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Christianity Etc › Does The Pope Goes For Confession? by blackbriar(op): 5:23pm On Mar 02, 2017

Absolutely. According to reports, he goes weekly (which is about the same frequency that many very serious Catholics do so).

As others have noted, any priest could hear the Pope's Confession (there is, in fact, a requirement of geographical jurisdiction, but since it is a matter of Canon Law, we can assume that if the Pope asks a priest, "Will you please hear my Confession?" then it is automatically implied that he is granting that priest ad hoc jurisdiction). However he will usually (i.e. pretty much always) go to a specific priest, generally unknown to the public, who acts as his personal confessor.

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Travel › Can You Reject A Meal On An Airplane? by blackbriar(op): 5:14pm On Mar 02, 2017

No.

If you even so much as hint that you don't want any food, the flight attendant will call both the pilot and co-pilot and they will promptly yet swiftly storm out of the cockpit and duct tape you to your seat.

Then, the 3 of them will take turns jamming food down your throat as your loved ones sitting beside you shriek in horror.

Once the whole ordeal is done and the plane has landed, you will be escorted off the aircraft like the little bitch you are, and will get your ass handed to you by the FAA, DOD, FBI, CIA, NSA, DEA, KGB, FSB, NYPD, LAPD, SFPD, MBPD, USN, USAF, USAA, USMC, USCG, USDA, DHS, DOR, DMV, DOE, DOL, ICE, EPA and my personal favorite, the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Yes, every 3–4 letter accronymed federal agency you can think of will kick the shit out of you for your insolence and utter disrespect of rejecting a crappy in-flight meal that has been pre-heated in the same microwave without being cleaned since the late 1980’s.

Once you're done eating fists, the flight attendant whom you had the nerve to reject will take you to court, win full custody of your 3 children, take your home, boat, car, condo in Miami, timeshare in Barbados, membership to your gym, membership to your country-club, your golden tooth, your other kidney that you're not really using, and have you pay an exorbitant alimony of $10,000 a month.

You will then be branded a terrorist, never be able to fly again let alone reject another in-flight meal, and your life will come crumbling down on you.

All because you said “no thank you” when you were offered an in-flight meal.

You poor bastard.

Now for the real, obvious, sans-sarcasm answer:

Of course you can. If you politely decline, the flight attendant will store the food and carry on with her job.

No one is forcing you to do anything, especially accept a meal.

culled from quora

Travel › Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 3 by blackbriar: 3:43pm On Mar 02, 2017

mostfavour:
Any awaiting 2017 summer applicant in the house?
Am getting so worried of not have got admission mail neither from the schools nor uni-assist.
I only got acknowledgment receipt, gurus in the house any advice
Are they some applicant in my shoes??

if u get airtime ,better ring germany.........

Travel › Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 3 by blackbriar: 2:16pm On Mar 02, 2017

pitapromiz:
check your email sir.

checked over and over again

Travel › Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 3 by blackbriar: 1:50pm On Mar 02, 2017

pitapromiz:
am in lagos bro. i have DMd you...

didnt see anytin from u

Travel › Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 3 by blackbriar: 7:30am On Mar 02, 2017

pitapromiz:
hi. am also applying to TUM and i plan sending my documents next week. unfailing wednesday. we can connect to send it together.

If u are both in lagos,I am also interested,3 to share the price of one

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Travel › Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 3 by blackbriar: 12:32pm On Feb 27, 2017

yeancahblack:
Goodday everyone.

Please does anyone know if this new CBN policy will also be a benefit for we travelling to Germany? The policy states that for school fees payments, the bank should pay directly into the school's account. How about us?

I mean, we are supposed to fund our BLOCKED ACCOUNT and not the school account.
The policy would reduce the cost by a very good percentage

Please whoever has an idea should please educate us.

WELL IN THE PAST A LOT OF OUR GOD FATHERS IN THIS FORUM HAVE USED FORM A SUCCESSFULLY.SO WRITE TO YOUR SCHOOL ASKING FOR INVOICE

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Travel › Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 3 by blackbriar: 11:52am On Feb 26, 2017

Pls is there anybody in WEIMAR? hw s d town like? can one get jobs to supplement d small cash wey him get,abeg no info is too small abeg

Travel › Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 3 by blackbriar: 7:32am On Feb 25, 2017

debuchy:
Pls house. I hav submited all my documents to TUM . It is now showing formal entry met on my online account. Pls house wot does that mean

It maens you have met all the admission requirement process so wait why they scrutinise ur documents

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Christianity Etc › Pope Francis: It Is Better To Be An Atheist Than A Greddy Christian. by blackbriar(op): 1:47pm On Feb 24, 2017

If you're a Christian who exploits people, leads a double life or manages a "dirty" business, perhaps it's better not to call yourself a believer, Pope Francis suggested in a homily on Thursday in Rome.

"So many Christians are like this, and these people scandalize others," Francis said during morning Mass at Casa Santa Marta, according to Vatican Radio. "How many times have we heard -- all of us, around the neighborhood and elsewhere -- 'But to be a Catholic like that, it's better to be an atheist.' It is that: scandal."
"But what is scandal? Scandal is saying one thing and doing another."

In the Catholic Church, causing scandal also a grave offense.
Examples of such sins abound, the Pope said, from money launderers to business owners who take beach vacations while stiffing their employees.

Francis' sermon, as is customary, was an extended riff on Thursday's Mass readings, which include a passage from the Gospel on Mark. In it, Jesus says it is better to be drowned than to cause others to sin.
Drawing on that passage, the Catholic Catechism says scandals include business leaders who encourage fraud, teachers who agitate students and manipulators who turn people away from moral values.

In other words, anyone who leads others to do wrong, directly or indirectly, is responsible for the evil he has encouraged, the church says. So when Francis compares hypocritical Christians to atheists, he's not being flip; he's trying to protect his flock.
In the United States, some Catholics have cited the church's teachings on scandal to argue that priests should not distribute Holy Communion to politicians who support abortion rights. Francis, a sharp critic of capitalist excesses, turned his scorn instead on greedy businesspeople.
Fake Christians

While many of this Pope's pronouncements are often assumed to be novel interpretations of Christian doctrines, Francis was also touching on an ancient debate: Is salvation open to all believers, or only those who do good while on earth?
The Pope suggested the latter, in characteristically blunt language.

He imagined a wealthy Christian knocking at the gates of heaven and saying, "Here I am, Lord! ... I went to Church, I was close to you, I belong to this association, I did this... Don't you remember all the offerings I made?"
To which Jesus may reply, according to the Pope:

"Yes, I remember. The offerings, I remember them: All dirty. All stolen from the poor. I don't know you.' That will be Jesus' response to these scandalous people who live a double life."

Thursday's sermon is far from the first time Francis has targeted Christian hypocrites. In a sermon last February, the outspoken Pope called out the "fakeness" of Christians who talk piously, but do little to help others.
"To be a Christian means to do: to do the will of God -- and on the last day -- because all of us we will have one -- that day what shall the Lord ask us? Will He say: 'What you have said about me?' No. He shall ask us about the things we did."
It isn't the first time the Pope has mentioned atheists, either. In 2013, he raised questions for saying that heaven is open, potentially, to all people.
"The Lord has redeemed all of us, all of us, with the Blood of Christ: all of us, not just Catholics. Everyone. "'Father, the atheists?' Even the atheists. Everyone!"
Francis continued, "We must meet one another doing good. 'But I don't believe, Father, I am an atheist!' But do good: we will meet one another there."

The Vatican later issued a note clarifying that the Pope was simply saying that God's grace is free to all, even atheists, and urging Christians and non-believers to work together.

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Christianity Etc › Re: Is Roman Catholism A False Gospel? by blackbriar: 1:58pm On Feb 22, 2017

ApostleT:
Roman Catholicism has got a number of extra biblical doctrines and some of them are un-biblical.

The gospel of Jesus is Christ is salvation by grace through faith alone in Jesus Christ. The roman catholic church teaching would suggest you need extras to be saved.

The theology of purgatory in Roman Catholicism for example is un-biblical.

I think the Roman catholic church needs further reform just as many other protestants church movements.

the doctrine of purgatory is biblical ,the protestants refuse to accept that book as part of the bibile after lutheran movement

Christianity Etc › Re: Is Roman Catholism A False Gospel? by blackbriar: 1:56pm On Feb 22, 2017

doyinbaby:
There a number of false doctrines catholic church example these Mary ,Mary ,Mary doctrine

which mary doctrine abeg, i want to learn

Travel › Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 3 by blackbriar: 7:02am On Feb 18, 2017

hybeenoni:
@ blackbriar me too plan applyingto TUM, but I thought their application for winter semesta opens by April 1st na

It ends by april,application for winter started since january and all ur documents must reach munich before last week of march,so start applying

Travel › Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 3 by blackbriar: 7:07pm On Feb 17, 2017

Any body planning on sending documents to TUM next weekfrom Lagos,could we share the bills? do HOLLA

Travel › Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 3 by blackbriar: 3:23pm On Feb 16, 2017

Oma001:
Thank you blackbriar

i take it anyone of either Fed High Court or Notary Public or even german embassy can be used for same purpose? or is anyone more recognised than the other?

Cheers.

Anyone...na ur money kill am

Health › Re: Feb. 14th Two Years Of Body Building... Pls Rate (pic) by blackbriar: 10:53am On Feb 16, 2017

O boi see chest, abi u get plans to go fight JASON BOURNE?

Travel › Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 3 by blackbriar: 10:17am On Feb 16, 2017

Oma001:
Apologies as this might be a repeated question, but help still. Which of the options is easier to notarise with? For someone that has multiple schools to apply to and can have close to 10 photocopied sets of documents per school (eg 40 documents), which option is better?

Does this also replace having to certify from the school which is the certificate issuing body? As some of the german school requirements ask for certified copies.

Thanks.

FEDERAL HIGH COURT-100 NAIRA PER DOCUMENT LUS GREASING OF PALMS FEES
NOTARY PUBLIC -5K PER DOCUMENT(i.e ONE WAEC PHOTOCOPY 5K,ONE DEGREE CERT PHOTOCOPY 5K ETC)

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Travel › Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 3 by blackbriar: 11:48am On Feb 15, 2017

for affordable notarisation of your documents,kindly go to any federal court in your state of residence and ask for seal and stamp certification of documents(u might have to grease some palms)it is way cheaper

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Travel › Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 3 by blackbriar: 1:50pm On Feb 14, 2017

kaydp:
And that's just for a year right?

YES

Travel › Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 3 by blackbriar: 1:47pm On Feb 14, 2017

fabchii:
Hi guys. ielts or toefl, which is easier? I need opinion from those who have experienced both exams. Thanks

IELTS (52K) AND HURRY,SPACES ARE LIMITED

Travel › Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 3 by blackbriar: 1:46pm On Feb 14, 2017

JoshMedia:
I SEARCHED DAAD.DE
BUT COULD ONLY FIND RHINEWAAL

COURSE: MECH ENG

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH ONLY
................ENGLISH AND GERMAN
LANGUAGE QUALIFICATIONS: IELTS ALONE
PLEASE I WILL APPRECIATE YOUR SUGGESTION.
THANKS

unfortunately u can get pure mech eng courses in germany taught in pure english
try computational mechanics at TUM,TUD,RUHR BOCHUM AND BAUHAUS WEIMAR

Travel › Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 3 by blackbriar: 1:44pm On Feb 14, 2017

noblealuu:
Please House compliments of the season.

I wish to seek your sincere advice as concerning my twin brother. He studied Political Science (Second Class Lower) though in a Uni here in Nigeria.

The pay stub in his place of work is miserable, and I so much believe in his prowess that he can make it outside the country.

Advice as a brother from another mother, what COURSE can here pursue at MSc level there in Germany [/b]that could land him a reasonable job [b]in real time post-graduation? Am planning to take a loan in my place of work and probably sale off my father's property in the villa so as to finance this trip.

Please, help me take advantage of the Free Tuition.

any course of his choosing will give him a chance, a sound knowledge of german wold give him a gretaer chance

Gracias

any course of his choosing will give him a chance, a sound knowledge of german wold give him a gretaer chance

Travel › Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 3 by blackbriar: 1:43pm On Feb 14, 2017

Josh4wod:
Someone should please answer me

if it is a combined english and german course u will need to show TESTDaf up to b2

Travel › Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 3 by blackbriar: 9:10am On Feb 09, 2017

olatondo:
Please is there any good place where one can learn Deutsch on Lagos mainland

http://www.dw.com/en/learn-german/audiotrainer/s-9677

Travel › Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 3 by blackbriar: 8:36am On Feb 09, 2017

olatondo:
Please is there any good place where one can learn Deutsch on Lagos mainland

YES...THE INTERNET WITH DEUSTCHWELLE

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Christianity Etc › Re: Rev Father Flogging His Church Members With His Holy Cane(video) by blackbriar: 5:31pm On Feb 08, 2017

joshprime:
The problem is that people don't read their Bible that's why they are very easy to deceive, endtime is near.

The parishoners were well aware and that looks lik southern part of africa,in nigeria its salpas from d bishop ONLY at confirmation mass which duration is mostly four yaers difference

Christianity Etc › The Most Beautiful Singing Of The Exsultet I Have Ever Heard by blackbriar(op): 10:57am On Feb 08, 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP_5YxIAV2E

Christianity Etc › Re: Rev Father Flogging His Church Members With His Holy Cane(video) by blackbriar: 11:25am On Feb 07, 2017

its confimation mass and thats a bishop, in nigeria back then(our parents) recieved slaps from the bishop after confirmation........ur are now a soldier(knight) of christ........and that slap or cane(in dis case) is so that u remember it........lol

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Politics › Re: Senate To Block ‘outsiders’ From Heading Customs by blackbriar: 7:40pm On Feb 03, 2017

naija sha.......even the almighty CIA is headed by an outsider,why? CONTROL AND TRUST ISSUES

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Travel › Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 3 by blackbriar: 12:12pm On Feb 03, 2017

Paulweasley:
Hello everyone, good morning to u all. First of all I like to appreciate everyone in the house for their various contributions. I appreciate u all. Am new to dis forum, and I love what I see here because I to gat lots and lots of answers and informations to get from this forum. Firstly I want to study in Germany, barchelors, engineering so I went online to check and I saw a lot of tuition free universities in germany which I can apply to. I have waec result, toefl result, high school transcript and other important stuff, but I don't know which uni to apply which I could easily get admission. That's why I have come here to make enquiries. Please elders in the house any anybody at all with information should help me please with a tuition free university which I can easily be granted admission. A good tuition free university in a nice city. Barchelors, any engineering course. Please I beg of u..thanks a lot for ur replies

use this link

https://www.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programs/en/?p=l&q=&fos=0&fee[]=0&sortBy=1&page=1&display=list

Travel › Re: General German Visa Enquiries Part 3 by blackbriar: 12:04pm On Feb 03, 2017

Chydi3:
Good morning house, hope you guys are doing great. Please i need few assistance and clarifications. I just got admission to study in kiel.

Can someone inform me on the next step, as i feel am to open a blocked account and also apply for visa. I also heard of a form to fill to open the account but am yet to find the form or download it.

I need your urgent assistance for the appropriate steps to make this admission successful.

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Politics › Re: James Ibori Hangs Out With Friends In London After Being Cleared UK Court. PICS by blackbriar: 10:58am On Feb 01, 2017

hollywater:
Stop calling him a thief, they are bigger thieves around you.

BIGGER OR BIGGEST AROUND US,ISN'T HE A THIEF AND SHOULDN'T WE CALL HIM THAT? IN SUMMARY THIEF NA THIEF

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