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Re: Has Religion Been A Positive Force For Nigeria? by Nobody: 6:34pm On May 07, 2013 |
Logicboy03: ...excuse you! Even some Atheists are against abortion... Edit: The 'Catholic definition' for abortion is now the problem with Nigeria? |
Re: Has Religion Been A Positive Force For Nigeria? by Nobody: 7:13pm On May 07, 2013 |
striktlymi: Abortion is not just some one-dimensional issue. Abortion is necessary in some situations- rape and poor health of the mother. Abortion is a women's rights issue- a woman should have the right to abort (sha with some restrictions) But is a 16 year old a woman? But there should also be counselling first to show her the available options (adoption, foster care, giving the baby to her parents or aborting the baby) Your pal "Italo" reduced abortion to "doctors conniving with mothers to kill babies". Too one-dimensional and silly. This is what destroys legitimate and mature solutions to abortion. Women that desperate have a legitimate claim to abort but are denied....leaving them to go to balckmarkets and quack doctors |
Re: Has Religion Been A Positive Force For Nigeria? by Nobody: 7:15pm On May 07, 2013 |
striktlymi: This is wonderful... Fraudulent acts are encouraged by christianity....what do you call miracle healings and multiplying fish in a basket? On a serious note, tithings and offerings are fraudulent by nature. Even the tax exempt nature of churches and the mixture of church and state are illegal but then christianity had been engaged in it from its inception |
Re: Has Religion Been A Positive Force For Nigeria? by Nobody: 7:18pm On May 07, 2013 |
striktlymi: This is wonderful... lack of family planning leads to overpopulation. Simple. It is one of the major causes of overpopulation. I dont know what you mean by other forms of contraception- the church was preaching against contraceptions period! |
Re: Has Religion Been A Positive Force For Nigeria? by Nobody: 7:19pm On May 07, 2013 |
Logicboy03: Why do I think the thread is being derailed? |
Re: Has Religion Been A Positive Force For Nigeria? by Nobody: 7:19pm On May 07, 2013 |
Furthermore, religion is not the only cause of problems in Nigeria. I never said that. Corruption and tribalism are even bigger problems to an extent. Religion is just another problem. Economics has little to do with the church- so our economic problem is not a direct result of the church. Sha, boko haram is bad for business |
Re: Has Religion Been A Positive Force For Nigeria? by Nobody: 7:20pm On May 07, 2013 |
striktlymi: Yo started the derailment, hypocrite |
Re: Has Religion Been A Positive Force For Nigeria? by Nobody: 7:31pm On May 07, 2013 |
Logicboy03: Lack of family planning [size=15pt]may[/size] lead to overpopulation but Christianity is not against family planning in general but the type that is adopted. But really, how does your theoretical overpopulation has anything to do with religion being a positive force in Nigeria or not? Logicboy03: You got to teach me how to perform this trick of turning white into black and make people believe it...where did I mention contraception? |
Re: Has Religion Been A Positive Force For Nigeria? by Nobody: 7:32pm On May 07, 2013 |
Logicboy03: Why not show us where? |
Re: Has Religion Been A Positive Force For Nigeria? by Nobody: 7:38pm On May 07, 2013 |
Logicboy03: Furthermore, religion is not the only cause of problems in Nigeria. I never said that. Did I say you did? Logicboy03: Agreed...they are problems. Logicboy03: Okay, you have said this before...can you now show us how it has been a negative force in Nigeria? Logicboy03: I am glad you admit this... Logicboy03: Agreed! |
Re: Has Religion Been A Positive Force For Nigeria? by ijawkid(m): 8:06pm On May 07, 2013 |
Logicboy03: Lol.......oboy if you really don't know what to say why don't you just shut your trap....... All your claims are baseless and strikt and has dealt with them..... When you say miracle healings and multiplying fish in the basket what do you mean??.... And when you talk about tithing which are you refering to??....the one done during the pre-christian or post-christian ERA??....... I really want to know how any of Jesus' words or teachings have affected naija adversely.......... Are the corrupt officials or individuals in nigeria following or obeying the words of Jesus so that one can say christianity is actually the cause of naija's failure??............ Christianity is not the problem of naija........never will it be...... |
Re: Has Religion Been A Positive Force For Nigeria? by Nobody: 8:06pm On May 07, 2013 |
Striky |
Re: Has Religion Been A Positive Force For Nigeria? by jayriginal: 9:02pm On May 07, 2013 |
FOLYKAZE: Nope It is said that the cockroach can never be innocent in the gathering of fowls. One shouldnt be so anti religious that one cannot connect the dots. Is there a problem with religion? Yes! Is religion the root of our problems? No! Is religion one of our problems? Yes. It wouldnt be fair to blame religion without mentioning its brother (possibly its twin) culture. I think our culture is more of a culprit than religion. Our culture has its good sides no doubt but in the end, our culture in my opinion encourages subservience. You respect a person because he is older than you not because he is wiser. You cannot correct someone who is older as that is deemed to be an insult. In turn,you oppress those younger than you. You heed not their counsel because culturally (as opposed to actually) age grants you primacy. We even back it up with adages "what the old man will see sitting down, the youth will not see from the top of the palm tree ". I think it was Abimbola Aduuni Adelakun in Under The Brown Rusted Roofs that wrote "what do we do with age if not to cheat each other" (or something like that. I will confirm). Picture this sort of culture and then the people are presented with religion that demands absolute obeisance from its followers. How can they resist? Subservience is already embedded in them. If we had a more robust culture, one that favoured merit over age, we might naturally question religion. Only a few breakout from this mental cage and are demonized by the rest. I dont hold the view that our culture is all bad but many parts are obstacles in our progress. We will grow when we learn to question. |
Re: Has Religion Been A Positive Force For Nigeria? by Nobody: 9:16pm On May 07, 2013 |
Logicboy03: Striky Yes boss...you called? By the way: I laugh...culture is now the problem? Oya...let's grab the pitch forks and delete culture from Nigeria... |
Re: Has Religion Been A Positive Force For Nigeria? by Nobody: 9:39pm On May 07, 2013 |
striktlymi: See how one dimensional thinking destorys christians? Is that all you could get from Majaze's posts? Majaze clearly said that some parts of our cultures are bad for the country....he didnt say all of the culture |
Re: Has Religion Been A Positive Force For Nigeria? by Nobody: 9:40pm On May 07, 2013 |
Logicboy03: Mazaje ke? |
Re: Has Religion Been A Positive Force For Nigeria? by Nobody: 9:44pm On May 07, 2013 |
striktlymi: Jayriginal---sorry Dark knight activities are piling on......too much work |
Re: Has Religion Been A Positive Force For Nigeria? by Nobody: 9:46pm On May 07, 2013 |
Logicboy03: Lol!!! |
Re: Has Religion Been A Positive Force For Nigeria? by paxonel(m): 8:10am On Oct 23, 2014 |
the problem is not any religion itself. the problem is not even atheism. the problem is the heart of man. all men are evil in the heart(including all pastors and imams in Africa ) .religion seek to address the problem of evil in every mans heart, but men (esp in Africa, because most Africans are not educated, they mixed up things with tradition ) totally misunderstand the religion (the Bible and the quran ) they profess, that is why religion has marred us |
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