Olu317: It is the truth about many of them claiming to love God and they hate their fellow men. Isn't it foolishness? When the Bible they read teaches them to care for the needy, instead they do opposite. They are many in numbers. They hide under religion but not religious in nature. The greatest mistake people make in Christianity is that, they think God will do all the act without human beings doing his or hers. The Bible says WORK and PRAY and not PRAY AND PRAY . Until people understand the meaning of these, they will remain in perpetual darkness. The solution is freedom and it doesn't come easy but on willingness to loose everything to gain all things. This is because these nothing for good evil men are the ones JESUS ascribed as WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING. They speak with two sides of their mouth. And do things to favour themselves , their loyalists, immediate companion and love ones . Wicked people with no regard for life.
Yod realize that @bolded doesn't make sense ryt? or maybe it doesn't just apply to the real world. There are millions of people that don't pray and are still successful how do you explain that
I have seen where church services are being held in Bars where people drink Alcohol, Well I guess since this church stuff has turned to business Man gets to make money Na
Afonjashapmouth: Religion is a dicey topic, but the good thing is its never forced down anybodys throat. Some churches are founded based on soul winning however after so much expansion, the serpents must surely step in to cause chaos. How many church the G.O of a church wan supervise
Who told you religion isn't forced down people's throat?
zeezeegal: My Case Is Different Because, I'm A Redeemed Of The Lord And As A Covenant Child What Affect Others Is Not Permitted To Affect Me... No Matter How Hard The Economy Seems To Be Now, I Know There Is A Place For Me....
Yeye girl Keep on Brainwashing yourself, Your Faith cannot change Reality
Dongreat: About 90%of Nigerian celebrities (singer, comedians, and even pastors) aquire the majority of their wealth from fraud. We see these people living large above their earnings and majority will look up to them not knowing that money doesn't come easy or grow on trees. Daniela okeke, hushpappi, useless mike, yung6ix, and many more are all into either prostitution, or yahoo yahoo; not a secret. But in Nigeria, we celebrate rubbish. One dey claim say he get 30b for account and nah music be him profession. Continue.
ifenes: Fasting challenges the brain and helps release of protein/ spirit molecules/ dimethyltryptamine to the brain . This usually happens between 3am to 5am midnight when we go into the dream dimension, more protein to the brain help on remember and have clarity in the dream world - a better connection to the inner-man( God).
JackBizzle: Yes. Fasting is actually bad for your body.
Fasting is only good if it is done properly with a trainer/nutritionist.
The way most people do it is not healthy or beneficial.
Oh, my bad i didn't know. I know some people who fast for 3 days straight to improve their life span and health though this hasn't been scientifically proven yet
Origin: @OP your essay no get order, from health benefit to bible chapter to Qur'an chapter to them say them say.
Muslims fast because it like prayer has been ordained by God. Period.
So if Allah didn't say you should fast you wouldn't?
Any benefit is just coincidental:
If you at hungry won't you give more when you know how an hungry man feels. When you fast you have more energy are more lively. When you break your fast, you appreciate the available food more ( the food that has been taken for granted all this while).
Well world Hunger would have ended by now right?
God said He is not in need of one's fast if one does not shun sin. So fasting is not just leaving food but leaving sins and bad behavior. A time of gratitude and nearness to God.
If God is not in Need of once fast so why do you do it? can't you be sinless without fasting? so you show Gratitude to God by Fasting but i thought you said he didn't need it?
Biodun37: Denying yourself of things (primary needs) will do a lot to improve your attitude towards assistance to those in need. Engage in just 3 days fasting & compare your feelings towards those who couldn't afford daily square meals to your present attitude.
But people do engage themselves in 30 days fasting some even 60 How does this end world hunger? cause its very clear world hunger is a thing right?
But if you have any reasonable reason why fasting make sense in a religious context you are free to share it am happy to learn but of course i guess this would be hard to do
Well apart from The Health benefit you might get from it like:
1. Weight Loss 2. Improves Insulin Sensitivity 3. Speeds Up The Metabolism 4. Improves Your Brain Function 5. Improves Your Immune System 6. Helps Clear The Skin And Prevent Acne E.T.C
This health benefits obviously isn't the reason why Religious people fast for Example the Christians fast to renunciate something that is in itself good, like food, in order to intensify their expression of need for something greater; namely, God and his work in their lives or so they think and also get some reward for doing it...... Matthew 6:16–18, Jesus says, “When you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.”
For the muslim though Allah has instructed them to fast by force by fire it is not optional!
O who believe, fasting is decreed for you as it was decreed for those before you; perchance you will guard yourselves. ... The month of Ramadan is the month in which the Koran was sent down, a guidance for the people, and clear verses of guidance and criterion. [Quran: Chapter 2, 183]
And of course to also get Reward I mean who wouldn't want 72virgins and endless sex??
But let look at this from a logical point at least the way I see it God why created the universe as they believed need petty things like fasting in order to bless someone? I here some Muslims say they are fasting because of people who are suffering in the world pls how does fasting help those people? and after 30 days you stop and then celebrate it?
So Yahweh looked up from Heaven and then decided to send himself to Earth to be killed? Oh sorry, I meant to die for man's sin! How does this make sense to anyone
iSpirit1: Lemme start from; Judaism is the religion of the Jews which is based on the Mosaic Law.
Jesus clearly stated in Matthew 5:17 that He has come to fulfill THE LAW(Judaism).
When He was about leave them(i.e die on the Cross), He told His disciples, in fact, that there are alot of things He can't teach them, cause they can't bear them yet. . .that they will only be able to bear those things when the Holy Spirit comes into them. John 16:12-13.
Those things are the effects His Death and Resurrection will effect. Those are the things found in Acts-Revelations.
Ramanto: some boarding schools are hygienic. And you forgot to state that students in boarding schools are way more intelligent than their day student counterparts
Intelligence is not Determined by the School you go to
iSpirit1: Christianity is God's Ultimate plan. Judaism was just to be until Christianity arrives. Because Christianity is the fulfillment of Judaism.
Now, show me in the Christian Era where violence, hate etc is taught -those who say Christianity teaches violence, hate etc. @AccidentalGenius.
If Christianity was the fulfillment of Judaism why didn't Jesus preach about it? Did Jesus ever mention the word Christianity? From Matthew to Even Revelation?