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butterflylion:
Questions that have only one answer to them that are deemed right and known to be right do not require wrong responses.

People who still offer wrong responses to questions that have one answer are simply ignorant or dolts.

When an answer is required, the one asking for the answer is the one who KNOWS what answer would be correct, true and reasonable TO HIM. he is the judge and not the you.

an·swer

ˈansər/
noun
noun: answer; plural noun: answers

1.
a thing said, written, or done to deal with or as a reaction to a question, statement, or situation.
"he knocked and entered without waiting for an answer"
synonyms: reply, response, rejoinder, reaction

verb
verb: answer; 3rd person present: answers; past tense: answered; past participle: answered; gerund or present participle: answering

1.
say or write something to deal with or as a reaction to someone or something.
"“Of course I can,” she answered"
synonyms: reply, respond, make a rejoinder, rejoin

2.
act in reaction to (a sound such as a telephone ringing or a knock or ring on a door).
"David answered the door".

Butterflylion, why do you always choose to make simple things so complicated?

butterflylion:
What is an answer?

Answer implies the SATISFYING OF A QUESTION, DEMAND, CALL OR NEED!

an answer is never an answer when it isn't correct, reasonable or true.

An answer is only always termed as an answer when it is TRUE, REASONABLE AND CORRECT.

Stop confusing yourself.

Have you ever heard of the following phrases: 'correct answer', 'wrong answer'? They aren't wrong in the context which they are used. Are they?

LekkyD007:
I think i already solved the puzzle though the OP isn't around to confirm my answer

The so called puzzle isn't about Adam categorically but on the subject of "cause & purpose for human existence".

GoodMuyis:
Am Not surprise that the invited guests fail to supply answers, they must be doing serious google search now OR reasoning among themselves in their coven

Sometimes I wonder why they they fail to realized that asking questions; logical or illogical is not definition of intelligence but providing answer.

Here is a puzzle to answer for a reward, but they demanding for down-payment.

Am Just tayad of all these Hippocratic discourse

Asking logical questions may not be the definition of intelligence but its a first step towards critical reasoning.
By the way, not all answers are correct, reasonable and true.

butterflylion:
Sorry matured minds do not get all emotional over fictional characters.

I hope you realise that fictional means imaginary. Why should I get emotional over an imaginary character?

Only children do that. Not adults! E be like say you still dey play police and thief.

It's good to know that you don't get emotional over fictional characters and as such, you feel that only children do that; that doesn't take away the fact that a significant number of adults do. Check out the fan page of movies like Game of thrones.

butterflylion:
Kikikikikiki so you have never met any God or interacted with any God yet you call the same person you say you have no vendetta against a dead Jew and all manner of absurdities. Yet he does not exist.

How would you be ranting over something non existent? No rant enter market o before your Madness is confirmed.

So the beliefs are not attached to God ba? How can you challenge beliefs over a non existent God? You well so?

More often than not, people talk about fictional characters as though they are real.
For instance, you could discuss movie characters and express your emotions towards such characters. That doesn't make your silly does it?

hopefulLandlord:
drop the $100 with an escrow first

I'm not sure there's a genuine intent to imburse anyone here with $100, but let's give the op the benefit of the doubt and assume he's not out to blackguard.

Nice puzzle vaxx

MuttleyLaff:
You asked me to read in John 20:17.
I read it, only to find it had no relevance to any points on the table

Now after I first referred you to John 10:33, you shifted and abandoned your goal post and then again start asking me to read John 10:33-47. To what ends I don't know

DeSepiero asked where in the NT Jesus directly said He was God and John 10:33 is the closest

John 10:33 doesn't quote Jesus claiming to be God. It quotes the Jews accusing Jesus of claiming to be God.

MuttleyLaff:
There is no biblical NT record of Jesus directly referring to Himself as God, but there are abundant biblical NT records where Jesus indirectly referred to Himself as God.
At one [b]occasion [/b]in the New Testament, some present Jews understood Him referring Himself to God and wanted to kill for that, by stoning Him.

Which occasion?

Amberon11:
Since you claim to know so much, tell us why God the father refers to Jesus Christ as God in Hebrews 1:8.

Apostle Paul did so in his epistle to the Hebrews NOT God.

Honesty007:
if they had it in a wrong time,for a wrong reason and at a wrong place which breeds sin!
whatever u sow you reap.
i think it answers ur question.

When is wrong time, what reason is wrong, which place is wrong?

Do you think God is pissed whenever two consenting adults have sex?

NoWorries7:
No... But don't get drunk.

What's wrong with getting drunk?

Why pay your tithe to a mega church when your next door neighbor is in dire need?

oaroloye, could you briefly say why tithe is collected in the contemporary church?

I'm wondering, 'is there any verse of the new testament which quotes Jesus directly referring to himself as God?'

sinaj:
Hard copy sure pass o!


I can't be binding the devil with the same phone I use in typing rubbish chats

The devil will b like Yimu!

Hehe...Why not stop typing the rubbish chats?

abelprice:
. Nah... but @least he dey contribute to the holy background if u know wat I mean

Yes I do, but the world and everything in it keeps evolving. First, there were tablets of stones, then later scrolls.

seiyefajohn:
Will you go to an ATM machine without a Card? Why go to Church without an offering?

Why go to church with offering?

DeepSight:
You are ignorant and mad.

Demonstrate

abelprice:
Imagine how them go take use the gadget take cast evil spirit.. ..

So you think the hard copy casts evil spirits out of a so called possessed?

KingEbukasBlog:
Have you ever wondered why there is always violence , killings , death in an atheist state ?? Have you ever seen any peaceful atheist state ?

https://www.nairaland.com/3176513/atheist-murderers-past-present-murderous

https://www.nairaland.com/2988881/atheism-terrorism-annihilation-quest-atheistic

Theists , atheists hate you and the sooner you realize that the better for you

The photo you have above is statistically misleading. The period of time in which the murders occurred is NOT uniform across all countries listed hence comparing the values would be out of place.
Moreover, it is unfortunate that the least peaceful countries to live in like Syria, Yemen, Iraq and Afghanistan are NOT atheist countries.

By the way, original post talks about a religious person and irreligious person NOT an atheist.

While religious folks chase after eternity, they often lose their sense of humanity.

SMH !

Whenever I hear it, the Nigerian National Anthem and Pledge motivates me.

OtemAtum:
It's a genealogy with history

Your book sounds like the bible, with archaic english. Its the 21st century.

malvisguy212:
https://www.nairaland.com/2914410/difference-between-religion-christianity

There are differences between Christianity and religion, Many are GOING TO CHURCH but few are GOING DOWN THE ROAD WHICH LEADS TO LIFE. Many are RELIGIOUS but few are RIGHT WITH GOD.
Religion is DOING while Christianity is DONE. When Jesus cried on the cross, "it is finished" The work of our salvation was FINISHED, DONE, ACCOMPLISHED and COMPLETED. A religious man may be likened as a man who try to swim from river kaduna to niger by his own strength, he will never make it. But the man who is save by faith is likened to be a man who get on a ship, hoping it will take him to his destination. This man simply rests upon the ship and lets the ship do all the work.
THIS ARE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN RELIGION AND CHRISTIANITY.
1. RELIGION: "Salvation is something I must do. I must somehow earn or gain salvation by the way I live."
CHRISTIANITY: "Salvation is something only God can do. Salvation is of the LORD!" (Eph. 2:8-9).
2. RELIGION: Religion is summed up in one word: DO--man trying to DO different things to please God and earn His favor.
CHRISTIANITY: Christianity is summed up in one word; DONE--Christ dying on the cross to save sinful man (John 19:30).
3. RELIGION: The religious man is busy
"working" (doing good works) in order to
be saved.
CHRISTIANITY: The saved person is "not working" (Rom. 4:5) but is RESTING upon the finished work of Another (christ). Although he must beware (1 peter 5:
4. RELIGION: RELIGION is man trying to BRING HIMSELF TO GOD (by human effort, good works, ritualism, traditionalism, sacraments, etc.).
CHRISTIANITY: CHRISTIANITY is Christ BRINGING US TO GOD on the basis of what He did for us on the cross, NOT by our own effort. (1 Peter 3:18).
5. RELIGION: Man trying to please God in the wrong way (Rom. 8:8--"So then they that are in the FLESH cannot please God" .
CHRISTIANITY: Man truly pleasing God in the only way (Hebrews 11:6--"But without faith [/b]it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him" .
6. RELIGION: The religious man is seeking to establish his own righteousness by ignoring the way of the righteousness of God (Rom. 10:3).
CHRISTIANITY: The saved man is satisfied with the perfect righteousness of [b]Jesus Christ (2 Cor. 5:21).
7.RELIGION: Religion is pictured in Genesis 3 by the fig leaves that Adam and Eve made for themselves--a terrible covering (Gen. 3:7).
CHRISTIANITY: Salvation is pictured in Genesis 3 by the coats of skin which God provided by way of the shedding of BLOOD(that of Christ)--a perfect covering (Gen. 3:21).
8.RELIGION: CAIN'S RELIGION--"I bring to God the labour of my own hands" (Gen. 4:3).
CHRISTIANITY: ABEL'S FAITH--"I bring to God a blood sacrifice. An innocent substitute must die to save me" (Gen. 4:4).
Good works done by sinful man can never please a holy God. The greatest good work is GOD'S WORK accomplished by Jesus Christ who offered Himself on the cross as the sinner's Substitute.Thus we are not saved by good works but we are saved unto good works: "For we are
his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them" (Ephesians 2:10). "For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure" (Philippians 2:13).
Are you resting fully in the finished work of Christ? Are you trusting in Jesus Christ, WHO HE IS, WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR YOU and WHAT HE HAS SAID IN HIS WORD? "Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else" (Isaiah 45:22).

re·li·gion
rəˈlijən/
noun
noun: religion

the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.

a particular system of faith and worship.

In Christianity, there exist strong belief in and worship of God.
In Christianity, there also exist a particular system of faith and worship (especially through Jesus Christ).

How then on earth is Christianity not a religion?

Jesus Christ is littered allover your post, if I'm not mistaken, you worship him.

purem:
I know the people that claim to be an atheist in there mind will not agree on this

The ideology you're projecting is more of humanism.
You can't tag a certain way of life as obligatory to an atheist.

samebony1:
The Bible says "by their fruits, you shall know them", and another portion says "search the scripture, for in them you think you have eternal life...." Jesus Christ said " its only those that doeth the will of the Father that shall inherit the Kingdom of God". The Kingdom of our LORD and Saviour, Jesus Christ is not of this world, hence the true Christian Bride of Christ do not have their mind fixated on the things of the world.

Use your tongue to count your teeth. We are not here to start mini wars but cast the seed as widely as possible, knowing that some will surely fall on fertile ground prepared of the Master to receive and produce fruits worthy of repentance

Unfortunately, you haven't answered my question. There's no point quoting the bible for me.

You can't shy away from a simple fact that churches in Nigeria such as CAC, MFM, RCCG etc are religious organizations except you're being delusional.

Samebony1,

Use Nigeria as case study, by citing examples, kindly differentiate between religious organizations and churches.

johnydon22:
We all have friends come over to tell us about some other person, we all have that Gossip moment every now and then.

what if i tell you there is a way you can cub that and minimize the rate at which people bring such information to you.

Having studied the philosophies of the great ancient philosopher Socrates, i figured out what is called the socratic triple filter test that can filter any information people bring to you.




READ THE STORY TO THE FINISH




So one of the most famous scenes of Socrate's life came when someone approached him promising information about one of his friends.




"Did you hear about your friend? i have something to tell you about your friend' he said.

"Wait before you tell me anything about my friend, can you please answer these three questions for me?" Socrates asked.

the following questions are what later got to be known as the socratic triple filter.





Question1: Are you absolutely sure that this information you are about to give me is entirely true?


"No how can i be so sure it is the truth, i just heard it from someone else" The man replied.




socrates nodded and threw the second question.



Question 2: Are you absolutely sure that this information is good?

"Uuuuhm no, not really something good" he replied again.





Socrates nodded again and asked the third and final filter question.




Question 3: are you absolutely sure that this information will be useful to me in anyway?

"I don't think so, it's just news" the man replied yet again.




So here you are trying to give me an information about my friend that you are neither sure is true, that is not good, that is not useful to me, why exactly would i want to hear it?" Socrates asked looking at the man.

The informant just shrugged and walked away disappointed.


There are lots of wisdom we can derive from this little story up there, we can apply these triple filter questions up there for any information we are about to receive.

Not only will it minimize the rate by which we take in negative informations, it will save many of our relationships.

please what are your thoughts on this?

Fantastic!

This technique will sure serve its purpose like you said.
For me, I'll give whoever a listening ear first, then I'll ask my self the three questions later.