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manmustwac:
Wole Soyinka is too intelligent to believe in an imaginary being

olabowale:
And by the way, Huxley, Allah is not human being. Humans have limitation, and that is why you have that inability to lift everything.

By the way, see the Power of Allah; He made your heart so terrible that you do not believe in Him. Can you proof Him wrong by becoming Muslim, since Christianity failed to shore up your heart?

You remind me of Abu Lahab who was told for 10 years before he died in the Qur'aan that he will die not believing his nephew, the prophet (AS). he said the prophet was a liar, but never proved him wrong and he died as a disbeliever!

Bindex, this is also your case.

kola oloye:
There is a reason for everything,
Read the scripture below to satisfy your curiosity.There is nothing that God cannot do.
No situation is difficult for Him to handle
Judges 2: 20-23
Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel and said,
"Because this nation has violated the covenant that I laid down for their forefathers and has not listened to me,

21[b] I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations Joshua left when he died[/b].

22 I will use them to test Israel and see whether they will keep the way of the LORD and walk in it as their forefathers did."

23 The LORD had allowed those nations to remain; he did not drive them out at once by giving them into the hands of Joshua.

http://history-world.org/canaanite_culture_and_religion.htm

davidylan:
what a sick fool. Weren't you one of those snivelling for a ceasefire last week?

nigerians cowards?
when i saw this,the first thing i did was try to confirm my suspicions which is that the phil of a guy must be a diasporian,and true enough he was,i stopped reading after that,
nigerians are not cowards,they have to contend with and struggle daily with phcn,water,bad roads,bad leaders,fear of armed robbery e.t.c while th likes of phil are abroad in their comfort zone writing useless articles,if you cannot go to nigeria and stand shoulder to shoulder with these sme nigerians to effect change,then you have not earned any right to call them cowards,after all you are several thousands km away from the reality on ground

Image123:
Bindex just keeps popping up.Troubled soul. I pray that you find true rest. Christ Jesus can give you rest. He knocks at the door of your heart.

Image123:
@bindex
that your copy and paste I must say is a 'mishmash of lies'. I'm sure as a rational person,you properly verified the story in which you put your little faith.

KnowAll:
Like the isrealites of the old testament are we the mordern day Chosen People

On my recent few trips to Nigeria, I noticed the proliferation of Churhes in every nook and corner, I know some people we come out and start saying that churches are industry in its own right in Nigeria today. I think it is a worthwhile development, I think it is necessary we do not lose sight of the central essence of the Gospel which is to win souls for the lord. The fact a pastor mis-appropiate church funds is something that the pastor will have to  answer in the day of judgement. I think we Nigerians should be proud that we have direct line with the lord.
Reason for my summations are the followings :
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1. Remember General Sani Abacha he was a brutal dictator, I have been informed by reliable source he died because very strong christains prayed and fasted for 40 days praying for change in the country. The result Abacha went to bed never to wake up again. Christians in Nigeria continue to put your faith in God. With faith we as christains can move mountains. See what is happening in Zimbabwe, the people should go on there knees and pray for salvation.

2. The man that rose from the dead, the death of that pastor in Onitsha, was well documented, 3 doctors confirmed he was dead, his body was taken all over the place for 3 days and on the 3rd day he rose back to life in Raihman bonker's crusade. I am not argueing for or against whether it happened, the fact is,  it is still the best example of mordern day resurection till date.

A Tale of Lies, Deceit, and Fraud.

On March 6th I was in the southern Nigeria City of Onitsha to investigate the 21st century resurrection story. I arrived in Onitsha by 9:00 a.m., Nigerian time. I went straight to the Church of God Mission International, a gigantic cathedral located along Nkisi Road.

When I arrived at the church, none of the pastors was around. I was asked to wait. About two hours later I met one of the ministers who introduced himself as Pastor Barth. He refused to discuss the matter of the supposed resurrection with me. Instead, he advised me to wait until the pastor in charge arrived.

Two hours later I was ushered into an office where Pastor Barth and the minister in charge of relations, Pastor Paul, were seated. I informed them of my mission. Pastor Paul said that the story is true, and that the whole episode was recorded on videotape. I wanted to purchase the tape, but they said that the people in charge were not around!

I then asked to see and meet with the modern-day Lazarus, Pastor Daniel Ekechukwu. Pastor Paul gave me directions to his home at Osuma Lane, along Awka Road in Onitsha. Before leaving, however, Pastor Paul brought me what he said was the photo of Daniel when he was in the mortuary. I asked him to give me a copy of the photo, but he refused, saying that it was the only copy they had!

I mounted a motorbike and left for Osuma Lane. Upon arriving there I inquired as to where I could find the house of the man that was resurrected from the dead. In very little time I was directed to the place. Pastor Daniel Ekechukwu was not at home, however. The family members said that he had gone to Lagos so that the charismatic evangelist Reinhard Bonnke could take him abroad.

In any case, they received me very well. They invited me into their living room and narrated the whole story again. They showed me several photos of Daniel when he was in the mortuary, on his supposed day of resurrection, and so forth. After much pleading and persuasion, they gave me the photo with Daniel in the mortuary.

Before I left the house, I called the younger brother of Daniel, Mr. Kingsley Ekechukwu, whom was reportedly involved in the auto crash that had injured Daniel. I asked him to tell me exactly what happened. Kingsley told me that after the auto crash, Daniel had been taken to Charles Borromeo Hospital—a popular clinic in Onitsha. While there, Daniel had complained of “spiritual attacks,” and requested that he be transferred to a private clinic in Owerri, which is about 80 kilometers from Onitsha.

On their way to Owerri that Friday, Kingsley said, Daniel stopped breathing. Upon their arrival at the clinic, the doctor advised them to take Daniel’s body to the hospital. His body was deposited in a local mortuary on that same day. Kingsley informed me that on Saturday night, Daniel’s wife, Nneka, had a dream and was instructed to take Daniel’s body to the Rev. Bonnke, who was then visiting Onitsha for prayers. Kingsley said that he had had a similar dream.

The following Sunday they had gone to collect Daniel’s body. At the mortuary, Kingsley said the mortician was complaining that Daniel had been disturbing him and had not allowed him to sleep for two days. The mortician had related that on the night that Daniel’s body had been deposited in the morgue, he heard people singing. When he went to investigate, however, the singing stopped.

Kingsley further stated that on Saturday night something pushed him and caused him to hit his head on the wall as he attempted to embalm Daniel’s body. For this reason, he did not embalm Daniel’s corpse. According to Kingsley, they transported Daniel’s body to Bonnke’s meeting in Onitsha that Sunday. There, Daniel was revived during a prayer session. To confirm what he had said earlier, I asked Kingsley if Daniel’s body had been injected with embalming fluid. He answered, “no!”
Personally, I do not believe that Daniel Ekechukwu ever died. First, Kingsley confirmed that Daniel’s body had not been injected with embalming fluid. According to medical experts I interviewed, however, a corpse should have a strong odor and the abdomen should be swollen after three days if it is not embalmed. Judging from the photo of Daniel when he was said to have been at the mortuary, and according to the testimony of his brother, this was not the case,

Second, it is unlikely that any doctor certified Daniel’s death at Owerri. Third, it is hard to believe the actions that supposedly transpired after Daniel’s request to be transferred. It all sounds like a mishmash of lies and fantasies.



Background Information and Comments

It must be noted that in Nigeria today, much supposedly transpires through faith healing and miracles. Nigerians have a voracious appetite for religious and supernatural nonsense. Pastors will especially go to any length—ritual killings, murder, and sacrifice—to prove their calling, power, and mandate. Many Nigerian pastors claim that they can cure HIV/AIDS and other incurable diseases. People take part in arranged confessions. HIV patients, after prayer sessions, alter their medical reports to reflect that they are negative. Those who claim to be possessed by demons wiggle and throw themselves on the ground during religious revivals. Holy mountains and adoration grounds are springing up daily. Nigerians troop to these places to hear messages from God through the mouths of people of questionable mental health. There is much dishonesty, fraud, and deception in the land.

The case of Daniel Ekechukwu, however, is an unprecedented one. None of the Nigerian religious maniacs has gone to the extent of claiming to have risen—or to have been raised—from the dead. That is just a pathetic symptom of the extent to which Nigerians have fallen in terms of religious madness, gullibility, and simplemindedness. After all, common sense tells us that no one comes back from the dead, the folktales of Jesus and Lazarus notwithstanding.

Some Nigerians are wondering why an evangelist of the caliber of Reinhard Bonnke would decide to associate himself with this dubious and fraudulent story. Why would Bonnke, who calls himself a man of God, go so far as to lie to the world by claiming that Daniel Ekechukwu was injected with embalming fluid? Moreover, if the Rev. Bonnke thinks he has the power to resurrect people from the dead, why did he not revive the hundreds of Christians that were massacred in Kano in 1991 following his visit to that city? Why did he not bring back to life several Nigerians who were trampled to death during his crusades in Benin and Abeokuta?

One thing is certain. All efforts must be made to promote skepticism, rationalism, and free thought in Nigeria. Nigerians—like other Africans—need more science, reason, and free inquiry. We welcome assistance from Western members of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP), and other interested organizations.

3. Pastor Ashiomolowo's church in England has the largest congregation in Europe.

4. The Nigerian branch of the Anglican church has broken ranks with its parent church in England. The reason been churches in england and american beleifs in having gay bishops. This view is un-acceptable to Nigerian bishops we follow the word of the bible not political correctness.

5. I read an article in which the world bank said Nigerians economy defiles economic theory. The economy of Nigeria should have collasped long time ago with spate of corruption taken place there, but for His grace we are weathering the storm we thank God for that.

reservoir:
Is Christianity a Monotheism ? I asked this question cause i am really confused.  Can 1+1+ 1 actually equal  1. House members , shed more light on this.

reservoir:
Are we now saying we know science more than God ? The truth is that the confusion arise due to interference of humans with the word of God. Adam and Eve are truly the first two humans created by God.

idupaul:
SHUT UP

olabowale:
I wonder if the greasley bear doesnt hyberbate? Even though I am not arguing for the Christians, since I am a muslim. I know that Alla the Almighty is capable of doing all things. The animals could have been shrunk or not. They could have been the babies or not. Since they are believers and only believers were housed by this Vessel, it was not impossible that Allah inspired them to go in there, willingly and each animal in its space.

No one says that they have to eat to survive, throughout the journey. No one says that they have to be wide awake throughout the journey.

Whats so interesting that these disbelieving atheists and agnostics have not thought about is that what form did each animal appeared on earth, when it first appeared. When they ask that questions and get the answers from themsleves, they will know that Allah the Creator can do anything. If He says something happens, I believe it. I do not have to ask how, when, where, etc. If He says something does not happen, I simply and immediately accept it. I don't have to say it did happen because others are beating that drum.

auwal87:
These Prophets are of Jewish tribe not Judaism, they are sent in different times and for different purposes.
Will I ask you why you hate the Arabs even though they are descendants of Abraham?
Most of the Jews (except some few) are blindly following Zionism. So, we hate "Jews following Zionism" not "Jews following Judaism"

What? Sudanese in Israel? Please stop playing around here. These are your tales. I wonder where you are getting them from.
Ok, you that you mind, what have you done to speak against those causing the starvation in Darfur? By the way, the conflict will be resolved in coming weeks.

We care about Children more than anyone else.

No, more like Islam was the religion of Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad.

It means?

Jesus is a Prophet of Allah, we believe in Him, and his Book, and we believe He will appear again at the end of the world to fight his ENEMY, which the Zionists will give rise to. If he were to appear at this time, even some Christians will turn against him, therefore also becoming Anti-Christ. I am ever ready to join his Fight against you (Zionists).

Regarding the Illuminatis, you know very well what I mean, except you do not want others to understand your secrets. You always push things to "conspiracy theories" when there are dozens of evidences to prove against you.

I better advise you stop worshiping Satan (your one eyed god).

OLAADEGBU:
If you knew that you will be cutting and pasting you should have said so instead of boasting that you could do better than Dr. Panin, and even you failed miserably in your effort to copy and paste. Next time digest and comprehend what you are about to cut and paste or rather be original in your posting instead of blowing hot air that only exposed you to be a novice.

All this effort to discredit honest scientific research of real scientists would not validate your own position, that there is no God. Real scientists that were and are Christians have produced workable formula that qualified their researches and made it to become scientific laws but the same cannot be said about your evolutionary theories that has remained as a conjecture and cannot be made into a scientific law because they are unreasonable, irrational, unscientific and unworkable. Can you tell me any workable formula of the theory of evolution? It does not work, instead of validating and acknowledging these Christian biblical creationists in their efforts you guys are not even shameful to use the formulas to do science being inconsistent with your beliefs.

For your information, is it only mathematics that has rattled your philosophical belief of the existence of God? Check the weblink below and discover how archaeology amongst other disciplines confirms the accuracy of the Bible.

http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/nab/does-archaeology-support-the-bible

Archaeologists such as Israel Finkelstein, Ze'ev Herzog and William G. Dever, regard the Exodus as non-historical, at best containing a small germ of truth. According to Prof. Ze'ev Herzog, Director of the Institute of Archaeology at Tel Aviv University "This is what archaeologists have learned from their excavations in the Land of Israel: the Israelites were never in Egypt, did not wander in the desert, did not conquer the land in a military campaign and did not pass it on to the 12 tribes of Israel, The many Egyptian documents that we have make no mention of the Israelites' presence in Egypt and are also silent about the events of the exodus.

The onus is on you to disprove the mathematical assertions made by the Christian creationist scientists. And while you are busy browsing the internet for what to copy and paste make sure you understand it adequately, since you have failed miserably to rise up to the challenge thrown at you to come up with the geneaology with the criteria given.

Also read up on how the Alexandrian manuscripts came to be before you shoot yourself in the foot again.

PS: This weblink will help you to get the facts in a proper perspective regarding the Alexandrian manuscripts and the Textus Receptus.

OLAADEGBU:
The reason why the Word of God tags you as unbelievers is because you do not believe His Word.   It is your choice where you will end up, but don't blame God that He did not warn you before hand.  This is what the Bible says about hell, you can either believe it or disbelieve, doubt or deny it, the choice is yours.

There are those who accept that Hell is a place of punishment, but believe that the punishment is to be annihilated—to cease conscious existence.  They can’t conceive that the punishment of the wicked will be conscious and eternal.  If they are correct, then a man like Adolph Hitler, who was responsible for the deaths of millions, is being “punished” merely with eternal sleep.  His fate is simply to return to the non-existent state he was in before he was born, where he doesn’t even know that he is being punished.

However, Scripture paints a different story.  The rich man who found himself in Hell (Luke 16:19-31) was conscious.  He was able to feel pain, to thirst, and to experience remorse.  He wasn’t asleep in the grave; he was in a place of “torment.” If Hell is a place of knowing nothing or a reference to the grave into which we go at death, Jesus’ statements about Hell make no sense.  He said that if your hand, foot, or eye causes you to sin, it would be better to remove it than to “go into Hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched” (Mark 9:43-48).

The Bible refers to the fate of the unsaved with such fearful words as the following:

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[li]Shame and everlasting contempt” (Daniel 12:2) [/li]
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[li]Everlasting punishment” (Matthew 25:46) [/li]
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[li]Weeping and gnashing of teeth” (Matthew 24:51) [/li]
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[li]Fire unquenchable” (Luke 3:17) [/li]
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[li]Indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish” (Romans 2:8,9) [/li]
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[li]Everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord” (2 Thessalonians 1:9)[/li]
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[li]Eternal fire, the blackness of darkness for ever” (Jude 1:7,13) [/li]
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Revelation 14:10,11 tells us the final, eternal destiny of the sinner: “He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone, the smoke of their torment ascended up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day or night."

http://www.av1611.org/hell.html

Image123:
@bindex
do you have a list of the names of all the scientists in your room,or you have ability to revoke their license.take am easy o.
About miracles,I've told you that you're incapable of understanding them except of course you become spiritual.If you're never seen a miracle and you're so particular about seeing one,simply go to a crusade with sickpeople,chances are that you'll see one.Or travel down to Asia,meet all this people who swallow swords and hang in the air.Anybody can work miracle this days.I bed to this later

A Tale of Lies, Deceit, and Fraud.

On March 6th I was in the southern Nigeria City of Onitsha to investigate the 21st century resurrection story. I arrived in Onitsha by 9:00 a.m., Nigerian time. I went straight to the Church of God Mission International, a gigantic cathedral located along Nkisi Road.

When I arrived at the church, none of the pastors was around. I was asked to wait. About two hours later I met one of the ministers who introduced himself as Pastor Barth. He refused to discuss the matter of the supposed resurrection with me. Instead, he advised me to wait until the pastor in charge arrived.

Two hours later I was ushered into an office where Pastor Barth and the minister in charge of relations, Pastor Paul, were seated. I informed them of my mission. Pastor Paul said that the story is true, and that the whole episode was recorded on videotape. I wanted to purchase the tape, but they said that the people in charge were not around!

I then asked to see and meet with the modern-day Lazarus, Pastor Daniel Ekechukwu. Pastor Paul gave me directions to his home at Osuma Lane, along Awka Road in Onitsha. Before leaving, however, Pastor Paul brought me what he said was the photo of Daniel when he was in the mortuary. I asked him to give me a copy of the photo, but he refused, saying that it was the only copy they had!

I mounted a motorbike and left for Osuma Lane. Upon arriving there I inquired as to where I could find the house of the man that was resurrected from the dead. In very little time I was directed to the place. Pastor Daniel Ekechukwu was not at home, however. The family members said that he had gone to Lagos so that the charismatic evangelist Reinhard Bonnke could take him abroad.

In any case, they received me very well. They invited me into their living room and narrated the whole story again. They showed me several photos of Daniel when he was in the mortuary, on his supposed day of resurrection, and so forth. After much pleading and persuasion, they gave me the photo with Daniel in the mortuary.

Before I left the house, I called the younger brother of Daniel, Mr. Kingsley Ekechukwu, whom was reportedly involved in the auto crash that had injured Daniel. I asked him to tell me exactly what happened. Kingsley told me that after the auto crash, Daniel had been taken to Charles Borromeo Hospital—a popular clinic in Onitsha. While there, Daniel had complained of “spiritual attacks,” and requested that he be transferred to a private clinic in Owerri, which is about 80 kilometers from Onitsha.

On their way to Owerri that Friday, Kingsley said, Daniel stopped breathing. Upon their arrival at the clinic, the doctor advised them to take Daniel’s body to the hospital. His body was deposited in a local mortuary on that same day. Kingsley informed me that on Saturday night, Daniel’s wife, Nneka, had a dream and was instructed to take Daniel’s body to the Rev. Bonnke, who was then visiting Onitsha for prayers. Kingsley said that he had had a similar dream.

The following Sunday they had gone to collect Daniel’s body. At the mortuary, Kingsley said the mortician was complaining that Daniel had been disturbing him and had not allowed him to sleep for two days. The mortician had related that on the night that Daniel’s body had been deposited in the morgue, he heard people singing. When he went to investigate, however, the singing stopped.

Kingsley further stated that on Saturday night something pushed him and caused him to hit his head on the wall as he attempted to embalm Daniel’s body. For this reason, he did not embalm Daniel’s corpse. According to Kingsley, they transported Daniel’s body to Bonnke’s meeting in Onitsha that Sunday. There, Daniel was revived during a prayer session. To confirm what he had said earlier, I asked Kingsley if Daniel’s body had been injected with embalming fluid. He answered, “no!”
Personally, I do not believe that Daniel Ekechukwu ever died. First, Kingsley confirmed that Daniel’s body had not been injected with embalming fluid. According to medical experts I interviewed, however, a corpse should have a strong odor and the abdomen should be swollen after three days if it is not embalmed. Judging from the photo of Daniel when he was said to have been at the mortuary, and according to the testimony of his brother, this was not the case..

Second, it is unlikely that any doctor certified Daniel’s death at Owerri. Third, it is hard to believe the actions that supposedly transpired after Daniel’s request to be transferred. It all sounds like a mishmash of lies and fantasies.



Background Information and Comments

It must be noted that in Nigeria today, much supposedly transpires through faith healing and miracles. Nigerians have a voracious appetite for religious and supernatural nonsense. Pastors will especially go to any length—ritual killings, murder, and sacrifice—to prove their calling, power, and mandate. Many Nigerian pastors claim that they can cure HIV/AIDS and other incurable diseases. People take part in arranged confessions. HIV patients, after prayer sessions, alter their medical reports to reflect that they are negative. Those who claim to be possessed by demons wiggle and throw themselves on the ground during religious revivals. Holy mountains and adoration grounds are springing up daily. Nigerians troop to these places to hear messages from God through the mouths of people of questionable mental health. There is much dishonesty, fraud, and deception in the land.

The case of Daniel Ekechukwu, however, is an unprecedented one. None of the Nigerian religious maniacs has gone to the extent of claiming to have risen—or to have been raised—from the dead. That is just a pathetic symptom of the extent to which Nigerians have fallen in terms of religious madness, gullibility, and simplemindedness. After all, common sense tells us that no one comes back from the dead, the folktales of Jesus and Lazarus notwithstanding.

Some Nigerians are wondering why an evangelist of the caliber of Reinhard Bonnke would decide to associate himself with this dubious and fraudulent story. Why would Bonnke, who calls himself a man of God, go so far as to lie to the world by claiming that Daniel Ekechukwu was injected with embalming fluid? Moreover, if the Rev. Bonnke thinks he has the power to resurrect people from the dead, why did he not revive the hundreds of Christians that were massacred in Kano in 1991 following his visit to that city? Why did he not bring back to life several Nigerians who were trampled to death during his crusades in Benin and Abeokuta?

One thing is certain. All efforts must be made to promote skepticism, rationalism, and free thought in Nigeria. Nigerians—like other Africans—need more science, reason, and free inquiry. We welcome assistance from Western members of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP), and other interested organizations.


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OLAADEGBU:
The challenge thrown at you was that since you boasted that you could do better than Dr. Panin, that you should write out the genealogy (family tree) of someone with the criteria given:

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[li]
The number of words you use must be an exact multiple of seven.
The number of letters must also be divisible by seven exactly.
The number of vowels is to be divisible by seven.
The number of words that begin with a vowel must be divisible by seven
The number of words that occur more than once must be divisible by seven.
The number of words that occur in more than one form must be divisible by seven
The number of nouns must be divisible by seven.
The number of names shall be divisible by seven and only seven other kinds of nouns will be permitted.
The number of male names shall be divisible by seven
The number of generations shall be divisible by seven.[/li]
[/list]

Instead of you to comply with the criteria you first of all accused me of plagiarizing the work of Dr. Panin then you proceeded to cut and paste from the internet (double copying and pasting) that used a cock and bull story to press their point home.  The genealogy of Jesus Christ was not made up by Dr. Panin because he was not born by the time the gospel of Mark was written in its original Greek form.  And the Alexandrian manuscripts that were promoted by Westcott and Hort was not used.  The efforts of Brooke Foss Westcott and Fenton John Anthony Hort who where agnostics were to discredit the Textus Receptus which was the traditional source document, the Alexandrian codices and their impact on many of the recent translations, have become suspect and controversial.  I can understand your preference and sympathy for the corrupted Alexandrian text since it tallies with your atheistic leanings, hence it is convenient for you to call Dr. Panin's work a fraud.

If you are to cut and paste at least do it once, and the quantity of your post does not mean that it has quality and certainly does not show a good example of your scholarly intelligence that you have boasted of earlier.

OLAADEGBU:
or rather "A fool says in his heart, THERE IS NO GOD" (Psalm 14:1)

OLAADEGBU:
I


Alright then, if you feel that you are the latest Albert Einstein I challenge you to write up a genealogy of someone using the following mathematical rules and let us see how many heptadic constraintsthat you can come up with.

[list]
[li]The number of words you use must be an exact multiple of seven.[/li]
[/list]
[list]
[li]The number of letters must also be divisible by seven exactly.[/li]
[/list]
[list]
[li]The number of vowels is to be divisible by seven.[/li]
[/list]
[list]
[li]The number of words that begin with a vowel must be divisible by seven[/li]
[/list].
[list]
[li]The number of words that occur more than once must be divisible by seven.[/li]
[/list]
[list]
[li]The number of words that occur in more than one form must be divisible by seven[/li]
[/list]
[list]
[li]The number of nouns must be divisible by seven.[/li]
[/list]
[list]
[li]The number of names shall be divisible by seven and only seven other kinds of nouns will be permitted.[/li]
[/list]
[list]
[li]The number of male names shall be divisible by seven.[/li]
[/list]
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[li]The number of generations shall be divisible by seven.[/li]
[/list]

So you feel that you are more intelligent than Dr. Panin right?  Go ahead and solve the challenge thrown to you above and make sure you show us some if not more heptadic constraints that you boasted of, and don't come back to show your face if you fail in this assignment.

The LORD was with the men of Judah. They took possession of the hill country, but they were unable to drive the people from the plains, because they had iron chariots.

OLAADEGBU:
This is how Mathematics have solved one of the big controversies among some Bible scholars.  The last twelve verses of the Gospel of Mark are suspected to be disputed or claimed to be added by some later scribes.  This view comes from an excessive reliance on the Alexandrian manuscripts that were promoted by the agnostic Westcott and Hort which is simply not true.  There are several ways to disprove this claim but I want to use the Mathematical solution inherent in the Scriptures itself, which is the design aspect.

The structure of the passage (vs 9-11) is the first segement which is an appearance to Mary in the Garden and the disciples' unbelief; The next section (vs 11-18) describes appearances by Jesus Christ; The final verses (vs 19-20) are the conclusion.

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[li]In Greek, these last twelve verses contain 175 words that is, (7 x 25).
There are 553 letters = 7 x 79.
The vowels of the letters = 294, The consonants of the letters = 259; each exact multiples of seven.
The vocabulary used consists of 98 different words = 7 x7 x 2.
84 of those vocabulary words are found earlier in Mark = 7 x 12
14 are found only here = 7 x 2.
42 are used in the Lord's address = 7 x 6, 56 are not = 7 x 8.
Each one of these conditions is an exact multiple of seven.[/li]
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Are these accidental or deliberate?  What are the chances of these being the product of random chance?  The odds that this was a result of random chance is one chance in over 40 million.

Dr. Panin has identified 75 such heptadic constraints!  For even half of those, it would take over 1 million supercomputers over 4 million years to enumerate the alternatives. (7³⁴ = 5.4 x 10²⁸ tries:assuming 400 million tries/second results in 4.3 x 10¹² computer years)

OLAADEGBU:
This is how Mathematics have solved one of the big controversies among some Bible scholars.  The last twelve verses of the Gospel of Mark are suspected to be disputed or claimed to be added by some later scribes.  This view comes from an excessive reliance on the Alexandrian manuscripts that were promoted by the agnostic Westcott and Hort which is simply not true.  There are several ways to disprove this claim but I want to use the Mathematical solution inherent in the Scriptures itself, which is the design aspect.

The structure of the passage (vs 9-11) is the first segement which is an appearance to Mary in the Garden and the disciples' unbelief; The next section (vs 11-18) describes appearances by Jesus Christ; The final verses (vs 19-20) are the conclusion.

[list]
[li]In Greek, these last twelve verses contain 175 words that is, (7 x 25).
There are 553 letters = 7 x 79.
The vowels of the letters = 294, The consonants of the letters = 259; each exact multiples of seven.
The vocabulary used consists of 98 different words = 7 x7 x 2.
84 of those vocabulary words are found earlier in Mark = 7 x 12
14 are found only here = 7 x 2.
42 are used in the Lord's address = 7 x 6, 56 are not = 7 x 8.
Each one of these conditions is an exact multiple of seven.[/li]
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Are these accidental or deliberate?  What are the chances of these being the product of random chance?  The odds that this was a result of random chance is one chance in over 40 million.

Dr. Panin has identified 75 such heptadic constraints!  For even half of those, it would take over 1 million supercomputers over 4 million years to enumerate the alternatives. (7³⁴ = 5.4 x 10²⁸ tries:assuming 400 million tries/second results in 4.3 x 10¹² computer years)

**osisi:
The money says In God we trust.
We all say God bless America
National songs like America the beautiful says God bless America
The founding fathers said God bless America
Those Atheists can shut up their stinking mouths

jamace:
What of in Naija? Religious but rotten human beings everywhere._Tufiakwa. Hissssss

Image123:
@chrisbenogor
so you do not believe that Noah's ark existed,too bad.I wouldn't like to derail the thread but can you tell me why you do not believe?
@bindex
have dismissed some scientists conclusions as fairy tale because those conclusions lack evidence.they're mere probabilities and 'educated' guesses.Why should scientists say that a particular chinese dynasty existed at a date far before the chinese believed.yes,they excavated and discovered but they don't know for sure who lived there then.why then conclude assertively.mr,sleep I have to. I'll respond later