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Smartresult:
dora the only good women in igboland, unlike diezani, ngozi, patricia ekah, aviation minister

U left ur brain in ur last dream...plz go n collect it so u can comment beta...ooo

Yanks101:
Are Nigerian engineers taught anything like aethestic design in school?
The bike probably works, but it looks trashy due to poor aethestic design.
The aethestic part is just as important as the electro-mechanical aspect.

Then the govt should pick it up dats why we are not going anywhere....can some one take it n brush it then we will av something great..

brocab:
It's sad you have chosen to turn your back away from the truth, only to follow after a tithing money system, without using the power of God-it took one man to change the world.
Jesus knew Mammon [money] can take a mans heart away from God, without argument, you already know deep down you are walking the highways, ask the lord to direct your path, ask him to guild your way back to the straight and narrow road.

I see u really dont av nothing doing....plz i love my tithing money system the benefits therein cant be quantified so plz let me be its my life,my increase, my choosing. According to u u are doing the best so let me ride on my on ways that has showered alot of blessings for me ejor biko!!

pazienza:
Abacha na Igbo man. Igbos are just too greedy, dem no dey take eye see money!

So abacha is not greedy abi??

brocab:
Tithes in this day and age isn't used as it should, God's law was for the richer farmers to pay tithes to help support the levite priest, because they couldn't own any land in lsrael, by committing themselves to God to work in the temple God rewarded them with a tithe from the richer Jewish people.
Not all Jews paid tithes, only those people who were richer having farms and merchandise more then the others.
No where is it said in the bible where Jesus paid tithes, and if tithing was meant for today-then Jesus would have shown us in word and in action-show me where its written where Jesus had changed the tithing system from what was foods yearly to a cash flow weekly?
Tithing back then was used to feed the poor the widows and strangers.
Bring all your tithes into the storehouse so My people maybe fed.
Jesus also tells us when you give, give to those who can't give back to you, He says when we give to our family and friends, our reward comes back to us.
Tithing wasn't used for this same reason, it wasn't used to feed our love ones-but strangers-the poor and the widows, God used tithing so His people may be fed. [Not given a cash flow].

You say the truth is annoying and its irritating you, l can't free you, only Jesus can, but as long as the word lives, l will share it.
You say your tithing pays you well in return, the blessings from xxxx has poured over you with plenty of cash.
You are no different then those who are walking the high life, following after Satan's plan to draw God's people away from the truth, selling their souls for his glory filled with cash.

Hia see me see gbege ooo... I pay tithe with my own God given money so whats ur stress. I've told u times without number i love my tithe paying life plz jus enjoy ur non paying tithe.

9jacrip:
What nonsense jeovah?
So he was busy for the 21 years and forgot you, yeah?

Are u for real??...

9jacrip:
What nonsense jeovah?
So he was busy for the 21 years and forgot you, yeah?

Are u for real??...

deflover:
make the gods strike you as you dey type for there..........make eriwi twist ya neck....i am niger deltan......urohobo....and i stand with biafra...we the people of NIGER DELTA stand with BIAFRA.....you think we have a better chance to be free if not through Biafra......another ogogoro fool wey no understand the game of numbers

My broda u understand the game

brocab:
Since you have access to the computer, you should look it up' who and what countries pays tithes, and why do they still believe in obeying one law and not them all, maybe because this law had been twisted so much, that the only thing' people can only think about is how to make a Quick buck, and in this day and age Churches are set up as a business, lnstead of a house of prayer. You need to make an appointment these days-to even see anybody of any authority involving in any Church, and that can take some weeks.
Jesus showed us clearly when He entered the temple grounds, and found the money changes, buying and selling merchandise in His Fathers house.
Today the Churches is doing that very same act-as that temple did back than, twisting and turning the word of God for cash, is destroying the true meaning of God's love for His Church, by taken His people away from the truth.
Satan's plan is to destroy all God's creation.
The lord had clearly warned us this will happen, Quote Matthew, you can't worship God and Mammon at the same time, you will either hate the one and love the other.
Quote Timothy 6, men of corrupt minds destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a sort of gain [finance], from such withdraw yourselves.
Meaning to say test the word, these men in sleep clothing had accepted Satan's proposal, with high rewards.

I careless to know what u think u are sounding more n more irritating n annoying shuuu....them done hold gun for ur head say make u pay tithe if u no wan pay ur tithe or even give offering for church no give no pay....na waoo. if ur church dey harasse or embarasse we no pay my church no dey do dat. I pay tithe and i have continued in it becos i have seen the gains in it. Ogbeni go and read d biography of J.C penny...ready JD rockfella. Its a choice to tithe or give offering and i have choosen to do all na my money so free me joor

Among the different ethnic groups in Nigeria, the Igbo are without a doubt, one of the most remarkable. So remarkable, indeed, that some have even traced their ancestry to biblical Israel, as the far-flung descendants of Jacob, the Jewish patriarch. Gad, Jacob’s seventh son, is said to have had three sons who settled in South-eastern Nigeria. These sons; Eri, Arodi and Areli, are believed to have fathered clans in Igbo-land and to have founded such Igbo towns as Aguleri, Arochukwu, Owerri and Umuleri. Igbo Genius. Even the bitterest adversaries of the Igbo cannot but admit that, as a people, they are very resourceful and ingenious. Indeed, this has often been the cause of their envy and dislike by others. However, more enlightened non-Igbo Nigerians see this as a cause for celebration. While today, the centre- point of Nigeria’s manufacturing is situated in the Lagos/Ogun axis, there is no doubt that the real locomotive of Nigeria’s indigenous industrialization lies farther afield in Aba and in the mushrooming cottage-industries of the Igbo heartland. Igbo-menIn one of the paradoxes of Nigerian history, the terrible civil war provoked homespun industrialization in the South-East. Military blockade left the Igbo with little alternative than to be inventive in a hurry. While Nigeria as a nation failed woefully to harness this profitably after the war, it has nevertheless ensured that the Igbo are at the forefront of Nigeria’s economic development today. Indeed, the way we disregard “made in Aba” today is the same way we disregarded “made in Japan” yesterday. For those of us who believe against the odds that Nigeria is the China of tomorrow, we equally recognize that the ingenuity of the Igbo is an indelible part of the actualization of that manifest destiny. Hall of Fame. The Igbo have been a great credit to Nigeria. They have given us a great number of our favourite sons, including international statesman Nnamdi Azikiwe; military leader Odumegwu Ojukwu; regional leader Michael Okpara; vice-president Alex Ekwueme; mathematical genius Chike Obi; literary icon Chinua Achebe; world-class economist Pius Okigbo; world boxing champion Dick Tiger; international statesman Emeka Anyaoku; and world-class artist Ben Enwonwu. Permit me to include in this illustrious list even some of my very good Igbo friends: Pat Utomi, Ojo Madueke, Olisa Agbakoba, Joy Ogwu, and Stanley Macebuh. Let us get one thing straight: Nigeria would be a much poorer country without the Igbo. Indeed, Nigeria would not be Nigeria without them. Can you imagine the Super Eagles without the Igbo? Not likely! Who can forget Nwankwo Kanu, Jay Kay Okocha and our very own Emmanuel Amuneke? Can you imagine Nollywood without the Igbo? Impossible! Just think of Stella Damascus-Aboderin; Rita Dominic and Mike Ezuruonye. And then there are the diaspora Igbo who many are unaware are of Igbo descent, including concert singer and actor Paul Robeson; Oscar award-winner Forest Whitaker; mega-pastor T.D. Jakes; Olympic champion Christine Ohuruogu; and BAFTA actor award-winner Chiwetel Ejiofor. You may well wonder why I have found it necessary to present this small litany of Igbo who-is-who. I think it is important to emphasise how the Igbo have been very vital to the Nigerian project. They have more than represented Nigeria creditably in virtually all walks of life. This makes it all the more absurd that this same people have been consistently denied the position of executive president of the country in all but six months of Nigeria’s 54 year history. Civil-war legacy Of course, a major reason for this was the 1967-1970 civil-war which had the Igbo on the losing side. But that was over 40 years ago. If there is really to be “no victor, no vanquished” in anything more than mere rhetoric, then the rehabilitation of the Igbo back into post civil-war Nigeria will not be complete until an Igbo man finally becomes president of the country. That imperative should be of interest to every Nigerian nationalist, committed to the creation of one Nigeria where everyone has a deep sense of belonging. The problem, however, is that the Igbo themselves seem to be their own worst enemies in this regard. They appear to be doing their very best to ensure that this inevitable eventuality continues to be denied and delayed. The Igbo need to forgive Nigerians. No one who lived through the horrors that precipitated the secession of Biafra and led to the civil-war cannot but admit that the Igbo were abused and maltreated in one of the worst pogroms ever. It was not just that they were senselessly massacred in their own country; it was that they were butchered. I remember vividly gory pictures of scores and scores of the Igbo with hands chopped up and with legs amputated. And then there were the ravages of the three-year civil-war itself, resulting in the death of millions of Igbo; many through starvation and attrition. The end of the war brought no respite, as the Igbo were pauperized by fiscal decrees that wiped out their savings and their properties were blatantly sequestered by opportunists. All this is more than enough to destroy the spirit of any group of people. But God has been on the side of the Igbo. It is a testament to their resilience that, in spite of this terrible affliction, they have survived, bounced back and have even triumphed in Nigeria. Forty years have now gone by. The Igbo may never forget what happened to them and, indeed, should never forget. But it is past time for them to forgive. We Are Sorry. This is one voice in the Nigerian wilderness saying to the Igbo from the depth of his heart: we are sorry. We are sorry for the way we mistreated you. We are sorry for the way we abused you. We are sorry for starving your children to death. We are sorry for killing your loved ones. We are sorry for stealing your properties. We are sorry for making you feel unwanted in your own country. Please forgive us. It is time to forgive us. It is way past time for the Igbo to forgive Nigerians. We beg you in the name of God. There was a civil war in the United States, but the defeated South rose from the ashes. Five of the last nine presidents of the United States have been from the South, including Jimmy Carter from Georgia, George Bush from Texas and Bill Clinton from Arkansas. The time is overdue for an Igbo president of Nigeria, but it is not going to happen as long as the Igbo continue to hold a grudge against Nigeria and Nigerians. There is no question about it: the Igbos cannot elect a president of Nigeria on their own. To do so, they have to join forces with others. They have to form alliances with people from other parts of Nigeria. That is not going to happen as long as the Igbo continue to bear a grudge against practically everybody else. The Igbo have a gripe against virtually all the people they need. They have this tendency to antagonise their possible alliance partners. They keep dredging up the past, refusing to let sleeping dogs lie. Until they drop these gripes, they are not likely to realise their dreams. Demonising Yorubas For example, the Igbo have this tendency to demonise the Yorubas. It is alarming when reading the Vanguard blogs today to see the animosity often expressed between Igbo and Yoruba contributors. The hatred is most unhealthy. Insults are traded with abandon. What is the point of this? For how long will the Igbo demand emotional retribution from every Yoruba for the betrayal of Awolowo? Most of the contributors were not even born when the civil-war took place more than a generation ago. There is now even transferred aggression against Babatunde Fashola, who made the blunder of repatriating some destitute Igbo from Lagos back to their home- states. The man has apologised for the infraction. He should be forgiven. Blunders are not the exclusive preserve of the non-Igbo. The Igbo have made more than a few themselves and will yet make others. Paradoxically, the redemption of the Igbos to prominent national office moved apace under President Obasanjo; a Yoruba man. Recognising that Igbos are some of the most seasoned, competent and experienced public-servants, Obasanjo relied heavily on their expertise. Thanks to him, we got Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala at Finance, Charles Soludo at Central Bank, Obiageli Ezekwesili at Education, Ndidi Okereke at the Stock Exchange, and Dora Akunyili at NAFDAC. Indeed, Igbo statesmen came into more prominence under Obasanjo than did Yoruba statesmen. But for some strange reason, this does not seem to have succeeded in assuaging the ill-feeling of the Igbos toward the Yorubas. Bad Politicians Within the framework of Nigerian politics, the Igbo also have a fundamental problem. Out of the three major ethnic groups in Nigeria, the Igbo have by far the worst politicians. They have no recognizable leaders, and have no discernible strategy as to how to negotiate power at the centre. As a result, the Igbo have tended to be short-changed at the federal level.

i wonder the kind of ladies we have these days no dis respect to any but come on women... if you dont have a job and your husband has and he doesnt service all ur needs and the family's then he is wicked and must be keeping a lady outside right?

Now let me ask did u guys leave ur parents to come togeda to leave separate?

The truth is if ur husband is well to do has great income then u can bring in money here and there becos thats also ur home.... if he is not working or his income is not good enough u have to make him look good cos he is ur glory jus like no man should let his wife look terrible and cash strapped cos she is your beauty.

Most ppl refuse to understand themselves in marriage....so tell me if a woman works and her husband wrks too yet she leaves him to cater for everything is she not 'jezebelic' or a man leaving the wife cater for everything wen he can contribute is he not 'demonic'.

I think married ppl should always ask is it his/her home or our home

#mypoint

searching4love:
NORTHERNERS ARE EASY GOING PEOPLE AND THEIR LIFE IS SO SIMPLE AND LESS MATERIALISTIC. THEY ARE HARDLY INVOLVED IN CRIMES AND ARE ALWAYS CONTENTED IN ANY SITUATION THEY FIND THEMSELVES. IMAGINE AN IGBO MAN IN THAT SAME IDP, HIS THOUGHT WILL BE HOW TO SELL FAKE DRUGS TO EVERY ONE THERE OR HOW TO CARRY DRUGS TO ASIA TO MAKE FAST MONEY. I PREFER TO LIVE WITH HAUSAS IN THE SOUTHWEST THAN THOSE HATE FILLED BIAFRANS.

Ala gba gbuo gi there!!

The only point that mugu made is that we need to be colonized again that i agree but that we are lazy naaah i think white are more lazy than blacks make him come lasgidi before him wake up mehn done dey hurstle or make him come ph see how boys dey wrk hard. He is jus a pathetic racist and if he is the republican flag bearer i see the democtates breaking the jinx and winning it for the 3rd time in a row

wristbangle:
This is really nice. Nice innovative to the Ndigbos.

Speaking as a yoruba indigene.

wise man God bless

shogz89:
Why will he even remove lagos,,

He didnt remove it in the map....did he?...he jus showed u that lagos is an undebatable contributor to Nigerias economy

Chanchit:
I don't know how some people could be so stvpid and daft, always hateful, they are even fighting themselves. I don't know if Lagos is now part of SE for the hediot to minus lagos from the foolish list he compiled.

Friend how can u jus talk like this he removed lagos cos minus lagos the region still has good IGR....infact frm his analysis he jus proved lagos is a standard on its own....dont always let tribal issues becloud ur eyes. Cos atleast for now na still one country

Moahmed:
Do you know borno has been ravaged by insurgency? how do u expect them to contribute? be reasonable when you do analysis.

Ok lets be reasonable...kebbi 3.4billion sokoto -5.6 billion zamfara 6.2 billion these are reasonably peaceful states what do u have to say? am just trying to say ur govs needs to step up rather than wait for the country to spoon feed them. if resource control goes on today the states that will hav the highest rate of casualties will be from the north except the govs quit being lazy n try to contribute immensly to the growth of the nation

scholes0:
Calm your nerves down.
2015 is just one year out of many many many...
2014 and 2013 were there.
And 2016 and 2017 will still be there to truly calculate SE vs SW on a 5 year average figures. Don't be surprised if by next year the Ebonyi state figures falls to reasonable levels, say around 4 Billion.

Oh and by the way, Lagos is a hundred percent SW , true it has advantages (Stock xchange etc), but so do all the SS states.

Bros i love the way u elusidate ur point it shows u are matured....but the fact of these IGR is not for us to tribally divide our selves neglecting the major points.

Friend how i wish Nigeria remains together and we break up into regions which will lead to resource control. We will produce more responsible govs. How can we have a region with the highest land mass claiming the largest population yet contributing less to the entire country but collecting more than its generated revenue.

Hav we stopped to ask ourselves why as a country we have not exploited other means of generating revenues. we are celebrating how good our states and regions have performed yet we fail to see that by a large standard we are blessed yet our generating little.

Lets quit ethnic divides and stand up for real confederalism where regions control their resources and give an agreed percentage to the federal...

KingsleyCEO:
when an army general dies we shoot gun all night
when a prostitute dies... what do we do?

She no be general na Ashi colonel she be so what do u do for a colonel in the army

brocab:
If Abram paid the tithe of all, then why are you still paying tithes?
Abram gave all what he retrieved from the spoils of war, you are mistaking-giving from the heart-is not the same as tithing by law.,
No-one has offended me, not you, l just see a need to help guild a brother into the word of God, don't run from the truth, save your 10% and more, you will know a true blessing when the Spirit leads you to give for the right reasons.
Obeying one law out from 613 laws isn't good enough, if you truly loved the Lord, you would follow after Him true and true, not some old law that was only given to some Jews to obey back then. lt is written Jesus paid a tax-Peter took it from a fishes mouth-he did not tithe.
Not even in Israel do they pay tithes today, so why should you?.

Tithe of All- tithe of all his increase...after that war he paid a tithe of all the spoils.....10%....n who told u tithe is not paid in israel today? if i pay shey na my money and God gave it to me (Deut 8:18) d only thing God warned is dont give offering n tithe n be wicked cos nothing come to such a one...but if i should stop paying tithe i cant do dat...

let me break this news to u...growing up my mother inbibed this tithe thing in me she paid it too frm her salary as a student i paid it to frm my pocket money u know what places where my mate dropped off i was never held back....i saw unmerited favours in d hardest of times so why should i stop what is gainful now? i jus cant its now a lifestyle and its Gods lifestyle to bless me....chikina

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described the appointment of yet another northerner, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu as Chairman the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as a vindication of his position that “President Mohammadu Buhari is a sectional leader, who sees himself mainly as leader of the Hausa/Fulani, and not that of the entire people of Nigeria.” The governor, who said he had expected that the new INEC Chairman will be chosen from one of the three Southern geo-political zones, especially the South Western part of the country being the only zone yet to produce chairman of the nation’s electoral umpire, posited that; “Nigeria has entered a one chance bus and it remains to be seen who will save the country from its sectional President.” Reacting to the appointment of Prof Yakubu as the new INEC chairman, Governor Fayose said, in a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka that even the Yoruba leaders who promoted and made the Buhari’s Presidency possible had been short-changed. The governor asked; “Shouldn’t he have considered someone from either South-East, South-South or South- West as Chairman of the Electoral Commission now that we have a President from the North? "For reasons of perception, equity and fairness, don’t we have credible people from the Southern part of Nigeria that can conduct credible elections as INEC Chairman? Or do we assume that the 2019 elections have already been won and lost by the appointment of this Hausa/Fulani professor as INEC chairman? Or isn’t it regrettable that even in 2015, it is only in PDP controlled States that elections are being upturned?” He said he was worried that the three arms of government; namely Executive, Legislative and Judiciary were being headed by northerners, leaving the three zones in the Southern part of the country with nothing. Speaking further, Governor Fayose said; “When Chief Olusegun Obasanjo was the President, he never appointed a Yoruba man as INEC chairman. Dr Goodluck Jonathan too did not appoint an Ijaw man as INEC Chairman. “Former President Shehu Shagari too did not appoint a Hausa man like himself as Chairman of the Federal Electoral Commission (FEDECO). Rather, he appointed late Justice Victor Ovie Whisky. “During the Ibrahim Babangida and Sani Abacha regimes, no Hausa/Fulani man was appointed as Chairman of the National Electoral Commission of Nigeria and General Abdulsalami Abubakar who established the current INEC did not also appoint his fellow Hausa man as chairman. “How then can we have a President from the North and at the same time have INEC Chairman from the Hausa/Fulani Northern Nigeria? “Obviously, what is being witnessed is more like a situation where it appears the President is more interested in having someone malleable to him than serving the interest of Nigeria and its people.” Governor Fayose, who described the hurried appointment of the INEC boss as a vindication of his earlier stand that the appointment of Mrs Amina Zakari as INEC Acting Chairperson was illegal, said all processes leading to the conduct of the Kogi and Bayelsa States governorship election must start afresh. "It should be recalled that l raised the alarm on the legality of INEC under an Acting Chairman or Chairperson as there was no provision for INEC Acting Chairmanship position in the Constitution of Nigeria. “I did say in a statement issued on August 9, 2105 that any action taken by INEC with Mrs Zakari as its head will amount to illegality and I urged President Mohammadu Buhari to avoid plunging Nigeria into an avoidable legal quagmire by rescinding immediately, the illegal appointment of Mrs Zakari as INEC Acting Chairperson. “However, the president chose to wait until decisions were taken by INEC on Kogi and Bayelsa States governorship elections and one begins to wonder how INEC will wriggle itself out of the legal quagmire it has been plunged into by the President’s refusal to heed to the voice of reason,” the governor said.

Chinaimporter:
[size=18pt] The greatest mistake we made in nigeria is not allowing the flaming sword of uthman dan fodio to sanctify the south
Nigeria will never have peace untill the flaming sword of uthman danfodio touched the atlantic ocean and the religion of peace soak up the heart of all nigerians so that we can see ourself as brothers.




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Thank God he didnt if not boko haram would have bombed pipe lines. Thank goodness he didnt

tspun:
i am a patriotic igbo boy but the last thing i will do is to support these lot of illiterate. KILL THEM ALL.

Are u sure u are Igbo...which kinda bro tells someone to kill his own broda(chai i weep) even if their actions are incorrect according to u but ur statement "kill them all" is a slap on the face of the heros walked the streets demanding d release of another brother jailed for asking for an independent state for Biafra.

I am not in support of the use of force in for IPOB but 45yrs till date Nigeria never said anything about biafra even though they wia the ones who broke the aburi accord. the only thing their generals keep saying is their deaths serve them right. this is our country and every leader should make everyone feel same.

Isorait

IyaIode:
You sound like a product of fulani rape

U sound like a product of konji wasted spermm

Ventura1:
Do they have police permit for the protest? If not they deserved to be arrested.... People from that side are known to be lawless

If you quote me and do not get a reply, known your remark is silly, hence do not deserves a response

U are matured and supposedly should be wise but unfortunately i dont think u are ,with ur last statement" ppl frm that side are known to be lawless" i think u its either u skipped ur afternoon drugs or u are another dog on d loose

brocab:
You have just made a fool of yourself. Read the word, you are reading another doctrine. You have no idea what the tithe is.
And Abram paid a tithe once.

I disagree with u sir am no fool....i am a god moulded after the image of my father. mayb u should try to read leviticus to get a better picture of tithing or Ask paul who said Abraham paid a tithe of all.

And besides if i give to the poor as many as my hands find and i never miss paying my 10%of what ever enters my acct including casual office allowance and God keeps increasing me in multiple folds plz why should i stop.

so bros dont take pills for me but all the christians dat pay their tithe when they hav its their money n not yours so quit ranting ok....sorry if i offended u anyways. have a great day

brocab:
The truth is staring just before your eye's and still you prefer to read another doctrine, that only belongs to the Jews back then, not even in Israel the Jews tithe today.
l am gentile.
And Abram paid one tithe from goods that didn't belong to him. So if we were to follow him, what then" can the churches survive?

Smaller churches who are part of a larger organization pay tithes to each other, Lets say AOG don't pay tithes to COC Churches, neither give tithes to the catholic's, and the catholic's don't pay to other churches, but rather stick to their own.

Which shows clearly the churches are divided with each other.

All claim to know the lord, the truth is they all worship another.

Jesus wanted us to seek after his kingdom, becoming one with him.
Not with churches who stand divided.

hahahhahahaha....Abraham paid a tithe of all....meanwhile tithe is 10% of all of a persons inctease.

see italian Job ooo

MrMcJay:
The person that can afford to pay for a bag of rice doesn't have the strength to carry it; and the person that has the strength to carry it can't afford to pay for it.

I think it is better to be a ministerial nominee than to be an article-writing nobody.

And its worse not to be able to carry a bag of rice nor have the resources to buy one...

Which one u no dey...u are neither a ministerial nominee nor an article writer so keep shut..... instead of talking against the Op u can learn something u never knew before....

Gash Africans and pride....we cant stop learning till our grave...becos English is not our first language the more reason we have to keep learning it.

brocab:
Even Jesus argue'd this same question with the Pharisees. He made us all priest-not just some. If l was to give a tithe to you, and you gave it back to me, what then? Who has the rights to collect tithes and offerings from priest, no-one.
Who has the rights to become richer in wealth collecting [Mammon] from the lords Church more then the other, no-one.

Friend we are all priests becos of the dear of Jesus as we are all priests Jesus was called the high priest. But a prophet is different, remember Abraham paid a tithe to a higher priest. Now if u dont knw too within churches smaller churches pay tithe to bigger ones, bigger ones pay to larger ones its a chain thats why no one can stop their growth. becos the "less is blessed of the greater". The bible says " bring ye all the tithe into my store house that they mayb food theirin" which is the church not individual.