Nigerian rapper and activist, Folarin Falana, popularly known by his stage name “Falz”, sparked a controversial debate on social media with his stance on fornication, which he said isn’t a sin. While the Christian community and other conservatives on social media differ from his view and maintain that the bible calls it a sin and no one should say otherwise, Falz has remained resolute on his stance.
The rapper took to his X handle on Monday to ignite one of the most viral debates of the year when he tweeted, “Fornication is not sin”, which suggests that people are free to indulge in premarital sex without feeling guilty of sinning.
However, he got a swift backlash from those who perceived his opinion was errounous and wouldn’t want it to thrive. This came mostly from the Christian communities on social media who tried to educate on sound doctrine.
Falz, not willing to succumb to their opinion and accept their correction, made a follow-up post to reiterate his stance. The rapper tweeted, “Only religion I know is Love. You should try it 🙃” amid the backlash to buttress his stance.
This further sparked another controversial debate about whether love is a religion or not.
“Last time you said fornication is not sin, I want to assume there’s no red line to multiple sexual partners, so how do you really define love?” an X user wrote.
Another X user wrote “I would like to know the creed of this your religion, I’m curious to query, hope it’s not all these stop-halfway dogmas. Love. Hmm.”
More comments on the topic by differents X users are captured below:
“Love is not a religion. Religion is built on doctrine, worship, and service to a higher power. Love is a natural emotion, not a structured belief system. You don’t ‘worship’ love. You feel it, choose it, or lose it.Enough of people saying they choose “Love” as a religion.🙄”
“You believe fornication isn’t a sin yet saying love is your religion? As in, do you know the meaning of love? By the way, what type of love are you talking about? Don’t go and give your life to Christ and stop allowing the devil to deceive u. Life is short, but eternity is long.”
“You said fornication isn’t a sin, now you’re out here preaching ‘love is my only religion.’ Bro, if it’s Christianity you’re referencing, just know love there comes with commandments, not condoms. Try again.”
