Awaitingkopa:
Lord Biko make me d Chioma of my generation

winner01:
Isn't it remarkable that atheists, who did virtually nothing to oppose slavery, condemn Christians, who are the ones who abolished it?

Consider atheist Sam Harris, who blames Christianity for supporting slavery. Harris is right that slavery existed among the Old Testament Jews, and Paul even instructs slaves to obey their masters. During the civil war both sides quoted the Bible. We know all this. (Yawn, yawn.)

But slavery pre-dated Christianity by centuries and even millennia. As we read from sociologist Orlando Patterson's work, all known cultures had slavery. For centuries, slavery needed no defenders because it had no critics. Atheists who champion ancient Greece and pre-Christian Rome somehow seem to forget that those empires were based on large-scale enslavement.
Atheist Michael Shermer says Christians are "late comers" to the movement against slavery. Shermer advanced this argument in our Cal Tech debate in December. That debate is now online, and you can watch it at michaelshermer.com.
But if what Shermer says is true, who were the early opponents of slavery who got there before the Christians did? Actually, there weren't any. Shermer probably thinks the Christians only got around to opposing slavery in the modern era.

Wrong. Slavery was mostly eradicated from Western civilization--then called Christendom--between the fourth and the tenth century. The Greco-Roman institution of slavery gave way to serfdom. Now serfdom has its problems but at least the serf is not a "human tool" and cannot be bought and sold like property. So slavery was ended twice in Western civilization, first in the medieval era and then again in the modern era.

In the American South, Christianity proved to be the solace of the oppressed. As historian Eugene Genovese documents in Roll, Jordan, Roll, when black slaves sought to find dignity during the dark night of slavery, they didn't turn to Marcus Aurelius or David Hume; they turned to the Bible. When they sought hope and inspiration for liberation, they found it not in Voltaire or D'Holbach but in the Book of Exodus.
The anti-slavery movements led by Wilberforce in England and abolitionists in America were dominated by Christians. These believers reasoned that since we are all created equal in the eyes of God, no one has the right to rule another without consent. This is the moral basis not only of anti-slavery but also of democracy.
Jefferson was in some ways the least orthodox and the most skeptical of the founders. Yet when he condemned slavery he found himself using biblical language. In Notes on the State of Virginia Jefferson warned that those who would enslave people should reflect that "the Almighty has no attribute which can take side with us in such a contest." Jefferson famously added, "And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that His justice cannot sleep for ever."


But wasn't Jefferson also a man of science? Yes he was, and it was on the basis of the latest science of his day that Jefferson expressed his convictions about black inferiority. Citing the discoveries of modern science, Jefferson noted that "there are varieties in the race of man, distinguished by their powers both of body and of mind...as I see to be the case with races of other animals." Blacks, Jefferson continued, lack the powers of reason that are evident in whites and even in native Indians. While atheists today like to portray themselves as paragons of equal dignity, Jefferson's scientific and skeptical outlook contributed not to his anti-slavery sentiments but to his racism. Somehow Harris and Shermer neglect to point this out.
In the end the fact remains that the only movements that opposed slavery in principle were mobilized in the West, and they were overwhelmingly led and populated by Christians. Sadly the West had to use force to stop slavery in other cultures, such as the Muslim slave trade off the coast of Africa. In some quarters the campaign to eradicate slavery still goes on.
So who killed slavery? The Christians did, while everyone else generally stood by and watched.



https://townhall.com/columnists/dineshdsouza/2008/01/14/how-christians-ended-slavery-n962085

Rosskii:


There was a time when the ''scholarly consensus'' was that flying vessels were impossible.

I wouldn't rely on ''scholarly consensus'' without conducting my own research if I were you. You simply have to use your own brain in this world, and learn the different perspectives out there. Otherwise you are a dunce. Do you know that there was nobody named 'Matthew' 'Mark', 'Luke', 'John' etc who wrote the gospels? Those were made up names attached to each book of the NT. Even the Church doesn't dispute this. Do you know that the actual writers of the New Testament are admitted by the Church to be 'anonymous'? There's a lot you need to know. Your pastor won't tell you any of this stuff, assuming he himself even knows - as that would threaten his tithes.

rekinomtla:


I'm dumb? I'm not the one watching and believing conspiracy theories produced by layman on YouTube. Stuff that gets laugh at by historians.

cuteme88:
There was this guy i knew from the office. He always joke a lot making me laugh uncontrollable from his joke. He never knew i have resigned and when he knew he called my line and started saying why naaaah! he's fallen in love with me i should come over to his place and cook then make love to him because i told him i will be travelling far.
so i ask him this question; if i make love to u what will happen next? and then he said his love will never die. he will keep loving me forever.

ladies and gentlemen; right here and now he is announcing on social media the lady he loves and can't live without! and that lady isn't me. what if i have agreed to what he said? i will be dump like a used rag.

I don't judge those who involve in sex before marriage because u don't know the situation they are in that makes them involve in pre-marital sex. Maybe they want to keep their man/woman etc. But the just one question i do ask ladies closer to me that involve in pre-marital sex is
"would u be able to cope if he dumps u for another lady?"
Their answer is on "he always compliment them that he's never experience such feelings with them in his life."

mind uuuu, a friend of mine do mention that "Sex is a process where by promises are made without fulfilment"
This is the same process where your partner promises u heaven and earth and u keep believing that you are the Queen or king at that very moment.

After sex what next have u ever ask this very question?

Some will say marriage, but mind u not all are married after pre-marital sex. some are lucky to be married to the same partner involve with while others; u know their story.

naijadeyhia:


scroll up and read about my boredom if you would. I can be lazy when i choose. Life is all about variety and frankly you guys deserve no brain energy from me these days so yeah scroll up

Gboyee4fun:
KabiOosi Fun OLUORUN...MAJESTY TO THE KING OF HEAVEN

I see the need for human being to really know the God of creations, that He is self existing God that created all things for His pleasure...Isaiah know this... Thus saith the Lord, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the Lord that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish....

No matter any body's view about God, God remains the same, He never Change....He stretched forth the earth for his pleasure not for religion. He never create human being as a dead being but of a living being.....who is satan? A created being, who is angel of death? A created being, who are the fallen angels/small gods/fake gods? We called them demons because they fall but believe it you can not differentiate demons from angels if you really don't have "spirit of discernment" because they both put on white clothes... Lol.... everything about this life is really in the BIBLE, just that people have been lost in religion(the hand work of satan).... The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
...A generation is rising that will really do the pleasure of God upon this earth, A generation that will worship the OLUORUN in spirit and in truth....Iba fun OBA OGO.....
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Glorious weekend!!!!

puyol005:
We all want to be rich one day, but all humans are not rich, and they both serve same God, and one day believe they,ll get there and never would.

The small "g", my opinion are the small gods you and I unknowingly worships are like our Job, family, relationships, love, adventures, and on and on.

god's are politicians as well, until we're able to combine one or more gods that links with the God.

Our prayer might never be answered.

It takes several small gods that get our prayers faster to that big God.

The facts is to say, as a Christian I still believe in the small god.

peacesamuel94:
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The language(English) with which you typed this was learnt from a book. in fact virtually all you know today can be linked to one book or the other. If you don't care about what a book said, then you are insinuating that you were born with all the knowledge you've possessed from the day of your birth till now.
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The language(English) with which you typed this was learnt from a book. in fact virtually all you know today can be linked to one book or the other. If you don't care about what a book said, then you are insinuating that you were born with all the knowledge you've possessed from the day of your birth till now.



The language(English) with which you typed this was learnt from a book. in fact virtually all you know today can be linked to one book or the other. If you don't care about what a book said, then you are insinuating that you were born with all the knowledge you've possessed from the day of your birth till now.

winner01:
I experience my parents everyday

winner01:
While you dishonestly wait for proof, make sure you keep fighting all those who claim to have experienced God.

winner01:
If you dont want an explanation then dont ask questions.
There are several proofs of God's existence, it depends on which works for you.
Creation is one, beauty, conscience, morality, Jesus, supernatural occurences, personal experiences, miracles and others.
It depends on which one you choose to probe carefully and not arrogantly.

JohnAdeDavid:
It's what I believe in...Just as u were taught one plus one is two nd u believed it....tell me how would u arrive at the conclusion that one plus one is two

Ranchhoddas:
So your atheism is from ignorance. The Universe has an age. That implies a beginning.

Ranchhoddas:
I know that the Universe had a beginning. What do you know?