[size=14pt]So, it is obvious that Muslims just chose to follow DECEPTION - sad, very sad![/size]

Why is Muhammad (founder of Islam) regarded with so much verve as if he's god?
Say something against God - such as use a swear word - in the presence of a Muslim and he's not offended.
But say something against Muhammad - such as say he was a paedophile or womaniser - and a Muslim is either ready to fight or cut off your head. Why?

Magic worked on Muhammad..... Sahih Bukhari: Volume 8, Book 73, Number 89:

[size=14pt]Narrated ‘Aisha:[/size]

[b]The Prophet continued for such-and-such period imagining that he has slept (had sexual relations) with his wives, and in fact he did not. One day he said, to me, “O ‘Aisha! Allah has instructed me regarding a matter about which I had asked Him. There came to me two men, one of them sat near my feet and the other near my head. The one near my feet, asked the one near my head (pointing at me), ‘What is wrong with this man? The latter replied, ‘He is under the effect of magic.’ The first one asked, ‘Who had worked magic on him?’ The other replied, ‘Lubaid bin Asam.’ The first one asked, ‘What material (did he use)?’ The other replied, ‘The skin of the pollen of a male date tree with a comb and the hair stuck to it, kept under a stone in the well of Dharwan.”‘ Then the Prophet went to that well and said, “This is the same well which was shown to me in the dream. The tops of its date-palm trees look like the heads of the devils, and its water looks like the Henna infusion.” Then the Prophet ordered that those things be taken out. I said, “O Allah’s Apostle! Won’t you disclose (the magic object)?” The Prophet said, “Allah has cured me and I hate to circulate the evil among the people.” ‘Aisha added, “(The magician) Lubaid bin Asam was a man from Bani Zuraiq, an ally of the Jews.”[/b]

[size=14pt]Since this is the case why do people esteem him to the level of Jesus, the Presence of whom devils and demons cowered?[/size]

druxy:
don't really know what yo getting at op....but magic like worked on Mohammed.... a comb and his hair was used...he couldn't move...people with more knowledge about it than I do might explain sha

Thanks for that comment, because if magic worked on him and it never worked on Jesus, there is an eternal implication for the followers of either belief system.

mamboroo:
I always look at my life...from past todate!
Am always sad despite off all the effort of knowing and loving God
I always ends living as if I don't have God or even a little angel to protect me in this world
I wish to live a decent and happy life because I know for sure that the God am serving is real sure real but unfortunately I can't reach my goals.
I don't want to live in bad life ways like prostitution or what what but every door in my life is closed!
Why is God so silence why Is he tired now
Or is he not real now!!! Nooo HE can't be fake for sure I know HE really exist but why HE can't help me ...why?
I know am not that much righteous but he always forgives our mistakes
Yes HE sometimes a punisher!and I know I deserve punishment but this is too much I see.a father will not punish his child forever
Pls all naira member can you pray for me maybe GOD will change his mind for me.
Am suffering a lot

You need to read these two articles (especially the 2nd one) that helped me see things in the truest perspective:
1. Prosperity of the Wicked:
http://brotherjohn.org/prosperity-of-the-wicked/

2. Why Do the Righteous Suffer?
http://brotherjohn.org/why-do-the-righteous-suffer/

Never ever think there is something more worthy than the gift of salvation you may have received through the acceptance of Christ.

[size=14pt]I have been reading the Inhabitants of the Earth articles by Brother John and this one is incredible:
http://brotherjohn.org/inhabitants-of-the-earth-2/ ...... I quote:
Science, Technology and Lies?
Unfortunately, most of things we have been taught in our science and technology classes have been nothing but lies and unGodliness. Why am I so blunt? It is simply there is no other better way of confronting lies – bluntness![/size]

Enjoy!

finofaya:
You need to take that up with Catholics. My hand no dey inside again.

I don't think I share any common belief with the Roman Catholics, even though they claim to believe in Jesus. But then, the Bible says, even devils believe in God and tremble.

So, I just saw that and decided to correct the misconception.

Peace.

davien:
Fundamentally I know the type of person I'm dealing with here...could you answer these very short questions...;
What is evolution?
How does evolution work?
Is evolution concerned with how life began?
And lastly could anyone with objective evidence need or derive any form of "existential truth" from it?

No, I can't prove evolution. Besides, I never believed in it.
So, you now agree with me that your theory of evolution is one BIG FAT LOOPING LIE!



Let me help you with your theory of evolution.
What would a rapist evolve into?

However, I can say that scientists are VERY BUSY experimenting with chimeras and hybrids and very soon, we'll be seeing all these cross-breeding animals that truly cross the boundary set by God. And this would make me make a deduction, which was already prophesied by Jesus Christ: [size=14pt]"And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man." [Luke 17:26][/size]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30iazTCNRXs

This was common at the time of Noah before God destroyed that world. Currently, they are desensitizing the public through all those Don't be caught off guard!

Weah96:


My own lying eyes and ears. Just like your biblical Thomas.

On a more serious note, I believe that mother Nature created everything. Don't ask me how, unless you expect me to fabricate answers like the bible.

[size=14pt]Go ahead and fabricate , but even if the Bible was "fabricated", SCIENCE has proved the fabrication to be true! I will cite a 3,500 year old Bible "fabrication", which was proven as very true as RECENT as 2014![/size]

A battered diamond that survived a trip from “hell” confirms a long-held theory: Earth’s mantle holds an ocean’s worth of water.
“It’s actually the confirmation that there is a very, very large amount of water that’s trapped in a really distinct layer in the deep Earth,” said Graham Pearson, lead study author and a geochemist at the University of Alberta in Canada. The findings were published recently (March 12, 2014) in the journal Nature (see reference below).

Job 38:30 says, “The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.” Written over 3,500 years ago.
Science just caught up in 2014 – “Rare Diamond Confirms That Earth’s Mantle Holds an Ocean’s Worth of Water: The diamond contains ringwoodite, which is water-rich but only forms naturally under the extreme pressure found in Earth’s mantle”
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rare-diamond-confirms-that-earths-mantle-holds-an-oceans-worth-of-water/

[size=18pt]When did your Geochemistry teach that 10, 20, 50 years ago?[/size]
Sorry, no Geology professor ever knew!

Taken from "Third Truth – Claim 3:"
http://brotherjohn.org/only-a-fool-will-say-there-is-no-god/

Johnysky:

lolzz this guy believes nothing can come out of nothing, but yet again he believes his God (a sky man) just came out of nothing, then magically created everything out of nothing... Imagine the irony..

Fifth Truth – Claim 5:
Hebrews 11:3 enlightens, “By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.”[size=12pt][/size]

Science came to this realization when the atom was discovered. Not until the 19th century was it discovered that all visible matter consists of invisible elements. Creation is made of particles, indiscernible to our eyes. Atoms are the basic building blocks of matter that make up everyday objects. A desk, the air, even you are made up of atoms! There are 90 naturally occurring kinds of atoms. Scientists in labs have been able to make about 25 more.

http://education.jlab.org/atomtour/
& http://education.jlab.org/atomtour/listofparticles.html

I would like to add what you shared with me on skype, too:
Atoms are the building blocks of elements, elements are the building blocks of molecules, molecules form chemicals; chemicals combine to form compounds, compounds combine to form cells. Cells combine to form organs, organs combine to form systems; systems combine to form an organism.

The invisible is turned into the visible. This mystery is a showcase of the Invisible God who created the visible (matter/man) from invisible things. How awesome He is!

To the atheists, enjoy!

>>> copied from https://www.nairaland.com/2320024/only-fool-say <<<

davien:
Lol....I clicked that link only to go to the usual apologetic of "X professor dumbfounded by Christian" and straw-men derived from misunderstanding of science in general.....I guess these are the tactics of trying to make a "fool" out of a position that's logical..
Normally I'd write an entire page to refute every single word but I've seen that this is a copy-paste job....and I've addressed these blatant lies so many times(from Einstein being a theist to evolalbert-einsteins-answer-existence-god#29759897
..,so I'd just link my responses here based on what I've seen so far..

www.nairaland.com/2087771/albert-einsteins-answer-existence-god#29759897

. www.nairaland.com/2203280/dont-enough-faith-atheist/15#31803808

.......www.nairaland.com/2067183/atheists-stupidity/8#33849714

NONE of your links shows or proves evolution to be true.

Let me ask you a very simple question.

[size=14pt]Can you prove the EXISTENTIAL truth of those animals you are sending links to, scientifically?[/size]

I am waiting to read your body of evidence, if you have ANY!

Is ANY of you presenting some EVIDENCE?

I can't see what you are presenting that looks like evidence as Brother John presented, his presentation is clean and very clear. So, if you are presenting your evidence that refutes the point presented in that article, make it plain.

ON EINSTEIN.....
No one is claiming Einstein to be a Christian, but he also distanced himself from atheism as well and do not wish to be associated with such ideology. However, maybe I need to point out to you that his theory of relativity is based on assumptions, can you prove an assumption as a scientific evidence?

finofaya:
91%. Despite my many hours in catechism I'm only just finding out that the bread and wine weren't symbols of flesh and blood. They are supposed to be actual flesh and blood! I got that Jewish Sabbath question wrong too, and the one about Jonathan Edwards. Christians should be the highest scorers on the quiz, given the high number of Christianity based questions in it.

You have been misinformed again or your conclusion is just as wrong.

Here is the truth:
The Word became flesh - John 1:1
That flesh was given by Jesus to the Jews (and to anyone who would believe) - John 6:51 & 54

[size=14pt]The flesh = the Bread = the Word. In essence, He was asking people to accept the Word of God, not to become cannibals. [/size]

The Word contains contains Life - the Life of God.

Jesus says in John 6:63, "It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life."

2 Corinthians 3:6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

[size=14pt]The Blood contains life, but this is the very essence of God - His Spirit.[/size]
Leviticus 17:11

Just as physical blood carries life (mostly oxygen), the same with the Blood of the Lamb, it carries the Life of God.

The Blood is represented by the Wine, non-alcoholic, as Jesus' Blood never had any form of impurity. So, the wine should not be alcoholic.

Ephesians 5:18 says, "And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;"

When people saw those who were filled with the Spirit of God, they taught they had been drinking wine, not because they lost control of their senses, but because they spoke in tongues.

So, you were right at the initial time that it was a representation/symbol of the flesh and blood, but because there was no proper explanation or understanding, flasehood slipped in and you were misled. I was like that too, but now I understand better. Hosea 4:6 - Ignorance is terrible. Thank God, I am not ignorant anymore!

Seventh Truth – Claim 7:
Act 14:17 – “Nevertheless He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good, gave us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.”

[size=14pt]Joy and gladness understood. Evolution cannot explain emotions. Matter and energy do not feel. Scripture explains that God places gladness in our hearts (Psalm 4:7), and ultimate joy is found only in our Creator’s presence – “in Your presence is fullness of joy” (Psalm 16:11).
Psychology accepts these facts, but cannot explain them scientifically. How does science explain JOY? Yet, we all know what the emotion of joy really is, don’t we?[/size]

[size=18pt]ATHEISM IS DEAD!!!![/size]

NumberOne2:

Well, I dont bother engaging Atheist anymore cos they already know. A musician said "The eyes see only what it wants to see". If a man (medically sound) can deny that the sun shines, I will not be the one to tell him otherwise. He can enjoy his "non sun shining state". It doesnt stop the sun from shining brightly everyday.

[size=14pt]Brilliant summary![/size]

Thanks Brother John, I thoroughly enjoyed this latest installation of yours, it was quite refreshing.

Now, where are the atheists on this forum? Away on holidays? Ok, while at the beach, enjoy this:

Fifth Truth – Claim 5:
Hebrews 11:3 enlightens, “By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.”[size=12pt][/size]

Science came to this realization when the atom was discovered. Not until the 19th century was it discovered that all visible matter consists of invisible elements. Creation is made of particles, indiscernible to our eyes. Atoms are the basic building blocks of matter that make up everyday objects. A desk, the air, even you are made up of atoms! There are 90 naturally occurring kinds of atoms. Scientists in labs have been able to make about 25 more.

http://education.jlab.org/atomtour/
& http://education.jlab.org/atomtour/listofparticles.html

I would like to add what you shared with me on skype, too:
Atoms are the building blocks of elements, elements are the building blocks of molecules, molecules form chemicals; chemicals combine to form compounds, compounds combine to form cells. Cells combine to form organs, organs combine to form systems; systems combine to form an organism.

The invisible is turned into the visible. This mystery is a showcase of the Invisible God who created the visible (matter/man) from invisible things. How awesome He is!

To the atheists, enjoy!

[size=14pt]Where are those atheists and unbelievers who want to argue as if they know everything about life, desperately trying to prove there is no God, when God is speaking through someone not too far from them?[/size]

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/07/health/07brain.html?_r=0

Perhaps, they should dispute this article as well, which is independent of the video above

While the experience of "Speaking In Tongues" has been bastardized, this does not remove the truth of the genuine experience. I watched this many years ago on Channel 4 (in the UK):

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

So, for the believers, don't let anyone put you down or discourage you in your belief, just don't become superfluous in the spirit.

[size=14pt]To the unbelievers, there is your PROOF![/size]

Btw, on the subject of HELL FIRE.

Ever heard of ALCATRAZ?
(Google it)

[size=14pt]God has an eternal Alcatraz, another name for it is called HELL FIRE![/size]

If you (so-called atheists) are not afraid - very afraid - of HELL, why make your important subject to debate and argue?
MORE IMPORTANTLY,
If you (so-called atheists) are not afraid - very afraid - of GOD, why make your MOST important subject to debate and argue?

The vast majority of the teachings/preaching in Christianity is not Hell Fire, it is living like Jesus.
What is *your* (so-called atheists) most important topic, is not a debate of [size=14pt]Why There Is No God?[/size]

FEAR is the basis of your arguments and debates!

Oduduwaboy:

...and natural disasters and plagues too? These religious zealots will not stop being funny.

Ever thought of single families (one man and one woman/many wives) having several children in many communities around the world, too?

Go and study maths, [size=18pt]dumbo![/size]

Oduduwaboy:

Why do you think Atheists are terrified people? There is something called reverse psychology; i think you are applying this to your situation whereby you are trying to project your fears to other people. The reason you claim to believe in your imaginary god is only because of the FEAR you have for the ridiculous hell-fire.

OK. Let's try the reverse psychology one more time.

Assuming his fears are unfounded, what would he have lost?
Assuming his fears are true, what would he have gained?

Assuming his fears are true, what would YOU have lost?

Peterken05:
Ten Steps to convert an atheist to a christian.

7. Know the basics. Learn ordinary Biology, and simple geography (you cant stand on a mountain and see all the kingdom of the earth).Study Abiogenesis, Evolution, history, Maths (Yeah who told you 2 people (Adam and Eve) can give birth to 10 billion people in 6,000 years.) Go and study maths, [size=18pt]dumbo![/size]

What about the Great Flood? Noah's three sons and their wives?

Your maths seems to be the BEST the world has ever seen, even better than Professor Dele Awojobi when he calculated 19 2/3rd for the politicians.

I want to rock your boat.

I saw this movie on TV the other day and I think it was fun:
http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi3310354457?ref_=nmvi_vi_imdb_1

Google for the full movie. It's a classic!
[size=14pt]You'll enjoy it.[/size]


[size=18pt]HAPPY NEW YEAR IN ADVANCE![/size]

"Is This God’s Answer To Cancer, Ebola, HIV, Flu, Hepatitis, Herpes, Malaria, Arthritis, Gout, Ulcers, etc?......"

"In 1926, Dr. Otto Warburg of the Kaiser Institute in Berlin announced that he had found that the cause of cancer is a lack of oxygen at the cellular level. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1931 for his work on the oxygen transferring enzyme of cell respiration and his second Nobel Prize in 1944 for his discovery of the hydrogen transferring enzyme, the only person ever to receive two Nobel Prizes for medicine. He was also nominated for a third. He showed that the primary cause of cancer is the replacement of the respiration of oxygen in normal body cells by the fermentation of sugar and that no cancer cell exists which has its respiration intact...... Various physicians have independently discovered ..... to be also effective against cancer, leukemia, arthritis, coronary heart disease, arterial circulation disorders. colitis, gum diseases, and assorted childrens’ diseases. .....Some of the principal characteristics that make this method so unique are the following:
1. No contraindications.
2. Over 95 percent success rate.
3. Virtually zero recovery time.
4. No side effects.

You need to read and get this info into your knowledge chest.

See:
http://brotherjohn.org/simple-solutions-for-complex-challenges/

Never Underestimate a child of God:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYjAVmO5GaA

mazaje:


Be quite pls, can't you see him trying to condemn another person for his unbelief?. . .Nothing wrong in letting him know that he is wasting him time worshiping a false god. . .there is no god but Allah and Mohammed is his last messenger. . .You will rot in hell for your unbelief. . .

Are you trying to curse me or what?!
[size=15pt]Those who bless me will be blessed by God and anyone who curses me will be cursed by God....[/size] Think again and pick your choice.

Back to the OP....

theunusualmoon:
How come some of us are privileged to experience GOD while some aren't.
Could it be because they have shut their hearts completely and refused to let GOD in? Or could it be that we are simply the chosen generation?
Tell us how it feels to know GOD exist?

#1. It's a privilege to know and have a relationship with the Almighty God. But why do some believe (and are ready to die by that belief system) and others simply don't?

To be honest, it is a mystery, which we may never be able to resolve on this side of life.

Even within the Church, people's belief system have their levels. For example, some still believe that God's temple is the physical cathedral and they look after it and behave themselves like angels when they enter the building, yet Jesus says WE (the totality of our persona) are the temple of God, and these people don't care what they do with their body - fornication, cheating, hatred, idolatry, covetousness, etc.

But an insight is here:
Matthew 13:11 - "He answered and said unto them, Because i[b]t is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given[/b]."

Why? Because you are a disciple (you chose to follow) and they are not.

#2. It is also re-assuring that one is not living an aimless and empty life.

mazaje:


You are the one actually deceiving your self by following the wrong god. . .there is no god but Allah and Mohamed is his last messenger. . .

@ mazaje....
[size=14pt]Are you oblivious to this thread by Seun?[/size]
https://www.nairaland.com/1947119/let-us-more-tolerant-each

Why do you seem to troll and provoke unnecessarily? We live in a FREE world where everyone is entitled to their beliefs and opinions; why do you seem to always want to impose your god on others?

If you find it too hard to abide by simple advice to tolerance, why don't pack your pen and start your own website where anyone who uses it must comply into following your god?