What is the full story behind this tree sef? Whose land is it on?
If it wasn't on the preachers land and the red cloth he burnt didn't belong to him, has he committed a crime?
If the tree is on govt land, have the worshippers been breaking the law?
Questions. . .

The police should have left the man of God to the youths, let us see if his mission was out of sheer bravado, or if Angels come to rescue him signifying that he was really commissioned by God to cut the tree down.

ifyalways:

The old man in the story made sense . . . .let the gods or GOD fight for themselves.

chidichris:

@Ibeme,
if going by the story of this topic, what u wrote above is u opinion on this, i suggest you see your doctor.
did it not occure to you that the god the young man attacked is surposed to be more powerful than the youths as in fighting its own fight?
when peter in the bible attacked those who came after Jesus Christ, he was asked by Jesus to put back his sword because if it was a case of fighting, his father in heaven(God° would definitely sent him soldiers.
kumuyi built his church(deeper life) on such places as the people allowed him to be killed by the gods.
this is another way of testing the powers of the gods.

true words unfortunately the man made gods cannot fight because they are dead

walata44:

I beg to disagree with u. What about your imaginary God? Has he fight for the Nigerians oppressed?

Aloy~Emeka:

I agree with ibime here. There should be absolute freedom freedom for all. What the man did was to impose his religious faith on another which is very wrong. If he has so much power, why not destroy the cloth without touching it physically. That is what real christians do every night when they pray and invoke the holy spirit for a spiritual warfare. The man is no different from boko harem.

GEW:

which is better to leave the tree and people continue to live in bondage and oppression or destroy the tree and people are set free? i prefer the tree be gone. like i said our people like darkness too much so any tree that does not bear forth good fruit shall be uprooted.

GEW:

if God was not merciful on nigeria you would all be in hell in that Godless place you call nigeria.  you know the wickedness in the mind of the average of nigerian.  so dont even go there.

as a people we love to practice wickedness, injustice and the worst forms of idolatory and occultism and are looking forward to a better paradise on planet earth.

do you know any God using people like nigerians?

thankfully in the midst of that gross darkness there is still the light of the gospel shinning.  you ought to be gratefull my brother. there are mysteries in the world. which is better to leave the tree and people continue to live in bondage and oppression or destroy the tree and people are set free? i prefer the tree be gone. like i said our people like darkness too much so any tree that does not bear forth good fruit shall be uprooted.

Aloy~Emeka:

There should be absolute freedom freedom for all. What the man did was to impose his religious faith on another which is very wrong. IThe man is no different from boko harem.

“This is unbelievable! For this man to actually burn this thing, he must truly be a man of God,” said Paschal Nwoke, an onlooker.

Beaf:

Godless place! With churches on every corner? You obviously hve never left Nigeria, otherwise you would have known that "Godlyness" does not feature in the developed World. Nigeria is not backward because we are "wicked", no; we are backward because our leaders (including your pastors) keep the people down with only crumbs to squabble for. They have replaced the colonial master and slave driver.

bawomolo:

gullible folks

bilymuse:

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Blows began to descend on him as the young men proceeded to tear his clothes.

“How can he come and destroy our place of worship? He must not go scot free,” said one of the men, his eyes already spitting fire.

The preacher was, however, saved by the timely intervention of police officers from the nearby Orile Police Station.

Another point: Muslims tell the story of Abraham destroying the idols in the Kaaba and telling the people of Makkah that if they are real gods then they will be able to protect themselves. This is a tale that Muslims would be wise to meditate on. Too many muslims take it upon themselves to fight for Allah. Is it that Allah cannot defend himself?

olabowale:

Idols in Kaaba, in the days of Ibrahim (AS)? Was it before he built it or after it, when it is known that he left his son and the young wife, Ismail and Hajar, respectively, in a desolated land? I think you are talking about when Ibrahim was still in your, the old city state of his bloodline in Iraq. You should go back to your history source and reverify it, all over, again! I thought you knew something about Makka?

If you said Muhammad (AS), I would say that you are correct. I wonder if you do not know that Islam of Muhammad (AS) was completed after the Kaaba is rid, completely of IDOLS!

olabowale:

@Pastor AIO; « #17 on: Yesterday at 07:41:08 PM » Idols in Kaaba, in the days of Ibrahim (AS)? Was it before he built it or after it, when it is known that he left his son and the young wife, Ismail and Hajar, respectively, in a desolated land? I think you are talking about when Ibrahim was still in your, the old city state of his bloodline in Iraq. You should go back to your history source and reverify it, all over, again! I thought you knew something about Makka?

If you said Muhammad (AS), I would say that you are correct. I wonder if you do not know that Islam of Muhammad (AS) was completed after the Kaaba is rid, completely of IDOLS!

GEW:

churches in every corner do not equal Godliness. yes nigerians go to church but about 99% still have no qualms doing 419, belonging to the occult and every other wicked things you can name.

if you call Gods name you are to depart from iniquities not be an active doer of evil and aborminations.
we had more sanity in nigeria before now so something is wrong.