Ghana as a country has traveled so far in its religious and scientific journey, both phenomena cannot be excluded from the day to day activity of an individual, community, society and the nation at large. But critically considering the effect religion (superstition) has in the role of the Ghanaian we can say Ghanaians are highly religious. But the question is, does religion displace science in the case of critical and logical reasoning or vice versa?
A typical Ghanaian according to a colonialist, Lord Luggard is "someone who is slow to think but quick to glorify a deity and is therefore timid and slow to development". With the advancement of science and its adaptation into society, social scientists believe its about time to debunk that stereotypical comments made by an imperialist. Today what do we see? Not to sound as an atheist, but son of the earth who is committed to thinking on provable basis ask what science has done to saving and minimizing lost lives in cases of road accident, and what religion has contributed.
The very Ghanaian would pray, make libation, make sign of the cross, look into the skies to say that a supreme power has to take them through their journey safely. But science which deals with planning, experimentation, observation and prediction explains life on a one plus one basis which means everything can be explained given a particular outcome and its pre-occurance.
It is not a characteristic of a Ghanaian to check the breaks, the speedometer, the thermo-state of the engine, flattened tyre, etc before using a vehicle. Japan as a country which is less religious than Ghana and more scientific records a minimal road accident as against Ghana. Japan records an accident rate of 3.8 % and Ghana which is highly religious records 28.1%. This explains the fact that yes! God can save but man must think.
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