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Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by ibuildstuff(m): 12:31pm On Sep 27, 2020 |
okafor200: Ur insult nor even funny sef, try harder. 1 Like |
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by UndauntedYOCA(f): 12:32pm On Sep 27, 2020 |
[quote author=Pimpstar post=94341126]Baalam the historic curser must have reincarnated as the man below [/quote Apt!!! Lol 1 Like |
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by okafor200(m): 12:32pm On Sep 27, 2020 |
Vulcanheph: yes but I hope you are through with work for today? because today is Sunday and you need take a day off baba olowo |
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by ibuildstuff(m): 12:33pm On Sep 27, 2020 |
okafor200:The problem with u guys is lack of exposure and awareness. Get a book, read, Google, learn, travel and see the world for what it really is. |
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by Theboss100(m): 12:34pm On Sep 27, 2020 |
jesusjnr2020:God bless you richly. I am so impressed. As for those atheists up there, let them continue to doubt until the sound of the trump. Amen. I so much love there ignorance. |
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by okafor200(m): 12:34pm On Sep 27, 2020 |
ibuildstuff:but I can sense thunder hovering over your bumbum this minute as we speak |
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by Openbusiness: 12:36pm On Sep 27, 2020 |
Nathan2016:what do you mean threatening people with hell? Threatening them how I'm not threatening anybody. Why would I do that, what will I gain? Saying Atheists are going to hell is not a threat. It's a REALITY. I'm not making a threat. Am I the one that will throw them into hell fire? Am I the one that created the hell fire they will be thrown into? So how can I be the one "threatening" them with hell fire? No, you misunderstand or misinterpret my communication. When I talk in this perspective, I'm speaking about existential realities. Just like if a Doctor says a patient that has heart failure will die, is that a threat? It's not. God is reality for me. I know God exists. I didn't mention any religion. I am not a religous person, I'm not a religious Christian. I don't do religion. I am a Christian by knowledge, not by religion. I didn't and don't condemn or criticize any religion, even the Christian religion. To each its own. Different religions have their own belief system. I have read about many religions and they all have their different viewpoints about what happens to people after they die. Now, if any of those religions are true, as per what they say in their respective views, then I am equally in "danger" of what they say will happen. Atheism is also a religion, a religion of disbelief in God. A religion that says God doesn't exist. They have their own ideas and viewpoint about what happens when a person dies, which is that the person just dies and that's it. Well, if they are correct, am I also not in danger of what they say will happen? It means I will stop existing. When Atheists say such things, do I say they are threatening me? Do I say they are condemning my existence? No! It's not a threat. That's their own viewpoint of life. That's their own existential reality. I don't have a problem with that. So then, the final eventuality boils down to death. Now saying like, When you die etc, I'm not wishing anyone death or wishing them bad, I'm speaking from the perspective of the inevitable. People die in the world we live, people are mortals, this is inevitable. I didn't make it that way. It is the way the world is. So when I say when you die, I'm talking about inevitability. Then, the Bible is my knowledge center, so when I speak of the afterlife, or speak about the event that takes place after death for a person, I'm talking from the Bible's viewpoint. Same way other books serve as the knowledge center of other religions and scientific knowledge serves as the knowledge center for Atheists. So when I say when Atheists die they are going to hell, is the same way Atheists say when I die, I die and stop existing, based on their own knowledge center. So, when death finally occurs, we will find out who's right or who's wrong or if everyone is right or if everyone is wrong. That's the FACT of the matter. There's no hate, there are no threats. It's all love. Everyone is just stating the facts they know or think we know. I just stated mine 2 Likes |
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by ibuildstuff(m): 12:37pm On Sep 27, 2020 |
okafor200:Send na, n if I nor see any thunder then your father is a bastard and your mother a whóre. I dey wait for your thunder. |
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by sonofElElyon: 12:41pm On Sep 27, 2020 |
he's not jobless.. he just takes his evangelism seriously and whether you believe it or not, a lot of people actually appreciate him which is what matters.. everyone can't like him.. kingxsamz: 1 Like |
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by kingxsamz(m): 12:50pm On Sep 27, 2020 |
sonofElElyon: That's his business. Like I said, it's only a jobless person that hustles to be the first to comment on almost every thread, 24-7. |
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by ENIGMATIC2023(m): 12:52pm On Sep 27, 2020 |
kingxsamz: See a psychiatrist asap |
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by Nathan2016: 1:06pm On Sep 27, 2020 |
Openbusiness: Just imagine the looks in the faces of Atheists and Naysayers when they die and finally discover that the Bible is real and Jesus is Lord grin Enjoy your hell fire mehnnn This was your comment. You have already condemned an athiest as a christain without knowing the basis of going to hell fire or heaven? Who told you being a christain suddenly turn your to a heaven finalist. Please stop defending yourself with a[i]m not a religous person, I'm not a religious Christian. I don't do religion. I am a Christian by knowledge, not by religion.[/i] You mentioned Bible in your comment. STOP CONDEMNING PEOPLE, YOU ARE NOT GOD, OGA. People like you are the reason most people stop believing in the existence of God. The speak hate and try everything possible to justify it. |
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by flamingREED(m): 1:08pm On Sep 27, 2020 |
CAPSLOCKED: Eyaah. As old as you've been here you had only 23 likes for your comment. Meanwhile, Righteousness89, who just showed up this year has about 37 likes. Everything would soon overtake you in life. |
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by zoedew: 1:09pm On Sep 27, 2020 |
kingxsamz:Jesus loves you! |
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by CAPSLOCKED: 1:15pm On Sep 27, 2020 |
flamingREED:YOU GET SENSE SO? 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by malvisguy212: 1:27pm On Sep 27, 2020 |
IgbosAreOsus:which god bless him ? you mean the atheist god ( darwin) ? 1 Like |
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by DeusXmachina: 1:30pm On Sep 27, 2020 |
rabzy:The flood myth is one of such examples. This is the flood story according to the epic of Gilgamesh. The Babylonian/Mesopotamian story that is, the Sumerian one is slightly different, but the table is heavily fragmented. This is based on the nearly completed tables found. Ea leaks the secret plan Utnapishtim tells Gilgamesh a secret story that begins in the old city of Shuruppak on the banks of the Euphrates River. The "great gods" Anu, Enlil, Ninurta, Ennugi, and Ea were sworn to secrecy about their plan to cause the flood. But the god Ea (Sumerian god Enki) repeated the plan to Utnapishtim through a reed wall in a reed house. Ea commanded Utnapishtim to demolish his house and build a boat, regardless of the cost, to keep living beings alive. The boat must have equal dimensions with corresponding width and length and be covered over like Apsu boats. Utnapishtim promised to do what Ea commanded. He asked Ea what he should say to the city elders and the population. Ea tells him to say that Enlil has rejected him and he can no longer reside in the city or set foot in Enlil's territory. He should also say that he will go down to the Apsu "to live with my lord Ea". Note: 'Apsu' can refer to a fresh water marsh near the temple of Ea/Enki at the city of Eridu. Building and launching the boat Carpenters, reed workers, and other people assembled one morning. [missing lines] Five days later, Utnapishtim laid out the exterior walls of the boat of 120 cubits. The sides of the superstructure had equal lengths of 120 cubits. He also made a drawing of the interior structure. The boat had six decks divided into seven and nine compartments. Water plugs were driven into the middle part. Punting poles and other necessary things were laid in. Three times 3,600 units of raw bitumen were melted in a kiln and three times 3,600 units of oil were used in addition to two times 3,600 units of oil that were stored in the boat. Oxen and sheep were slaughtered and ale, beer, oil, and wine were distributed to the workmen, like at a new year's festival. When the boat was finished, the launch was very difficult. A runway of poles was used to slide the boat into the water. Two-thirds of the boat was in the water. Utnapishtim loaded his silver and gold into the boat. He loaded "all the living beings that I had." His relatives and craftsmen, and "all the beasts and animals of the field" boarded the boat. The time arrived, as stated by the god Shamash, to seal the entry door. The storm Early in the morning at dawn a black cloud arose from the horizon. The weather was frightful. Utnapishtim boarded the boat and entrusted the boat and its contents to his boatmaster Puzurammurri who sealed the entry. The thunder god Adad rumbled in the cloud and storm gods Shullar and Hanish went over mountains and land. Erragal pulled out the mooring poles and the dikes overflowed. The Annunnaki gods lit up the land with their lightning. There was stunned shock at Adad's deeds which turned everything to blackness. The land was shattered like a pot. All day long the south wind blew rapidly and the water overwhelmed the people like an attack. No one could see his fellows. They could not recognize each other in the torrent. The gods were frightened by the flood, and retreated up to the Anu heaven. They cowered like dogs lying by the outer wall. Ishtar shrieked like a woman in childbirth. The Mistress of the gods wailed that the old days had turned to clay because "I said evil things in the Assembly of the Gods, ordering a catastrophe to destroy my people who fill the sea like fish." The other gods were weeping with her and sat sobbing with grief, their lips burning, parched with thirst. The flood and wind lasted six days and six nights, flattening the land. On the seventh day, the storm was pounding [intermittently?] like a woman in labor. Calm after the storm The sea calmed and the whirlwind and flood stopped. All day long there was quiet. All humans had turned to clay. The terrain was as flat as a roof top. Utnapishtim opened a window and felt fresh air on his face. He fell to his knees and sat weeping, tears streaming down his face. He looked for coastlines at the horizon and saw a region of land. The boat lodged firmly on mount Nimush which held the boat for several days, allowing no swaying. On the seventh day he released a dove that flew away, but came back to him. He released a swallow, but it also came back to him. He released a raven which was able to eat and scratch, and did not circle back to the boat. He then sent his livestock out in various directions. The sacrifice He sacrificed a sheep and offered incense at a mountainous ziggurat where he placed 14 sacrificial vessels and poured reeds, cedar, and myrtle into the fire. The gods smelled the sweet odor of the sacrificial animal and gathered like flies over the sacrifice. Then the great goddess arrived, lifted up her flies (beads), and said "Ye gods, as surely as I shall not forget this lapis lazuli [amulet] around my neck, I shall be mindful of these days and never forget them! The gods may come to the sacrificial offering. But Enlil may not come, because he brought about the flood and annihilated my people without considering [the consequences]." When Enlil arrived, he saw the boat and became furious at the Igigi gods. He said "Where did a living being escape? No man was to survive the annihilation!" Ninurta spoke to Enlil saying "Who else but Ea could do such a thing? It is Ea who knew all of our plans." Ea spoke to Enlil saying "It was you, the Sage of the Gods. How could you bring about a flood without consideration?" Ea then accuses Enlil of sending a disproportionate punishment, and reminds him of the need for compassion. Ea denies leaking the god's secret plan to Atrahasis (= Utnapishtim), admitting only sending him a dream and deflecting Enlil's attention to the flood hero. The flood hero and his wife are granted immortality and transported far away Enlil then boards a boat and grasping Utnapishtim's hand, helps him and his wife aboard where they kneel. Standing between Utnapishtim and his wife, he touches their foreheads and blesses them. "Formerly Utnapishtim was a human being, but now he and his wife have become gods like us. Let Utnapishtim reside far away, at the mouth of the rivers." Utnapishtim and his wife are transported and settled at the "mouth of the rivers". |
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by ruffDiamond: 1:32pm On Sep 27, 2020 |
Righteousness89:keep yarning dust, you hear?na donkey dey talk for one superstory dey sweet u abi?meanwhile, Leah Sharibu,the little ,young christian girl with ball stronger than all the GOs ,fake pastors,Bishops,Reverends, Deacons,Arch Bishops,wharever is still in terrorist captivity, being molested and dehumanized.. you come here forming Holy Holy bulsh1t..!no sane minds here take u serious here!pple are actually laughing..charlatan! pharisee!you no no the road to the North? *slams door in his face*gerrarahia abeg! |
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by DavilleBadt(m): 1:40pm On Sep 27, 2020 |
I shake my head anytime I see comments of atheists. There is a movie I watched that made my believe stronger. It's an old movie, I think 2013 movie. (GOD IS NOT DEAD)I recommend you to go and search for the movie on YouTube and watch it. Most of these atheists believe that God exists but because they HATE God (different reasons) and make themselves believe that he does not exist. All these atheists arguments that I have been seeing up there are nothing compared to some renowned Atheists and Scientists in the world but in the end it was evident that God exists. 1 Like |
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by Adrian9(m): 1:42pm On Sep 27, 2020 |
kingxsamz:Some people are narrow-minded, and they don't want to be proved wrong even if they know that there are wrong. They can't stand the shame |
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by davien(m): 1:50pm On Sep 27, 2020 |
Isn't there also a 5000 year old proof of Krishna? Should we all jump on hinduism too? 1 Like |
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by freeborn02: 1:56pm On Sep 27, 2020 |
kingxsamz: I knew you would respond like that. The beautiful thing about your own level of stupidity is that you are an easily predictable dumb idiot. My evidence is the Holy Bible. You even declared that the Bible is 2000+ years old. This means it must have been written around when the event took place. So, you that claim to be wise and reasonable, produce your own evidence to prove that part of the Bible wrong. Don't just talk like a fool. Produce evidence to counter the claim of the Bible. |
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by DeusXmachina: 1:58pm On Sep 27, 2020 |
GeneralDae:Because the people that often conclude with God did it, or only God knows never go further beyond that. They remain satisfied with the answer and don't look further for another possible answer. When sometimes an I don't know is probably the best answer. The explanation they have for the unknown is always superstition, but time and time again we've seen that a logical explanation and understanding of the things once unknown exists. If I were to ask you a complicated question like where does gravity come from, what will be your go to answer? |
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by Openbusiness: 2:01pm On Sep 27, 2020 |
Nathan2016:how you interpret my statement is left for you. And you are 100% correct, I am not God and I can never be God and do not claim to be God. And hope you know it is the same God which you say i am not that will cast the Atheists and Naysayers into Hell Fire, not me. I'm just letting them know about it. If letting them know about it for you means condemning, that's your view and it is a wrong view. Because I'm not the judge in this equation, I'm not the prosecutor and I'm not the plaintiff. If you feel that saying Atheists are going to hell fire = condemnation, then God is the one condemning, not me. And if you think that is hate, then you are saying God is hateful, not me. I said it then, and I will say it again, Atheists are going to Hell Fire, the very Hell Fire they say doesn't exist and they will burn forever. It just might sound unpleasant no doubt, but it's the truth, it's a fact. I really don't know why you are so critical about it. I mean, fortunately for the Atheists, i'm wrong, aren't I? My claim and theory is just some cooked up rubbish and the Bible is a book of fake fables and absolute nonsense written by delirious drunkards. That's very good, isn't it? Because it means I'm totally wrong; and Atheists say I am wrong, that what I'm saying is a lie. Ok, very good. Since it is a lie, then they have nothing to worry about. So there's no need for you to be critical since what I said is 100% false |
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by kingxsamz(m): 2:08pm On Sep 27, 2020 |
freeborn02: How old are you? You sound like a teenager, and if you're not, that's a shame because an adult should know better. I should provide evidence that a donkey and a snake didn't talk, a man didn't walk on water, 5000 people weren't fed with 5 fish, when you haven't even been able to prove that it actually happened? It's like asking me to prove that spiderman doesn't exist after reading its comic book. |
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by Tonitoniton(m): 2:08pm On Sep 27, 2020 |
Macsjebs: It does not matter if any body do not believe the authenticity of the bible and the word of God in general. Because, every man shall account for his words and actions on the last day. The devil has been deceiving people from time and he is not about to quit. The trouble will be for those who chose to believe and work with him. The devil has nothing to lost cos he is doomed already. The person at risk is the one that chose to believe and work with him. The devil has nothing, what u see him give is what he stole from others cos he is a thief. But this fact is clear, that...... 1Jesus is the only name u can call any where and get saved. 2 Jesus is the only name that all powers bow to 3 Jesus is the only one who said some thing and they come to pass no matter ur race or language 4 Jesus is the only hope of man 5 Jesus is the way the truth and the life 6 Jesus is the only and sure way to heaven 7 Jesus is coming back soon, pls, be ready at all times. |
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by freeborn02: 2:14pm On Sep 27, 2020 |
kingxsamz: You may be an old idiot close to your grave, it's none of my business. My evidence is a book that was written around the time the event took place. I was not alive then and those who were alive wrote that those events took place. Now, you old fool that will soon be consumed by the grave, prove that my evidence is not true or shut up. |
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by ehhmah(m): 2:14pm On Sep 27, 2020 |
khia:The Jews expatiate the encounter between balaam and the Donkey to occur in a Dream. Get that. Christians May have taken it literally. |
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by demmie1: 2:14pm On Sep 27, 2020 |
kingxsamz: Take a kiss, mmmmua! 1 Like |
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by kingxsamz(m): 2:16pm On Sep 27, 2020 |
flamingREED: You're probably a kid, if you think 'likes' on Nairaland reflects or has anything to do with reality. |
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by kingxsamz(m): 2:16pm On Sep 27, 2020 |
zoedew: He should love those dying kids in Africa first, then we can talk. |
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