This is clearly a troll at work. Only a slowpoke would actually believe this to be true.

obembet:
I always hear that olosho praying in church but I never believe until this morning when a lady drop a prayer request during live program.

A lady identify as Felicity bold prayer for he sugar daddy to leave his wife alone so that the man can marry her full time.

Here is what she wrote:

I am here to pray for my sugar daddy to leave his wife and follow me full time.... Amen

Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/CtyrwCAOvsx/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

What spiritual lessons are there to be drawn from this?

siofra:
I wonder why our priest doesn't talk about this on Sundays

Leodeking will avoid this thread the same way a pig runs away from having a bath

Go ahead and "curse" me. I'm bored and I need a good laugh

depz:
Don't let me curse you, be warned

As you speak evil unto others, so may it be done to your family for the next several generations

depz:
Very Good. Let him go and rot in hell, burn there. If he has a son, that one too will join him soon. If he has a daughter, she will follow suit. His wife too will join him too, she will die under the tires of a dangote cement truck

Naira redesign policy was a disaster that Buhari superintended over as a military dictator. Even though he saw the brutal outcomes of the policy, he still repeated it 40 years later. As it turns out, there was no larger vision for either our elections or democratic processes that drove the agenda. There was no gain for democratic institutions to which they were committed, it was just another one of the sadistic ideas that Buhari cranks out of his sociopathic mind each time he feels that Nigerians have not suffered enough. If there was no profound objective to be derived from the whole redesign policy, and he himself could advocate people taking money from their corrupt politicians, why did he not just leave people to collect their N5000? Why break things in the guise of trying to fix them?


That was the sort of ineptitude that defined Buhari’s regime. Several policies unleashed severe suffering but were hardly followed by any bigger plan to make the outcome meaningful. They banned food importation to stimulate local agriculture, but all we have to show for the economic ingenuity is the soaring costs of food prices. He closed the borders for almost two years to galvanise local manufacturing, making life even more unaffordable. After accumulating losses and hardship, they re-opened them. They could not point out anything remarkable they achieved through it. They said those ideas were why countries like China flourished, but ended up proving that half education is bad especially when running a country.

In not wanting to deal with either the complexities of planning or the messiness of human behaviour, Buhari’s regime treated social engineering as a process that could be automated. For instance, to make Nigeria a cashless economy, his administration restored far less cash into circulation than they took out in the form of the old notes. They imagined they could force people to use electronic means without first ensuring that the infrastructure to support such a massive scale of transaction was in place. That is his standard approach to governance: throw people into a desert and expect them to either stimulate their creative impulses and invent food, or eat sand and die.


Even his anti-corruption agenda was half-hearted. With too many Faustian bargains he had made to get to power, the best anti-corruption agencies achieved under him was to pursue the small fry while the real thieves of the Nigerian patrimony sashayed freely.


Last Friday, while giving his farewell message at the final Sallah homage at the Presidential Villa in the FCT, he reportedly said, “Having been a governor, minister, and the president twice, I think God has given us an incredible opportunity to serve as your president. And I thank God for that. So, please whoever feels I have done wrong to, we are all humans. There is no doubt I hurt some people and I wish you will pardon me. And those that think that I have hurt them so much, please pardon me.”

Here are two things he should note: First, we do not think or feel we have been hurt by his leadership, no. Those words suggest that the visceral impacts of his punitive leadership are simply a matter of individual perspective rather than objective reality. We have receipts that substantially demonstrate that he stole eight years from us. From rising and multidimensional poverty to out-of-school children rates, insecurity, corruption, and overall diminished quality of life, Buhari’s failure is not a matter of mere opinion or emotions. We live the insalubrious effects.

Second, saying we are all humans is fallacious. [b]Who would look at the past eight years of his inhumane administration and not wonder if Buhari has a drop of humanity in him? When you look at Buhari, when you study his characteristic nonchalance to the high hopes and aspirations of Nigerians that his administration serially frustrated through their ineptitude, you cannot but understand why humans invented the concept of Satan. Some people’s wickedness is so unique that you need idioms of the supernatural to explain that degree of malevolence. Under Buhari’s watch, people were routinely kidnapped, and there was at least an instance where a community had to organise a fundraising to get money to retrieve their children abducted from school; entire communities were imperiled by rampaging herdsmen; prisons were serially attacked; terrorists and bandits killed poorly-armed security personnel in such high numbers that their bosses allegedly resorted to burying them secretly in order to hide the casualty rates; even the Nigerian Defence Academy was breached, and an Airforce Fighter jet shot down. Despite all the restlessness that defined his tenure, the man gaslit Nigerians by insisting we were doing better than ever before. How does that lack of fellow feeling qualify him to be categorised as “human”? [/b]

Buhari admitted he got all he wanted by becoming the president, but what of Nigerians? What did they get in return? Now he says he will no longer be burdened by the country’s issues. If over-solicited after May 29, he promised to relocate to Niger republic across the border. He might have said that as a joke, but that is in fact quintessential Buhari. He has a pattern of expecting others to do things he ought to do because he is lazy and inept. He is never responsible for anything. He got into power by pretending to be poor because he was incorruptible even though his election was sponsored by people whose hands were soiled by public corruption. He achieved little, and now expects Nigerians to clean up his failures.

For him to ascribe his failures to the fallibility of humanity when he barely even tried is another failure in itself. As someone who has had the privilege of living off Nigeria’s resources his entire adult life, Buhari failed spectacularly because he took and took and took but never gave back. He has not only failed as a leader, but also as a human being. He does not deserve forgiveness from even an all-merciful God.

I understand your grief. It can't be easy existing as several people's left overs.

BloomingDale:
King ke?? Ayam not understanding these kings with no kingdom. Always japaing to another man’s land, cos they can’t build their kingdom?

I’m just happy the real kings (Whyte men), that have built their kingdoms, don’t require this level of fuckery and foolishness.

It's a condition called Foreign Accent Syndrome.

Foreign accent syndrome (FAS) is a rare motor speech disorder that causes you to suddenly develop a new accent. It’s most common after a head injury, stroke, or some other type of damage to the brain. The condition might occur due to lesions (when skin or membrane begins peeling off) in the speech production network of the brain, or may also be considered a neuropsychiatric condition.

Some factors that might cause foreign accent syndrome include: a blow to the head or face, surgery to the face or brain, MS, brain tumors, migraine.

If he suddenly woke up speaking with a foreign accent, he should seek medical attention immediately because it may be a sign that something has gone wrong with his brain.

Japan is a culturally homogenous country where 97% of the population belong to the same ethnic group, so the issues of mutual distrust and suspicion which exists in Nigeria are non existent in Japan. They also have their own religious and spiritual ethics and values. Shintoism and Buddhism are still widely practiced as religions in the country.

Skyview01:


Japan has a very low crime rate. They are a highly moral people with morality being defined as having a sense of rights and wrongs.
Now, Japan is not a religious society but a very moral one, most people are law abiding.

In contrast with Nigeria, a deeply religious society, churches everywhere but one of the most immoral society on earth.

Now, how did Japan come about its moral code where most people strive to obey the law absent of religion.

Has religion and God helped Nigeria to become a more moral society?

Your problem is that you are disease and yet you have somehow stupidly come to the conclusion that you are the cure.

All I asked you was what was the origin of your moral standards? Are your moral standards objective or are they subjective? That's a very simple question which should require a very simple answer, but your single digit, pebble sized brain began to short circuit and malfunction.

I NEVER asked you to believe the Bible because believe it or not, some people are actually cursed and the Bible will never add any value to their lives. You might actually be one of these people. I can't say you are because I'm not God and I don't call the shots on who goes to heaven and who goes to hell.

The whole substance and theme of my line of questioning is based entirely on ethics and morality, not religion.

So I'll repeat my question one more time: Are your moral standards objective or subjective?

oldienavie:

Reading this just makes you understand the problem with Nigeria, a warped educational system leading to a significant reduction in the IQ of the vast majority of the populace.
This is why we have so many religious houses yet, corruption, stealing, murder, yahoo yahoo is very prevalent in our society.

You do not need the bible or quran to tell you that stealing is wrong, the God that you claim to serve has given you a brain, use it and stop behaving like a zombie.

The most peaceful prosperous nations in this world are those that the majority of the population are athiests, but again, I don't expect you to understand, the average Nigerian does not have the capacity for critical thinking.
We prefer to spend our time praying and fasting and waiting for miracles to happen while we steal and loot the government and scheme how to take advantage of our neighbour rather than brainstorming on how to make our country better.

If you're an atheist, then there's nothing wrong with being an armed robber. But I'm not an atheist because I have an objective moral standard which is God. By objective I mean a standard of morality that exists independently and outside of my influence. I don't get to determine what is right or wrong, only God can do that.

atheistandproud:


Basic human empathy as well as self interest.

If I accost you on a road and with the force of arms chooses to dispossess you of your valuables, is there anything wrong with that?

How is that Philipino babe you were stringing along some years ago?

Babacele:
hmmm success good ooo, see as "Laycon" don enter English lexicon.

Yes, but where does your moral code come from? A lot of what you call a broken family system is as a result of personal choices made on an individual basis. So a woman who chooses to have children, but who doesn't want to get married has made a moral choice to do so. Also, a father who packs up one day and abandons the mother of his children because he no longer wants the moral obligation of providing for them, has also made a personal choice to do so.

From your perspective as an atheist, is there anything wrong with these choices?

atheistandproud:


Do you people even understand what an atheist is?

It's a lack of belief in a Supernatural deity e.g. Yahweh, Zeus, Ra, Allah, Amadioha etc. That's it. We do no subscribe to religion or religious beliefs.

We are not anti society or anti family. Those ones are anarchists. I live in society and the rapid disintegration of society has made it highly unsafe for me to live in.

Why would an atheist be worried about the collapse of the family structure? What is wrong with the idea of a fallen family?

atheistandproud:
The collapse of the family structure in society will always predate the collapse of a society. This is usually one of the signs to look out for. In communities where the family structure has completely broken down, society deteriorates with it.

You can't fix this one with a swoosh of a magic wand.(donotcopy) This is because this problem is a oroborosian one. The breakdown of the family structure exacerbates the breakdown of society which in turn causes the family structure to breakdown even faster.

In Nigeria here, with the introduction of celebrity culture and the internet going into full swing at some point in the mid 2000s, it only served to worsen and spread(donotcopy) one of the worst tendencies that we have...the worship of money.

Throw Instagram in several years later and a corner has been turned. The first victims of this were unfortunately young people. The ladies in particular who were bombarded with images (usually enhanced or fake) of an unattainable life led by the 1%. They soon imbibed it and made it their standard.

Instagram celebrities like Linda Ikeji also added fuel to the fire. If he doesn't earn in dollars or in 6 figures, dump him. If he doesn't have a car, he's not your class(donotcopy). If he doesn't this, if he doesn't that etc. Soon the young men will fall victim and would now look to attain these standards set by Instagram celebrities and enforced by women. This is on top of the already bogus culture of bride price that extorts men.

If that wasn't bad enough, even people who were already married would choose to impose these standards on their long time spouses, both male and female.(donotcopy) Marriage is no longer about teamwork, it's now about getting one's way. If you don't have your way or you're not happy, DIVORCE!!!

With the hunt for money in full swing and a new phenomenon of divorce rapidly tearing through marriages, there's a whole generation of kids that do not know the comfort and stability of a 2-parent home. The single parents are too tired from working that they simply do not have the energy to parent their kids.

With poor leadership, ever disappearing jobs, zero opportunities etc.(donotcopy) There's only one way to reach these standards. Crime!

In many communities the glorification of crime, discouragement and suspicion of education, absenteeism of fathers (and mothers too), fewer opportunities, impoverished neighbourhoods etc. has become the norm(donotcopy).

Yahoo boys (internet fraudsters), 419-ers (local fraudsters), kidnappers, armed robbers, violent cultists, drug-dealers, ritualists, organ harvesters etc. have become role models for children whose parents have all but abdicated their responsibility.

Without the family structure to act as a buffer between these impressionable young minds and the cancer of societal vices, the hope of any future family structure for future generations tanks even further.

Because of the above, all of these things are factors that lead to a sort of trap that is very difficult to break free of because the young ones are, to all intents and purposes, born into it and will probably never escape it.

As long as APC states are the only ones suffering the consequences of their stupidity, I'm okay. My only wish is that the APC urchins on Nairaland get to taste first hand the kind of thing their wretched poverty stricken followers are experiencing.

In October 2016, the Nigerian government inaugurated the first of its proposed 37 mega solar power projects in the country at the University of Ibadan.

This project which was initiated in partnership with the German Government through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) was aimed at getting the university off the national grid.

The University of Ibadan’s solar power plant once operational, would generate 10 megawatts of renewable electricity for the institution. The power plants were expected to generate enough electricity for universities to enjoy 24 hours uninterrupted power supply through clean and renewable energy, and the University of Ibadan Solar Power project was billed to be the pilot for the first phase of the project.

If it had been executed, the project would have saved Nigeria’s premier University, an annual expenditure of over N100 million in electricity bills and contributed largely to the fight against climate change.

The project would also have served as a good opportunity for practical learning and research for students of various departments of the university’s faculties of technology and agriculture.

The former vice-chancellor of the University had in a 2016 interview said that the project completion time was estimated at six months.

Development News Nigeria Investigation however reveals that six years after the launch, the project remains non-existent.

The move to power Nigeria’s tertiary institutions with solar power is a project of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) under it ‘Energizing Education Programme’, EEP.

EEP is now in its second phase and according to details on the Rural Electrification Agency’s website, phase one of the project was expected to deliver 28.5 megawatts to nine federal universities and a teaching hospital.

On the current status of EEP Phase 1, the REA also noted that all project sites have received complete “mobilisation payment” and” full second payment” from the sovereign green bond fund and the federal government.

Interestingly, the agency’s website did not list University of Ibadan as one of the project sites for Phase 1. This is despite media coverage of the groundbreaking ceremony held in 2016. Universities listed for phase one are;

Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo (AE-FUNAI), Ebonyi state;

Bayero University, Kano state (BUK), Federal University of Petroleum Resources (FUPRE), Delta state;

Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife;

University of Lagos (UNILAG); Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Anambra state;

Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS);

Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue and

Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Gubi Campus, Bauchi.

There is also no mention of University of Ibadan for Phase two of the project.

Project Site Overtaken by Weeds

During a visit to the site of the project where the groundbreaking ceremony was held in October 2016, DNNigeria observed that the place has been taken over by weeds.

All the solar panels used during the inauguration were no longer there. The only indication that such a ceremony was held and that it was the project site is the plaque.

DNNigeria observed that a portion of the project site has become a dump site.

Procurement Violation

DNNigeria investigation also revealed that the project which was estimated at N5.4 billion was awarded in violation of the Public Procurement Act of 2007.

There was no budgetary provision for the contract and that violates section 16 (1b) of the procurement law. It states that “Subject to any exemption allowed by this Act, all public procurement shall be conducted based only on procurement plans supported by prior budgetary appropriations …”

Also, the company, Dantata Solar Limited was incorporated in 2016, the same year that the contract was awarded, contrary to a minimum of three years of operation with tax clearance that is required of any company for such contract.

Silence from Stakeholders

When contacted, the Public Relations Officer of the University of Ibadan, Adejoke Akinpelu bluntly refused to speak on the project.

Akinpelu later directed the reporter to the university’s Electrical Engineer Faloseyi Segun who declined to comment on the project.

The contractor Dantata Solar Limited, Rural Electrification Agency and Federal Ministry of Education did not respond to requests for comment.

This report is supported by Civic Media

https://saharareporters.com/2023/01/17/silence-follows-university-ibadans-n54-billion-solar-power-project-launched-2016

Mynd44 Lalasticlala Racoon PrinceofLagos

You didn't provide an answer, so I'll keep asking it. Your entire position is that when it comes to the salvation offered by Christ, there is a distinction between Gentiles and Jews. So what does this Scripture mean?

Colossians 3.11
As a result, there is no longer any distinction between Gentiles and Jews, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarians, savages, slaves, and free, but Christ is all, Christ is in all.

Kobojunkie:
The answer to this has already been provided to you in even your last post. Stop using the keyword search and start using the understanding you have.

The Kingdom of God belongs to Jesus Christ, so surely you know you can't let in that which Jesus Christ does not allow. So why do you keep assuming that by using keyword search, you can somehow get around His Law in His own Kingdom?

Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) has expressed readiness to supply minimum of 20 hours of uninterrupted electricity within its network areas in 2023.

The Managing Director, Dr Tinuade Sanda, who made this known to newsmen on Thursday in Lagos, said this is non-negotiable as the power grid keeps doing the needful.

Sanda added that efforts are ongoing towards the completion of the installation of transformers within the communities.

This was just as she hinted on improved metering for the consumers, assuring continued fixing of tripping feeders.

While touching on energy theft, The MD assured that the completion of the metering will foster energy audit that would consequently provide a lasting solution to the theft issue.

She noted that outsourced companies had been engaged to drive down the losses in those areas.

“We want to work towards ensuring minimum 20 hours electricity supply as we continue to get electricity from the power grid.

“Installation is still ongoing and we have done 80 out of 150. We are moving closer and closer to our consumers. We tend to decentralize more so that our consumers can reach us.

“We will continue to address our frequent tripping feeders.

“We want to complete all our DT metering. If we complete that, it will help us do our energy audit and the theft will be resolved.

“One of the Initiatives is to put stickers in such areas. In the process, we found places were there were theft. We also engaged with outsourced companies to help drive down losses in those areas.

Meanwhile, Tinuade stated that the Federal Government invested heavily in Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to address the grid system; hence, it is different from Nigerians experienced.

https://tribuneonlineng.com/ekedc-projects-minimum-of-20hrs-supply-within-network-areas-in-2023/

Mynd44 Lalasticlala

I agree!!! Balablu, babaloo, baboonallkola is trash!

duro4chang:
Trash!

If you're a Peter Obi fan, I have some sobering news for you. Your candidate is NEVER going to be president of Nigeria.

The only circumstances under which an Igbo man can become president of this country is when the present parasites have completely sucked it dry and it is about to collapse, then they will jejely hand over to an Igbo man so they can brag that it was under an igbo man that the country collapsed.

So Ride on Ashiwaju!!!! A country of low lives like Naijeriya deserves a low life president like you and that's why I support Ashiwaju!!! Voting for Ashiwaju is like putting a knocked engine inside a jalopy car! Perfect fit!

We eagerly await your "wise" and "intelligent" problem solving techniques like the one you demonstrated not long ago:

RecROOT 50 million youts into di army and eeeeeehhheehhh, wat dey will eat? Kassafa in de moRING.....Agbado in de effening........Maize....in de nait...

If you're a Peter Obi fan, I have some sobering news for you. Your candidate is NEVER going to be president of Nigeria.

The only circumstances under which an Igbo man can become president of this country is when the present parasites have completely sucked it dry and it is about to collapse, then they will jejely hand over to an Igbo man so they can brag that it was under an igbo man that the country collapsed.

So Ride on Ashiwaju!!!! A country of low lives like Naijeriya deserves a low life president like you and that's why I support Ashiwaju!!! Voting for Ashiwaju is like putting a knocked engine inside a jalopy car! Perfect fit!

We eagerly await you "wise" and "intelligent" problem solving techniques like the one you demonstrated not long ago:

RecROOT 50 million youts into di army and eeeeeehhheehhh, wat dey will eat? Kassafa in de moRING.....Agbado in de effening........Maize....in de nait...

Ride on Ashiwaju!!!! A country of low lives deserves a low life president and that's why I support Ashiwaju!!! Voting for Ashiwaju is like putting a knocked engine inside a jalopy car! Perfect fit!

RecROOT 50 million youts into di army and eeeeeehhheehhh, wat dey will eat? Cassafa in de moRING.....Agbado in de effening........Maize....in de nait...

duro4chang:
May God bless Bola Ahmed Tinubu the next president of Nigeria. Enemies are in pain already.

Baba To Sibe Amoda Yekini's mouth can swallow a whole microphone if you put it near his mouth. If you know, you know

duro4chang:
Kano's votes will even cover a whole geopolitical zone in the south. If you know you know.

Now your'e just clutching at straws because when He says all the rest of the human race, it simply means all those who did not have a covenant with Yaweh under the Old Testament which existed between Yaweh and the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

The fact is that under the New Testament, there is no longer any distinction based on ancestry.

Colossians 3.11
As a result, there is no longer any distinction between Gentiles and Jews, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarians, savages, slaves, and free, but Christ is all, Christ is in all.


Acts 15: 17 And so all the rest of the human race will come to Me, all the Gentiles whom I have called to be My own.

Kobojunkie:
Try to process what is written there in that verse. That verse tells you that All the rest of the human race are divided into two groups by Him. All the rest of the human race whom He has called by His own(Jesus Christ) implies there are those among all rest of the human race whom He has not called by His own(Jesus Christ).

■And so who are those whom He has called by His own(Jesus Christ)?
■And so who are those whom He has not called by His own(Jesus Christ)?

In Wednesday, a Kaduna magistrates’ court ordered that a 23-year-old bricklayer, Abubakar Badamasi, accused of sodomising a minor, be remanded in prison custody.

Mr Badamasi was charged with an unnatural offence.

Magistrate Ibrahim Emmanuel, who did not take the plea of Mr Badamasi for lack of jurisdiction, ordered that he be remanded in prison custody, pending legal advice.

Mr Emmanuel, who adjourned the case until February 6, ordered that the case file be returned to the director of public prosecution.

The prosecutor, Chidi Leo, told the court that the matter was initially reported to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kabala Doki, on December 22.

According to him, Mr Badamasi lured the six-year-old into an uncompleted building in the area and sodomised him.

The prosecutor added that Mr Badamasi gave the victim biscuits, N100 and instructed him not to tell anyone about what had transpired.

Mr Leo further said Mr Badamasi was arrested after the six-year-old told his mother what happened.

(NAN)

https://gazettengr.com/bricklayer-sodomises-six-year-old-boy/

Mynd44 Lalasticlala

Acts 15: 17

And so all the rest of the human race will come to Me, all the Gentiles whom I have called to be My own.

The second part further describes the first part. The Gentiles whom God calls to be his own refers to the rest of the human race who were not a part of His original Testament with the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

Kobojunkie:
You also shouldn't ignore the second part of that statement which indicate that only those He calls are expected to come to Him and who are they called from every tribe, every tongue, and every nation, back to God? The lost sheep of Israel whom God Himself cursed and scattered to all the four winds of the earth - Deuteronomy 30 vs 1 - 16 & Isaiah 66 vs 18 - 22 & Revelations 5 vs 9 - 10 & Exodus 19 vs 6.
Not everyone is called...

Who is God referring to here?

Acts 15.17
And so all the rest of the human race will come to me, all the Gentiles whom I have called to be my own.

When God says that all the rest of the human race will come to Him, who is He referring to?

Kobojunkie:
I see you are not even paying attention at all. Again, I already more than addressed your confusion in a previous comment.

■ Jew is a term used to reference the subset of Israel born of either of the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, or some of the Levi clans.
■ Another term of equal importance is the term Samaritan. Samaritans were descendants of the tribes of Manasseh and Ephraim, sons of Joseph, hence Israelites as well.
■ The others, also Israelites — those from the other 6 tribes of Israel —, had, at the time of Jesus Christ, been cursed and scattered by God to the four winds meaning they were living and breeding among the Gentiles hence they were, and still are considered Gentiles by their Jewish brethren.
■ Now then we come to those who were referred to by Jesus Christ in His gospel as dogs. The dogs are non-Israelites meaning they are not descendants of Jacob, and according to Jesus Christ, God's Law, they were excluded from God's plan and agreement.
■ So during the sermon on the mount when Jesus Christ warned His followers not to give that which is holy to the dogs in Matthew 7 vs 6, Jesus Christ in fact meant that they were not to offer salvation by the Gospel to the non-Israelites. So in Matthew 15 vs 24, Jesus Christ was simply reaffirming what He had taught to His followers which is that agreement was made by God only with those who are lost of Israel, a fact that affirms the Word of God as given through His Law of Moses and the prophets. .

The guy is a first class dullard and he has been so successful in making a fool of himself that he thinks he can apply his formula to everyone else.

achorladey:


I only hope you won't get this his usual response regarding Paul's words sometimes

So good and evil are a pair? In Christianity evil means sin and sin means Satanic In Nature. The Christian God is pure and doesn't have it in Him to create sin.

I'm wondering why you failed to point out that it is allah that wants muslims to sin.

Abdulgaffar22:
Unlike other animals, our special ability to distinguish between good and evil rest on our ability to think consciously with our brain. But if no one carefully design our brain for the purpose of thinking and our thinking is just a by-product of some activities carried out by unconscious and irrational atoms that make up our brain, then how can we be sure that our mode of thinking (and therefore our ability to distinguish between good and evil) is RIGHT or WRONG ?


Therefore, if evil actually exist in this world (as we perceived it), then we can never use it as a basis to disprove the existence of God because our peculiar ability to CONSCIOUSLY, CORRECTLY and OBJECTIVELY distinguish between good and evil at FIRST INSTANCE necessitate the existence of God.

Hence conjunction of "actual evil" and "atheism" is impossible.
In other words, you cannot believe that evil actually exist and at the same time disbelieve in the existence of God.


Therefore, the conclusion is to ask an inquisitive question like "what are the reasons why God allow evil to exist ?" and the conclusion is NEVER to ask a challenging and atheistic question like "if God really exist, then why does evil and suffering exist ?"

The reason(s) why God allows evil to exist may not be fully known to us as human being but we can still use our limited knowledge and wisdom to fathom some of these reasons ;

1. In many events, there is always a rule and exception to the rule. The element of good is more in the creation than the element of evil. We all see that there are more people who are healthy than those who are sick. There are more that eat well then those who starve to death. There are more people who live decent life then those who commit crimes. Therefore, in this present world, goodness is the rule while evil is the exception to the rule.


2. Many things in the world are naturally created in pair ; male and female, light and darkness, day and night, hot and cold, life and death, truth and falsehood, original and fake etc and the existence of one presupposes the existence of the other. So similar case applies to good and evil. Of course, if there is no evil, we would not fully comprehend what is known as good just like if there is no falsehood, we would not fully comprehend what is known as the truth. So good and evil exist as necessary pair of creation just like truth and falsehood (or light and darkness) exist as necessary pair of creation ;

And of everything We have created pairs that you may be mindful (Qur'an 51:49)


3. This world is deliberately created to be a temporary life of trial and imperfection and therefore expected to be a mixture of good and evil ;

"Everyone is going to taste death, and We shall make a trial of you with evil and with good, and to Us you will be returned (Qur'an 21:35)".

This is in contrast to permanent and perfect life in the hereafter where all goodness and enjoyments would be kept absolutely in the Paradise and all evil and suffering would be restricted completely to the Hell fire ;

Everyone shall taste death. And only on the Day of Resurrection shall you be paid your wages in full. And whoever is removed away from the Fire and admitted to Paradise, he indeed is successful. The life of this world is only an enjoyment of deception (Qur'an 3:185).

In summary, it is the ultimate will of God Almighty for good and evil to mix together in this temporary life of trial as opposed to the next life of eternity where good and evil would be completely and permanently dissociated from each other.
Therefore, a century of struggling and suffering in this temporary life would be insignificant compared to an eternity in Paradise—a place free of all forms of evil and suffering . In the authentic prophetic report, this very issue is addressed ;

…Then the most miserable people in the world from the people of Paradise will come on the Day of Resurrection to be dipped into Paradise, then it will be said: O son of Adam, did you see any hardship? Did you experience any distress? He will say: No, by Allah, my Lord! I did not once see any hardship, I did not once experience any distress.


4. Natural evils (like inferno, earthquake and tsunami) sometimes exist as a kind of reminder of the greater evils awaiting the sinners in the hereafter ;

"And verily, We will make them taste the near torment (i.e. the torment in the life of this world, i.e. disasters, calamities, etc.) prior to the supreme torment (in the Hereafter), in order that they may repent and return (Qur'an 32:21).

That is to say, if God Almighty can even make the innocent souls to suffer in this temporary life, then how can He allow the sinners to scot-free in the permanent life to come ?


5. Moral evils (like adultery, theft, raping and murder) exist to allow human beings to exercise their God-given "FREE-WILL" which made it possible for them to either obey or disobey God as opposed to Angels who are naturally created to always obey God (Qur'an 66:6).



6. Natural evils are sometimes direct consequence of moral evils committed by human beings just like God Almighty declared in the Qur'an as follows;

"Evil has appeared on land and sea because of what the hands of men have earned, that Allah may make them taste a part of that which they have done, in order that they may return by repentance ( Qur'an 30:41)"


7. What humans perceive as evil may be actually good in light of God’s Wisdom ;

"it may be that you dislike a thing which is good for you and that you like a thing which is evil for you. God knows but you do not know (Qur'an 2:216).

For example, consider the story narrated in the Qur'an where Khidr's act of scuttling the ship of a poor people with a axe later turns to be a good act because there was a king ahead who always seized every good ship from its owner by force (Qur'an 18:69-82)

Tribalism is a good thing when it divides people who have no business living with each other.

Blue86:
Tribalism will not move us forward.
It will cause division.
There will be no equity, there will be rife and strife.

Do not listen to your grandparents and grand relatives that promote and propagate tribalism.
Do not let them pass that gibberish unto you, and live their bitter lives through you.

Break it.
We are the future.
Let wickedness not flow into the future through us.

Say no to tribalism, and unite.
Their is beauty in diversity, in agreement.

Nairaland itself is dead

VeryWickedSimp:
The fake stories been cooked up on this section is getting out of hand. Merely reading a few lines you just know its fiction.

Whether its the moderator's people or feminists creating these threads with alternate accounts I no know but this Romance section is starting to get boring.


It has become very obvious.
Each day around 5 ludicrous stories posted and 2 or 3 make front page.

So predictable.

Kindly explain what these two scripture passages mean:

Romans 10.12
This includes everyone, because there is no difference between Jews and Gentiles; God is the same Lord of all and richly blesses all who call to him.


Colossians 3.11
As a result, there is no longer any distinction between Gentiles and Jews, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarians, savages, slaves, and free, but Christ is all, Christ is in all.


God was really speaking the truth when He said that He will use foolishness to confound those who are wise in their own eyes!

Kobojunkie:
I already more than addressed your confusion in a previous comment.

Jew is a term used to reference the subset of Israel born of either of the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, or some of the Levi clans. Another term of equal importance is the term Samaritan. Samaritans were descendants of the tribes of Manasseh and Ephraim, sons of Joseph, hence Israelites as well. The others, also Israelites, had, at the time of Jesus Christ, been cursed and scattered by God to the four winds meaning they were living and breeding among the Gentiles hence they were, and still are considered Gentiles by their Jewish brethren. Now then we come to those who were referred to by Jesus Christ in His gospel as dogs. The dogs are non-Israelites meaning they are not descendants of Jacob, and according to Jesus Christ, God's Law, they were excluded from God's plan and agreement. So when during the sermon on the mouth where Jesus Christ warned His followers not to give that which is holy to the dogs in Matthew 7 vs 6, Jesus Christ in fact meant that they were not to offer salvation by the Gospel to the non-Israelites. So in Matthew 15 vs 24, Jesus Christ was simply reaffirming what He had taught to His followers which is that agreement was made by God only with those who are lost of Israel, a fact that affirms the Word of God as given through His Law of Moses and the prophets. .

Cornelius was not a Jew but he was an Israelite who also happened to be a gentile.