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Maxi3k:
As an atheist I prefer keeping my views to myself, the last time I talked to my dad about religion he threatened to thrown me out of the house

Lol

Headline from the Independent. Guessing its a disguise.

'Michael Cohen, a known liar headed to the big house, has more credibility than the leader of the free world', says pollster

THE FIRST DAY OF LENT COMMONLY CALLED ASH WEDNESDAY

THE COLLECT
ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hatest nothing that thou hast made, and dost forgive the sins of all them that are penitent: Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we worthily lamenting our sins, and acknowledging our wretchedness, may obtain of thee, the God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

This Collect is to be read every day in Lent after the Collect appointed for the Day.

FOR THE EPISTLE
Joel 2.12-17

TURN ye even to me, saith the Lord, with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning. And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. Who knoweth if he will return, and repent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meat-offering and a drink-offering unto the Lord your God? Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts; let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet; let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?

THE GOSPEL
St. Matthew 6.16-21

WHEN ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face, that thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Church of England

Proverbs 22 Amplified Bible (AMP)
On Life and Conduct
22 A good name [earned by honorable behavior, godly wisdom, moral courage, and personal integrity] is more desirable than great riches;
And favor is better than silver and gold.
2
The rich and poor have a common bond;
The Lord is the Maker of them all.
3
A prudent and far-sighted person sees the evil [of sin] and hides himself [from it],
But the naive continue on and are punished [by suffering the consequences of sin].
4
The reward of humility [that is, having a realistic view of one’s importance] and the [reverent, worshipful] fear of the Lord
Is riches, honor, and life.
5
Thorns and snares are in the way of the obstinate [for their lack of honor and their wrong-doing traps them];
He who guards himself [with godly wisdom] will be far from them and avoid the consequences they suffer.
6
Train up a child in the way he should go [teaching him to seek God’s wisdom and will for his abilities and talents],
Even when he is old he will not depart from it.
7
The rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower is servant to the lender.
8
He who sows injustice will reap [a harvest of] trouble,
And the rod of his wrath [with which he oppresses others] will fail.
9
He who is generous will be blessed,
For he gives some of his food to the poor.
10
Drive out the scoffer, and contention will go away;
Even strife and dishonor will cease.
11
He who loves purity of heart
And whose speech is gracious will have the king as his friend.
12
The eyes of the Lord keep guard over knowledge and the one who has it,
But He overthrows the words of the treacherous.
13
The lazy one [manufactures excuses and] says, “There is a lion outside!
I will be killed in the streets [if I go out to work]!”
14
The mouth of an immoral woman is a deep pit [deep and inescapable];
He who is cursed by the Lord [because of his adulterous sin] will fall into it.
15
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;
The rod of discipline [correction administered with godly wisdom and lovingkindness] will remove it far from him.
16
He who oppresses or exploits the poor to get more for himself
Or who gives to the rich [to gain influence and favor], will only come to poverty.

17
Listen carefully and hear the [a]words of the wise,
And apply your mind to my knowledge;
18
For it will be pleasant if you keep them in mind [incorporating them as guiding principles];
Let them be ready on your lips [to guide and strengthen yourself and others].
19
So that your trust and reliance and confidence may be in the Lord,
I have taught these things to you today, even to you.
20
Have I not written to you excellent things
In counsels and knowledge,
21
To let you know the certainty of the words of truth,
That you may give a correct answer to him who sent you?

22
Do not rob the poor because he is poor [and defenseless],
Nor crush the afflicted [by legal proceedings] at the gate [where the city court is held],
23
For the Lord will plead their case
And take the life of those who rob them.

24
Do not even associate with a man given to angry outbursts;
Or go [along] with a hot-tempered man,
25
Or you will learn his [undisciplined] ways
And get yourself trapped [in a situation from which it is hard to escape].

26
Do not be among those who give pledges [involving themselves in others’ finances],
Or among those who become guarantors for others’ debts.
27
If you have nothing with which to pay [another’s debt when he defaults],
Why should his creditor take your bed from under you?

28
Do not move the ancient landmark [at the boundary of the property]
Which your fathers have set.

29
Do you see a man skillful and experienced in his work?
He will stand [in honor] before kings;
He will not stand before obscure men.

JeromeBlack:
Your English is written in a funny manner. I understand what you are trying to say but you use an archaic and reverse way of saying things.

Just what I expected. You understand my "funny archaic and reverse manner". So you'll understand this.

I can't send my physical to you so I send my 'spirit' instead. And so you know I am 'full of the spirit' and not words alone I imbue them as such that you read my words once and go "what the fuk", and then read it again see the spirit in them and say "aha, lol". At least when you've understood what I've written. To those who don't though, buda is just talking crap.

frank317:
No to see if u are lying... Just to know how much u take ur own words serious. It will tell how much of an interesting person u are

I'm seriously humorous I guess. Serious about the subjects I approach humorously.

frank317:
Lol... Meeting the guy in person will be very interesting. Will like to look at his face when he talks to see if he actually means them.

At least you understand, unlike that olodo Black who needs to invest in panadol. You just wonder buda might be a "very interesting" dishonest liar and a fraud.

JeromeBlack:
Bros, are you a foreigner? Your English Engrish usually gives me headache.

But seriously, what about my "English Engrish" usually gives you headache? Do you not understand it? Do I not write it right? Don't it mean anything? Do you have to work a bit to understand it? Is it just meaningless? Or are you incapable of understanding it?

Help me!

oruma19:
na them Don chop beta money, Buhari and atiku na them go die for us, we still young... �

And full of power oruma19.

Ekpeitut:
All you sai Buharideens mocking others because your god won rigged the elections it doesn't change the fact that you will still buy Petrol @ N145, rice @ N20k a bag and all other commodities at inflation induced prices..las las na all of us go suffer am.

You don't get it, do you? With your obliterated atikulooter petrol would have been N650 and a bag of rice would exist only in dreams as inflation through looting would make our Naira buy much fewer cents.

I guess we just have to keep saving your ungrateful self from yourself.

Mahsums:
Sai Baba
PYO/Elrufai 2023

Hmm. An El Rufai person like me. Don't most Naija people dislike this man? Please tell, what do you see in him. I love your combination!

frank317:
Lol... Meeting the guy in person will be very interesting. Will like to look at his face when he talks to see if he actually means them.

As in, look in my face to see if I'm lying?
As if you'd be able to tell lol.

I do mean it though, for all it's worth.

JeromeBlack:
Bros, are you a foreigner? Your English Engrish usually gives me headache.

Yeah, a foreigner is me.

oruma19:
���� u that believe sef I am very disappointed. How can u believe I will kill myself from this sweet life. Bro i was just being sarcastic ���

Lol. I worried small o.

Mine was twelve years English teach Monday, Bible Study Tuesday, clean church Saturday, church every Sunday, PCC secretary, Men's Group secretary, wasn't a mumu never paid tithes rather spend my money on a book and never felt guilty atheist who never got caught. Rubina Malaysia, Choi China and Ariana Serbia still send me merry xmas 11 years later. Now? Service off BBC Radio 4 is closest I get half asleep too, got.

Hmm! I might need to start going church.

Donald Trump’s declaration of an emergency on the Mexican border will be rejected by the Senate, the most senior Republican in the US upper chamber has admitted.

Impossible!

If his national emergency declaration is rejected, Trump could veto that rejection. A presidential veto can be overruled by both houses of Congress, but only with two-thirds majorities, which is unlikely, meaning the declaration is likely to stand in the end.

oruma19:
I will personally kill Atiku Abubakar and kill myself if he betrays the confidence we reposed on by listening to idiots telling him not to go to court. We gave him our mandate by massively electing him as our President. Atiku has got no reason not to take back his mandate graciously given by Nigerians. If it will take our last blood we shall take the mandate back. To the courts we come seeking for justice. It can only be delayed but never denied.

You will just die waste a life!

obixcel:
Nope! quite the opposite.

I wonder.

Ihedinobi3:
I'm not sure I understand this either.

What I said here is that free will is what we have in order to decide if we want to be part of God's Family or not.

That's what I said too. Consider. In the first one, at least.

orisa37:
Do you know why Usman Dan Fodio intended to impose Islam on 'Nigeria'?

To occupy the Minds and Fabrics of Nigeria with Arabs way of life and expand Arabs Territory for Empire building. They can never understand Democracy the way Trump, May, Clinton, Angella and even Putin understand it. All they know is Feudalism.

It is a great travesty the Nigeria refuses to teach history. But first,

Dictionary result for feudalism
/ˈfjuːdəlɪz(ə)m/Submit
Learn to pronounce noun
the dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn tenants of the nobles, while the peasants (villeins or serfs) were obliged to live on their lord's land and give him homage, labour, and a share of the produce, notionally in exchange for military protection.

In Britain, the nobility who held land from the crown in exchange for military service had the right to hunt you down if you decided to migrate to the next village without his say so and any girl who wished to get married had to spend the night before the wedding at their Lords castle.

Now, Shaihu Usman dan Fodio, born Usuman ɓii Foduye, (also referred to as Arabic: عثمان بن فودي‎, Shaikh Usman Ibn Fodio, Shehu Uthman Dan Fuduye, Shehu Usman dan Fodio or Shaikh Uthman Ibn Fodio) (born 15 December 1754, Gobir – died 20 April 1817, Sokoto).

First, a question. How many books written by Shaihu Usman dan Fodio have you read, or even seen?

Dan Fodio wrote more than a hundred books concerning religion, government, culture, and society. He developed a critique of existing African Muslim elites for what he saw as their greed, paganism, violation of the standards of Sharia law, and use of heavy taxation. He encouraged literacy and scholarship, for women as well as men, and several of his daughters emerged as scholars and writers. His writings and sayings continue to be much quoted today, and are often affectionately referred to as Shehu in Nigeria. Some followers consider dan Fodio to have been a mujaddid, a divinely inspired "reformer of Islam".

Do you know what sort of feudalism Usman tried to eradicate amongst people who were cowed by the gods of the land with the God, Allah, of the Book?

orisa37:
Is Usman Dan Fodio trying to impose Islam on 2019 Nigeria?

Muhammadu Buhari and The Cabal around him are Apostles of Usman Dan Folio. It's all in the Caliphate's Liabrary. Buhari will stop at nothing till he achieves Full Feudalism, the Usman Dan Folio Way. He is talking this whenever he talks about Unity of Nigeria.

Everybody will just stand back while "Muhammadu Buhari and The Cabal around him", and the "Apostles of Usman Dan Folio" take away the democracy we and the rest of the world have fought for and "occupy the Minds and Fabrics of Nigeria with Arabs way of life and expand Arabs Territory for Empire building?

They will make you speak Arabic, ko? You are very funny! And you know nothing about Shaihu Usman dan Fodio, or Muhammadu Buhari, and we Nigerians, for what matter.

obixcel:
The Demonrats have now saddled themselves with all sorts of Investigation on Trump and anyone/thing connected to him - all for 2020. Soon there will be a new illness called Trump Investigation Fatigue caused by prolonged and endless search into anything Trump with no evidence to show for.

I bet you sooner They will investigate Trump's day of birth, and who he colluded with to come into this world

They are outtrumping Trump. He ramped up the rhetoric so now they want to drown him in paper.

Chai! No wonder the libs are called satanics!
They eat fruits and say, "look! I'm alive!" Instead of fearing they might die.

This coming election will be cosmic!

IAmSabrina:
How many more times will i illustrate my arguments before you finally see what I am saying?

Let us look at God's plan & Free will exclusively
God's Plan: Fate or god's plan, whatever you wish to call it... implies that our actions have to be predestined
Free will: ......implies the opposite. That our actions and choices are completely a personal decision.

For example, let's see how these two ideas function together. Let's say, your fate or plan/destiny is, as you Christians say describe it... to spread the word of the lord. You're supposed to be a good christian, and found a highly successful church in Africa. And this church, through donations, is able to feed and give shelter to thousands. And all of them convert to christianity, and your followers and set up other churches, as a result of your actions and leadership, which help millions. That's your fate. But, let's say you have free will, you make your own decisions. So, perhaps at a relatively young age you hear about the Christian churches abhorrent sexual abuse scandals, and disgusted by the organization, you want nothing to do with the church. You decide to be an atheist, and instead of opening churches, you open a brewery and use your hard earned cash to buy hundreds of expensive cars. By one choice, you've completely destroyed the plan.

Get it now?

No! I don't. Your fate was to become "an atheist, and instead of opening churches, you open a brewery and use your hard earned cash to buy hundreds of expensive cars" .

Ihedinobi3:
As I always say, atheists have a completely different set of assumptions about reality than Christians do, so it is hopeless to expect a reconciliation of views here. I haven't answered you in order to convince you of the correctness of Christian beliefs. Can't care less what your opinions of them are.

God's Plan: to get an eternal Family of willing subjects composed of human beings and angels.

Free Will: the tool through which such a Family is produced.

Illustration: Jesus Christ died on the Cross for everyone. If anyone believes in Him and perseveres in Faith, they will end up as part of that Family. If anyone does not believe or falls away, they will be rejected from that Family.

It is the freewill of every human being to decide to be a part of the "eternal Family of willing subjects composed of human beings and angels" with freewill.

Correct? Is that what you wrote?

Whether one wants to be like God is up to one and being like God is how to be like God?

Ihedinobi3:
Can't see why it does. Why does it make you think so?

It could also, is in fact, the clad God, as in, "God with shielding".

Ihedinobi3:
That the Lord Jesus during His First Advent was God manifesting Himself without any shielding? The very ridiculousness of it!

In Philippians, it was made clear that He "voided" His Deity in order to live a truly human life and die a truly Human Death. Why on earth would anyone think of that as a naked display of God's Glory? Ridiculous is the understatement of all understatement here.

Does make one think Jesus was human, no? And not God?

Ihedinobi3:
If you are asking where He has shown Himself in Creation without any shielding or covering (and I cannot see how you segued into that question), He has not. That is why we are still here making choices.

Really? Some claim Jesus Christ is one such instance. Do you disagree?

orisa37:
How can The Objectives of Usman Dan Folio, a Migrant from Futa Jalon to occupy Nigeria, from the Desert North to the Creek South, by Force, be Satisfactory to Home Grown Indigenous Yorubas, Ibos, ijaws, Tivs etc?
The only legal way remaining for Nigeria to pull out of this quagmire is to amend The Exclusive List of The 1999 Constitution, grant Full Autonomy of Police, Resources and Election Controls to our 36 Constitutional States. And let the People decide their Fate for themselves.

Do you know why Usman Dan Fodio intended to impose Islam on 'Nigeria'?

Is Usman Dan Fodio trying to impose Islam on 2019 Nigeria?

OpenYourEyes1:
Docrine of demons.

Do me a favour. Open your eyes please!

Aleister Crowley was not an atheist! He was an English occultist, ceremonial magician, poet, painter, novelist, and mountaineer. He founded the religion of Thelema, identifying himself as the prophet entrusted with guiding humanity into the Æon of Horus in the early 20th century.

OpenYourEyes1:
I do not think it is safe to trust an Atheist.
I was an Atheist... I know how their minds work.

How does the mind of an atheist work?

Proverbs 21 Amplified Bible (AMP)
On Life and Conduct
21 The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the Lord;
He turns it whichever way He wishes.
2
Every man’s way is right in his own eyes,
But the Lord weighs and examines the hearts [of people and their motives].
3
To do righteousness and justice
Is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice [for wrongs repeatedly committed].
4
Haughty and arrogant eyes and a proud heart,
The lamp of the wicked [their self-centered pride], is sin [in the eyes of God].
5
The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance and advantage,
But everyone who acts in haste comes surely to poverty.
6
Acquiring treasures by a lying tongue
Is a fleeting vapor, the seeking and pursuit of death.
7
The violence of the wicked will [return to them and] drag them away [like fish caught in a net],
Because they refuse to act with justice.
8
The way of the guilty is [exceedingly] crooked,
But as for the pure, his conduct is upright.
9
It is better to live in a corner of the housetop [on the flat roof, exposed to the weather]
Than in a house shared with a quarrelsome (contentious) woman.
10
The soul of the wicked desires evil [like an addictive substance];
His neighbor finds no compassion in his eyes.
11
When the scoffer is punished, the naive [observes the lesson and] becomes wise;
But when the wise and teachable person is instructed, he receives knowledge.
12
The righteous one keeps an eye on the house of the wicked—
How the wicked are cast down to ruin.
13
Whoever shuts his ears at the cry of the poor
Will cry out himself and not be answered.
14
A gift in secret subdues anger,
And a bribe [hidden] in the pocket, strong wrath.
15
When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous (the upright, the one in right standing with God),
But to the evildoers it is disaster.
16
A man who wanders from the way of understanding (godly wisdom)
Will remain in the assembly of the dead.
17
He who loves [only selfish] pleasure will become a poor man;
He who loves and is devoted to [a]wine and [olive] oil will not become rich.
18
The wicked become a ransom for the righteous,
And the treacherous in the place of the upright [for they fall into their own traps].
19
It is better to dwell in a desert land
Than with a contentious and troublesome woman.
20
There is precious treasure and oil in the house of the wise [who prepare for the future],
But a short-sighted and foolish man swallows it up and wastes it.
21
He who earnestly seeks righteousness and loyalty
Finds life, righteousness, and honor.
22
A wise man scales the city [walls] of the mighty
And brings down the stronghold in which they trust.
23
He who guards his mouth and his tongue
Guards himself from troubles.
24
“Proud,” “Haughty,” “Scoffer,” are his names
Who acts with overbearing and insolent pride.
25
The desire of the lazy kills him,
For his hands refuse to labor;
26
He craves all the day long [and does no work],
But the righteous [willingly] gives and does not withhold [what he has].
27
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable and offensive [to the Lord].
How much more [unacceptable and insulting can it be] when he brings it with evil intention?
28
A false witness will perish,
But a man who listens to the truth will speak forever and go unchallenged.
29
A wicked man puts on a bold face,
But as for the upright, he considers, directs, and establishes his way [with the confidence of integrity].
30
There is no [human] wisdom or understanding
Or counsel [that can prevail] against the Lord.
31
The horse is prepared for the day of battle,
But deliverance and victory belong to the Lord.

oaroloye:
SHALOM!

GOD BLESS YOU!

People point to the Word of God and see God.
The worst of them see God in their anointeds!
They forget to not bow down to images and idols.
So Christ said, "Forgive them. They know not what they do". And sends one like you to correct the Way.

With recent pro-choice legislation in Virginia and New York, conservatives have been spreading inaccuracies and blatant untruths about women who have third-trimester abortions (shocking, I know).

… all Virginia’s bill would do is end the burdensome 24-hour waiting period, remove the state-mandated ultrasound law, and require one doctor — instead of three — to approve a request for third-trimester abortions. The bill also says the doctor approving the request would no longer need to certify that the harm to the patient’s health would be “substantial and irremediable.” In New York, the law simply removes abortion from the criminal code, codifies Roe v. Wade, and allows patients who need later abortions to get care in their home state rather than travel across the country.
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TheShopKeeper:
House Dems launches investigation requests to 81 People And Entities Close To Trump - the list includes Trump’s sons, Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., as well as his son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-dems-launching-trump-probes-request-slew-of-white-house-documents

The probe will focus on three main areas: whether Trump obstructed justice by interfering in criminal investigations of his campaign and administration, whether he violated the emoluments clause of the U.S. Constitution and campaign finance laws, and potential misuse of his pardon powers and other abuses of power.

By launching the investigation, Democrats are effectively ensuring Trump’s long litany of scandals will remain in the news throughout and up to the 2020 presidential election, including his firing of former FBI Director James Comey, his alleged involvement in a hush money scheme, the dealings of the Trump Foundation, and former national security adviser Michael Flynn’s contacts with foreign officials, to name just a few.

See below for the full list of people and groups that received document requests from the committee:

Sounds like Fishing, to me. "Let's throw the kitchen sink at him and hope something sticks". And with Trump, something likely would.