge", "proof", or "science") is precisely **because certainty is not available through ordinary evidence** in this domain.  

  → We are forced to **leap**, to **commit**, to **trust one path** without 100% visible proof — and that act of decisive trust amid uncertainty **is** what "faith" actually means.

In other words:  

The **insanity-inducing diversity** does not disprove the need to choose → it actually **explains why the category "faith" exists at all**.

### Overall intended message (paraphrased)

"The existence of so many religions drives people crazy trying to figure out which is correct.  

Yet we can't escape the pressure/necessity to pick one anyway —  

and that's exactly why the word we use for this kind of high-stakes, evidence-incomplete commitment is **faith** — not sight, not certainty, not demonstration."

It is simultaneously:

- a complaint about religious pluralism being psychologically burdensome

- a partial defense of (exclusive/monotheistic) faith as an inevitable human response to ultimate questions

- a somewhat ironic or resigned commentary on why "faith" had to be invented as a concept

This kind of reflection is quite typical of someone who has wrestled seriously with Nigeria's intense multi-religious environment (strong Christianity + strong Islam + traditional beliefs + growing skepticism / nones) and still landed on the side of needing to make a personal religious commitment rather than pure agnosticism or syncretism.

Does this interpretation match how you yourself understand or feel about the quote?