webizone:


Mannerisms and Language were imposed. Religion wasn't. Christianity is based on the belief of the Lord Jesus Christ. Get your facts right.

lakesider:
most nigerians are either muslim or Christians.. the state of our nation tells us our religion is scam

Aquaregia42:


 
I know why you're saying this because maybe you're a pastor or a potential pastor in your church and you're seeing "your future there". Do you know the harm religion has done to Nigerians, they can't think anymore because they have to take orders from "men of God". Religion(churches especially) have tatically and successfully taken their brains from them. Every corner of the streets of Nigeria is churches. Now they get name of their church through franchise from renown church. They subtly extort money from members all in the name of tithes, seeds and so on... Recall that Jesus Christ who they claim to be emulating never did such.. Remember what he did to the money changers in the temple. Do you know how much some CEO/GOs of some church are worth? How much did Jesus Christ make before ascending to heaven? Today whether you like it or not churches are business enterprise they ought to pay tax if not for an insane country we live in. Jesus told those Pharisees who were tryna test him.... "Give Cesar's things to Cesar and God's things to God." Pastors are religious criminals holding Bible as a weapon. y'all can imagine the atrocities they have commited using God's word as a disguise. All I can conclude is since the politicians are having their way, they too will have their way. A system (Nigeria) where we are all surviving such is expected. The fittest have always be breathing.

The world is filled with religion, but the way Nigerians practice Christianity is off the chart.

solutionsnow:
Articulate write-up, thanks for showing us the strength of christians. Good to see their contributions to nation building.

When there is intuitive thinking, there is solutions. The OP clearly pointed at the failed leaders as those responsible for Nigeria's underdevelopment. 

Waiting to read more of your articles.‎


Atheist, food is ready

Freeze's church members, table is set

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THREAD BY A BLACK MAN, DEFENDING A WHITE MAN'S IMPOSED RELIGION THAT IS NEITHER TRUE NOR CARES ABOUT THE BLACK MAN.

OUR SLAVERY TO THE COLONIAL MASTERS HAS NEVER TRULY ENDED.

lakesider:
most nigerians are either muslim or Christians.. the state of our nation tells us our religion is scam

solutionsnow:
Articulate write-up, thanks for showing us the strength of christians. Good to see their contributions to nation building.

When there is intuitive thinking, there is solutions. The OP clearly pointed at the failed leaders as those responsible for Nigeria's underdevelopment. 

Waiting to read more of your articles.‎


Atheist, food is ready

Freeze's church members, table is set

AkpaMgbor:

The Anglican church started from the Anglo speaking people in England centuries ago..England till today is still majorly Christians and YET it never slowed down their development...America has the biggest protestant churches in the world and YET it never slows them down..Rome is exclusively a Christian state and YET it hasn't impeded the development of the entire country as a whole...but in our case we tend to ALWAYS shift blames and responsibilities...your government cannot build and maintain hostels and laboratories for you even with the constant sale of oil in billions of dollars..but somehow you lots have shifted the responsibility to the churches...did you see any church on the ballot boxes during the last election??

felixomor:

This foolishness will never stop
Jesus Christ the founder of Christianity wasnt a white man.

Learn for once!

jaxxy:


I am not against the church of Christ bt i will say a church dat cannot be responsible or takecare of its membership or commoner in its congregation cannot possibly takecare of a whole country. It is a fallacy. Charity starts from home. U can not give what u don't have.

To say the church has no business or effect on the existence or effectiveness of a country is a great disservice to the church and a great lack of sense of responsibility. Do u even know how many politicians come to or interact with churches? Are all the people in govt muslim or atheist??

oneolajire:


It is either you are a just a church critic or you didn't read the post, else you would have read the impact of the church on Nigeria. I don't even think you belong to any church, else you would have seen the impactful things they offer their members. 
Your mindset needs positive changes, pls do  ‎

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oneolajire:
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India produces 0.9 million barrels per day, mbpd, of crude oil and refines 4.5mbpd as a result of the 25 refineries she has. She achieves this by importing petroleum for her self built  refineries (read the contribution of Engineers India Limited, EIL, to India's success story). Nigeria's crude oil production is 2mbpd but refines about 0.2mbpd in her four dilapidated refineries.


My question is how has Christianity prevented the functioning of our refineries or construction of new ones?  When India was establishing EIL to help in construction aspect of the petroleum industry, what was Nigeria doing? Today EIL is into almost all aspects of engineering. Several other non oil producing nations import crude oil, build refineries and sell refined products to a prodigal nation like Nigeria. I still keep wondering why Nigeria didn't  build a refinery once every four years since 1960.

The steel industry in South Korea, Iran and other Asian nations started almost the same time with  Ajaokuta Steel Complex and the Delta Steel Company  (with about a million tonne installed capacities each). Several years later, the production capacities of the steel companies in those Asian nations have been surpassed and they have become masters in steel technology. Unfortunately, Nigeria's steel project is still a mirage.

You'll wonder if Christians are to be blamed for the woeful performance of Nigeria's  steel industry. You'll wonder if a stoppage in tithe payment will raise both steel production by reviving the steel plants from comatose or bring about new stell plants. It is a pity to see the church being blamed for the consequences of failed politicians and their policies.

Take a look into the educational sector to see the laudable things being done by the church from the establishment of the first primary school, 1843 in Badagry, till the time government mischievously and forcefully took over private primary and secondary schools. Qualitative education was a trademark of those good old days. It is now obvious that the government bastardised the educational system, later gave room for the church and the private sector to come to their rescue.

It is so terrible to see Christians as a threat in all areas of  socio-economic investments, as she is being castigated for all government's inefficiencies. I believe Nigeria's educational standard would have been much better than what we have now if the church's participation had not been been interrupted in the first place.

Malaysia took oil palm seedlings from Nigeria in the 70's, today Nigeria imports palm oil from Malaysia. Malaysia's palm oil refineries are bigger than Nigeria's petroleum refineries while Nigeria keep producing palm oil- and other farm produce- the primitive way. Agric graduates roam the streets seeking for employment because they are unequipped to revolutionise the agricultural system.

Why do we have to blame the church for the government's neglect of the agricultural sector as well as running a monolithic oil economy? Why don't we hold the government responsible for not revolutionising the agricultural sector? Are non christians not part of nation building as well?

Asian Tigers, UAE and other developing nations had rapid transformations as a result of the developmental principles they applied. Life is governed by rules, laws and principles, if you abide by them, you'll succeed. Some African nations are embracing developmental principles of massive investment in education and industrialisation while Nigeria is investing in kleptocracy, nepotism and illiteracy.

Christian critics talk as if we'll immediately have good roads, electricity and all other social amenities when tithes are not being paid. They see Christians as the reason why Nigeria's unemployment troop is increasing daily. 

Silicon Valley was started by graduates of Stanford University (such as William Hewlett and David Packard) and today, it is seen as the world headquarters of information technology and hi-tech products. As Havard undergraduates, Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin were able to create facebook in their room. The quality of education offered by American universities made these possible, but Nigeria educational system turn graduates into pop-corn, car wash and beer palour entrepreneurs.

Read my articles "entrepreneurship in Nigeria is a Scam and a multiplier of poverty" Part 1 and Part 2.

https://www.nairaland.com/2983340/entrepreneurship-nigeria-scam-multiplier-poverty

https://www.nairaland.com/3102449/part-2-entrepreneurship-scam-nigeria

More than 40 percent of Nigerian Christians don't attend church at all or attend irregularly. More than thirty percent of Nigerian church goers don't pay tithe. More than sixty percent of "tithers" pay lesser than ten percent of their income as tithe, while many still pay irregularly. I still wonder how a little set of faithfull tithers are being crucified for Nigeria's underdevelopment.

The onus of national development lays on tithers, non-tithers as well as christians and non-christians, especially the leaders in the public sector who are the main policy makers. Nigeria needs someone like Late Lee Kuan Yew of who single-handedly provided the visionary leadership for his country that lacked almost all the natural resources- including water- and transformed Singapore into a great nation.

Orphanages, universities, primary and secondary schools, football clubs, hospitals, skill acquisition centres and many more are what Christians, churches and tithers have invested in, so they should be applauded for their selfless contributions to nation building.


What Nigeria needs presently is to see how we can encourage churches to invest more in projects that can bring rapid transformation to Nigeria. This will be the focus of my next article.‎
 

felixomor:


And its called Paulianity ba?

Capital Dunce!

InvertedHammer:
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Churches hinder national development because they have brainwashed the middle class into locking away their functional brain in expectations of miracles. While citizens of other nations are embracing technology to create wealth, most Nigerians are idly waiting for God to pick their calls without putting in the work. The church preaches that our endeavours are in vain if we do not involve Jesus. Go tell that to the Japanese, Israelites, Chinese and other successful citizens of non-Christian nations. Christianity as practiced in Nigeria creates laziness resulting in dearth of competitive edge. It gets worse. These days people do not give credit to God or Christ anymore, they pay obeisance to daddy or mommy G.O. Only in Nigeria. Go figure! The level of ignorance is perplexing.
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xest:
Rubbish post, why will they pay tithe in the first place? And why is it that pastors always lays emphasis on it? No man in Nigeria is qualified to receive or pay tithe.

felixomor:


And its called Paulianity ba?

Capital Dunce!

THAT IT'S CALLED CHRISTIANITY DOESN'T IMPLY CHRIST STARTED IT.

MUHAMMAD STARTED A RELIGION BUT I'VE NEVER HEARD OF ANYTHING CALLED MUHAMMANITY.

I LIKE YOUR MONIKER. FELIXMORON FOR A VERY GOOD REASON.

oneolajire:


The blame of the irresponsible and visionless government has always been passed on to the christians. It is such a bad thing

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[s]THAT IT'S CALLED CHRISTIANITY DOESN'T IMPLY CHRIST STARTED IT.

MUHAMMAD STARTED A RELIGION BUT I'VE NEVER HEARD OF ANYTHING CALLED MUHAMMANITY.

I LIKE YOUR MONIKER. FELIXMORON FOR A VERY GOOD REASON. [/s]

AkpaMgbor:

The Anglican church started from the Anglo speaking people in England centuries ago..England till today is still majorly Christians and YET it never slowed down their development...America has the biggest protestant churches in the world and YET it never slows them down..Rome is exclusively a Christian state and YET it hasn't impeded the development of the entire country as a whole...but in our case we tend to ALWAYS shift blames and responsibilities...your government cannot build and maintain hostels and laboratories for you even with the constant sale of oil in billions of dollars..but somehow you lots have shifted the responsibility to the churches...did you see any church on the ballot boxes during the last election??

stanliwise:

you are right though but most of our spiritualist wouldn't tell us so instead they will say it is spiritual.

Newpride:
Bad leadership is the cause of nigeria’s Underdevelop problem .

PrecisionFx:


Bad leadership is only a part of the problem.

Religion is also a huge problem n in this case Christianity is a very huge problem in Nigeria.

oneolajire:


The main purpose of christianity isn't to check mate politics. If it were so, Jesus would have told us. The fact that Martin Luther King Junior might have made such a statement doesn't mean he is actually correct. The purpose of christianity is far much beyond that of policing the government. 

Nigerian leaders don't seek advice from church and her leaders, if they had been, our society would have been much better. Most of our politicians are proud, selfish and clueless. Their motive is not to develop the society, hence they don't seek divine direction. Even when they deliver little dividends of democracy, they do so in order to have some projects to campaign with. Politicians only need church leaders for religious aspect of public ceremonies and solidarity during election season
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stonemasonn:
OBJ and GEJ where Christians, they attended church services and gave offerings and donations, they went on pilgrimage to Jerusalem with GOs. But during their tenures as bible believing and tithing leaders, they didn’t see the necessity to build a befitting oil refinery, or deem it necessary to ensure Nigeria “embrace developmental principles of massive investment in education and industrialization” like Some African nations as you wrote.

Acidosis:


This post lacks an iota of sense.

..more like blaming all PhD holders and academicians because GEJ P.hD., in your words, failed.

How do you guys sit down to type this kind of post? Sometimes I do wonder the essence of primary and secondary education in Nigeria.

felixomor:

And its called Paulianity ba?
Capital Dunce!