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Re: I Don't Need Any Religion - Wole Soyinka by Judybash93(m): 1:18am On Nov 22, 2022 |
wiseone28: Why would he need it by then when he doesn't need it now... |
Re: I Don't Need Any Religion - Wole Soyinka by Judybash93(m): 1:20am On Nov 22, 2022 |
Kingpele:
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Re: I Don't Need Any Religion - Wole Soyinka by Judybash93(m): 1:21am On Nov 22, 2022 |
africandollar: He has seen the light! |
Re: I Don't Need Any Religion - Wole Soyinka by Judybash93(m): 1:23am On Nov 22, 2022 |
Realist777: Prove that god or any god at all exists |
Re: I Don't Need Any Religion - Wole Soyinka by Franky9584(m): 1:57am On Nov 22, 2022 |
But on a more serious note, Religion has been the major problem we HV in this country. No wonder Karl Marx regard it as the opium of the people |
Re: I Don't Need Any Religion - Wole Soyinka by temitope27(m): 2:18am On Nov 22, 2022 |
davodyguy:Buddha |
Re: I Don't Need Any Religion - Wole Soyinka by wirinet(m): 2:21am On Nov 22, 2022 |
Franky9584: Not just the Opium of the people, but a prison you cannot touch or feel, a prison for the mind. It turns ordinary reasonable people into mindless and helpless zombies to be exploited at will. 1 Like |
Re: I Don't Need Any Religion - Wole Soyinka by Nnamaka1: 2:30am On Nov 22, 2022 |
Kobojunkie: What's your number? Let me call you let's discuss. Just got back from work, so exhausted. I don't think I have any strength left to type |
Re: I Don't Need Any Religion - Wole Soyinka by Kobojunkie: 2:32am On Nov 22, 2022 |
Nnamaka1:I am afraid I am not local at all. You can always respond whenever you are able to. |
Re: I Don't Need Any Religion - Wole Soyinka by Nnamaka1: 2:39am On Nov 22, 2022 |
Kobojunkie: Am not local too. Based in the states |
Re: I Don't Need Any Religion - Wole Soyinka by Kobojunkie: 2:46am On Nov 22, 2022 |
Nnamaka1:Just go ahead and respond when you are able to. |
Re: I Don't Need Any Religion - Wole Soyinka by Nobody: 3:38am On Nov 22, 2022 |
Positiveme2020: when did u buy your sim?? 1 Like |
Re: I Don't Need Any Religion - Wole Soyinka by Successkay12(m): 3:42am On Nov 22, 2022 |
AkinwaleJJ: His foolish for making his choice? Just imagine if it was china that colonized Nigeria, what u do think u guys will adopt as your religion? Always mind your speech and stop abusing people over their opinions |
Re: I Don't Need Any Religion - Wole Soyinka by Laeroy(f): 5:13am On Nov 22, 2022 |
AkinwaleJJ: I don't believe he exists, now kill yourself.... She - goat. 2 Likes |
Re: I Don't Need Any Religion - Wole Soyinka by AlphaTaikun: 5:13am On Nov 22, 2022 |
Re: I Don't Need Any Religion - Wole Soyinka by blingxx(m): 5:27am On Nov 22, 2022 |
Kingpele: FYI the pple that gave you this wisdom are the same pple that enslaved your ancestors .. we have over a month e 1000 religions on Earth , it's a fucking choice stop making it a big deal
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Re: I Don't Need Any Religion - Wole Soyinka by blingxx(m): 5:31am On Nov 22, 2022 |
charlesdinho7: Mention one .. I dare you to mention one |
Re: I Don't Need Any Religion - Wole Soyinka by blingxx(m): 5:34am On Nov 22, 2022 |
APOSTLECHUMA: I never knew you were there on his death bed Tell me more |
Re: I Don't Need Any Religion - Wole Soyinka by MaxInDHouse(m): 5:50am On Nov 22, 2022 |
Laeroy: Good! Next time don't confuse yourself trying to make sense out of nonsense, nobody will flog you if you say you don't believe in God but when some idiots takes you seriously then we will have to tell them that you're foolish like Wọle Soyinka. Period! |
Re: I Don't Need Any Religion - Wole Soyinka by MaxInDHouse(m): 5:55am On Nov 22, 2022 |
etrouble: What has he contributed to your countries? Ọmọ some of you just wake up thinking when someone wins an award he has done something worthy of emulation. He only became a professor in philosophy and that can and will never do you or your country any good take it or leave it! |
Re: I Don't Need Any Religion - Wole Soyinka by Laeroy(f): 6:01am On Nov 22, 2022 |
MaxInDHouse: Now I believe in God, thankfully I'm now as wise as you parents ..... Ewu..... |
Re: I Don't Need Any Religion - Wole Soyinka by MaxInDHouse(m): 6:02am On Nov 22, 2022 |
lebron7: "Noble prize" that has brought nothing good to you or your country. Abeg shey all you people are atheists sha or you just don't know the meaning of God's word? In his haughtiness, the wicked man makes no investigation; All his thoughts are: “There is no God.” Psalms 10:4 So don't think i'm the one calling the stupid fool what he really is rather it's the Bible God's word that i echoed: The FOOL hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. Psalms 14:1 According to God's word such a man has no KNOWLEDGE or WISDOM! Proverbs 1:7; 9:10 |
Re: I Don't Need Any Religion - Wole Soyinka by chysam: 6:04am On Nov 22, 2022 |
AkinwaleJJ:What makes him a foolish man? Can you do explain? |
Re: I Don't Need Any Religion - Wole Soyinka by MaxInDHouse(m): 6:06am On Nov 22, 2022 |
Laeroy: My parents aren't even believers so you failed woefully, i'm not a fan of nepotism if my own father or mother acts foolishly i won't hesitate to tell him/her "dad/mum that's foolishness on your path" Ọmọ nobody will tell you that with LOVE so try to cherish those who will always tell you the truth no matter how bitter it is! |
Re: I Don't Need Any Religion - Wole Soyinka by CoolAmbience(m): 6:42am On Nov 22, 2022 |
AkinwaleJJ: How is he foolish? What do understand by religion? People wearing fancy clothes, acting all solemn and sober, and gathering at worship houses on set days? Only to do extreme things against other humans the next minute... People's personal mythologies are much stronger, and benefitting to humanity than your so-called religions. I am with Soyinka on this. I, personally, do not care about religion. |
Re: I Don't Need Any Religion - Wole Soyinka by Roycemadeit(m): 7:09am On Nov 22, 2022 |
Kobojunkie: When you say God, everyone looks at Christianity. But the God of Israel is localized, it is only given to interpretations by the jews, he is no different from how Odin is to the Vikings or Zeus to the Greeks. I should have made that clearer... So, there is the Creator. The Creator is not only genderless but doesn't pick one over another, nor punishes, being that good and evil are the same thing but polarized, none is to be rewarded or punished for. 2. This all still doesn't make sense to me.I pitched the creator against God i.e God of Israel. 3. To know what? Recreate what? How do you recreate who you are when the version that is you is the one you work with until you die? To explore, do whatever you may, recreate and create anything you want of your life. You may not understand how powerful the mind is. You see the mind brings about everything from the cars to shirts. [/quote] |
Re: I Don't Need Any Religion - Wole Soyinka by Kobojunkie: 7:17am On Nov 22, 2022 |
Roycemadeit:1. Notice how you don't really answer the question asked? I asked if it isn't the one creator of good that also created evil? Is there more than one creator? 2. If you don't believe in the deity described in scripture, that is fine. No need to pitch your deity against any others. Simply asking questions here to ascertain your belief is all. 3. You "create" all these things, all of which eventually end up in the landfill, polluting the sea and earth with no end in sight - this is the meaning of existence? This what amounts to a cycle of meaningless is what you consider the meaning of life? |
Re: I Don't Need Any Religion - Wole Soyinka by wiseone28: 7:19am On Nov 22, 2022 |
Judybash93:I mean he will get to realize he needed it while alive |
Re: I Don't Need Any Religion - Wole Soyinka by Aemmyjah(m): 7:27am On Nov 22, 2022 |
MaxInDHouse: The funniest part is that these ones feel they are wise in their own eyes but how foolish they are in God's eyes and those who worship him. You're right brother Let him win all the Nobel prizes, let him bring all the trophies to Nigeria including the world cup? How will it benefit the citizens? There are other writers in Nigeria, we have Achebe who I've always rates as my greatest African writer, we also have Chinmanda Adichie and the rest. These ones are also intelligent and profess a belief in God, still, Jehovah does not need man to openly profess belief in him to prove he exists. He is not like other false gods we have. So those who openly profess atheists or something are already a minus in His eyes. Is that not what Satan wants? I'm not sure Soyinka is professing Atheism or maybe I did not read his comments well, I tink he's just being irreligious |
Re: I Don't Need Any Religion - Wole Soyinka by MaxInDHouse(m): 7:41am On Nov 22, 2022 |
chysam: CoolAmbience: When people hear the word "RELIGION" what comes to your mind? Is it what the people do or what God said? How do you distinguish between what God said and what people do due to their selfish cravings? Well that man is FOOLISH because just like billions in the world he made no investigations but based on the bad attitude of people around him he ran a conclusion on religion. Psalms 10:4 There is ORIGINAL and FAKE money do you think it's wise to conclude that there's nothing useful in money because of the prevalence of counterfeit money? This man pursued a career rated by the white supremacists and won an award then became wise in his own eyes always talking trash while his schoolmates who also did the same are looting the treasury box only for him to start speaking the white man's language as if that's what will stop the evil or hinder those looters. He keeps making statements that's of no use all because he refused to acknowledge the one and only true God who said: So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter. Ecclesiastes 4:1 All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt. Ecclesiastes 8:9 What is the essence of his worldly philosophy when he's caged in a corner only to become a basket mouth whose utterances only brings more pain to the masses? For your information, each time people like him utter any word those in politics only restrategize to make life harder for the people because they will work towards making his statements useless. They don't believe in God just as he himself doesn't but they're wiser {Luke 16:8} in the sense that they pretend to be religious so as to gain the support of gullible masses but in their hearts they are real atheists! 2Timothy 3:5 So his statements only rings a bell in the hears of unbelievers who are carried away with the foolishness of this system of things, he knows next to nothing when it comes to religion and politics! 1 Like 2 Shares |
Re: I Don't Need Any Religion - Wole Soyinka by MaxInDHouse(m): 7:52am On Nov 22, 2022 |
Aemmyjah: He's just as confused as many of his colleagues in philosophy who made no investigations about God. So he wants to sit on the fence. The last time politicians played a fast one on Nigerians regarding the condition of late Imaru Yah adua, the imams travelled and came back to tell Nigerians that the man is alive, the pastors did the same, delegates of the African Union and United Nations did the same and brought the same report only for uncle Wole to say Traditionalists should go as well that he will believe the report of Traditionalists. If truly he is wise he should have known that there is no truth in politics you can only know the truth when they turn against one another and that is if you're listening not to what they say but reading their actions! |
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