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Okija_juju: ..[b]@ OP THE BIBLE EXPLAINS IT WELL IN THE BOOK OF PROVERBS 22:6 Train up a child in the way he shoud grow, and when he is old, he will never depart from it. What you are seeing is the result of upbringing. Its easier to train a child than to repair an Adult

Religion to Nigerians is not so much abouts its content, but about an identity. A girl who spent all Saturday night in the club or even having sex with her boyfriend/aristo will wake up by 7am, have her bath, dress up and she is in church. That Muslim chap that hides his alcohol inside his prayer kettle would do his Abulution and head for the Mosque on friday. Its now a part of what they do. It has no real meaning to them. Thats why a convicted felon would go straight from the prisons to a church for thanksgiving.

Immorality is very high in Nigeria right now, corruption, crime and all sorts of vices.. Yet every Sunday, the churches are filled to capacity.

To the Rich/upper middle-class Nigerians, Church is nothing but a social gathering where they can come into contact with the poor and subconciously oppress them. Thats why its easier for a rich man to see the pastor than it is for a Poor Church Usher to even enter the Pastors office, let alone see him. They dont pray as hard as the poor, they come late and leave early, they get choice seats in church, they get special invites to every occasion and the pastor always answers their calls personally. This classonly attend church on SUNDAYS!!


To the lower-middle class/independent enterprenuers, Church is nothing but another avenue to meet potential clients. These ones get access to the pastors, but not as easily as the rich folks. They can get a Pastor to pray for them, but cant get a pastor to come to their houses. This class would attend Church on Sundays abd are always at house-fellowships (as this is where they c=get to interact with the rich).

The Poor, To them, Church represents hope. This class are the most dedicated members of the church. they sweep the church, they make up over 75% of the churches workers, they are very loyal to the pastors, they pray the hardest, loudest and longest. They are the first to arrive in church and the last to leave. To them, they really do believe that if you pray hard enough, manna will fall from the skies. They are the most committed. This class can never see the pastor at will. Infact, they will be lucky if they can get the pastors number let alone speak to him one on one. They come to church every sunday hoping for a miracle. They dress their best but always come short. They eat at the feet of the rich & upper middle class who use them as they like.


The Politicians need religion for control. They use it for election purposes and to keep the masses under control. A christian wouldnt kill a Politician that is stealing him blind because of religion. And he is so shackled bythe religion that he cant even fight the system, so he prays to God for a solution to a problem that is within his control.



Religion is not important to Nigerians, its now a habit.

Sadly, we have chosen foreign gods like the Jewish god and the Persian god. Abandoning our local gods. If we still actively worshipped Amadioha, by now, someone would have dragged their governor before Amadioha and made him swear with his life if he stole our money during his tenure or not.. By now, a Yoruba man would have dragged his council man before Sango to swear if that fake road was truly tarred with 15 billion Naira. INFACT, ALL OATHS OF OFFICES WOULD BE TAKEN IN FRONT OF AN ORACLE.. Maybe, just maybe, things would not have been this bad. [/b]

OKIJA...U have spoken my mind, may your wisdom never fade away! Long-live bro.

GOD is so patient and slow in judgement, if not........? What a merciful God!

This is no news anymore, I have been to Brazil there I met many Yoruba speaking tribes but not Igbos. @ops...You make the article full of repetition, too long and boring to read when u could have been brief...

Honestly, I dont know what people stand to gain from religious fight? This World is big enough for everyone to practive whatever they believe in...be it Christianity, Islamic or Traditional. Afterall no one of us from any of the religious has actually seen GOD!

Whoever says voodoo does not exist should be sorry for himself/herself. Money rituals is REAL but to find the right person to do it for u is the problem as there are lot of scamming in this regards. I believe anything that has fake must have original somewhere hiding. That's my opinion anyway! But its not advisable.

The king should be blamed for this incident, he shouldn't have taken the throne in the first place when he knew he won't respect their tradition. I don't think there is any kingdom in Nigeria where the king oppose the tradition?

I change my pants daily and my boxers every two days! I know most guys here wil say they change all underwears daily...hmmnmmm the truth is that some of us are just too lazy or busy to wash them. I even have a friend who disposes them after wearing for 2 or 3 days cuz he cant wash. But if u have a loving,caring & hardworking partner...she'll do d washing & u can change it daily as u want.

Pls sum1 help, where can I download naija movies and night of a thousand laughs? I use bold5 wit mtn package.

I can sponsor a lover or anyone abroad and I will not expect anything in return so that I won't be badly hurt if he/she disappoint me at the end. I helped a particular lady who was stranded with a return ticket from Portugal just last December

God forbid bad thing!

All I see here is different thug groups claiming superiority over each other cuz both the ACN, PDP and NURTW are nothing but THUGS. None of them has contributed meaningfuly to the development of Oyo state especially that NURTW, I don't know why they still exists?

All I see here is different thug groups claiming superiority over each other cuz both the ACN, PDP and NURTW are nothing but THUGS of the highest order. None of them has contributed meaningfuly to the development of Oyo state especially that NURTW, I don't know why they still exists?

SailorXY: sure! but then i don't remember Webb playing when u got spanked 8-2, neither was he there when Chelsea got spanked 3-1, and he was also missing in action when United beat Chelsea both home and away in UCL 2010

Guy u too much jare for reminding those bad-belle Arsenal fans what we are capable of doing. If they like it or not today, its gonna be Chelsea 1 Man U 3 final scoreline! My blood is RED!

Chelsea 1 vs Man U 3. This will be the final scoreline for today big clash. United for life cuz my blood is RED!

Super1759: I drop my iphone 5, chelsea is going home with 3points.

U mean Man U is going back to Manchester with maximum 3points cuz Chelsea is home already. Guy u better don't lose ur iphone 5 if truely u have one cuz Man U will demolish chelsea with our 99batalion attack. Scoline will be chelsea 1 vs Man U 3.

Rooneyboy: Are u a mortuary attendant

I wonder o!

I have a friend who by accident encountered a Ghost in Avenida Osvaldo Arancha, Rio De Jainero, Brazil and he has not been the same since he narrated the starnge encounter bcuz he was warned not to tell anyone by the ghost.

I wish Liverpool well today but the main match of the month is Chelsea hosting Manchester United. The final scoreline will be Chelsea 1 vs Man U 3. United 4life!

Naggy

This is more than serious...the people in the background makes it more convincing but I reserve my comment yet.