₦airaland Forum

hero70: And these signs shall follow them that believe: in my name shall they cast out devils, they shall speak with new tongues, they shall take up serpents (snakes), and if they drink any deadly thing it shall not hurt them, they shall lay hands upon the sick and they shall recover. (Mark 16:17-18)
this verse is totally unscientific and unlogical there is no any christian or human being who can pass the above test even the pope.

Those signs are meant for Believers, not Christians. But I can tell you, there are believers, so dont say it's impossible. You too can become a believer.

rhymz: The Bible has inconsistent accounts of who created the heavens and the earth. The Old Testament of the Bible is clear that God created everything alone. The New Testament, however, inserts Jesus into the stories and says that God and Jesus created everything together. So which part of the Bible is correct about who was involved with creation: the Old or the New Testament?
THE OLD TESTAMENT
Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Isaiah 44:24
Thus saith the Lord, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the Lord that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself.
THE NEW TESTAMENT
John 1:6-10
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
1 Corinthians 8:6
Yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom all things are and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things are and through whom we exist.
This Bible inconsistency is arguably created by differences of theology: the Jews were strict monotheists while Christianity which is Pauline Theology introduced the new idea of a "Trinity," three persons that are also one person. .lol. .i.e
1+1+1=1according to today's Christian theology.
Some Christians try to resolve the inconsistency by saying that references to a single person are consistent with the trinity and so do not contradict later references to two or three persons. The fact remains, though, that the Old Testament never mentions Jesus' involvement in creation and that's rather an important detail to leave out, isn't it?
That's why these Bible verses are inconsistent. Some say that God acted alone when creating the heavens and earth while others say God acted with Jesus to create the heavens and earth. They can't all be right, but they can all be wrong. Is this a legitimate Bible inconsistency or contradiction, or can the various accounts of who created the heavens and the earth be harmonized?
If you think you can resolve this Bible inconsistency, explain how — but your solution cannot add anything new that's not already in the stories and cannot leave out any details that the Bible provides.

The Trinity is a mystery that can't be understood by human knowledge. Don't ask me why. In Genesis Chapter 1, the Spirit of God (Holy Spirit) was hovering, and God (God the Father) said... But when it comes to creation of man, we God the Father calling on some people "let us make man in our own image". That's why we're triune in nature...need I say more? The Trinity were present at creation.

rhymz: THE CONTRADICTORY CREATION ACCOUNTS
Genesis 1:25-27
ANIMALS WERE CREATED BEFORE HUMANS
And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God said, Let us make man in our image.... So God created man in his own image.
HUMANS WERE CREATED BEFORE ANIMALS
Genesis 2:18-19
And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
MAN AND WOMEN WERE SIMULTENEOUSLY CREATED
Genesis 1:27
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
MAN WAS CREATED FIRST, THEN ANIMALS AND FINALLY WOMAN FROM MAN'S RIBS
Genesis 2:18-22
And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them.... And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
The bible is a 4cking joke when put under serious scrutiny of logic no wonder it requires its users to leave their brains in the hands of those phoney Pastors Reverends, Bishops, Prophets and co lest you your eyes will be open to jokes of contridictions rife in the bible. The bible is the greatest lie ever sold.

You failed to distinguish between CREATE and MAKE or FORM. Everything we see today were existing in the spirit form in Chapter one, including man (male and female), the spirit became a visible entity when God made their respective body from soil..

Heathen: Two thousand years ago, it was said 'the endtime arriveth soon', two thousand years later, we still await this endtime, two thousand years into the future, we will still be wait for it.

The endtime proclaimed thousands of years ago and till now talks about individual end times. No one needs to preach it that the world will come to an end when the whole Antarctica melts and Sun runs out of power. These are words of Jesus Christ. But still, the endtime is near..where will you end up, Heaven or Hell?

Bandy10: The bible is the most unreliable,inconsistent book man has ever invented.Can the bible apologist reconcile the story of creation in Genesis 1 and 2 why the differnce in the sequence of creation. The bible tells us that stars are specks in heaven~wrong.The bible says that world is flat~wrong.The bible says that the xtian god created light before the sun~wrong.The bible says that Adam and Eve had two male children how did procreation happen then?The bible says that he created man by moulding clay and gave it breath~wrong.The bible created plant before sunlight~wrong.Can the bible apologolist reconcile the birth of Christ as written in the book of Luke and Mathew.Lastly without science and scientist the world will in darkness where superstitious and dogmatism will reign

The bible was written by inspiration from God. Read Genesis chapter 2 and see the reality of what God spoke in Chapter 1.

lekibraky: Bible doesn't really have scientific knowledge coa it's full of words of man and the accurate ones are the words of God imagine bible science saying ti prevent plague against leprosy we should use blood to sprinkle the house leveticus 12- 1:5 bible science says the world will perish in Hebrew 1-10 the same bible says in Ecclesiastical 78-69 that the world will perish imagine bible telling us we can eat all types of fruits on the trees but can u eat datura wild berry plants and some other poisonous fruits in conclusion the bible is not the words of God alone but man cis the God I know Neva make scientific errors I av many flaws of the bible but which makes me belief it's not the words of God

And who tells you sprinkling of the blood doesn't work? Maybe because you're not a believer. As for the fruits, God gave us all fruits to eat in Genesis 1:30. He only had to caution the Israelites because of their greediness and affection for food (they have the world largest restaurant and farm today), and their gullibility to idolatry thus the reason for those commandments.

But please don't eat poisonous plants o!

Heathen: Science obviously wins. It is continually reviewed and updated, this, imho, is why science rules and the bible drools

The reason why science could not simply explain what's responsible for the size of rain drops from time to time, why it rains in some regions and snow in other regions, how a simple green caterpillar changes to a winged colourful butterfly overnight, the origin of wind, or why all the perennial crops trees like orange tree fruit at the same time, why science cannot design ba camera with the same resolution as the human eye...I can go on and on. Have you ever considered why there are natural things and artificial ones? Come on give glory to the Creator of nature.

Bros, Science doesn't have all the answers.

lekkie073: solomon was the wisest man. if at any ooint in time it was expedient for him to walk on water, he would have done so by virtue of his knowledge. come to india and see disciplined hindus suspend themselves in the air....walking on water is minor compared to beating the law of gravity

Have they also being able to stop the mouth of lions, or devise an preservation method that can keep maize for 14 years without getting spoilt, or walked inside the fire of a fiery furnace? The truth is that what people believes in works for them. But all things are limited. Only God is unlimited.

Pukkah: Does that include the part that says women should be sent to the forest while menstruating? The one that prescribes death for adultery, for gathering sticks on the sabbath and for cheeking your parents?

God is a personal experience and not contained in any single, paint-with-the-same-brush book.

Majority of what was quoted "wrongly" as you perceived in the Bible basically sprang from religious belief. God didn't create religion, in fact He dislikes it when we believe religion is a way to get to Him. No. I will personally recommend one of the daily bread in the bible for you. Proverbs has 31 chapters, so you have a chapter to a day. Read and think on it, and you'll record positive changes about life.

mkmyers45: Geographically and Logically the Isrealites could never have crossed the Red Sea..1. the cattle (cow,horse,donkey etc) of egypt were already dead..if indeed they did any crossing it was the Sea of Reeds

Chairman, the plague that affected the livestocks in Egypt that time did affected only the flocks of the Egyptians. It's just like when the Destructive Angel killed all the firstborns in Egypt and spare the Israelites. The Israelites lived in another part of Egypt named Goshen.

lekkie073: this argument will never end....but in my own opinion, science has made d world an easier place to live. what has d bible done? enslave its followers, thou shall not kill.....samson killed, moses killed, david killed. if all of them can be forgiven, then whats d essence of the commandment? how can someone say rain covered the whole earth at a point in time? if it is so, then indians should have a back up storh so also china, aztec empire, to name a few ancient civilizations. if at all such a rain fell, then it probably fell within the limited area known to d writer. that we are all on dis cyber-spectrum is evident of the powers of science....

Bros, people are still killing each other till tomorrow. It's not the sin that God is concerned bout, it's what follows sin that matters. I'm sure you can read up the effect of their sinful acts. You don't expect God to kill sinners immediately, or else all of us won't be alive today, hence we have diverse diseases and sicknesses today to plague those who indulge in sin. I don't know if you get what I mean.

Bible is a book that contains the truth, while Science is all about facts. Now, facts change but the truth remains. Science will forever continue to give proofs and facts about the truth in the Bible.

Bible: the oldest book with the latest news.

Delafruita: i find it strange you didnt quote that evidence seeing as you readily quote the bible at the snap of a finger

Science actually teaches there are 365 and one quarter days in a year. That's why every three years (of 365 days), the fourth year will carry one additional day in February.

The extra 1/4 day (6 hours) on all the years was the duration which sun stayed still in the days of Joshua.

Next..

One of my favourites: Luke 12:15 from the Amplified Bible.

"And He said to them, Guard yourselves and keep free from all covetousness (the immoderate desire for wealth, the greedy longing to have more); for a man's life does not consist in and is not derived from possessing overflowing abundance or that which is over and above his needs."

kacheezy: And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel. - Numbers 25:4
And they said the Quran is more violent than the bible? Both books should have PG written on them.

Bros, before you turn it upside down, this is the chapter from verse 1:

"And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab. And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods. And Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel. And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel." (Numbers 25:1-4).

This is the number one problem God has with man: idolatry. God is infuriated towards any man that turns his back from Him and worship something He created. He's a jealous God who doesn't share His glory with nobody. But because of His love nature, He rescued the Israelites. Not that God hates idol-worshippers because both human beings and idols are the work of His hands, He simply hate the act of worshipping idols.

nice-guy1:
i love this passage of the bible..... Though i can't remember d verse..... Mayb somebody can help me...... D place God's says........ '' I know d thoughts I have 4 u....thoughts of good & not of evil 2 give u an expected end''............& dis one....... ''All good & perfect gift comes from God...... I love dis verses soo much......pls somebody help me with d quotations...

Jeremiah 29:11 and James 1:17

God grant her quick recovery. I think the Presidency should first ask God for forgiveness of sins: for lying to 168 million people about the health of their First Lady, and refusing to hear the prayers of Nigerians.

But wait, as a First Lady, I believe there should be regular medical check-up for her through which the appendicitis should've been detected even before being ruptured, but recently, I read that she was "mis-advised" to go for plastic surgery. I hope the truth becomes public asap.

floridam: Dana na the airline oooooo.
U no see as them gloss the body of their aircraft with fine fine paint?
Jokes apart, I think they will be more safety conscious this time nd I wouldn't mind flying with them though I go don dey do dry fasting 3 days before take off.

It's unbelievable that some fellow Nigerians can still bet their life on "luck". The Federal government should investigate the cause of the Dana crash and let the House Committee on Aviation inform the general public. A least for the sake of those who lost their family members due to the negligence and incompetence of this Indian businessmen, I expect the FG to make the ban 10 years, so that by the time they come back, most of the useless Dana bosses and engineers would've left the company and the company will come with a new name.

If you dare submit a fake document to the UK embassy in a bid to get a visa, after you have paid the visa fee, you will be refused and banned for 10 years from entering the UK. Now tell me how long should a corporate body be banned not only for importing inferior and incompetent engineers and aircrafts spare parts, but for using it to kill almost 200 people most of which are Nigerians?

This kind of insensitive act on the side of FG will attract more of the likes of Dana Airline to come and "invest" in the country.

Remembered the day I lost some 10kobo coins in the night, I had to look for magnet and light torch, placing the magnet close to the pathway and walking, it picked a lot of rubbish before it eventually picked the lost coin.

Hmmm, though I spend the 50k and 10k coins when in primary school, I got to see the 50k and 1 naira notes when growing up (I think I still have the 50kobo notes at home). It was fun being a kid those days when you imagine how long a 5 naira note can last you. In fact, back in 1996, I still remember taking a bus of 3 naira to my secondary school in Ibadan.

1. Jesus - the greatest man ever lived on earth..too loaded to be stranded.

2. Moses - the greatest leader in the history of mankind.

3. Daniel - how could he be 10 times better than his colleagues in every area of knowledge? Or Apostle Paul..mehn!

Kay 17: Very daft. Why would the Central Bank put into consideration for its fiscal/monetary policies, how petty traders and bus conductors deal with change??!!

Besides, if ppl increase prices unnecessary with little money around, a deflation might even occur.

Why can't you post your comment without using abusive words?

Trouble is when you hold 5,000 naira note and you're looking for change that will cover your transport fare..

Please I will like to ask some questions?

What has happened to "kobo" which used to be our basic unit of currency? Since our phone and bank account balance still reflect the currency why should the coins/note be phased out of our money denominations?

CBN says the 5k note will enhance cashless banking, which means fewer notes will be carried about, I ask, if you have a 5k note and you buy a recharge card of 500 naira, what's "cashless" in having a 4,500 naira change of 100 naira notes only?

Looking at the other benefits of this new note, what percentage of the 167 million Nigerians will benefit from it's introduction and that should be compared to those that will not benefit from it, putting in mind that 65% live below $1 (160 naira max) daily and 77% below $2 (320 naira max), hope they are not simply converting the poor people's money to coins and restrict the paper notes to the rich of the land?
(perhaps 5,000 naira should also come in coins)

Since Nigerians detest coins and usually associate it with beggars, fetish stuffs, and how it get lost easily, why can't we just have our 50 kobo, 1 naira, 5 naira, 10, 20, 50, and 100 naira in notes (on matter how small it will look) just like the dollar-cent and pounds-penny relationship, so that at this stage, if you need to carry 2 million naira nobody will force you before you go cashless?

My contribution; lives and property are not secured in some parts of this country, here we're talking about improving the security of naira notes...Buses full of passengers will disappear on the road because of money ritualists...average nigerians will trek long distances, forced to go hungry, miss appointments, stay thirsty, because the retailers of what they need won't have "change" for everybody. Due to avoidance of coins, price of common goods and services will be fixed at the nearest 50..

But what's the point of being a millionaire in naira and thousandnaire in other currencies? These so-called millionaire should help the redenomination of our currency for the common good.

Please I will like to ask some questions?

What has happened to "kobo" which used to be our basic unit of currency? Since our phone and bank account balance still reflect the currency why should the coins/note be phased out of our money denominations?

CBN says the 5k note will enhance cashless banking, which means fewer notes will be carried about, I ask, if you have a 5k note and you buy a recharge card of 500 naira, what's "cashless" in having a 4,500 naira change of 100 naira notes only?

Looking at the other benefits of this new note, what percentage of the 167 million Nigerians will benefit from it's introduction and that should be compared to those that will not benefit from it, putting in mind that 65% live below $1 (160 naira max) daily and 77% below $2 (320 naira max), hope they are not simply converting the poor people's money to coins and restrict the paper notes to the rich of the land?
(perhaps 5,000 naira should also come in coins)

Since Nigerians detest coins and usually associate it with beggars, fetish stuffs, and how it get lost easily, why can't we just have our 50 kobo, 1 naira, 5 naira, 10, 20, 50, and 100 naira in notes (on matter how small it will look) just like the dollar-cent and pounds-penny relationship, so that at this stage, if you need to carry 2 million naira nobody will force you before you go cashless?

My contribution; lives and property are not secured in some parts of this country, here we're talking about improving the security of naira notes...Buses full of passengers will disappear on the road because of money ritualists...average nigerians will trek long distances, forced to go hungry, miss appointments, stay thirsty, because the retailers of what they need won't have "change" for everybody. Due to avoidance of coins, price of common goods and services will be fixed at the nearest 50..

But what's the point of being a millionaire in naira and thousandnaire in other currencies? These so-called millionaire should help the redenomination of our currency for the common good.

Omelem: wetin person fit use shine d teeth

Treat your teeth with Hydrogen Peroxide weekly so as to discontinue the discolouration process. Make use of baking powder in brushing your teeth after using normal toothpaste. Baking powder will peel the discoloured enamel. But if your teeth is almost transparent, with a yellowish colour, sorry, you have washed away the enamel with hard brush and strong toothpaste. It'll take time to grow another one. Keep using Hydrogen peroxide to maintain the colour. You can get it from any chemist shop around you.

Haven said that, brush your teeth twice daily, immediately after breakfast and when you're about to sleep in the night.

I hope this helps.

rhymz: Hahahahahahahah. . .this one got me reeling in laughter to the point everyone was looking at me. What you explained were mysteries, huh? To who? Me?
But you understand this mysteries, right? Your knowledge is prolly not human, I bet it is God-like Hahahahaha. . Come off that BS that church faithfuls use when they argue themselves into a hole they can't seem to come out of.
The Trinity doctrine is not unique to, nor original with Christianity.
It has deep Pagan roots, dating back to at least two centuries before the birth of Christ, and has been prominent in many Eastern religions ever since. The Roman Catholic and Orthodox Church Councils (Western and Eastern churches) brought the Trinity doctrine into Christianity.
The whole Godhead ideology is pure man-made dogma rooted from Roman and Grecian Empire pegan practice and made extremely popular by the then Empiror of Rome Constantin for political reasons.
Up until the rule of Emperor Constantine, the Christians of the Roman Empire were seriously persecuted. However, Constantine saw a chance to help restore the former glory of the Roman Empire by bringing about religious unity. In exchange for the cooperation of the Roman Christian Bishops he made Christianity the official state religion. But this came at a great cost to the true gospel of Jesus Christ. From there forward Christianity became a mixture of the Christian blind faith, Politics and Paganism.
One of the most common beliefs among Pagan cultures was in a trinity of gods. Such practices were rife among the Egyptians, Indians (of India), Japanese, Sumarians, Chaldeans, and of course, the Babylonians, to where historians trace the roots of trinitarism.
I will like you to do a little history research on the council of Nicaea convened by the empror of Rome, Constantine inviting the proponents of a triun God led by Alexander of Alexandria (Bishop of Alexandria) with other bishops from egypt and libya who supported his teachings that Christ was "thesame substance" as the Father and the proponents of One true God led by Arius, a native Libyan, who went to school in Antioch. He argued that the Father alone is true God, and Jesus was not God. Since Jesus was created by God, there would be a time when Jesus did not exist, Arius used Proverbs 8:22 and John 14:28 (the Father is greater than I) to back up his opposition.
The result of that meeting was today's roman catholic Nicene creed and subsequent revisions of the creed plus the excommunication of Arius whose teachings were more reasonable and more in line with what was in the bible and not the common egyptian pagan practice of a three in one God. Funny enough, the Roman emperor Constatine, who was the "presiding chairman" of the council and was reported by historians to have even given suggestions that helped to arrive at today's Roman Catholic Nicene creed was a Pegan who thought of himself as the sun God incarnate, Mithra. He was a Sun Worshiper and only made an official conversion to "Christianity" on his deathbed. After the Nicene creed, trinity was still hotly debated to the point Constantine and the Bishops had to use force to enforce beliefs in it and barred anyone from preaching anything contrary to it, books written on the subject by Arius were burnt and anyone found in possession of such writings faced state capital punishment and from there it became today's christian doctrines hotly contested as devine by christians like yourself.
There it is, the little history of the nonsensical three person in one god teachings by the roman catholic church, this is common history littered in the vatican archives and encyclopaedia, there is nothing devine or mysterious about it, men like you and I made it look mysterious to dodge pertinent questions. It was a vote of men that established it, not revelation from God or scriptures.
Just as they“Christianized” popular church dogma, thus we end up with Christmas being celebrated on Dec 25th; Easter, which combined the resurrection of Christ with the pagan goddess Ester, and Halloween combined with All Saint’s Day. Spiritual mysteries indeed!

Since you have answers already you shouldn't have asked me. I'm not telling you things I learnt, it's what I've experienced! Believe it or not, the truth will never change. The sweetness of an orange is known only to he who eats it,

rhymz: There you go again confusing yourself with explanations that do no suffice; what do you mean by this: "When you say God, you're talking about 3 different personalities, yet the same one Person??"
if each of these three different personalities is God, it there for means there are three different Gods in heaven.
Again statement like this one is even more confusing:
"The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are 3 different personalities, coequal, coeternal members of the Godhead"
If God the father is "unbegotten" and has always existed before Jesus Christ the Son was begotten, or created, or purposed, or established before time and ages as God, it therefore means that God and Jesus can not be coequal, neither are they coeternal because one was unbegotten while the other was begotten, simple.

Wait a minute, all I just explained might not be clear to you enough because they are MYSTERIES, human knowledge cannot phantom it. Such as God's ways are far above ours, it's not possible for a mortal man to fully understand the nature of the Godhead. The best way we can understand Him is by likening it to things that we can see and feel in our own human realm. Also, there are no three Gods in Heaven. I think you should ask God to reveal Himself to you so you can have your own true definition of Him.

You said One was begotten; the Bible says a child is BORN, but unto us a Son is GIVEN.. Jesus was born naturally, but the God-nature in Jesus is the Christ after His name.. That's why His name is Jesus Christ, and not Jesus Joseph (His earthly father). Today we have many people bearing Jesus but none is Christ. He is coeternal because He and His Father are one..that He called God the Father doesn't mean the Father gave birth to Him like we have fathers here.

I think you should read my previous comment again.

ezeagu: And here is where Christians show themselves up. There are those among you who do not believe Jesus to be God. There is nowhere in the bible Jesus claimed to be God or the same as God.

You're so right about the disunity in Christiandom regarding the concept of Trinity and diety of Christ, but I can tell you that Jesus is a divine being based on what the Bible says according to the site I mentioned earlier. Talking about TRINITY, I will try my best to make it clear enough..

The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are 3 different personalities, coequal, coeternal members of the Godhead - the God most people refer to. When you say God, you're talking about 3 different personalities, yet the same one Person, true, and eternal God.

At creation, He said, "Let Us make man in Our image", God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit worked together here. Mind you, God is not expressed in 3 forms or parts but 3 different people so united that they form one true and eternal God.

A good analogy is water: the ice form, liquid form, and steam form are all the same water because they have the same formula and similar characteristics but different effects on our senses. Now assume the three forms of water are existing together in just one form - that is the nature of the Godhead: the God the Holy Spirit, God the Father, and God the Son
coexisting.

The Spirit of God (the Holy Spirit member of the Godhead) was the One hovering the surface of waters at creation. The three Hebrew boys trust God (Godhead) when thrown into fire by the king of Babylon, and God the Son showed up to rescue them from the fire. God the Father appeared to Moses when he saw a finger writing the Ten Commandments on tablets of stone. The same God the Father was the One who talked to Abraham.

Just imagine God as 3 different personalities (the Godhead) but one person at the same time..the God we talk about everyday.

ezeagu: My point is that Jesus isn't just a mediator, he is literally worshipped and praised, instead of the main God.

Yeah, I understand you.
I will like you to read from this page.

http://www.gotquestions.org/is-Jesus-God.html

@Poster,
I'll encourage you to check back with the church you worship, the basic truth of Christianity is that it is not a religion in any ways. In fact, Jesus Christ came to destroy all forms of religious activities because it's taken the place of God in people's lifes.

So also Christianity should become your way of life, not something you practise only when you see a member of your church. By this you will find every replacement to all traditions of men as you continue to search into God's word. May God help you

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ezeagu: Like Christians who worship Jesus and shower all praises to him even though he isn't the creator or even claimed to be the creator. Oh, but you guys have so many denominations that we can't even know what an individual Christians thinks about the relationship of Jesus to Jehovah.



And that's why Christians carry a stake across their neck with a dead man across it and build this image on top of a mountain and pray to it. I wonder if Jesus last words were 'make replicas of my death place and worship the idol'. Let's not forget the many carving of the saints including Mary who some Christians pray to, and let's not forget the many stone monsters and saints carved in rock, marble and solid gold in churches around the world. How humbling.

Bros, all what you just said are the religious practices I wrote about. Religious activities will never bring anyone close to God, except salvation. A true believer in God through Christ whom God the Father sent to the rescue of man from sin and death will never idolise any man or object or image of a thing. The reason why Christians pray to God in Jesus is because that's the only way to God..Jesus is our mediator in heaven, our advocate before God who pleads our cause each time we mess up as a mortal man.

What you said is particular to the Catholic church, although nowadays some of them are changing these practices.

Bros, if you pull the trigger of a gun and it doesn't shoot, it doesn't make the gun useless, all you need is to load it with bullet. If Christianity seems like religion to you, maybe you're looking at the wrong places.

@Poster,
I'll encourage you to check back with the church you worship, the basic truth of Christianity is that it is not a religion in any ways. In fact, Jesus Christ came to destroy all forms of religious activities because it's taken the place of God in people's lifes.

So also Christianity should become your way of life, not something you practise only when you see a member of your church. By this you will find every replacement to all traditions of men as you continue to search into God's word. May God help you.