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Re: Religion Is Not The Reason For Backwardness In Africa, Our Leaders Are by Nobody: 9:19am On Jul 21, 2019
Nemesis909:


Bill Gates- Christian?

Since when?

Religion has to be set aside whilst conducting research. Left for religion, DNA technology, STEM cells, blood transfusion, contraceptives , even anti malarial drugs are taboo.
Before you argue that Bill Gates is not a Christian, google it. He's even a Catholic. He and his wife, Melinda raised their children in Catholic Church. He said that he still participates in Catholic Church.

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Re: Religion Is Not The Reason For Backwardness In Africa, Our Leaders Are by hopefulLandlord: 9:19am On Jul 21, 2019
EkunKekere:
I personally understand it to mean that a specie which can adapt to changing circumstances has a better chance of surviving and passing on its genes.


do you think evidence supports this view or not?
Re: Religion Is Not The Reason For Backwardness In Africa, Our Leaders Are by Nobody: 9:20am On Jul 21, 2019
It is necessary for you all the reason properly.

Using models instead of emotion is great for analogy - First of all, which countries are the most advanced technologically?

1. Japan
2. China
3. Russia
4. Germany
5. USA
6. Finland
7. Taiwan
8. Sweden
9. Singapore

I did not ask which countries are the most beautiful or developed, I meant technologically advanced, and technology is the bedrock of material development.

So, look at the above, and explain the nature of the Religions of the Founding Fathers who built the technologies of those countries.

The mentally retarded will state that America's founding fathers were Christians, WRONG. America was built by my brothers in the Mason, Yes, Free Masonry means Builders. My brothers in the Builders Organization, FreeMason built the US of A.

Stay away from Religions and tune your consciousness to different channels of communication during your daily meditations if you want to contact Spirits. There are several channels of communications with Living Beings outside of our Spectrum, so stop wasting your time thinking Religions teach you about God, you are wasting your time and your country will never work as long as all you do is depend on Resources alone without the brain.

It takes a properly tuned brain to design concepts and prototypes of technologies to harness God-given natural resources to national wealth.

Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the rest of the countries depending on Oil and not technology will fall in the next 100 years except they leave religions and embrace Science and Tech in an AI/Green Energy new Era of Humanity.

Religions are strains of Cosmic Virus, programs designed to destroy the Human mind.

I can teach you how to see outside of the present consciousness. It is called Meditation and hypnosis etc. And the Entities you worship as God will teach the nature of the Universe cos Religions and their God are pure evil.

They made you all docile and get ripped off of all your natural resources cos of a brain that is not properly harnessed.

Now they are planning to hijack your access to different consciousness frequencies spectra.



Good luck/

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Re: Religion Is Not The Reason For Backwardness In Africa, Our Leaders Are by Herdsmenson: 9:22am On Jul 21, 2019
Mandeyy:
Before you argue that Bill Gates is not a Christian, google it. He's even a Catholic. He and his wife, Melinda raised their children in Catholic Church. He said that he still participates in Catholic Church.
atheist hate any thing Christian, they are been used by the devil thinking they are smart.
Re: Religion Is Not The Reason For Backwardness In Africa, Our Leaders Are by afroxyz: 9:22am On Jul 21, 2019
BigBashiru:


Why are Nigeriabs not in charge of building railways or refining oil. If white man didn't tell you u had oil, would you have known?

Useless black niggers.

Idiot. Have you gone to the creeks of Niger delta to see how they refine oil locally?

Was it the white man that taught us the Nuoe and Nok how to do blacksmithery?

Was it the white that developed systems of writing such as Nsibidi?

Was it the white that developed the igbo calendar that has 4 days which even equates with the present day calendar?

Have you even heard of the Dogon of Mali who are known for their accurate astronomical calculations.

You are referring to the whites that just recently decided to empower their women when in Africa women were leading wars.

You are just a nincompoop suffering from inferiority complex.

Stop WATCHING CNN and go and study your history

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Re: Religion Is Not The Reason For Backwardness In Africa, Our Leaders Are by Nobody: 9:22am On Jul 21, 2019
Nemesis909:


Yeah?

What denomination?

Catholic Church. He said that he and his wife raised their children in the Catholic Church, and that he still participates in Catholic Church.
Re: Religion Is Not The Reason For Backwardness In Africa, Our Leaders Are by BigBashiru: 9:22am On Jul 21, 2019
babasolution:


It is a lie,blacks may have some weaknesses but thats not the factor,if the whites did not drill oil for arabs wat makes u think they wud have known,blacks did not know because they had no need of it,they werent looking for it,everything boils down to resources,cult kill in nigerianuniversities but wat about other african countries do cults kill eachother in their universitues?are they not blacks also,theres always are reason for every problem and it can be solved,its not a black thing

Arabs drilled the oil for themselves and Arab nations contribute to research.

Nigerians had no need for it becos they are busy sleeping with many wives and being big boys - the average African cannot think beyond tomorrow.

I said Africa seems cursed spirutually - cults exist on other African countries but once you leave Africa, no more cults...
U deliberately avoids electricity and airplane. Blacks had no need of those too?

Let's all accept the truth that something is wrong with black Africa. The jews or Chinese or white men should be called to rule over Africa permanently.

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Re: Religion Is Not The Reason For Backwardness In Africa, Our Leaders Are by afroxyz: 9:24am On Jul 21, 2019
VRDroid:
It is necessary for you all the reason properly.

Using models instead of emotion is great for analogy - First of all, which countries are the most advanced technologically?

1. Japan
2. China
3. Russia
4. Germany
5. USA
6. Finland
7. Taiwan
8. Sweden
9. Singapore

I did not ask which countries are the most beautiful or developed, I meant technologically advanced, and technologic is the bedrock of material development.

So, look at the above, and explain the nature of the Religions of the Founding Fathers who built the technologies of those countries.

The mentally retarded will state that America's founding fathers were Christians, WRONG. America was built by my brothers in the Mason, Yes, Free Masonry means Builders. My brothers in the Builders Organization, FreeMason built the US of A.

Stay away from Religions and tune your consciousness to different channels of communication during your daily meditations if you want to contact Spirits. There are several channels of communications with Living Beings outside of our Spectrum, so stop wasting your time thinking Religions teach you about God, you are wasting your time and your country will never work as long as all you do is depend on Resources alone without the brain.

It takes a properly tuned brain to design concepts and prototypes of technologies to harness God-given natural resources to national wealth.

Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the rest of the countries depending on Oil and not technology will fall in the next 100 years except they leave religions and embrace Science and Tech in an AI/Green Energy new Era of Humanity.

Religions are strains of Cosmic Virus, programs designed to destroy the Human mind.

I can teach you how to see outside of the present consciousness. It is called Meditation and hypnosis etc.

Good luck/

Don't mind them. There is even a Gallup study that proves that the more religious a nation, the more underdeveloped it becomes. The only exceptions were the United states and Italy

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Re: Religion Is Not The Reason For Backwardness In Africa, Our Leaders Are by babasolution: 9:24am On Jul 21, 2019
BigBashiru:


Arabs drilled the oil for themselves and Arab nations contribute to research.

Nigerians had no need for it becos they are busy sleeping with many wives and being big boys - the average African cannot think beyond tomorrow.

I said Africa seems cursed spirutually - cults exist on other African countries but once you leave Africa, no more cults...
U deliberately avoids electricity and airplane. Blacks had no need of those too?

Let's all accept the truth that something is wrong with black Africa. The news or Chinese or white men should be called to rule over Africa permanently.

Lol,guy its seems u dnt know much,go do prper research on things

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Re: Religion Is Not The Reason For Backwardness In Africa, Our Leaders Are by Nobody: 9:25am On Jul 21, 2019
princeogbeide1:


Spits on your face. Very dull

Best comeback I ever saw. Hahahahahahaha Remove religion and everything goes back to Normal. So what did we accomplish before the presence of religion?

Hahahahahahahahahaha
Re: Religion Is Not The Reason For Backwardness In Africa, Our Leaders Are by Xbee007(m): 9:26am On Jul 21, 2019
Tellemall:


You are blaming religion for the attitudes of people and their values.

African values are low.

This is why a person will walk and spit mucus, throw rubbish, urinate and shit on the roadside. Is it religion that made an African do this?
Are you black or white?

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Re: Religion Is Not The Reason For Backwardness In Africa, Our Leaders Are by CodeTemplar: 9:26am On Jul 21, 2019
Tellemall:
Why bother explaining what cannot be understood by minds that want to forsake God anyway?

Anywhere Black people are is always backward.

It has nothing to do with religion, but that the average Black man is vain, crude, greedy, selfish/self-centered, conceited, egotistic and wants to be worshipped, cannot innovate, has no good foundation, grew up in slums, villages, and lives to lavish money extravagantly, etc. Put such a person in control and watch Africa reborn over and over again.

This is why where people of color are there is always refuse and open sewers and property value drops. But those who don't want to believe in God claim it is because of religion. If so, the whole world would be a cesspit, because everywhere is religious. Different values produce different results. Eg, Most Asians have good work ethic and believe in honesty and community growth and selflessness. What do Black people believe in as their core values?

The Cadillac was a dead brand until the prideful, greedy nature of Blacks was discovered by the manufacturers who were Whites.
Lol...as long as we embrace the culture of evil anointing from demons these traits won't go away. Never.
Re: Religion Is Not The Reason For Backwardness In Africa, Our Leaders Are by otokx(m): 9:27am On Jul 21, 2019
I don't know about atheists but Nigerian churches need to reevaluate their mode of operations especially in contribution to society development.

None of the mainstream Nigerian churches have come out to denounce and condemn Big Brother Nigeria, Betting/gambling and Yahoo Yahoo.

Every Sunday the people go to Church for hours.

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Re: Religion Is Not The Reason For Backwardness In Africa, Our Leaders Are by BigBashiru: 9:27am On Jul 21, 2019
afroxyz:


Idiot. Have you gone to the creeks of Niger delta to see how they refine oil locally?

Was it the white man that taught us the Nuoe and Nok how to do blacksmithery?

Was it the white that developed systems of writing such as Nsibidi?

Was it the white that developed the igbo calendar that has 4 days which even equates with the present day calendar?

Have you even heard of the Dogon of Mali who are known for their accurate astronomical calculations.

You are referring to the whites that just recently decided to empower their women when in Africa women were leading wars.88k

You are just a nincompoop suffering from inferiority complex.

Stop WATCHING CNN and go and study your history

I have gone there and see no local refining being done; what I see is useless youths vandalizing pipelines and stealing oil in search of QUICK MONEY.

And where are those blacksmiths today?? Haven't they left it in search of QUICK moni?

And where is the igbo calendar today?

You are just talking ancient things. The inventions of the white man: electricity and airplane are all there for all to see and you are telling me about calendars and ancient pyramids in Egypt.

I have no inferiority complex. The average Nigerian has a very wicked, selfish and vain glory mindset. The culture in Nigeria is entire opposite of the culture in Europe.

Africa is the most backward continent becos Africans are a useless ppl.

Okay African presidents feel no shame going for medical treatment in Europe - by going for medical treatment in Europe, they have accepted white supremacy!

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Re: Religion Is Not The Reason For Backwardness In Africa, Our Leaders Are by Nobody: 9:29am On Jul 21, 2019
afroxyz:


Don't mind them. There is even a Gallup study that proves that the more religious a nation, the more underdeveloped it becomes. The only exceptions were the United states and Italy

United States is going down cos the Citizens left Masonry to virus religions and now they are turning Zen and gay. It's pathetic.

I support China's clamp down on this virus called Religions.

Religion is the worst thing you can introduce your child to. Worst than drugs.

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Re: Religion Is Not The Reason For Backwardness In Africa, Our Leaders Are by BigBashiru: 9:29am On Jul 21, 2019
babasolution:


Lol,guy its seems u dnt know much,go do prper research on things

Is that your excuse? Accepting the black man's failure hits the ego hard but it's necessary and the first step to progress.

Let black Africans accept that they hv failed (it will be hard on the ego) and then partner with successful races and find out what made then suvcessful. I believe it's best to have Nigerians ruled by foreigners since no progress since 1960.
Re: Religion Is Not The Reason For Backwardness In Africa, Our Leaders Are by CodeTemplar: 9:30am On Jul 21, 2019
NPComplete:
What leaders are u talking about?
The leaders are a reflection of the collective predilections of the people. You have bad leaders because you are bad people and only maintain systems that appeal to the lowest common denominator and ensure they get into positions of power.

aReligion has always and will always be a major problem to us. It is religion that makes the black man go to vigil and scream his heart out instead of working and using his head. It is what makes MFM guys kill their enemies every year with no result to show for it financially and materially yet still remain adamant and stick to the same futile strategies.
The version of religion we practice encourages men to steal so they can come give testimony in churches. It encourages wanton looting by civil servants so they can get front row and positions of deacons in church.

The energy we have expended in praying to God, who has already blessed us with everything we need, could have been best applied into creative pursuits. Religion encourages indolence and the emphasis on miracles stymies but technological and business growth.

Let me give u an example. In other less religious countries, when a business man is failing at his business, he begins to reconsider his strategy. He thinks up innovative ways and failing that, he closes the business and seek better opportunities suited to him. In Africa and other religion-induced low IQ countries, the man baulks at the first sign of trouble and runs to church. His pastors begins to tell him there is something after him and enemies are at the gates. Suddenly the country, nay the world, has lost an opportunity to see a new innovation or a new idea. The man himself has lost an opportunity to grow and know himself better. The list is endless....

Religion is a problem. It hinders men from using their abilities most times.
The question is before most people become religious and start going to vigil, what was their work ethic like?
You just another demonized soul looking to blame religion for your shortcomings.
Before white men gave us both religion what was our work ethic like?. Did the white man's religion also force us to sell ourselves as slaves to them?

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Re: Religion Is Not The Reason For Backwardness In Africa, Our Leaders Are by babasolution: 9:32am On Jul 21, 2019
BigBashiru:


Arabs drilled the oil for themselves and Arab nations contribute to research.

Nigerians had no need for it becos they are busy sleeping with many wives and being big boys - the average African cannot think beyond tomorrow.

I said Africa seems cursed spirutually - cults exist on other African countries but once you leave Africa, no more cults...
U deliberately avoids electricity and airplane. Blacks had no need of those too?

Let's all accept the truth that something is wrong with black Africa. The news or Chinese or white men should be called to rule over Africa permanently.

You might not know how development began for the whites,read guns,germs and steel it explains alot about the development and underdevelopment of different areas of the world,besides were d arabs not sleeping with many wifes?who told u they drilled oil by themselves?u must b ignorant if u think so,yyes blacks have so many weaknesses but they can be overcomed,blacks were essentially the last race to be civilised western style dats why we seem backward,backward because we lack technology which has become the yardstick of development,aside from technology blacks are not backward,the technological challenge we have is gradually being overcome,once we get leadership right,watch the black race transform,many of these black attitudes dat u despise will be eradicated

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Re: Religion Is Not The Reason For Backwardness In Africa, Our Leaders Are by BigBashiru: 9:33am On Jul 21, 2019
CodeTemplar:
The question is before most people become religious and start going to vigil, what was their work ethic like?
You just another demonized soul looking to blame religion for your shortcomings.
Before white men gave us both religion what was our work ethic like?. Did the white man's religion also for us to sell ourselves as slaves to them?

Very well said.

Accepting the black man's failure and case (greed, wickedness, very self centered, etc) hits the ego hard but it's necessary and the first step to progress.

Let black Africans accept that they hv failed (it will be hard on the ego) and then partner with successful races and find out what made then suvcessful. I believe it's best to have Nigerians ruled by foreigners since no progress since 1960.

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Re: Religion Is Not The Reason For Backwardness In Africa, Our Leaders Are by princeogbeide1(m): 9:34am On Jul 21, 2019
Penisinpenisout:


Best comeback I ever saw. Hahahahahahaha Remove religion and everything goes back to Normal. So what did we accomplish before the presence of religion?

Hahahahahahahahahaha

It's almost 10am. Go and take your drugs
Re: Religion Is Not The Reason For Backwardness In Africa, Our Leaders Are by 1Sharon(f): 9:35am On Jul 21, 2019
Lekison:
hmm..fact Bro. we keep blaming religion especially Christianity for our woes and failures as if we are the most religious set of people on earth.

Nigerians are actually

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Re: Religion Is Not The Reason For Backwardness In Africa, Our Leaders Are by Lekison(m): 9:37am On Jul 21, 2019
1Sharon:

Nigerians are actually
and how do u know that?
Re: Religion Is Not The Reason For Backwardness In Africa, Our Leaders Are by babasolution: 9:39am On Jul 21, 2019
BigBashiru:


Very well said.

Accepting the black man's failure and case (greed, wickedness, very self centered, etc) hits the ego hard but it's necessary and the first step to progress.

Let black Africans accept that they hv failed (it will be hard on the ego) and then partner with successful races and find out what made then suvcessful. I believe it's best to have Nigerians ruled by foreigners since no progress since 1960.


Yes blacks have failed ,i too always preach dat we have to accept our failures before we can move forward,blacks have indeed failed but failure is part of the process of learning and making progress,we have failed and continue to fail but each time we should pick up ourselves learn and move forward not self loathe

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Re: Religion Is Not The Reason For Backwardness In Africa, Our Leaders Are by AkhereOkaka(m): 9:40am On Jul 21, 2019
alBHAGDADI:

Christianity in Nigeria and Africa is beginning to come under heavy attack, not just from people who are ungodly and most times closet Satanists, but from celebrities. They claim the reason why Africa is backward is because of religion. There are so many religions in Africa, but the one they are truly specific about is Christianity.

These people don't complain when other religions engage in mass murder for their god, nor when some of them demand human sacrifice by killing innocent passerbys in the middle of the night all in the name of a festival. But when people gather in a church to worship God, they get angry and claim that is the reason why Africa lacks steady electricity, food, technological development and is suffering from poverty.

When these people call for religion to be eradicated from Africa, what they actually want is for Christianity to leave. It is only Christianity that defines what religion is, and that annoys them because it speaks against their worldly ways.

James 1:27 (KJV)
27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

As seen above, the religion God accepts is the one in which a person is encouraged to:

1.) Visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction.
2.) To keep himself unspotted from the world.

The above points in the definition of religion are an embodiment of Christianity. When these people say religion should be eradicated from Africa because they think it is mental slavery, what they actually want is for the fatherless and widows to suffer. No one will care about them because the one belief which encourages that has been destroyed.

But you say "celebrities do give gifts to orphans". Yes and that's because they upload the act on social media just to earn your praise and make you see them as good, whereas they are not. You really think they care about the orphans they help? They don't care. They only care about how the world perceives them. That's why they show it off when they do such good. They post it on social media because they want people to comment and praise them. Let's see what Jesus Christi said about such.

Matthew 6:1-4 (KJV)
6 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

These celebrities and ungodly people hate Christianity because the book by the religion contains words that judge them. The Bible exposes their wicked ways. They want to live however they like without anybody questioning them. They are angry that the light through Christianity has come to Africa. No more baby sacrifices, no more offerings to demons, no more living a wicked life. The light has condemned them.

John 3:19
19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

They hate the light of Christianity because it exposes their evil ways. It exposes the motive behind their actions.

John 3:20
“For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.”

We who don't do evil are not angry at the light. We love and welcome it. It has even made us better humans.

John 3:21
21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

The above are the words of Jesus. The words judge evildoers, which means that they definitely hate Jesus as well. It's words like this that made the evildoers back then to kill Jesus. They couldn't stomach how he was exposing their evil heart. Those evildoers back then have their descendants today continuing from where their ancestors stopped. We are glad Jesus is risen and his word will never die.

The second point in the definition of religion says we should keep ourselves unspotted from the world. It simply means our ways should be different from the way the world does its own. It also means we shouldn't love the world. But these atheists, celebrities and evil people are always in comformation with the world. From the way they attack religion to their flamboyant show off on Instagram, we get to know that they love the world. This means they don't have the love of the father in them. They hate God.


1 John 2:15-17 (KJV)
15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

Despite them loving the world so much, you will never see them speak up against things positioned to destroy it. As long as those things are against Bible teachings, they will welcome them e.g homosexuality.

Romans 12:2 (KJV)
2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

The people who say Africa is backward because of the religion white men brought to the continent don't even know how foolish they sound. They say the Bible which the white man brought to Africa is the reason the continent is backward. How come the cars, phones, television, refrigerator etc all brought by the same white men are not making Africa backward? If we must throw the Bible away, then we must throw away all those other things the whites brought to our continent.

Some people even believe Africans who serve God fervently are not really doing so because their continent is not rich like China, an ungodly nation. Look, the Bible already stated that we should stay away from such people who think being rich means you are serving God, who think gain is godliness.

2 Timothy 6:5
5 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.

Being rich is not a sign that you are serving God. Don't be all about wealth and riches. As long as you have clothes and food to eat, that should be enough. Why try to gain the world when you brought nothing into it and will take nothing out?

2 Timothy 6:6-8
6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.
7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.

Do you know what will happen to those who are chasing after riches? They will do so many foolish things. This explains why Western Nations are encouraging homosexuality, abortion etc. This also explains why celebrities fall into depression all the time.

2 Timothy 6:9
9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

These evil people want Christians in Africa to chase after wealth because they know it will make us err from the Christian faith. That is why they keep ringing it in our ears that Africa is backward because of religion.

2 Timothy 6:10
10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

But as a Christian, you should run away from such people. Run away from the love of money and the love for the world. Follow after righteousness.

2 Timothy 6:11
11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

Christianity is not the one looting money at Federal Government and State level. Christianity is not the one embezzling money released for educational and technologcial development. Stop saying we should dump it. Blame your leaders, not Christianity.

These evildoers want us to go back to serving the God's in Egypt which didn't profit Africa in any reasonable sense.


Joshua 24:14-15 (KJV)
14 Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the Lord.
15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
Note that our leaders are more product of the two major religion practise in Africa(Christianity and Islam) than politics we should be objective when coming up with right up. Not that I'm against religion but the way it is practise in Africa. If you've left the shore of Africa(Nigeria) you will understand. Africans has enslaved themselves because of religion they've refuse to be objective in their thinking and i stand to be corrected by this. The Europeans who brought Christianity to us does not practise it same way we do and they are progressing

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Re: Religion Is Not The Reason For Backwardness In Africa, Our Leaders Are by Lekison(m): 9:41am On Jul 21, 2019
[quote author=DarkJeddi post=80478548]Are we not the most religious set of people on earth?

Infact,the issue on the ground is why are the MOST religious Societies on earth also the most UNDERDEVELOPED and IMPROVERISHED?

Meditate on THAT and call it COINCIDENCE if you like.. shocked[/quote I guess Saudi Arabia, dubai, and Italy are underdeveloped
Re: Religion Is Not The Reason For Backwardness In Africa, Our Leaders Are by EkunKekere: 9:46am On Jul 21, 2019
The evidence is self-explanatory.

hopefulLandlord:


do you think evidence supports this view or not?
Re: Religion Is Not The Reason For Backwardness In Africa, Our Leaders Are by gly(m): 9:48am On Jul 21, 2019
You are point sir on this, but you failed to add the fact that the MODE OF PRACTICE makes the difference.
The way we in Africa....Nigeria as a case study do our religious practices couple with bad leadership (across all levels...church inclusive) is what has put us where we are.

Not until we understand what is expected of us we will keep groping in the dark and far from being 21st century development.


jaxxy:
Thank for this. The west has religion and yet developed embarassed
tremendously. Until we know and recognize our problem we will keep blaming the rain.

However I won’t say it’s only our leaders cos this is now democracy and we elect these leaders or fail to hold them accountable so we are also the problem aswell.

We the citizens are also responsible for our country’s failure.

Religion has only become a drug abused to forget or excuse the pain and reality.
Re: Religion Is Not The Reason For Backwardness In Africa, Our Leaders Are by 1Sharon(f): 9:50am On Jul 21, 2019
Lekison:
and how do u know that?

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Re: Religion Is Not The Reason For Backwardness In Africa, Our Leaders Are by gly(m): 9:51am On Jul 21, 2019
Thanks for this piece. This I believe was 2BABA'S point probably not well said by him.
It is well with us in Jesus' name.


AkhereOkaka:

Note that our leaders are more product of the two major religion practise in Africa(Christianity and Islam) than politics we should be objective when coming up with right up. Not that I'm against religion but the way it is practise in Africa. If you've left the shore of Africa(Nigeria) you will understand. Africans has enslaved themselves because of religion they've refuse to be objective in their thinking and i stand to be corrected by this. The Europeans who brought Christianity to us does not practise it same way we do and they are progressing
Re: Religion Is Not The Reason For Backwardness In Africa, Our Leaders Are by GoodBoi1(m): 9:53am On Jul 21, 2019
Welcome to Nigeria. When it is time for elections, we leave forward-thinking candidates and instead recycle our previous and possibly corrupt leaders again and then blame christianity religion for the failures of the government. You can't eat your cake and have it. Elections will occur in the next for years again and we will likely repeat the same mistake again. You reap what you sow. Christianity religion is not the problem of this nation, Nigerians are. It is an integrity issue and sadly Nigerians are comfortable with it. We are just too sentimental in this country corrupt leader will loot public funds but because he is from our tribe, we turn a blind eye, students will want to cheat to get a certificate they don't deserve, a corrupt leader is treated like he is above the law because the law does not apply to the rich. Stop blaming religion.

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Re: Religion Is Not The Reason For Backwardness In Africa, Our Leaders Are by Nobody: 9:53am On Jul 21, 2019
alBHAGDADI:

Christianity in Nigeria and Africa is beginning to come under heavy attack, not just from people who are ungodly and most times closet Satanists, but from celebrities. They claim the reason why Africa is backward is because of religion. There are so many religions in Africa, but the one they are truly specific about is Christianity.

These people don't complain when other religions engage in mass murder for their god, nor when some of them demand human sacrifice by killing innocent passerbys in the middle of the night all in the name of a festival. But when people gather in a church to worship God, they get angry and claim that is the reason why Africa lacks steady electricity, food, technological development and is suffering from poverty.

When these people call for religion to be eradicated from Africa, what they actually want is for Christianity to leave. It is only Christianity that defines what religion is, and that annoys them because it speaks against their worldly ways.

James 1:27 (KJV)
27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

As seen above, the religion God accepts is the one in which a person is encouraged to:

1.) Visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction.
2.) To keep himself unspotted from the world.

The above points in the definition of religion are an embodiment of Christianity. When these people say religion should be eradicated from Africa because they think it is mental slavery, what they actually want is for the fatherless and widows to suffer. No one will care about them because the one belief which encourages that has been destroyed.

But you say "celebrities do give gifts to orphans". Yes and that's because they upload the act on social media just to earn your praise and make you see them as good, whereas they are not. You really think they care about the orphans they help? They don't care. They only care about how the world perceives them. That's why they show it off when they do such good. They post it on social media because they want people to comment and praise them. Let's see what Jesus Christi said about such.

Matthew 6:1-4 (KJV)
6 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

These celebrities and ungodly people hate Christianity because the book by the religion contains words that judge them. The Bible exposes their wicked ways. They want to live however they like without anybody questioning them. They are angry that the light through Christianity has come to Africa. No more baby sacrifices, no more offerings to demons, no more living a wicked life. The light has condemned them.

John 3:19
19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

They hate the light of Christianity because it exposes their evil ways. It exposes the motive behind their actions.

John 3:20
“For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.”

We who don't do evil are not angry at the light. We love and welcome it. It has even made us better humans.

John 3:21
21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

The above are the words of Jesus. The words judge evildoers, which means that they definitely hate Jesus as well. It's words like this that made the evildoers back then to kill Jesus. They couldn't stomach how he was exposing their evil heart. Those evildoers back then have their descendants today continuing from where their ancestors stopped. We are glad Jesus is risen and his word will never die.

The second point in the definition of religion says we should keep ourselves unspotted from the world. It simply means our ways should be different from the way the world does its own. It also means we shouldn't love the world. But these atheists, celebrities and evil people are always in comformation with the world. From the way they attack religion to their flamboyant show off on Instagram, we get to know that they love the world. This means they don't have the love of the father in them. They hate God.


1 John 2:15-17 (KJV)
15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

Despite them loving the world so much, you will never see them speak up against things positioned to destroy it. As long as those things are against Bible teachings, they will welcome them e.g homosexuality.

Romans 12:2 (KJV)
2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

The people who say Africa is backward because of the religion white men brought to the continent don't even know how foolish they sound. They say the Bible which the white man brought to Africa is the reason the continent is backward. How come the cars, phones, television, refrigerator etc all brought by the same white men are not making Africa backward? If we must throw the Bible away, then we must throw away all those other things the whites brought to our continent.

Some people even believe Africans who serve God fervently are not really doing so because their continent is not rich like China, an ungodly nation. Look, the Bible already stated that we should stay away from such people who think being rich means you are serving God, who think gain is godliness.

2 Timothy 6:5
5 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.

Being rich is not a sign that you are serving God. Don't be all about wealth and riches. As long as you have clothes and food to eat, that should be enough. Why try to gain the world when you brought nothing into it and will take nothing out?

2 Timothy 6:6-8
6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.
7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.

Do you know what will happen to those who are chasing after riches? They will do so many foolish things. This explains why Western Nations are encouraging homosexuality, abortion etc. This also explains why celebrities fall into depression all the time.

2 Timothy 6:9
9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

These evil people want Christians in Africa to chase after wealth because they know it will make us err from the Christian faith. That is why they keep ringing it in our ears that Africa is backward because of religion.

2 Timothy 6:10
10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

But as a Christian, you should run away from such people. Run away from the love of money and the love for the world. Follow after righteousness.

2 Timothy 6:11
11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

Christianity is not the one looting money at Federal Government and State level. Christianity is not the one embezzling money released for educational and technologcial development. Stop saying we should dump it. Blame your leaders, not Christianity.

These evildoers want us to go back to serving the God's in Egypt which didn't profit Africa in any reasonable sense.


Joshua 24:14-15 (KJV)
14 Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the Lord.
15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.


U know how to write extended n elongated epistles, nobody read all that.





Religion is not the only problem Africa has, but it is a major problem, a foundational problem

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Re: Religion Is Not The Reason For Backwardness In Africa, Our Leaders Are by Nobody: 9:55am On Jul 21, 2019
malvisguy212:
perfectly said bro. politics have done more harm than religion. we can only try to find the right political formula. Neither can we eliminate our religious need; we can only find the right religion. A good start would be to find one committed to a leader who said:

"Blessed are the peacemakers ... love your
enemies ... bless those who curse you ...
turn the other cheek ..."

If you assume that killing and exploitation are wrong, you have unconsciously appropriated Christian values. If, as atheistic evolutionists teach, advancement comes through the survival of the fittest, why not let war take its natural course?


The church n the state are one and the same

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