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Re: The Impact Of The Church To The Economy Of Nigeria - Daniel Osato Edegbe Uddo by meobizy(f): 2:23pm On Jul 08, 2018
I enjoyed this writeup and related to it because I have come across people who volunteered to work in churches and thus improved themselves from the experience.

It however is not a strong enough point about the church's economic importance. I strongly believe, apart from a few unethical things the church stopped, that religion is a bane on the negro human. We look down on life saving scientific advancements created by those who taught us their ways in favour of fasting and prayer which provides only temporary mental relief.

We have become brainwashed to believe the white man is our Lord and Saviour, why? His religion he shoved down our throats using violence depicts only caucasian heroes. It wrecks havoc on our psyche and puts us in a position where we accept wholeheartedly anything his decendants offer us, even at our own detriment.
Re: The Impact Of The Church To The Economy Of Nigeria - Daniel Osato Edegbe Uddo by meobizy(f): 2:51pm On Jul 08, 2018
I wonder why the Oyedepos, the Adeboyes, the Oyakhilomes, the Kumuyis and Ashimolowos never pen these writeups themselves, it is always one member or the other of their congregation.

It shows these men [their families included] believe the public they inconvenience is not worthy enough to receive a response from them -- a very typical course of action from people who see themselves as above average mortals.
Re: The Impact Of The Church To The Economy Of Nigeria - Daniel Osato Edegbe Uddo by Jonra(m): 4:29pm On Jul 08, 2018
CS Lewis was worse than you, Felix Leseur was worse than you, Blaise Pascal was worse than you, even Saint Paul (as Saul was worse than you), they were good atheists who asked the right questions with an open mind. What I'm trying to say is, the veil of darkness over your soul that has darkened your intellect, weakened your will and corrupted your memory will be eviscerated. Even if this is a case of 'emerighi Iha eme', heaven's hound is on your trail. Like the aforementioned atheists, you will be converted to love Christ Jesus above life itself.

Remember this Day!

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THE IMPACT OF CHURCHES VS THE IMPACT OF FOOTBALL VIEWING CENTERS TO THE ECONOMY.

- CHURCH PROVIDES EMPLOYMENT. VERY GOOD. VIEWING CENTER EMPLOY PEOPLE AS WELL. (BOARD MAN, CLEANERS, ELECTRICIANS, SECURITY, ETC).

- CHURCH GIVES AND TAKES.
CHURCH GIVES YOU THE "ABSOLUTE TRUTH" OF YOUR FAVORITE DEITY, AND TAKES YOUR TIME, ENERGY, TITHES, OFFERING, DONATIONS, EMOTIONS, ETC.
VIEWING CENTER GIVES YOU THE MATCH YOU WANT TO WATCH AND TAKES ONLY 50 - 100 NAIRA FROM YOU, DEPENDING ON YOUR LOCATION.

- YOU MIGHT WANT TO ARGUE THAT CHURCH HELPS TO BUILD PEOPLE SPIRITUALLY, AND ENSURE TO LEAD THEM TO HEAVEN. THIS IS COMPLETE NONSENSE AS WITH JUST A SINGLE DOSE OF COMMON SENSE IT BECOMES EASY TO REALIZE THAT CHURCH IS NOTHING BUT A BUSINESS CENTER WHICH THRIVES ON THE FEAR, EMOTIONS, AND GULLIBILITY OF HUMANS. SELLS THEM FAKE TALES FROM THE ANCIENT AGE ABOUT HELL AND HEAVEN, AND TAKES AWAY THEIR MONEY AND FREEDOM.
VIEWING CENTER WINS IT ON THIS ONE BECAUSE YOU SPEND YOUR MONEY ON SOMETHING REALISTIC - A FOOTBALL OR WRESTLING MATCH AND YOU LEAVE WHENEVER YOU WANT.. NO THREATS OR ANY FORM OF GUILT TRAPPING.

- PRAYING IN A CHURCH AND PRAYING IN A VIEWING CENTER IS THE SAME THING.
THIS IS NOT BECAUSE YOUR PREFERRED DEITY IS OMNIPRESENT. EVIDENCE COLLECTED FROM EVERY PART OF THE EARTH SHOWS THAT MEGATONS OF PRAYERS ARE INCAPABLE OF DOING NOTHING. SO PRAYING TO JESUS IN A CHAPEL OR PRAYING TO KHRISNA IN A TEMPLE, OR PRAYING TO HULK HOGAN IN A VIEWING CENTER WILL CERTAINLY GUARANTEE THE SAME RESULT. NO TWO WAYS ABOUT IT.

THE IMPORTANCE OF CHURCH TO THE ECONOMY WOULD BE OUTWEIGHED TEN TIMES IF WE DARE COMPARE TO A BEER PARLOR OR A BROTHEL. SO THIS THREAD HAS NO PURPOSE.

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Re: The Impact Of The Church To The Economy Of Nigeria - Daniel Osato Edegbe Uddo by noahnaira: 5:00pm On Jul 08, 2018
Weldone Ratata. Your pen shall never run dry
Re: The Impact Of The Church To The Economy Of Nigeria - Daniel Osato Edegbe Uddo by Kingspin(m): 5:25pm On Jul 08, 2018
Without the same church Islamic Fulani herdsmen would have over-run the country by now. If you don't know, know now.

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Re: The Impact Of The Church To The Economy Of Nigeria - Daniel Osato Edegbe Uddo by Nobody: 8:49pm On Jul 08, 2018
Joyfulguy:
Let us take a little time to consider the impact of the church to the growth of the economy and its role in the reduction of unemployment in the Nigerian society. Most people may never have anything good to write about the modern Nigerian church because of the way it has presented itself overtime, but still we have to consider some of its advantageous input to the growth of the economy.

A young man who dedicated time to serving in the local church as a member of the technical unit without any idea of it, is now operating a Light and sound company by himself and has been able to employ several others to work for him. He installs lighting systems and also sets sound systems for big churches, event halls, open air programs, school occasions and other areas where these services are needed. He earns more than a bank manager and his staffs earn more than bank workers. Remember! He joined the church technical unit with zero idea about sound and lighting.

It is not out place to see big musical artiste who are doing well and in the society all having a similar testimony of starting from the church choir and then picking up a career in music and instrumentation, and now they are forces to reckon with because they have been able to establish themselves and be a blessing to others. Considering the amount of youths that are being paid by music in the society, we see that it has reduced unemployment within the range of 20%, and these people owe their gratitude to the local church where they started from. It wasn't just about them being in the local church choir, we have also seen how churches invest so much time and resources in training and grooming music ministers, making sure musicals equipment are available, organizing seminars and inviting music tutors to lecture choristers, even go as far as sending some to music schools for proper training. Most of these choristers have gone commercial, some are having bands, record labels, music studios and also run programs to raise income and job creation for others.

I have seen great public and motivational speakers who are where they are today because of the platform they got from the church. From reciting Bible verses to doing special presentations during church programs, they were able to conquer stage fright and have built on how to familiarize with crowd and seize the moment. Also look at great movie actors who started in the church Drama unit and dancers who were diligent and committed to presenting something during special church programs. With these, you will see reason to agree with me that the church if not more than any other agency have been able to FREELY bring up youths to an employable and independent state in the society.
Looking away from the training, grooming and creating development opportunity aspect of it; let me begin to conclude with "The church as an Employer ". I won't write much on this but will try to create a picture of it in our minds, and by this, we can help to contribute to this post through the comment box.

However, it is a noticeable thing that local churches have been able to employ the use of paid staffs, ranging from the music directors, instrumentalist, sound engineers to church accountants, secretaries, receptionist, office assistants, to cleaners, drivers, security officers, janitors, system operators and so many others... Just think about it! The church has also created massive employment by building schools and other industries. I can boldly say that the church owns more than 50% of the schools in Nigeria (primary, secondary and tertiary).
Now we haven't even talked about its unbeatable patronage to the Printing Press, media houses and ICT companies (bulk sms, websites, apps and more). From a plain and unbiased mind. We see the economy owes the church so much appreciation for its massive effort in improving the Nigerian economy and reducing employment at all levels.

Sourced from: http://www.talking-christianity.com/2018/07/the-impact-of-church-to-economy-daniel.html



All Nigerian churchesbare business institutes.
Re: The Impact Of The Church To The Economy Of Nigeria - Daniel Osato Edegbe Uddo by teebaxy(m): 9:36pm On Jul 08, 2018
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THE IMPACT OF CHURCHES VS THE IMPACT OF FOOTBALL VIEWING CENTERS TO THE ECONOMY.

- CHURCH PROVIDES EMPLOYMENT. VERY GOOD. VIEWING CENTER EMPLOY PEOPLE AS WELL. (BOARD MAN, CLEANERS, ELECTRICIANS, SECURITY, ETC). You are a fool , why didn’t you compare with other religion ... what is the sudden hatred to Christians for ... you beta be careful

- CHURCH GIVES AND TAKES.
CHURCH GIVES YOU THE "ABSOLUTE TRUTH" OF YOUR FAVORITE DEITY, AND TAKES YOUR TIME, ENERGY, TITHES, OFFERING, DONATIONS, EMOTIONS, ETC.
VIEWING CENTER GIVES YOU THE MATCH YOU WANT TO WATCH AND TAKES ONLY 50 - 100 NAIRA FROM YOU, DEPENDING ON YOUR LOCATION.

- YOU MIGHT WANT TO ARGUE THAT CHURCH HELPS TO BUILD PEOPLE SPIRITUALLY, AND ENSURE TO LEAD THEM TO HEAVEN. THIS IS COMPLETE NONSENSE AS WITH JUST A SINGLE DOSE OF COMMON SENSE IT BECOMES EASY TO REALIZE THAT CHURCH IS NOTHING BUT A BUSINESS CENTER WHICH THRIVES ON THE FEAR, EMOTIONS, AND GULLIBILITY OF HUMANS. SELLS THEM FAKE TALES FROM THE ANCIENT AGE ABOUT HELL AND HEAVEN, AND TAKES AWAY THEIR MONEY AND FREEDOM.
VIEWING CENTER WINS IT ON THIS ONE BECAUSE YOU SPEND YOUR MONEY ON SOMETHING REALISTIC - A FOOTBALL OR WRESTLING MATCH AND YOU LEAVE WHENEVER YOU WANT.. NO THREATS OR ANY FORM OF GUILT TRAPPING.

- PRAYING IN A CHURCH AND PRAYING IN A VIEWING CENTER IS THE SAME THING.
THIS IS NOT BECAUSE YOUR PREFERRED DEITY IS OMNIPRESENT. EVIDENCE COLLECTED FROM EVERY PART OF THE EARTH SHOWS THAT MEGATONS OF PRAYERS ARE INCAPABLE OF DOING NOTHING. SO PRAYING TO JESUS IN A CHAPEL OR PRAYING TO KHRISNA IN A TEMPLE, OR PRAYING TO HULK HOGAN IN A VIEWING CENTER WILL CERTAINLY GUARANTEE THE SAME RESULT. NO TWO WAYS ABOUT IT.

THE IMPORTANCE OF CHURCH TO THE ECONOMY WOULD BE OUTWEIGHED TEN TIMES IF WE DARE COMPARE TO A BEER PARLOR OR A BROTHEL. SO THIS THREAD HAS NO PURPOSE.
Re: The Impact Of The Church To The Economy Of Nigeria - Daniel Osato Edegbe Uddo by Kaysalas(m): 11:02pm On Jul 08, 2018
flamingREED:
The greatest impact is that it restrains us from burning the country down in the wake of Fulani herdsmen's ruthless provocation.
Very true words you have spoken here! If only you knew what plans/ wish I have for these demonic marauders...... but I go kon cool down ask God to forgive me...d tin taya me. Aah sweh!

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Re: The Impact Of The Church To The Economy Of Nigeria - Daniel Osato Edegbe Uddo by Biglogo(m): 7:36am On Jul 11, 2018
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asuustrike2009:
Good work. This aspect are what media house don't carry because many of them are biased.

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Re: The Impact Of The Church To The Economy Of Nigeria - Daniel Osato Edegbe Uddo by Smooth278(m): 1:52am On Jul 25, 2018
ultron12345:
so Mr X earns 100k monthly and lays 13 to the govt as tax leaving him with 87k. He then pays a certain amount to a trader for a bag of rice. Going by what u said in your post, the trader should not be taxed because Mr X has paid tax already. Mr X also buys cement from dangote, therefore, dangote should not be taxed because Mr X has paid tax already. If the trader and dangote are taxed, it is double taxation.

Now You See how silly your comment was.

And don't ever put church and charity together, they are 2 different things. The church is a business that makes profit.

Let's follow your line of thought a little bit further... Let's say Mr X gives his son 20k as pocket money then by your analogy government should collect tax on it...

There is a clear difference between giving money to a religious organisation and giving money to an economic concern...
Re: The Impact Of The Church To The Economy Of Nigeria - Daniel Osato Edegbe Uddo by Smooth278(m): 1:57am On Jul 25, 2018
Aboguede:


Ehhy. What a question?

Ok. India, every Religious institution in India pay very high tax infact they are almost and completely managed by the state openly.

2. All churches in Europe pay taxes infact recently, the Italian gov. Asked the Vatican city to open up for total audit but the Vatican was able to clearify that it's land occupation was completely bought off infact the Vatican city just as it is called is a sovereign state.

Please read this and share your thoughts:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_tax

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