Comment: Professed Christians, should not, in the name of maintaining their cultural heritage, involve themselves in ancestor worship, and observe rituals for various gods. It is common knowledge that some persons spend large amounts of money, sometimes even tax payers’ money, for rituals to get appointments, protect themselves while in office and to secure their positions.
The Bible says that Manasseh, king of Judah, did “worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel” in that he worshipped “all the host of heaven, caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom, observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards”. He even placed an idol in the house of God in Jerusalem.
The good thing was that when God Almighty chastised him by allowing him to be carried captive by the king of Assyria, he humbled himself, seeing that the gods he trusted could not help him in any way. For the rest of his life he served God diligently. (2 Chronicles 33:1-20) Those still given to idolatry and spiritism should learn from the example of King Manasseh and turn to God now before it is too late. See Ezekiel 18:14-18, 21-32.