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There are of course exceptions to every rule.


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That Lemar is beautiful.

Yeah, I am lightskinned. So you know I do not  like any lightskinned man.  

Afeni,

Have you ever heard that old joke?

There was a flood. A man had to get on his roof to avoid drowning.

A man still able to drive his 18 wheeler truck came by and offered to take him to safety. The man said: No God is going to save me!

A man in a boat came by and offered to take him to safety. The man said: No God is going to save me.

Finally a helicopter came by and tried to bring him to safery. The man said: No God is going to save me!

The flood got worse and overwhelmed his house. The man drown.

As soon as he got to heaven. He asked God: Why didn't you save me?

God said: I sent a truck, a boat and a helicopter to you but you would not let me save you!


I had the same experience. I saw an very old black woman begging for change outside a store. The woman had to be in her 70's or 80's. I gave her money and a ride home. After she left, I began crying to God, tears streaming down my face, angry. Asking God why He would allow this to happen that this old blackwoman had to beg at her age. I was pissed. I asked God: What are you going to do about this?

God replied very simply: I did do something about it. I sent you.

My point to you is this: There is an answer to those Christians (or religious persons) who mistakenly believe (because of bad bible teachers) that God saving you means just putting up with the bad circumstances life sends your way until a miracle happens.

In fact it is unchristian to not be 'other' orientated. A christian should never be worried about how much they suffer, their life should be dedicated to others. As John F. Kennedy said: Ask not what others can do for you but what you can do for others. (pp)

This is the vision, I am talking about. A bigger vision that can satisfy a nation for many centuries not just while you are president.

It is off of this one statement alone, that everything in America works:

God has given every person the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

What will be the statement you leave in Nigeria that people will quote 200 years from now? What Vision?

""Drusilla, the vision of the State would be honor. Creation of a 10-14 point code would be excellent to send this message. And since honor is not related to religion, everyone can accept.""

Afeni,

What do Nigerian politicians campaign now with the idea that they will be dishonorable?

Of course not.

Your replacing the same plastic vision that does not work now, with an equally unworkable vision.

When a state is built on a vision of God is watching and violating that vision means that you are the devil, then people will be scared to be involved easily in corruption.

No one would ever know who is the true believer and who is just using the state propaganda.

Look at America's history. Publicly Thomas Jefferson said some wonderful things about leading the country in impartial Christian ways.

Privately, Jefferson called Christianity a Paul distorted religion.

His Christian public talk, led Americans to be willing to suffer to work for God to make America a free Nation. i.e. God has given to each person their inalienable rights.

People suffer and accept austere measures when they are led to the higher and better instincts in themselves.

Martin Luther King used the same strategy. He put forth the idea that white people were better people than this. That they were Christians and they would do the right thing.

There is no historical record that whites were actually this better people. But what he did is give them a vision of themselves as better and as God's people.

God's people can suffer for the right thing.

An honor system depends on one getting caught.

God's system does not depend on that. God can see you, you act right even when no human can see you.

Jakumo,

You make a good point. I agree.

Afeni,

Put yourself in the politicians shoes:

The people won't act right. They say they want to be independent but demand European goods and complain when they do not get them.

The people won't act right. They say they want us to get along but then turn around and fight over the stupidest things.

The people steal from each other and the world, their criminals. The preachers are the worst thieves.

These people do not want to suffer for the future.

Why should not I do like the people and only care about my family and our needs? Why not take the money the people would waste and make sure me and my family don't get stuck in absolute poverty?

Why not enrich at least my village? So I can go home to comfort and friends. Screw everybody else's village?

Where is the vision that this politician must have to fight the impulse for self preservation in the face of so many others who are not willing to suffer, in these circumstances?

Afeni,

Please speak to what I have talked about. I would never advocate that Christianity be involved in politics.

Politics corrupts Christians.

What I am talking about has to do with vision.

For instance George Bush does not have Christian policy's and has not changed or helped one piece of the Christian agenda.

What he has done though is energized his base of voters with a vision, a christian vision of a better world, where God reigns and goodness can prevail.

This is what I am talking about. A vision.

Communists also had a vision, a vision of heaven on earth. Utopia. Tolstoy considered the communist movement to be intimately tied to Chrstianity.

In America, as you know, we rule with impartiality but with Christian vision also.

It seems you have the right idea, get rid of corruption, what you lack is a vision of why one should bother.

Jakumo,

Not exactly it is rather a simple mathematical formula. You don't attempt to count all the people in a satellite picture, you just count one simple inch or so and then you calculate how many inches there are in the picture and thus you can come to a really good estimate within a certain range.

Afeni,

I said European form of money.

If you are advocating that Nigerians go back to using Cowries, well then your cries against European Christianity will seem more valid in my eyes.

Your main complaint about Nigeria now is that the leaders lack moral standards and thus are corrupt, then on the other hand you state that religion is only good for moral standards.

What are you blind in one eye and can not see out of the other?

Afeni,

By the way, The European Masters also brought their form of money to Africans.

Why is it that you reject the God they brought (Christianity) but not the Devil they brought (their money)?


Something is wrong with your idea that one who embraces Christianity is embracing the master but someone who embraces European monetary systems is not under the influence of the master.

Afeni,

By the way, The European Masters also brought their form of money to Africans.

Why is it that you reject the God they brought (Christianity) but not the Devil they brought (their money)?


Something is wrong with your idea that one who embraces Christianity is embracing the master but someone who embraces European monetary systems is not under the influence of the master.

Afeni,

Not quite. While there was a time when China considered Christianity to be part and parcel of the west (it is)and wanted it irridicated. Not any longer.

China prints more bibles than any other nation on earth. China sends more christian missionaries to the world than any nation.

Their government is right now calling in Christian leaders to explain Christianity to them.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0308/p01s03-woap.html


There are even books out that it is because of the strong Christian element that China is changing it's tune: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0895261286/103-6168818-9023061?v=glance&n=283155

Some woman on the side of the road, boiling leaves to try to feed her starving children.

Ajia23,

What you call a lack of persuasive powers and charisma, I am calling a lack of God. People do move along and accept austere measures if there is no vision, if there is no heaven at the end of the rainbow.

Ghana recieved their heaven at the end of the rainbow. Rawlings dream paid off.

Afeni wants to offer Nigerians no heaven and just get rid of the devil. That is not going to work very well.

Remember the British negotiated this deal. They were supposed to have the white farmers paid off by now.

The British had a whole decade to pay the farmers.

It is painful now but in the long run it will work out.

Mugabe, is the only leader with balls as far as I can see. Here is hoping that he lives a good long time and rules forever.

Afeni,

Isn't it equally true though that the advancement was such a severe distortion of the Nigerian economy that it collapsed immeadiately when colonial rule ended?

For instance: I can take any ghetto family and advance them by making their daughter a top rate prostitute. However since this is such a distortion, when she dies of AIDS, the economy of the family will collapse.

Consequently, with the daughter dead and the father and brother and mother finally forced to make it on their own at jobs that pay less than 1 percent of prostitution. Their advancement may be slower than the past advancement but it is the better for the family, eh?

Fast advancement does not necessarily mean better.

Ndipe,

Please give historical examples of how the colonial administrations of Nigeria were better to Nigerians than those since?

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