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omi tutu:
Now why can't I ever write posts like this. . . .

Sensible, well written, good syntax, and correct punctuation.

the debosky guy too know book. kai.

But i gotta agree, his post pretty much sums up my thots.

Bastage:
One could lay the exact same accusation at the door of Christians. You guys want him to be like the deity depicted in the Bible and you use the Bible to define him.

Personally, I don't have a problem with any god. I have a problem with the followers.

How else would you define your own idea of God?

[quote author=~Lady~ link=topic=200073.msg3177481#msg3177481 date=1228340532]don't want to rain on your parade, but this is the problem with everyone. we want God to be the way we think he should be, instead of letting him show us how he really is.

People don't have a problem with God, they have a problem with God not being the way they want him to be.
That is the problem with the atheist. They expect God to be a certain way and when they see that he is not that way, they look else where and then they find that there isn't a god that matches their view of what a god should be, so they abandon the concept of god in total and claim that he doesn't exist.[/quote]lol well said. I think the major problem is deep down everyone believes in the concept of God. The "athiest" (just a sinner who rejects the notion of righteous living) wants a "god" who shld not have any rules and shld simply welcome everyone with open arms to heaven.

donnie:
Song:
The God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob
Jehovah the man of war (x2)

does this address the issue?

hubreality:
I'm excited as the man of God, pastor Chris will be reaching out in love soon the people of China. Of a truth they have longed to have an outreach programme of BLW "Night of Bliss with Pastor Chris" held in China. I've gone into preparations through prayers, partnership and ganishing my ever growing and Spirit filled Hub titled "Night of Bliss with Pastor Chris. Reviews and Updates" having several thousands of hits/visitors from over fifty countries and many testimonies recorded from different nations and a few critics. Glory be to Jesus. I love to see the move of God's Spirit in China by God's dynamic Word full of Power and His Glory. Hallelujah!

While this post pretends to be a celebration of God visiting the chinese, it is pretty much shameless man worship.

Pastor Chris cannot "reach out" to the people of China . . . he is a powerless, empty vessel without the power of the Holy Spirit that does the reaching out. It is God who does the reaching, we are but messengers.

What "love" are you talking about? Only God is Love . . .

Muza:
Kai,
have you forgotten the groundnut you benefited from.

which groundnut? Nigeria was amalgamated so southern revenue could be used to run the northern government . . .

Groundnut ko, epa ni.

DaPhoenix:
@ David, Granted, she let her emotions get the best of her but trust me, she's tried to be friends with his friends. Sometimes, she tells us (our mutual friends and I) about how she tries to sit and talk with him but its seems like all he cares about is the next big party or event.

Looks like she shld take a hike. the guy doesnt sound like he is ready to be in a responsible relationship with her. Its impossible to date a woman with totally opposite interests and have another as your "best friend". Something's gotta give at some point.

Say aurevoir to a player and find a better guy.

its not true.

beyond being mad, what is the girlfriend doing to become a more intimate part of his life?

Adam you wicked o.

can a guy post here?

Africankel:
Donnie, Pepeye, etc, I don't want your comments on this again, let these folks continue doing what they know how to do best, (Critisizing), They'll sure join us someday, Mark my words!

all these pointless pontificating. you would have cleared a lot of issues had you just stuck to addressing sirjohn's concerns.

beautiful story. It almost sounded like reading a movie synopsis.

You treated your wife very badly, at least she was honest enough to tell you the truth before you wilfully decided to marry her. Well its up to you to go after her . . . there are so many options besides adoption that you can consider.

She probably means a lot more to you now that you realise she's gone.

Ellyptical you just wasted your time. The blind are steadfastly determined not to see.

Thanks for your write-up though.

[quote author=~Lady~ link=topic=193103.msg3172699#msg3172699 date=1228252287]See that's the problem people don't even know what they are disagreeing with. This is not purgatory. It would be better if you knew what purgatory is in the first place before you go on disagreeing.

Purgatory is where you get detached from sin as sin cannot make it to heaven. So basically it is purification to get you unattached to sin, as in, you are no longer inclined to sin. So if you see a dollar, you won't even think about possibly touching it. It wouldn't even cross your mind.
Purgatory as the word implies is purging, as in purification, as in getting away from the inclination to sin.

It is always encouraged that we pray for those in purgatory, however, it doesn't mean that if the faithful on earth doesn't pray for them, that they won't see heaven. All souls in purgatory will see heaven. They already have that covenant with Christ.[/quote]If anyone has found this in his version of the bible pls let me know.
thanks

Kobojunkie:
Again,  Education is not out of the question. Infact, it is the only REASONABLE solution to all this. Simple!!!

this "person" must be living on another planet. Oya carry chalk and blackboard . . . go put your money where ur mouth is.

Easy to pontificate from your high throne in Ohio. All your family and friends are safe . . .

Kobojunkie:
There is nothing wrong with advocating that these people be educated. Can we for once remove this ridiculous TRIBAL BIAS NONSENSE from simple reasoning when it comes to issues that concern Nigeria and solution to our problems?

and what "solution" have you come up with beyond roflmao?

What more "education" do you plan to give to students who kill their own teacher for "mishandling" the quran during exams? Maybe we shld advocate they be educated in the moon.

tpia:
you're speaking for yourself and your interest group but claiming to be speaking for Yorubas.

At the same time you're also speaking on behalf of Igbos.

Check your previous posts.

Produce the alleged posts. My opinion is not equivalent to speaking for the yoruba.

tpia:
Its far easier to play the blame game than to face up to what most of us actually are.

Its far easier to come up with smart retorts than to make sense.

tpia:
You may be speaking for Igbos, but Yorubas don't practice their own politics like that. With Igbos, when you speak to one, you're assumed to be speaking to all. With Yoruba, you only speak for yourself and your political godfather. And there are many godfathers, so different people speak for their different interests within Yorubaland.

First you said i was speaking for yorubas now i'm speaking for igbos? which is it?

That was why i indicated earlier that in the south a federal system wont work . . . what most yoruba leaders have advocated is a federation of autonomous units.

tpia:
by the way, have you noticed the way you're rough riding over other people who don't share your views on this matter?

that is not true. If you have opposing views, present them . . . only make sure they are not harebrained personal opinions like "educating" murderers. That will not hold water.

tpia:
You seem to imagine you're speaking for all Yoruba people. What gives you that impression,really?

Again another untruth. Not once have i suggested that i speak for the yoruba . . . i simply give my own opinion backed up by the weight of facts.

Of course dont let facts get in the way of your fluff.

JosBoy4Lif:
I believe in rule and law. This LGA should be won by those with the most votes, its that simple.
I hate the idea of the Sabon Gari in general because it creates a separation, just like I hate the Idea of Sharia Law.

My perfect Nigeria would be one in which we practice our traditional believes but still stay current in todays civilization.
The Hindu Religion is one what outlasted colonialism. Africa would rather be divided and kill each other.
Ethnic wars in Africa are not endemic to Northern Nigeria alone. They have happened in Southern Nigeria too.

Long story. comot Canada go tell those ewu hausa about your belief.

JosBoy4Lif:
They were responding to the fact that they were cheated out of LGA in Jos North, You should the read the paper. I'm not cloaking anything, their behavior was unjustified, and they should be forced to answer to the law.
Like I have re-iterated they were cheated out of LGA

So the only way hausas can "respond" to grievance is to kill innocent citizens who werent involved in the process at all?  
Are they the only ones who have the capacity to "respond"?

JosBoy4Lif:
Without Oil Nigerian would not be where it is today. The North provides for about half (7.3%) of the remaining non-oil revenues. Their would be revenue allocation for you leaders to STEAL as well. ALL Nigerian leaders are thieves your point

Let the north takes its 7.3% and GO. Why do they bandy "one nigeria" the loudest? What is there to fear about going it alone?

JosBoy4Lif:
It will never happen, you pretend as if all Igbo's are united. Imagine how many candidates you had for the last presidential elections. When all know PDP or ANPP would win the position. United my foot, they sure enjoyed the campaigning money.

The south has never been one for unity, rather they would prefer autonomous units within the same country if possible so your pretentious excuse about igbos lacking unity falls flat.
Yes i know there were tons of candidates for the last presidential elections but get this right, the south has consistently voted in qualified candidates for president (Awolowo, Abiola, Falae) while the north has consistently imposed mediocre stooges on us (obj, shagari).

JosBoy4Lif:
Education levels are deplorable in some parts of the North. People are easy to manipulate when they have little or no education.

1. whose fault? Mine?

2. There are illiterate southerners too . . . anyone particularly looking for your head in lagos or Awka?

JosBoy4Lif:
Have we even given this a real try. How many years after the amalgamation of Nigeria did Biafra try and claim independence?

We've given "One Nigeria" a try for 48 yrs . . . how long more do you want us to give it?

Biafra tried to claim independence 52 yrs after the painful amalgamation. Shld they have waited 500yrs by which time the hausas would have decimated the igbo population?

JosBoy4Lif:
Yes one priest from Akwa Ibom said their are over 3 million witches in Akwa Ibom, how many witches are in Akwa Ibom. this too is illiteracy, the fact that Africans believe vodou exists and manifests itself in innocent children

See this man just dey make me laugh.  

Compare that priest to the power the sultan of sokoto wields then come back to make us laugh again.

tpia:
Nigeria is just a nation of saboteurs, thats all. Also known as a fifth column, ie people who are citizens of one country but also actively working towards the destabilization of the same country. Normally, they do so because they're working for outside interests.

Didnt we see the same thing during the slave trade?

For some reason Nigeria seems to have a higher number of saboteurs than other African countries. We've earned a reputation for such activities and that definitely has to be one of the major reasons why foreign countries profile us the way they currently do.

Its far easier to play the blame game than to face up to what most of us actually are.

they, we, us . . . bla bla bla . . . abeg blame the muslim hausa/fulani hegemony pls. We are not the ones sabotaging the country, infact without the south the country would be no better than Niger republic.

Were do these frauds come from?

Jos abeg just stop this nonsense.

JosBoy4Lif:
The radical muslims are only responding the way they know best and that is with violence.

Why is it that when muslims kill it is only because they are "responding"?   Responding to what? Can we just call murder what it is and stop cloaking it in flowery language?

JosBoy4Lif:
Have they been wronged? Yes, are their actions justified HELL NO

Wronged by who? Did you wrong them? I know for certain that 98% of those muslims have killed did not wrong them . . . are muslims the only people on earth to be wronged?
What of the Kurds, jews, armenians, Germans, Native americans . . . when are they going to "respond"?

JosBoy4Lif:
Igbo's like david and quota need to stop Harboring Biafran thoughts because it is a pipe dream.

Why? Because your cattle-rearing lunatic leaders cant bear to live without free oil money?
Is it because without oil YOU wont be were u are today because there would have been no revenue allocation for your leaders to steal?

It may be a pipe-dream today but tomorrow you may just wake and find out that your bad dream has become a reality.

JosBoy4Lif:
We need educate our Islamic brothers/sisters with mandatory school and for God's sake Sharia Law can not exist in a non-Muslim nation it does not make sense.

Another story teller has come with the band-aid called "education". Na wa o . . . one would think everyone else was literate.

JosBoy4Lif:
Segregation will be our denigration

And unity nko? How has that worked for us?

JosBoy4Lif:
Religion/Enthnic need to be stripped away from Government/State.

Islam my friend . . . stop hiding under the robes of religion. Christianity poses no threat to anyone . . . heck even Ogun worshippers pose no threat.

JosBoy4Lif:
How can we have priests and emirs that wield more power than the government?

O boy . . . priests dont wield any power AND YOU LIAR KNOW IT. Obasanjo can afford to say "CAN my foot" . . . let him try it with your muslim "brothers". We'd just have to build more morgues to accomodate the dead . . . afterall its only a "response".

santavista:
Chei David,
No b small tin o.
All these yarns because of me?
U must b outrightly out of ur mind. Exceedingly stupid nd foolish above all tings. I tot u had sense in u only for you to exhibit proper thinking disorder and brain deficiencies .
E ma wo asiwin yi sha?
what has my askin d north to b tolerant nd see nigeria as one got to do with ur insults? U ar gettin more ferocious nd agitated without any collabo between my post nd d crime commited. Offpoint man.
OK, King David u win.
"North, thou shld nt b tolerant. The war has just begun. Also w arent one Nigeria."
Guess u ar hapi nw.
Monkey. Oloshi, ashiere.
U dey wash plate 4 another man land. If them dey vex u 4 that syde, come bk hm. W can help ur case. Stop hidin unda d pretense of the brutal murder of dese our dear brodas.
Keep d vituperatns comin. I am off to the pool. I will reply when i gt bk. Make sure u dnt touch that dial nor stand up till i return.
Gbogbo awon ti o tan mo e ni lunatik. Ma ba ti e je.
LOL.

When dem murder innocent people, the fraud dey preach tolerance and one nigeria. I yab am small e de behave like say cockroach don sting im yansh.

Tolerance ko tolani ni. Coconut head . . . ewu maalu like you.
no worry, i feel your pain . . . since you no get opportunity to be here, everyone else here must be washing plates. Sour grapes. Dem go give u visa tomorrow . . . apply again.

santavista:
@ David,
Now i kno beta.
It is beyond d topic.
Very queer though. Bt I am nt surprised.
D rational beyond ur reasonin remains a puzzle. Read my first post nd tell me what u think supports this act. It is my take to reply Quotesystem (redhead or nt)
U obviously lack constructive argumentative skills.
U ar undoubtedly sarcastic for no just cause.
Speaks little of u man. No offence intended.
U kno what, all ur assumptions about me ar correct. So u nd nt sweat.

What a ranting lunatic.
I said it and i say it again - would YOU idiot be singing about education if you had to endure hearing your brother struggle for his life?

I might lack argumentative skills, but one thing you lack is a glaring ability to reason at all beyond merely rehashing false and discredited talking points.

Education? Since when? Zango Kattaf riots?
Tolerance? since when? 1966? . . . we'd be preaching tolerance until 2050?

O boy go and sit down somewhere. Do you know any better than Awolowo who said Nigeria was a geographical contraption?

Having to deal with insensitive empty heads is such a bore.

Follow me home so i can go tell Ibukun's dad and brother that we shld head to Jos and go preach tolerance to his killers. Coconut head.

asha 80:
Is there any wrong in telling the north to stop their continous show of ignorance, illiteracy, hatred and accept every Nigerian as one?

Go and tell that to the mullahs and brainwashed almajiris

dont mind him. Na to talk dem know . . . let him go put his family in the line of fire first and come back to preach to us.

santavista:
We are all grieved.

You dont sound grieved at all . . . what would YOU do if you lost a brother in the latest mayhem? Be honest with me, would you be here preaching about tolerance?

santavista:
Maybe your solution is to seek vengeance. Blood for blood.
Maybe the reason why I am preaching a one nation and end to violence is because I live amongst strangers.

1. What is YOUR solution? You talked about education - has it EVER worked?
You mentioned "tolerance" . . . since when and for how long? When will enough be enough.

2. We in foreign countries dont exactly live among family and friends, we live among strangers . . . strangers who dont believe that the solution to crisis is going away with our heads.

santavista:
I am very sad at your responses and kept my cool not to derail this thread from the purpose it was created for.

Your own responses just make me wonder how unsympathetic anyone can be.

I repeat . . . what would YOU do if you just lost your brother in that mayhem?

Like i keep reiterating . . . the reason many of you deluded folks come here preaching about "oneness" is because you havent been direct victims just yet.

Take a step further, go meet the families of the dead and talk to them about civility, tolerance and education.

santavista:
LOL.
Since you disagree vehemently with my proposal to remain civil.
I implore and enjoin you to go in2 Jos and take revenge.
Else, proffer or postulate what you think will end the condemnable act.
Stop boring me with this bogus, sham and phony charade of solidarity.
You definitely need to take the chill pill with me.
I am not refraining you from embarking or undertaking your actions.
Be careful and reply sensibly.
Cheers

Lets switch things, since you fraud preach so much about "tolerance" . . . why dont you move ur family over to Jos and have some fun preaching to the choir and "educating" your maalu friends.