Jodera: What happened to spurs vs Liverpool 2nd goal if I may ask? Let's also pretend that Kane should have been shown a red card in that same match but he wasn't and jota would have been awarded a clean penalty but was denied.
Salah handled the ball in the progression of play which led to Robertson scoring. If Liverpool were allowed a bad decision because the refs got others wrong in their favor why do I still see trolls claim ManCity were gifted one against Wolves when City were denied 2 clearer penalties than the one they were awarded?
CAPdan21: I'm the one being emotional because I called you out for posting a gif that you can't even see what is going on...d way d line was drawn there was comedic, you can't see the origin, even d gif did not support anything you are trying to prove... Wow so now Rodri did not handle the ball, LMAO the way you're twisting facts you should be an employee of Putin nor wasting your talents here on nairaland... PS: The pictures you posted mean nothing 1) The don't cancel goals for inconspicuous handling of ball by attackers again...go and read updated rules of EPl before you disgrace yourself 2) Penalty when the ball was clearly handled by a city player before Arnold....stay salty though
You are the one to rush and call me ninny brain but here you are. I never said Rodri did not handle the ball. I said the PGMOL said so which is even worse than what I was saying.
A001: You're delusional. Agnosticism isn't a religion, and that's a fact.
You don't understand the meaning of these words you use.
Agnostics don't do devotions like religious people, and that's they can't be described as devout.
Stop saying nonsense. In most societies, there are religious people (Christians, Muslims, and the likes) and irreligious people (agnostics, atheists, secular humanists called freethinkers generally).
Snap out of delusion.
A non-deluded person said devoted people do devotions. So a devoted wife...never mind. Same people who call themselves rationalist and free thinking. You gave me a good laugh today I tell you. I'll do well to look out for your posts henceforth.
CAPdan21: Lol...did u look at your own gif...the angle here is bad/inconclusive, richarlison is not offside there it's not by drawing fancy white line...I've watched the highlights where a better angle was used and he was clearly onside
I don't know why the truth is paining you like this. So who was keeping Richarlison onside? Answer with your full chest. Did you watch the video itself? Paul Tierney clearly showed by his hands that he was ruling for offside. In my heart of hearts I wished Richarlison scored from that progression of play so that VAR would have just drawn their plenty lines and shown you that the player was offside. The funny thing is, you are ignoring the evidence with your eye and crying foul when the PGMOL even told you that even if Richarlison was not offside, Rodri still did not handle the ball. I thought you'd be happy seeing that it brings back memories like these:
AnfieldFan: Subtle and not so subtle decisions have been going for City... It did vs Arsenal... Vs Newcastle... Vs Everton today... And some more matches I don't remember...
It's the Webb years all over again... What can we do except play our best football and hope for the best....
Liverpool vs Man City (Milner), Spurs vs Liverpool (2nd goal), Newcastle vs Liverpool, Aston Villa vs Liverpool, Crystal Palace vs Liverpool.
CAPdan21: This is irrelevant as it's not the official source...I gave u the response of PGMOL to the incident and you give me this...why don't u look up what Micah Richards and other pundits stated concerning it
How can it be irrelevant when 1. It was offside. 2. The replays show it. 3. The onfield ref acknowledged it because he gave City a free kick after the VAR review 4. Tim Howard (who played for Everton) reviewed it and proved it? So you want the PGMOL to damn the hard evidence and give you the decision that favors you regardless of the evidence?
A001: Lols, devout is commonly used to describe religious people.
You're very confused.
I hope you can see that you are clearly out of your depth. The term devout Christian refers to what some Nigerians call spirikoko. People who are absolutely and inflexibly committed to their faith. They are different from nominal Christians who might fill out a form to state that they are Christians, but do not hold tenaciously to the Christian tenets. For e.g, a nominal Christian might go to church on Sundays or maybe only during Christmas, Lent, Easter, New Year etc but a devout Christian will most likely be in church midweek, for choir practice, every other day etc. Just the way you hear people say "radical muslim" "extremists" etc for certain types of Muslims. And then you have those who pick and choose what to believe about Islam even though they also claim to be muslim. If you still don't see how it applies to you and your version of agnosticism, then free the issue.
CAPdan21: Another epistle proving nothing...there was no offside in that phase of play... you're the one ignoring the PGMOL explanation, if the VAR team were not sure they had enough evidence why did they not refer the Ref to the pitchside monitor....Keep falling over yourself trying to defend what even a 3 yr old knows is handball,even Rodri from his reaction knew it too
I never told you it was not a handball. I told you why the PGMOL did what they did. You can argue with your feelings but they would not affect the fact. I have attached what NBC posted - Tim Howard (interestingly is the one providing the narrative). I will also include the YouTube link so you can listen to him say it. Watch from 2 minutes 45 seconds. Cheers.
A001: Isn't a Christian religious before? This man na clown
. Have you heard the term "devout christian"? I can't believe what an intelleshual is saying here. By the way, I spelled the word to mimic how you are coming off to me. No disrespect...please.
CAPdan21: Lol... you're talking nonsense...the PGMOL even clarified that it was not given not because of any imaginary offside but because the VAR team were not sure if it touched his hand 'properly' which is all manner of hilarious...keep pulling facts out of your arse sha all in a bid to defend Fraudiola
Normally, I would ignore you because I like to stay away from going personal but I need you to know you are the one who is actually talking nonsense. The premier league still needed to clarify that even if Richarlison was not offside, Rodri using his arm to touch the ball would not have resulted in a penalty because the VAR group felt they did not see enough to overturn the onfield decision. However, Paul Tierney gesticulated to show his decision was based on Richarlison being offside and the proof is the ball was given to Ederson for a free kick instead of a throw in that would have followed.
A001: And Google told you agnosticism is a religion?
Is it a religion in the world of irreligion?
Are you even sure Nairaland isn't also a religion?
Lols.
It's clear you don't know what agnosticism is all about.
I see. You want to waffle your way into giving me your definition of agnosticism while you pontificate about my position on religion. Good one. Is "devout" by any chance a synonym of the word religious? Will it be colloquially acceptable to say "devout agnostic"? I am looking for ways to simplify it for you here, man.
When an agnostic or atheist says he doesn't have a religion or believe in God and other imaginary entities of religion, there's no need to mischievously form a new religion for them which doesn't exist in reality, but only in your mind.
Whether people choose to have a religion or not is solely their own decision to make.
Can you type "religious agnostic" into your Google search bar to see if anything pops up? Let me even slow it down for you. What is the meaning of the word "religious"?
Kloppo: Offside,and dem no check for am or draw line
Your salt is giving me joy. Did you not see Paul Tierney even during the game point to the linesman and indicate with his hands that the VAR decision ruled Richarlison clearly offside. It is even visible in the image you have there. He was as offside as Ronaldo was when he scored against Watford today. Even if it was minimal- he was and you cannot deny it.
A001: I don't need to waste my time replying this simply because you said religious agnostic. What does that mean
You don't obviously understand the meaning of the words you used here. It's just like someone calling another person religiously irreligious.
Lols
Can the word 'religious' act as an adjective? Can the word 'agnostic' act as a noun? If I am asking you questions above your education let me know. Things I have to spell out to a "rationalist".
And we wonder why Nigeria has problems even with all our free thinking intellectuals.
A001: I'm dogmatic because I said prayers are mere wishes? Lols. You don't even understand the meaning of the word you use.
Some students engage in hours of prayers and devotion, which affect their academic performance in school.
When they're supposed to be reading, they spend a long time praying and engaging in religious devotion, and consequently, their grades in courses become poor.
That's different from the type of students that only prays for a few minutes before an exam.
What I pointed out is a simple issue that's easy to understand. Time is the major factor.
Another example of such folly is when some religious zealots waste time praying to god when they're sick instead of seeking medical care in a hospital.
This is just one of your many delusions as a religious person. You can twist the definition of religion anyhow you like to suit your parochial agenda.
But it's a fact that agnosticism isn't regarded by sane people anywhere as a religion.
You are dogmatic because you think your view on religious people is not only right but also the only reality of religious people that exists. That is unconscionably unreasonable. Then, stretching a possible scenario where some religious people pray more than they study without balancing it with the fact that some so-called rationalists could over study into underperforming also shows the unbalanced nature of your way of thinking. See your link for e.g, nothing in your link suggested that the Pastor in question did not take care of his health as the reason he died. He clearly had a heart attack which can kill someone taking care of it like it did Marc Vivien Foe, Larry King etc. You can claim I am twisting the definition of religion but you cannot substantiate that line of reasoning. Religious people are devoted, passionate, dogmatic and parochial about a deity or belief or philosophy or ideology. But trust a religious agnostic to strike out the belief, philosophy or ideology part and focus only on the deity aspect. The English word for that is insularity or parochialism. My use of English is on point and I will rest my case going forward. Cheers.
A001: It's a fact that for you to solve any life's problem, whether simple or complex, you need to think rationally and apply the brain.
Thus, Reason is the number one requirement needed to proffer solutions to any problem one faces in life, not devotion, not prayers.
That's just reality.
I don't have any bias against religion. Being a rationalist and realist, what I said about religion and prayers is a simple truth.
Nigeria, which consists of over 180 million religious people, can't solve basic problems of life, namely power supply, food sufficiency, good hospitals.
Yet they're very religious, reciting millions of prayers daily. Even so, they're very corrupt and wicked.
Of what use are the prayers and religious devotion when a country of 200 million people can't enjoy basic amenities of life such as uninterrupted power supply, good roads, good education, quality health care?
Whether you like it or not, prayers are mere wishes that mostly don't get granted and only come to pass sparsely by coincidence being a natural phenomenon.
That's reality.
No, I'm not dogmatic because I don't have fixed beliefs, and generally, I don't do beliefs but knowledge.
My approach to life is to reason things out first before taking or accepting anything as true, apply the scientific method in solving life's issues, and deal with the generally accepted beliefs sceptically.
Also, I'm not insular because while I'm an agnostic, I highly value the local cultures.
Where's the logic in this your assertion?
If a student relies on prayers and religious devotion to pass exams like some undergraduates do instead of reading, isn't it obvious that if they fail, such beliefs are responsible for their failure in the exams?
And once the student reduces the time spent praying and worshipping or even stops it altogether and reads more, their performance in the exam will most likely improve.
Give me examples of such irreligious Nigerian politicians.
Even there are such people in Nigeria's political class, the fact is, "religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful," as Seneca said.
That's one of your delusions as a religionist calling an agnostic a religious person.
The last time I checked agnosticism isn't regarded anywhere as one of the world's religions since an agnostic doesn't have dogmas, fixed beliefs, and doesn't follow strict rules.
Your argument is tedious and cyclical. According to you, your interpretation of religion is truth even if to a religious person, that is just a reality distorted view. I called you dogmatic and you refused but here you are proving me right. Next, you say prayers and religious devotion are mere wishes - which means they play no role. So when Raheem Sterling prays before games, his prayers mean nothing and even when he scores, it was pure coincidence. Granted, so how did you then conclude that people who believe in prayer- believe in prayer solely when Sterling did not pray and roll on the floor? He prayed and still had to go on the field to play. That shows again that your thinking about religion is binary - religious people either pray or they get to "thinking". I have again demonstrated that your position on religious devotion is convoluted when not flat out wrong because some religious people pray and think paripassu. In actuality, most students who pray before exams do not pray and walk out of the venue hoping they would have passed. They stay there answering the questions hoping that together with their prayers they would come out successful. You are the one who claims the prayer was insignificant when they succeeded but then turn around to blame their religious devotion when they were not. If I have to point this illogic out to you again, you might want to admit that the matter at hand might be above your pay grade. Your last point gave me a good laugh. In your opinion, agnosticism is not regarded as a religion therefore it is not. But agnosticism (at least your own version of it) accommodates dogma, devotion, parochialism and zeal towards your idea about religious people. In other words, your religion is in the belief in the insignificance of other people's religion.
A001: Being a rationalist or a freethinker doesn't automatically make one a millionaire; but it gives one a better chance of solving myriads of problems life throws at one.
But don't worry; just keep on praying daily to Jesus or Allah for a better Nigeria while the leaders steal Nigeria's resources with reckless abandon.
I'm sure all the great countries Nigerians run to now and then were developed with fervent prayers and religious devotion.
The witches and wizards and demons are the thieving politicians and their cronies, not imaginary entities that only exist in the head of believers, not in reality.
You are posturing. I can take your own argument, replace 'being religious' with 'free thinkers' and the statement will also be true. For e.g Being religious doesn't automatically make one a millionaire; but it gives one a better chance of solving myriads of problems life throws at one. But I posit you will disagree with it because it goes against your own preconceptions and biases about "religion". What that proves is, you are dogmatic, insular, passionate and stalwart about your beliefs even if others disagree with it. Just like every religious person. Which leads me to my next food for thought for you: if prayers and religious devotion did not make any country great, should logic not let you know that it cannot therefore be responsible for any country's failures? Or you never thought about it that way because your fixation is on religion, right? In fact, what makes you think that some thieving politicians and their cronies are not irreligious free thinkers? You might pretend that it is a factor you have considered but it is not outlined in your post which only emphasizes my point in case you did not catch it: You are in a religion of your own construct but you just don't know it yet. Stop the virtue signaling.
There are rationalists and free thinkers homeless in California and New York. Denigrating religion is not the hallmark of an intellectual or a rational being. Your arguments come off as half baked and reductive when you toe that line. But some people need to put others down to feel good about themselves.
AnfieldFan: You've been posting these threats of sanctions against Abramovich but I'm curious, nothing's been found on the man yet. In fact, the author who alleged he had close ties to Putin apologized to him not so long ago... So where's all this coming from? If they think Abramovich is complicit then by all means sanction him, they don't need to make threats every time there's an issue with Russia... What does it say about them (Tories ) considering the rumours of them receiving funding from Russia....
If Putin does something I don't like, my God-given right is to attack his friends as retribution (even when it doesn't affect him) then the rest of the feckless class clowns will clap for me that I have done something in response. By the way, he did same thing in 2014 and all my sanctions did not work nor deter him but if I maybe do it again this time around it will. The west is run by i.d.i.o.t.s.