I have read differing accounts, but I would like to ask those who actually live in the regions, and know the histories, rather than read Western versions of indigenous histories.

Thanx,

Sonny.

You want me to teach you about effect and cause: Effect can happen without a cause. For example, our being on this earth is an effect, a reality, but we do not scientifically prove the cause of our being here on this earth.

Cause without effect: One day when I was walking, I saw a dead bird, but I do not know how the bird died. So the cause of its dead body remains unknown to me. Another example is that scientists still do not know the cause of AIDS. Since you are a learned person, you may know it; tell us please.

I clearly understand I’m talking to a person whose stomach is his god, a person who believes that the study of history is foolishness, and a person who is a member of those who say: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we will die,” instead of saying: “Let us pray and fast, for tomorrow we will die.” You are not a person of history; rather you are a person of only eating and drinking, and such a person is called in Amharic “hod-amlaku” – his stomach is his god.

Back to history to the history lovers: Queen Sheba was the Queen of Ethiopia, and she had only one son from King Solomon, and his name was Menelik I. When Menelik grew up, he visited his father King Solomon in Jerusalem, and Solomon was elated to see his beloved son from that beautiful Queen of Ethiopia – Queen Sheba who had showered the King with costly and priceless gifts. Knowing his son wanted to go back to Ethiopia, King Solomon blessed his son Menelik and sent him back to Ethiopia with thousands of Jews and many Levites with the Ark of the Covenant.

Back to the food lovers: If people work hard and have a democratically elected leader, they will always have something to eat, something to drink, and something to wear. St. Paul’s advice to the Thessalonians was: ‘If a man will not work, he shall not eat’ (2Thessalonians 3:10). We can use Paul’s advice in order to survive in this greedy world and teach our people to solve their food problems and to know their past history so that they can be proud of their Ethiopian ancestors.

I understand many of the problems my Ethiopian people are facing under the contumacious Dictator Meles Seitanawi, and we have been discussing these problems for almost twenty years, and yet we have not come with a solution; if you have one, let us hear it. Any way, you wrote: “stop using the effect as a basis to glorify ur empty slogan without bothering to explore cause.”

Tell me which one is the effect and which one is the empty slogan? If you are an educated person, I hope, you are, some effects happen without causes, and if you think there is a cause for every effect, you are wrong. For example, what is the cause that we are here on this earth, and why is there a universe? It seems you are just a carper or a yammerer who doesn’t like historical facts as far as he has something to fill his belly; isn’t Jesus right when he said: “Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God” (Matthew 4:4). People as cynic as you are detest historical facts such as that Queen Sheba was indeed the Queen of Ethiopia, and Menelik I was her son who went to visit his father King Solomon and came back with thousands of Jews, carrying the Ark of the Covenant with them. If I understand you clearly, what you are saying is “let us forget our history and concentrate on the present conditions of the Ethiopian people.” How fool you are! We can discuss the problems without forgetting our past glorious history. Don’t bother people from discussing their past history; after all, the poor are always with us, and we will never solve all the problems.

Tell me which one is the effect and which one is the empty slogan? If you are an educated person, I hope, you are, some effects happen without causes, and if you think there is a cause for every effect, you are wrong. For example, what is the cause that we are here on this earth, and why is there a universe? It seems you are just a carper or a yammerer who doesn’t like historical facts as far as he has something to fill his belly; isn’t Jesus right when he said: “Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God” (Matthew 4:4). People as cynic as you are detest historical facts such as that Queen Sheba was indeed the Queen of Ethiopia, and Menelik I was her son who went to visit his father King Solomon and came back with thousands of Jews, carrying the Ark of the Covenant with them. If I understand you clearly, what you are saying is “let us forget our history and concentrate on the present conditions of the Ethiopian people.” How fool you are! We can discuss the problems without forgetting our past glorious history. Don’t bother people from discussing their past history; after all, the poor are always with us, and we will never solve all the problems.

have u ever observed that contemporey ethiopian society have lived worst than dark age.people like u rush to glorify something which has no value to ethiopians.who cares about sheba!!!. stop using the effect as a basis to glorify ur empty slagon without bothering to explore cause.what we ethiopian need is open and realistic discussion of our situation.our ethiopia has been a victim of both dectator intellectual and ignorants.enough is enough ,abo