hammedkola:

If you aren't daft...you 'll see for yourself that, all my comments are during bed time.....get yourself empowered young man and stop this...

misterkay: perhaps... but like seriously

Eigege james: Martin Luther deny a little interpretation of "this is my body" and he said "this is like my body" by all this protest we have clearly know the attitude of antichrist, all they do is to cause controversy between the children of God.

HolyHolla: Are All Catholics Going to Hell?
I have often heard Christians of other denominations, including ministers of the gospel, some of who are very reverred in society, say that all Catholics are going to hell. At times, it's quite intriguing to discover that we often generalize matters either positively or negatively, without exception.

Many times, it occurs to me that there are many Catholics who are quite ignorant of the idolatory of the church. At the same time, there are others who know Catholic doctrines are not necessarily biblical in outlook, but still adamantly follow and justify the teachings and practices.

I recently sent a message to a group of nuns called, "The Daughters of St. Paul" for a clarification of their Catholic doctrines on the divinity of the Virgin Mary. I will want to share my communication with them directly.

I asked, "I am currently studying about the Marian cult in Catholic Church. I have been reading much on Mariology, especially as regards the position and role of the Virgin Mary in salvation and intercession for the world. I have read as much that many Mariologists state that Mary should be placed at par with God the Father, Christ and the Holy Ghost in the Trinity. Most of what I have read are often backed by biblical passages by the writers, yet still require more illumination for proper understanding.

"Could you please enlighten me on the Marian theology, please?"

They replied, "In regard to Mary it's important to refer to sources of official Catholic teaching on Mary, such as the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Anyone who would put Mary on a par with the Trinity is actually not following Catholic teaching, for Mary is a creature, not God. But God has given her an important role to play.

"Since this is a large topic and much can be said, I could refer you to the Mary Page at the University of Dayton, which is a gold mine of information about Mary. It is all according to correct Catholic teaching. I hope this will help; when you go there click on the left where it says "About Mary."

God bless you".

They provided this link ( http://campus.udayton.edu/mary/ ).

I took time to read the doctrinal beliefs on the website I was directed to. Apart from the regular Catholic doctrines which are based on church traditions, there were hardly any false doctrines to point people directly to idolatory. In fact, it was specifically stated on the website that many of the doctrinal beliefs and practices are based on church tradition and could not be specifically substantiated by scriptural passages.

Then, I wrote back, "Thanks for your quick response. I really appreciate. I will not want to belabor the topic as I have seen from the references you asked me to check, that most of the dogma about the Virgin Mary are Catholic traditions and not fully Bible based."

From these submissions, I notice that not every Catholic worships Mary. In the same vein, not all Catholics practice the idolatory of bowing down to idols in church or worshipping at the Marian shrines. Even though, some may ignorantly believe and accept wrong doctrines, it may not necessarily translate into condemnation. Even those Pentecostals and other denominations that condemn all Catholics have vestiges of idolatory and extreme forms of wrong doctrines embedded into their beliefs and practices.

Often, some Christian denomination believe that they are the only ones who have experienced the Christian born again experience. On the website of Pauline Sisters, I read a testimony by a nun, Sister Jenny Lynn Pelzel, who described her salvation experience. She had earlier thought that being a Catholic church goer was enough for her to be a true Christian. At the age of 17, she had an encounter with Jesus that made her turn her life completely over to the Lord in an experience usually referred to by Pentecostals and Evangelicals as "born again". Anyone interested could read it at (  www.franciscansisterstor.org/about-us/meet-the-sisters/jenny-lynn-pelzel/ ).

Sometime ago, Pastor Chris Okotie of the Household of God's church was reported to have publicly declared, "All Catholics are going to hell", while preaching a Sunday sermon on his pulpit. However, given the nature of controversies in which the man is usually enmeshed, it came to me as no surprise to hear such statements uttered by him. But come to think of it, this same church from which the man of God condemned all Catholics to hell is well renowned as being filled with congregation who care less to demand accountability from their General Overseer over church and personal matters, but sheepishly follow their leader as if he were a god. What right have such people to condemn others? Unfortunately, this may seem as one of the notable examples, but I see the same thing in virtually all churches, with hardly any exceptions.

This should not come as a surprise too. Reading the first 3 chapters of the book of Revelation, we find analyses of doctrines and practices in the 7 prominent churches in Asia Minor during the time of John the Apostle. Out of the 7, only 3 came out fairly clean and the other 4 were condemned as congregations for outright ungodly beliefs and practices. But there were still individuals in the church congregations that received condemnations, who refused to be tainted with the false doctrines and practices, just as there were some in the churches that were not condemned, who would not be saved at the end because of their individual falsehoods. From this, I have learnt never to condemn any church people as a group or justify any other as a group. Christianity is entirely a matter of personal relationship with God.

The Bible is specific in stating that each individual is saved or condemned by his personal beliefs and actions, not by group beliefs and actions. So, while many people in the Catholic church may not be saved just as in all other churches, many also in the Catholic church would be saved just as in all others. It therefore, behooves on each individual to guard his or her heart jealously and diligently regarding the doctrines they believe and practice and not just follow the group sheepishly.

In the late 70s and very early 80s, there was a group in the Catholic church which was called "Catholic Charismatics". This group sought genuinely to change some of the beliefs and practices in the church at the time and also share Charismatic experiences of Pentecost. At the beginning, they made tremendous impacts until they were later rejected and expelled by the church authorities and replaced with leadership that believe strictly in regular Catholic church dogma.

The same goes for other groups like the Daughters of St. Paul, which I mentioned earlier. When I went through the resources posted by this group on their beliefs and practices, I found some wrong concepts common in Catholic dogma, yet I saw a group of women who really seem to crave to serve God sacrificially and faithfully. I will therefore not want to condemn such people who could even be truer worshippers in spirit and in truth than the Protestant groups that condemn all Catholics.

So, my conclusion is, "Not all Catholics are going to hell and not all Catholics are going to heaven". Similarly, "Not all Protestants will make heaven".

misterkay: your employer is under no obligation to provide work so long as he's paying ur salary

slyman-sun:
ideally, christianity is suppose 2 follow the standard laid by the early christians as written in the book of acts and the epistles. The basis of mary being a ''divine'' entity and ''praying 4 sinners'' cannot objectively and critically be established from the Bible. Mary was a mortal being; she died and there was no record of her ressurrecting and becoming divine. Thus telling mary to pray is tantamount to ancestral worship. If mary is the mother of God, who created Mary? And who is the father of God?

ehixking: Letter to the Diasporan Nigerians by the Naijagraduates

Only a foolish man dances in a neighbours party while his house is on fire. Dear brothers- you absconded and feels finally you are free. A rich man amongst a thousand poor men is as poor as a church mice. The Naijagraduates have been shouting about the rate of unemployment in our country yet you all wait and watch for a messiah to come from nowhere!
You are nothing but exports like our fathers cocoa. All you do is send money to your families encouraging them to spend sleepless nights at the UK and US embassies and pay bond of thousand of pounds.
Its time to look inward and take advantage of the environment that God has given to us freely. Finland and Norway are one of the most developed countries in the world because of their human capital. You all go abroad and stay back like the you've finally made it.
Quite a number of experts across the world are Nigerians. You will find them in every field of human endeavour. Recent statistics by the Central Bank of Nigeria showed that about 215,000 medical consultants in the United Kingdom are Nigerians. There are quite other professions too where you find Nigerians excelling. Mandella was hospitalised for months and never was it mentioned that he traveled abroad for treatments. 215000 consultants in the UK alone...if all these can form a group like the Naijagraduates and come back home and request for enabling environment we won't see senators,governors or even presidents travelling abroad for treatment.The world is moving at a very fast pace and Nigeria shouldn't be an exception. No matter the length of time you stay abroad, you must come back home. Has the FG bothered to check out how much money embassies such as the British, American, Dutch, French, South African all make in a year from Nigerians? How many Nigerians, legitimate ones, that apply are given these Visas, how many are denied? are these nations responsible to us or the other way round Whatever happens, home is home. There will come a time when those economies will be tired of you because they would have exploited virtually all your endowments and you are left in the cold. Where do you look up to? Only Nigerians can invest in Nigeria. Nigerians in the diaspora should also join us in this fight against unemployment because they are also part of us and if Nigeria was a better place they won't travel abroad in the first place. We want you all to know this is a clarion call and a service to humanity. God should not be blamed for providing us with all we have to be the most powerful black Nation in the world. Even our government shouldn't be blamed too. Why is it that most of the people that were regarded failures, pass and third class grade graduates here get outside the nation and excel and do much more better..Let's blame ourselves for refusing to ask questions and demand our rights. We are all guilty of celebrating mediocrity, we are satisfied with poor health facilities. We are satisfied with the absence of social welfare packages for citizens, we are satisfied with Godfatherism. We have been trapped in the web of religious and political drama. By now the scales should have fallen off our eyes. We can now see the actualization of the Nigeria of our dreams coming to reality. This association of unemployed Nigerian graduates looks up to the Nigerians in Diaspora to take charge because you are now exposed to how things are done in the world- in transparency and with the citizens in mind of all. Do anything in your capacity to make this dreams of our come true so you also can come back to your children, parents and society. Join us on facebook.com/naugnigeria for further discussion so we can create an Eldorado for all/jobs for all and peace in Nigeria once again.
Ehis Abuya
Don't forget to be part of the Lagos state inauguration coming up on the 10th and 11th of january 2014

danjuma_cse: nigerians abroad come back home and contribute to the development of the country. God bless you

Mr Knowitall: Exposure and education is what Nigerians need to fix and develop Nigeria. So I believe more Nigerians should travel abroad.

Besides, I dont know why you want people to leave their comfortable lives to go suffer in Nigeria.

The truth is, there is no reason for Nigerians abroad to relocate back to Nigeria, no reason at all. Leave them alone to enjoy

their lives please. Nigerians abroad send billions of dollars every year to their family in Nigeria so why do you want

to be an ingrate? Anyways, I apologize but the burden is on Nigerians in Nigeria to fix the place.

Mr Knowitall:

I understand your point but its a persuasive essay. And i know this was a proverb because i collect proverbs and i

have hundreds of African proverbs in my collection. By using this proverb you indirectly called them foolish.

Your aim was to persuade Nigerians abroad to relocate home, so why would you start your introduction with

"a foolish man"? What were you trying to accomplish by that? Then you went and said "you are nothing but

exports like our father". Perhaps you should have at least explained yourself before you started with the insults. Your

essay certainly shows your anger and frustration but it fails to persuade. Nigerians in Nigeria might like it but

Nigerians abroad will just be asking themselves: who the fvck is this guy?

Mr Knowitall: Your introduction in the letter is very insulting. First you call them foolish, then you proceed to ask them to come back home.

Why would you use a word like that in a persuasive essay? It's very counterproductive. And why are you only

addressing Nigerian men (dear brothers)? are there no female Nigerians abroad?

IamDebola: TITLE - OJB Jezreel: D'banj Didn't Donate; Yet Won't Refute Claims!

Abeg na where D'banj claim sai e give anything in the first place? Shey na for newspaper or na for Tv?

Firstly D'banj never said he gave you anything.
Secondly, You don't really need to let us know who give and who didn't.

Thirdly, Why are you pinpointing D'banj alone? He snatched your wife?
Fourthly, It wasn't written in Dbanj's destiny to donate to you by force.
Fifthly, What happened to the money other people gave you? Or why e be sai na D'banj money dey give u sleepless night.
Lastly, I've been hearing OJB since I was very young, Why didn't you save enough money during the raining days?
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And there is rumor out there, saying that you can drink anything, even urine.. They even said all these things wey u dey drink dey among the things wey give u kidney problem, shey na true?
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