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LordReed:
Yeah they use the picture of the cross to extend their religious symbolism and are not particularly concerned with historical fidelity.

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That is still thoughtless to me.

In many ways, religions do not think about the things that their roots or history imply.

I wonder if he was executed by a snake bite they would be wearing snake pendants.

Cherryediva:
Hello everyone, sorry for the long post
I got married at 22, my husband was 40 at the time. We have been married for 5 years and we have a child together.

My concern is that my husband is not able to satisfy me sexually at all, which is frustrating, I have talked to him about it nothing seems to change. Financially, he is struggling, partly because he gambles a lot. He also drinks alcohol heavily.

I work too but he doesn't want me to have my own money he is always collecting money from me.
He doesn’t have clear goals, ambition, or a vision for the future, and this makes me feel stagnant in the marriage.

He is a good man in terms of character. He doesn’t cheat, he doesn’t abuse me at all, and he treats me well overall.

I’m confused because while he is good to me, I feel stuck and unfulfilled. I would really appreciate advice from y'all who have been in similar situations or who can offer honest guidance.
Thank you.

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Alcoholic, seizes your money, gambles - is your definition of a good man?
And this is also your definition of a long post?

Sister, go think wella.

In defense though, of the great invention that is alcohol (the anesthetic with which men endure the surgery of life), it is only bad when taken to excess without control.

LordReed:
LoLz. The Americans would have been happy though.

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Absolutely!


Seriously though, the thing about the crucifixion method is that it was not just a method of execution - but a method of torturous execution.

Let me be careful to say though that there is the idea that the cross had some other significance and also the idea that he was actually hung from a stake, not a cross. I only add these as the obsessive academic that I am, for they are moot and meaningless points.

It still befuddles me how BAT could appoint this man as an ambassador of all things after all this.

LordReed:
He is confused. LoLz.

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As far as Abrahamic ideas are concerned, you know very well I disagree with his views.
However I align with much of what he has argued in terms of the Kalam Cosmological Argument for the existence of God - or a First Cause, if you prefer.

LordReed:
Yes the issue is the tales of supernatural occurences. You have no wayto support those without simultaneously accepting any other similar tales from other religions.

Like I pointed out to you using the now infamous Nazi symbol which was NOT a symbol of hate before the Nazis started using it, symbols can be repurposed for any thing. You Christians for example believe the rainbow to be a symbol for something other than LGBTQ pride symbolism. The cross previously being a symbol of shameful death doesn't mean anything in the grand scheme of things, it is what it means to you Christians that matters. In other words a symbol is only as meaningful as you want it to be.

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But it still remains so laughable to me because if they executed Bros Jay with a gun, so na so gun for be the symbol today?

Goo0dHardDick:
Donald Trump should continue as the US president for at least 10 more years.

The man is seriously restoring sanity to the world.

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U are i n s a n e.

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FxMasterz:
He had break faiiure. He was trying to regain control of the car and park it safely when he rammed into a dangerously parked truck

. . . . errrr.... not parked on the road oh.

Oxb90:
I thought by now he should be busy with his ambassadorial duties.

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Not only that. There is a certain etiquette to be attached to ambassadors. He cannot be an ambassador and be engaging in these wanton online arguments. It makes nonsense of the dignity of an ambassador.

Lanretoye:
you don’t just sit somewhere for argument sake and concoct what ever you think will suit your narrative,that’s is what is called blatant lies.

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Haba. Which lie have I told. And I only politely asked what you think. No worries, forget it. Morning.

Lanretoye:
sit down and have a quiet time,think if it is possible for wike to demand 200b out of 600b from the governor...when he was governor himself does that mean he was taking 400b for his pocket?,

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For the sake of argument, lets say it was not such a sum.
Are you saying any other sum would have been okay?
Just a question. I am not assuming what you are saying.

Inspirer1:
This is why I don't like that "Fuel subsidy removal" stuff, more money to politicians at the expense of the masses....what's the difference? Marginal difference, just a change of who benefits... The masses are even worse off now than then.

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Simple and short. Every sane person who knows Nigeria well always knew that any savings would be for the politicians to wack. This alone defeats all arguments in favour of the removal.

helinues:
Pure happiness is not about your account balance

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But pure misery can be.

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LordReed:
You literally:



You literally acquiesced to the universe being a "being" which we wouldn't be able to fathom. Yet you claim the god sent you his son to die for your sin.

Fact is the word god is meaningless which is why you can prevaricate like a dying man grasping for straws.

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He is not pantheist. He just notes the possibility of how things may be way different from what is conventionally thought.

jaephoenix:
You're just making this thing painful for yourself.
Who created Satan? Yhwh! Is Yhwh omniscient? Yes! So why did he create Satan,a being he knew would bring in evil into the world and corrupt his angels and humans?
When you say god has a rescue plan,do you mean flooding the world? Because an all knowing god would not flood the world if he knew sin would comeback. If he knew sin would return,why flood the world in the first place? What was the point?

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These and more are fundamental issues about some religious ideas of God which can never be resolved.

Particularly the Abrahamic God.

That God who tests his follower with a command to kill his son, who destroys the life of a faithful one to win a wager with the devil, who conspires through lies and commands genocide, whose recipe to forgive his own creation from the imperfection he created them with is ritual sacrifice of his alleged son. . . That sort of being can only be despised by any sane person.

Thankfully, it is a figment of the imagination of man. Not so thankfully, that imagination is powerful enough to have caused untold misery.

CHIEFCHICKEN:
Rivers never go dry unless it's a state 🤣🤣

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CHIEFCHICKEN:
Terms and conditions are always presented, you should have said "No" from the start.

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Only for the Godfather to choose any other option and still steal Rivers dry?

Jagaban2012:
Idiot. .. you could have contested for Rivers State governor in your name and see if you could have won the election...
This is a betrayal. ..there are 1000 political son of Wike , you were chosen among these people not because you have the most talents among the rest...now you are planning to betray the hand that feed you and you think this will happen...

Betrayal governor...go and settle with your godfather

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SO YOU REALLY SUPPORT ONE MAN TAKING THAT PERCENT OF A STATE'S IGR?

CyynthiaKiss:
Nobody is against immigration, but illegal means is what is destroying countries

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I am sure you don't know Elon himself was once an illegal immigrant in the US.

Kobojunkie:
Stop making up lies! Your rich men in the village assault una old men and women regularly. Even their children repeat the same crimes against your uncles, including their grandchildren. Una no dey do anything because you have a separate set of laws in your minds for them...laws that pretty much exempt them from being held directly accountable for any crime they commit against you all. 🥱🥱🥱

All of your traditional mumbo jumbo is usually fashioned against those whom you believe are on the same level(and lower) as you, and never those who are of a higher status. Ever wondered why? Traditional ideas are weapons fashioned against the poor and gullible, and never the rich and educated in status. 🥱🥱

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How's your mother. I hope she has not suffered such at your hands.

Honestly, the fear of being roped in is real. Its a major reason people walk by and look away.
Twice, I have rushed strangers to the hospital, one a gunshot victim and one from an accident I saw while driving by. An Okada man.
Thank heavens no one came up with any shenanigans.

Nah. This is too simplistic. Even with the closest relationships and the closest trust, certain things may be better withheld, even without any betrayal being involved.

To use an example, you are planning a surprise party for your beloved and she reads everything. That's just a benevolent easy example.

But other serious matters of family, business etc may also be better reserved even with the closest spouse, also timing may just not be right.

Respecting the independence of information of one another is a sign that you respect their adulthood and individuality. It's also a sign that you trust them.

Many times spouses or partners invade a phone from suspicion and not just innocently. That has destroyed not just relationships but has led to murder.

This is not to speak about the things that one may misunderstand without context when reading another person's messages.

lamentor78:
Point of correction Trump is not a coward

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He is. a HUGE ONE. Who dodged military service by lying that he was injured.

FxMasterz:
Isaiah 45:7 is talking of God's place as Judge. The good are created to reward good works, and the evils are created to judge evil.deeds. A judge creates death and life. That does not make the judge a good man or a bad man. God is Judge. You can do what you like as per your sovereignty but you cannot determine the retribution that would come unto you afterwards. Every cause has an effect which could be either good or bad, and they're all the creations of God.

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Interesting submission.
But it does say he creates evil. Not just judge what is evil.

FxMasterz:
It isn't contradictory. You just need to understand that God created the world for man and to be under the total control of man without any external inference. God created man as a totalitarian over the world. Whatever man permits for this world is man's choice for the world, and God does not interfere except when His intervention is deliberately sought.

You actually need to start relating with God to understand that man allowed the evils he's seeding in his world, and are majorly orchestrated by man himself. God does not interfere in man's leadership of the world. Man can enjoy whatever he created for himself if he considers it good for himself. God does not interfere except when invited, or when He decides to intervene occasionally for special reasons.

Man is a Sovereign over the world, and that sovereignty is respected by God.

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What then would you say of manifest evil in nature which man has no part in?

Before man existed, animal predators existed so you cant blame predatory nature on man. Mosquitoes existed. Diseases existed. Dinosaurs had cancer and this has been proven with science. Natural disasters exist which dont discriminate. Tragedy and misery are inherent to the world even if you remove man from the equation.

Furthermore, how can an omniscient God create a world which he knows will end up in evil and punish man for the evil he knew was inherent in what he created?

A creator, surely is responsible for the evil he created. The created being cant be the one responsible. I know you will divert to freewill, which is highly questionable.

FxMasterz:
It isn't contradictory. You just need to understand that God created the world for man and to be under the total control of man without any external inference. God created man as a totalitarian over the world. Whatever man permits for this world is man's choice for the world, and God does not interfere except when His intervention is deliberately sought.

You actually need to start relating with God to understand that man allowed the evils he's seeding in his world, and are majorly orchestrated by man himself. God does not interfere in man's leadership of the world. Man can enjoy whatever he created for himself if he considers it good for himself. God does not interfere except when invited, or when He decides to intervene occasionally for special reasons.

Man is a Sovereign over the world, and that sovereignty is respected by God.

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Have you read Isaiah 45:7? KJV.

FxMasterz:
The truth is that, knowing that there's a Cause is a good starting point especially if the intelligent order of things around you is not sufficient enough to convince you. Then, there's the Cause option to explore.

God is not hiding away. He is there in nature, in your conscience and in your intuition. Every human naturally have a leaning towards an unseen supernatural Being. Atheists work hard to shut down this intuition in themselves. Every human has that sense of God in his heart.

Now, when you genuinely seek to find and to know this God, and make all necessary efforts to find Him, He'll naturally draw you to Himself. He'll help you to differentiate between Himself and the myriads of fake gods out there. It all starts with desire. Over time, if you seek God sincerely, no matter where you are coming from, He'll draw you to Himself.

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This is well said and appreciated. I find it hard though, considering the evil of the world inherent in creation - or whatever we call this strange and contradictory reality.

PS: Bear in mind Isaiah 45:7.

FxMasterz:
If you've said you don't know, then no one would query you, but to say "No God" means you know. You know absolutely that there's no God.

Meanwhile, what you don't know is infinitely more voluminous than what you know.

You contradict yourself when you say you don't know and turn back to say there's no God

I wouldn't go into any detailed arguments with you because I can see clearly that you atheists don't want to be logical at all. If what you know is infinitesimally small considered to what you need to know, how can you talk in absolutes?

Your flying spaghetti monster mockery doesn't make any sense too. If the flying spaghetti monster is what you call the cause of all things, then, though it's invisible, then it's God. What we mean by God is not anything other than the Causer of all things because it is indisputable that there's a Cause for everything that exists.

There are things all around us that couldn't have happened or exist by accident. There are some that even require very precise calibrations to keep the earth in shape. You can't come and tell me that such numerous instances of precise calibrations were accidental. Atheism is practical nonesene. That's why most scientists don't subscribe to it.

Our world is just like a spec of dust in an ocean in comparison to the universe. We don't even have the knowledge of everything that exists in our world as we humans can only perceive things within certain frequencies. There are frequencies that we know nothing about, and which our instruments cannot detect. Then, there's the vast universe of which our knowledge is 0% approximately.

You,a tiny spec of dust in the scheme of things with all your limited capabilities to perceive cannot rise up to talk in absolutes. It's practically illogical. Very unwise.

The best you can do is to say "I don't know" and keep investigating. The moment you claim there's no God, you've already crossed the threshold of balanced reasoning because you don't know what exists within the frequencies you're unaware of, neither do you know what exists in the universe trillions of light years away.

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Very well said.

In these things, I align with you.

But please here is my own: how do you cross from a cause to a personal, concerned, loving and good God?

jaephoenix:
It's a hypothetical question. So answer it please

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No, I would see no reason to believe you.

jaephoenix:
I didn't say ww humans can interface with all spectrums. You are not getting my point.
So what if I tell you this invisible unicorn created you and i,would you believe me? Yes or no?

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It would sound to me as though you are trying to make a joke of the conversation.

Just so you know, I don't believe in Yahweh, Allah etc any more than I believe in any FSM or invisible Unicorn.

jaephoenix:
Do you believe there are invisible unicorns

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No but it is hard scientific fact that we cannot see most of what there is to be seen even around us.
If you dont know that, the joke is on you.

I am not interested in this discussion if you wish to make kindergarten level jibes of it.