₦airaland Forum

oglalasioux:
He warned the Senate should not put the CAT before the horse.

I hope the reporter made a typo error with cat in that sentence. It should be 'cart'. We should be mindful of spellings. We are educating the world.

Lol..you read my mind. It's pathetic.

OnankpaBa:
He warned the Senate should not put the cat before the horse by making unsubstantiated assumptions until proper investigation is conducted to find out if anything had gone wrong.

The 'cart before the horse' not cat. Seriously what's wrong with journalism in Nigeria? Smh

Hmm

This thread funny gan

My sister recently turned down an incredible job offer too because it would require her working on saturdays. And as a Seventh Day Adventist she would have none of that. As an Atheist,i just shook my head

autotrader014:
Because ur father is a con man doesnt mean every other person is a con man.. olodo

Ahh..e pain am. Let me reiterate,your pastor is a fraud but i admire the fact that he works out

Cool he works out but he's still a con man

The pace this administration is moving you'd think they have a 100 year mandate

Bossed it!

Stunning!

Go ahead,marry her. She can always bring a friend for some menagè trois. Your marriage would be so much fun.

Sad but that does not look like a Mercedes Benz of any class. These international corporations engage in acts they wouldn't dare try in their home countries and other developed countries. We knows laws are really lax in Naija but at least they should lead by example. Not exonerating the driver of the car as well.What a terrible way to go.

nikkiking:
People can go any length just to be recognised in the country.
Well all I can say is that people should be careful what they wish for.

Calm down. It's just a movie

Mtcheeew..buncha morons

awesome11:
Rants of a fool. His presence is too much for you to behold!

Let me worry about that. You just get on with the task of fetching him from where ever he is hiding.

Smartiegurl:
I won't wanna start telling you things I'm sure u already know..... just stick to ma advice. live and act like God exists, u won't have nothing to loose

Ok i'll think about it

Smartiegurl:
you are being sarcastic

No i'm not. Every believer in a god lays claim to his her god being the genuine article. So why should i accept yours over the 2,999 others?

Estharfabian:
uh...Thankyou....""
I met One Already!

I'm happy for you

Olufemiolaolu:
Its only an everlasting fool that says God doesnt exist. U must be 1

Yeah and a foolish god say in his heart 'there are no other gods besides me'.

Smartiegurl:
God, the creator of the universe. The omniscience God

Which one is that? They're many

Olufemiolaolu:
Repent b4 d Almighty wrath consume you. 2moro might be too late.

Mtcheeew

Estharfabian:
"" I Love this thread with passion....

...U forgot to Add THEY don't workout... the Average Nigerian Guy is Pot-bellied and pack-less...due to their stinginess...they can't Afford to go to A Gym-House And also Eat a good meal..All they eat is Eba(junkfood) and palmoil soup(Another junk)..""

Nigerian Guys Are So Arrrrrgh!!! And Gggggggrh!! ...they act like they' Are God!! and blah! And ssssshhhhh!

This is the main reason why I'm getting A Brazilian Boyfriend soonest.... they're way sweet and So Romantic... And smoking Hot too! those 21-packs could make You drunk!

Mtcheeew so many fallacies here i could write a book on them. Anyhoo to each their own. Goodluck in your pursuit.

Smartiegurl:
Do not be a fool but hear me out...live your life believing that God exists, if finally there is God, u have got nothing to loose, if there is still no God, u still got nothing to loose. my 5cent!

Which of the gods?

Brb

Are you kidding me

Yeah..yeah we all know the story. God created adam and eve in the garden of eden and said they could eat from any tree, except one. The talking snake comes along and convinced eve to take a bite, and she then convinces adam. A short time later god finds out and kicks them out of eden.

This was one of the very first bible stories that led me down the road towards Atheism. Ok let's analyse this story critically,something which is rarely done around these parts.
Ehem..so what do we know about this tree, and why would god not want mankind to eat its fruit?

9 And the LORD God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
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16 And the LORD God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die.”

There are a number of issues I have with this, and since I must start somewhere I’ll just pick one of them to start with.

The first issue I have here is that today new parents typically “baby proof” their homes in order to keep potential dangers away from children. They do this to protect their children from the dangers of the world. Any parent today who left dangerous items out for their children to get in to would be either in trouble with child services for bad parenting, or pitied for their misfortune. In either case it certainly doesn’t seem like the result of an omniscient forethought or the fault of the child who does not know any better.

Clearly at this point, man had only existed for a short time. Whilst we can't say how long exactly, it seems clear from reading the entire chapter this conversation with adam happened quite quickly after adam’s creation (a couple of minutes to maybe a few hours after adam’s “birth”). This means that man had never been given a reason to trust god, much less follow orders blindly. Looking at children you can see that they learn who to trust over time as they grow up. If you’ve ever spent much time around kids you know the fastest way to get them to do something is to tell them they can’t do it. It’s a part of our nature to want to question authority, and if god truly created this first man then god should have known that this sense of rebellion would be innate in man. As the creator, an omnipotent deity had to know that by telling man to not eat the fruit of that one tree, that there would be a bite taken out before the man went to bed.

The final two issues I’d like to tackle relate to what specifically this tree contains that is so bad for mankind. “The tree of the knowledge of good and evil”. So understanding the difference between good and evil is a skill that mankind had not yet acquired before eating from the tree, and yet adam and eve were expected to understand why they should not do something. Perhaps it’s just me, no it’s not just me, it’s any person with an understanding of simple logic. If somebody has no understanding of the difference between right and wrong, can they, or should they be held responsible for their actions? Our court systems doesn’t seem to think so, but apparently “god” does.

And the most important issue, at least in my mind, is the idea portrayed by the specifics of this tree. According to the story, the only thing that is forbidden in the garden of eden is to gain knowledge. Now there are two fairly well established possibilities with this book: either it comes from god or it was written by men.
If it is in fact the word of god and accurate, it shows that god’s goal for mankind was to remain ignorant, of at least morality. For a minute try to think about what the world would be like if there was no understanding of good and evil. How would people act? That is a world I’m glad I do not live in.
On the other hand, if the book was written and compiled by men in an attempt to understand the world around them and to consolidate their power, it shows the beginning stages of deflecting criticism and critical thinking of the populous. In an attempt to make themselves the sole arbiter of laws and morality, they tell people that knowledge through any source other than this book is a dangerous thing that will kill. Again, this is a world I’m glad i do not live in.
From the foregoing, it is obvious there are quite a number pertinent issues that most people who know the basic story never concern themselves with. And the immoral and frankly disturbing message of this story is one that if critically thought about, no rational person could condone, much less praise.
Ahh..feels better to get that off my chest.

Dayum! Some machine there

It can configured into an unmanned aircraft for reconaissance purposes. But not in this part of the world. Just wishful thinking

Adortem:
Sir,do you think menstrual blood is enjoyable? Its irritating and it smells.This is Africa my bro and this definately isn't a sexual fetish!

People have a fetish for all sorts. Have heard about B.DSM? Read up on it

Nothing spiritual about it. Just a fetish he enjoys which in any case is utterly disgusting and repugnant

BETATRON:
ebola and cancer are diseases related to humans and not God inflicted diseases...maybe result of smoking or the result of untidiness
Dat you don't understand the phenomenon behind tsunamies and tornadoes doesn't refute the existence of God..dat you don't understand a few lines in a write up doesn't make the right up invalid and devoid of sense

Yeah..the typical cherrypicking theist. Pick the good stuff and attribute them to your skydaddy. And then try to explain away the evil stuff by injecting some pseudo intelligence into the debate. Reason why i can't keep up with you folks and your desperation to defend your sky fairy. Your god exists? Fine,can you all do us a favour and go fetch him and stop dissipating your energy standing in his defense? Alas that is never going to happen is it? You're going to keep up this rigmarole for as long as it takes..sigh