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Foreign Affairs › Re: Crowd Sighted At Southern California Beaches Defying Sit At Home Order by budaatum: 2:19pm On Apr 27, 2020
They must have some special immunity against coronavirus, or at least they must believe they have.

Thankfully, as with most things, the proof is in the pudding, and we'll soon see if their belief holds water.
Politics › Re: My Letter To IMF, World Bank & Africa Dev. Bank (ADB). Nnamdi Kanu by budaatum: 2:12pm On Apr 27, 2020
Who takes loans to fight COVID? You don’t need loans to fight a pandemic, you instead need aid and global goodwill, and that’s what all countries in need have relied on throughout history.
This idiot needs to go check how much debt America, UK and all of Europe are incurring to fight Covid-19, and he needs to understand that whether you pay back debt or not depends on the borrower and not on the lender.

But if you do happen to agree with him that Nigeria should not be lent any money, just consider the drop in Nigeria's revenues and ask how government would pay wages and fund other expenses and who would suffer if they don't.
Politics › Re: Nnamdi Kanu Gives Fresh Evidence Proving Buhari Is Allegedly Dead by budaatum: 2:03pm On Apr 27, 2020
HallaDaTruth:
Such a shame you had to produce evidence from CNN , a station known to hate trump . your obama was a slave to Iran , Cnn wont tell you that
Is it not a shame you don't provide any media network that supports your claim?
Travel › Re: Adventures Of A UK Bound Nurse by budaatum: 1:59pm On Apr 27, 2020
You are valued by one who has had to rely on your service.

Travel › Re: Adventure Of A UK Tier 4 Dependant by budaatum: 1:54pm On Apr 27, 2020
Boyhood:
Hope you are fine amid this pandemic?
DisGuy:
Hope you're keeping well and safe wink
Abini2012, answer the question!

We know you are on the frontline and we worry!
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Democrats Take Control Of Congress by budaatum: 1:43pm On Apr 27, 2020
woodsbeatrice30:
Like Buharists here who want to regulate the internet ....
Buharist do not want to regulate the internet! angry We know our powers don't extend that far. And we are busy struggling to control boko haram.
Food › Re: Cook In Your Kitchen, Take Pictures And Post It Here. SIMPLE! by budaatum: 11:10pm On Apr 26, 2020
Finally worked out what to have with my chicken after starving all day.

Wild rice and kidney beans with a tomato, mushroom and kale sauce and a glass of Malbec to wash it down.

I just wish I could eat more of it.

Christianity Etc › Re: Evolution of the Porcupine and Bat by budaatum: 10:01pm On Apr 26, 2020
zyzxx:
Can someone be under the influence of Holy Spirit and still claim there is no God?
I just don't think you qualify to be stoning anyone especially if you claim to be under the influence of the loving Jesus Christ. It's not easy, but if you were, you'd "love him to bits".

Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Democrats Take Control Of Congress by budaatum: 7:54pm On Apr 26, 2020

Business › Re: CBN Fines Zenith Bank, First Bank, Others N1.4trn by budaatum: 7:04pm On Apr 26, 2020
Sounds like they were fined for not increasing lending. Maybe they'll be begging us to borrow on favourable terms in future.

We should watch this space.
Food › Re: Cook In Your Kitchen, Take Pictures And Post It Here. SIMPLE! by budaatum: 12:36pm On Apr 26, 2020
Roasted a chicken. Got nothing to eat with it though due to being locked down.

Christianity Etc › Re: Evolution of the Porcupine and Bat by budaatum: 12:14pm On Apr 26, 2020
LordReed:
So faith is believing in someone or something you have no evidence for? How do you acquire belief in someone or something you have no evidence for?
"I dare say you haven't had much practice," said the queen. "When I was younger, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."

Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
Christianity Etc › Re: Evolution of the Porcupine and Bat by budaatum: 12:06pm On Apr 26, 2020
zyzxx:
why can't I? I can even demonstrate to you that u are possed, u are under the influence of devil
Now, that's a lot of fruits of the spirit you demonstrated there. One can feel the "love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control" oozing in that comment of your's.

Politics › Re: Nigerian Citizens Are Weak, Smart Dummy, Foolish And Uncalled For. by budaatum: 11:49am On Apr 26, 2020
rightanswer:
When a trend is posted here on these forum, something that's affecting them as citizens they laughter and say rubbish about it, no meaningful contribution
Most comments so far just prove you right, unfortunately. See as we "laughter and say rubbish about it, no meaningful contribution", though, in all honesty, it is not a thread that requires "meaningful contribution", since you have not exactly meaningfully contributed yourself, apart from pointing out the obvious of our disunity.

Any ideas what the right answer might be, op?
Crime › Re: Murder Of Catholic Seminarian: IGP Arrests 3,orders Manhunt For Fleeing Suspects by budaatum: 11:39am On Apr 26, 2020
Most called them fulani herdsmen despite not seeing any herd. Now we find they are a "hybrid terrorist criminal network".

The suspects, known to belong to a hybrid terrorist criminal network causing untold havoc in North-Central, Nigeria, have confessed to several other random operations along Abuja-Kaduna Expressway where they kidnapped, killed and robbed motorists, collecting ransom and valuables running into millions of naira.
Christianity Etc › Re: Could It Be Satan Vs God by budaatum: 11:17am On Apr 26, 2020
I think it is. The ignorant satan led pastors lost and died while the godly one's told their congregation to stay at home and isolate and live.

When this ends we shall easily be able to tell which church worships satan and which God.
Politics › Re: Why Not Put Ethnicity Aside,and Unite Against Our Corrupt Leaders? by budaatum: 7:35pm On Apr 25, 2020
Slowly, with the help of thinking individuals like you, we will evolve to do what you suggest here.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Democrats Take Control Of Congress by budaatum: 7:17pm On Apr 25, 2020
GalaticHorde:
quote errand demonstrandum! I hope I am correct! cheesy
Close enough. Quod erat demonstrandum, though I'm certain some will disagree.
Christianity Etc › Re: Evolution of the Porcupine and Bat by budaatum: 7:13pm On Apr 25, 2020
shadeyinka:
Evolution is just a theory!
It isn't a fact.

If the earth has 100's of billions of species which are all constrained according to some certain rules, it is expected that several will look alike even though they are not of the same specie. Proponents of evolution are hiding over the phrase "100's of millions" of years.

The "evolution" of the computer is more about design than each kind of computer morphing into another kind over a hypothetical 100's of years.

Correction:
Jesus said: I have not come to abolish the law but to "fulfill it" or "to confirm it" or the "accomplish it". In other words, Jesus is the fulfillment of the law!

God evolved into Jesus Christ?
I still wonder where you got that.
Go learn about evolution. Its a complex idea that the blind can't see.

That "fulfilment" of Christ is the natural result of evolution from a previous state of being. And "you'd do greater things than he did" is another step in the process. Read your Bible properly, starting at "In the Beginning" and working page by page to the end, and you'd see God evolving as you go along.
Christianity Etc › Re: Evolution of the Porcupine and Bat by budaatum: 12:17pm On Apr 25, 2020
aadoiza:
You don't need proof for God's existence. All you need is faith.
Rubbish, and utter stupidity!

You can't, or shouldn't, have faith in a thing you don't even know exists! And to be honest with you, if you don't have evidence for the existence of the Almighty God, you should query what it is your faith is in, or ask God to open your eyes so you can see the evidence of God's existence.
Christianity Etc › Re: Evolution of the Porcupine and Bat by budaatum: 12:10pm On Apr 25, 2020
aadoiza:
I don't think you people know how ridiculous you sound when you claim a natural process occurred, or is taking place but you don't have a concrete proof that this natural process is still on going save some scribblings by a confused lot. Wetin I dey talk self?
Yes, "Wetin u dey talk self?" You can't possibly be attacking the Bible, can you? Or you just don't know how ridiculous you sound comparing an Almighty God that you only know by some scribblings - though not of a confused lot - to a natural process of evolution?

I'd say you need to evolve, but you might understand, "let Jesus into your life", better, though they both mean the same thing.
Christianity Etc › Re: Evolution of the Porcupine and Bat by budaatum: 1:51am On Apr 25, 2020
aadoiza:
It's you and your fellow "band-wagonists"
You are far too rude and ignorant for me to waste time on so I plead the wise words below.

Politics › Re: Nigerian Democracy And The Pessimism Of Socrates by budaatum: 1:46am On Apr 25, 2020
johnydon22:
He asked a question, if you were on a ship, and the election for a captain is about to be held. Would you rather have a few members of the ship who are well versed in navigation and ship maneuvering make this decision or would you rather have it be open to everyone, most of which, have no single clue what even makes a ship move?
Exmilitant answered this too well and made it possible for me to skip it. My gratitude.

johnydon22:
Do you think, a population that has an extreme degree of uninformed populace would make better voting choices as it concerns the economic, social and other aspects of politics?
No, it can't. They may be "an extreme degree of uninformed populace", but they still are concerned and want a say in their own economic, social and other aspects of politics that affects them, be it just having one of their's in charge.

And there's the beauty in democracy, it provides an opportunity to learn from our election of the the right and wrong person. And it provides a platform for those we elect to teach (in its most basic form, they campaign, or give us a loaf of bread or lie they would make $1 = ₦1). Take bubu, for instance. I'm certain there are things about his time in office that would make some say "never again". They've learnt.

johnydon22:
When Buhari posited he'd make $1 = N1 how many of the Sai Babarians understood how this can be achieved in order to vet 'if, it can, at all be done?'
Sai babarian here.

When bubu "posited he'd make $1 = ₦1", I laughed to myself thinking this bubu get sense. He was talking to an ignorant electorate who had been trained to believe magic can be performed. Its the same trick preachers use when they convince to give and would receive.

johnydon22:
Wouldn't a more informed cacus see through the rigmaroles of a political wooing and make better and informed votes that have high chances of getting it right than a system controlled by sheer number of a largely illiterate group who even though are grossly ignorant of the implications of their choices can be easily swayed by sweetcoated promises they hardly even grasp its intricacies?
Yes, a "more informed would see through the rigmaroles of a political wooing and make better and informed votes". However, being informed is part of democracy. It is after all the better informed (as bubu showed with his understanding that the gullible portion of the electorate would believe his "$1 = ₦1" ) that win elections. He would not have had enough votes to make him president if he'd wooed only the "more informed cacus".

johnydon22:
Do you think, like Socrates, that the Nigerian democracy isn't a good idea?
No, I do not think like Socrates that the Nigerian democracy isn't a good idea! We have tried other forms of government and had to put up with permanent tyrants. Least now we can vote them out every 4 years.

johnydon22:
Would you prefer a certain criteria such as (level of education and income status or simply those who demonstrates they have and can think about this rationally) become significant determinants for voting status? Or would you have it free for all?
No, I would not prefer a system abandoned by democratic nations centuries ago! That said, we currently do elect "those who demonstrate [to us that] they have and can think about this rationally".

What we need to do now is increase our ability to determine what a demonstration of thought and rationality looks like so we make better informed choices.

johnydon22:
Do you think we have more chances of getting it right if we cast our net into a bigger pool of informed voters as opposed to painfully uninformed ones?
No, I dont. Those you determine are not "informed voters" and that you leave out of the "bigger pool" will join militias and pester you as they agitate for enfranchisement as history has clearly shown.

I think the oversight in this thread is the feeling that we adopt a form of rule and everything else just falls into place, when, like most things, we need to work at it to get it right. As for the points you raised, history negates them all, including those of Socrates on this topic.
Christianity Etc › Re: Evolution of the Porcupine and Bat by budaatum: 12:49am On Apr 25, 2020
aadoiza:
So those who are not scientists don't use their senses? You lot just can stop making up silly counter-critisism punch lines.
No one said "those who are not scientists don't use their senses", aadoiza, perhaps seek to understand before embarking on juvenile insults.

Science (from the Latin word scientia, meaning "knowledge" ) is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions.

We read of Jesus going about healing those with dim senses. It is so you may use those senses to systematically build and organize knowledge, and form testable explanations and predictions.

Christianity Etc › Re: Evolution of the Porcupine and Bat by budaatum: 11:22pm On Apr 24, 2020
tintingz:
How? Does evolution have some sentient mind of it own?
He thinks people see evolution as he sees God, when in truth, he sees evolution as opposition to his God.
Christianity Etc › Re: Evolution of the Porcupine and Bat by budaatum: 10:55pm On Apr 24, 2020
shadeyinka:
1. Is the theory of evolution PROVEN fact?
2. If we agree about a theory in the accademy of science, does that mean CORRECTNESS!
YHWH evolved into Jesus Christ?
Over how many millions of years and were there sub species along the way?
Don't go beyond what the scriptures teaches!
Evolution is a fact and a theory. It has happened and will continue to happen.

As for what "the scripture teaches", I think you mean, 'what one understands', since its understanding, along with our capabilities to understand it, evolve over time, as Jesus taught when he said he "did not come to abolish the law", but to evolve it, which you should be doing too if only you had read the book properly, which you very clearly haven't. If you had, you'd have understood how God evolves into Jesus Christ.
Christianity Etc › Re: Evolution of the Porcupine and Bat by budaatum: 4:08pm On Apr 24, 2020
shadeyinka:
You have started again!
Mr Evolution,
You've just stood by a theory as if it is a PROVEN fact.

An agreement of though does not mean CORRECTNESS!
It is a proven fact. Even YHWH evolved into Jesus Christ and did not die off because of it. You'd know this if you read your Bible from 'In the Beginning' to the end.
Christianity Etc › Re: Evolution of the Porcupine and Bat by budaatum: 3:39pm On Apr 24, 2020
shadeyinka:
Here was what you quoted:
If it was evolution, shouldn't such animals like the praying mantis disappear from the surface of the earth?

My argument was that the design has fulfilled it's purpose if the praying mantis has not gone out of extinction
You obviously don't understand what you wrote just as you do not understand that the rich man was missing the most essential thing he needed was treasure in heaven.

shadeyinka:
I was just wondering how the Porcupine happened to EVOLVE it's sharp quills. And how the Bat happened to grow its wings.

The story probably goes like this:
In the rat family, there was commotion as snakes, dogs, hyaenas, cats and all the small carnivores began to feast on them.

So, they had a meeting and the vote was should they evolve into a Bird by turning their silky hairs to feathers OR turn the silky hairs into weapons of mass stabbing.

The argument raged on for a long time and only the porcupine tribe of rat decided to evolve their hairs into spears. The Ratonia tribe of rats decided to maintain status-quo while the Batilia tribe decided to grow wings and become birdlike.

According to the law of selection: by now, the Ratonia family should be extinct but they are not.

Scientific effort is still on to see how such feat was made possible. I would want to use the same means to evolve myself into Obama or Trump.

Any good idea will do. Thanks
The link is so you can bother to educate yourself about evolution instead of making things up in your head. But of course you don't have to educate yourself. Just don't expect to be taken seriously by those who do bother.
Christianity Etc › Re: Who "Closed" Why Jesus Cannot Save Or Heal You? by budaatum(op): 1:39pm On Apr 24, 2020
budaatum:
For the attention of Seun.

The post below was also removed.

I notice a thread of mine has been removed or hidden. It might be that I broke a rule, still one would expect the courtesy of being given a reason why, but nothing! My thread just disappeared. And its not the first time posts of mine have disappeared with no reason given despite writing to request one!!

Could someone kindly let me know why my thread was removed or hidden please? Knowing might help me break them less often.

Respect.
Christianity Etc › Re: Evolution of the Porcupine and Bat by budaatum: 1:34pm On Apr 24, 2020
shadeyinka:
If it was evolution, shouldn't such animals like the praying mantis disappear from the surface of the earth?
This just shows how little your knowledge of evolution is, and instead of learning about it you cover your eyes so you cannot see!

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Health › Re: US Coronavirus Death Toll Tops 50,000 With Another 2,416 Killed In 24 Hours by budaatum: 1:11pm On Apr 24, 2020

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