OLAADEGBU:


Is that your answer?

Abuamam:


All these makes no sense in the light of what I said. The holy spirit should have WARNED you that so and so are fake pastors, NOT FORCED you to forsake them. What kind of holy spirit would leave you confused about which pastors are fake and which ones are real? Leaving you to pay your hard earned wealth and be lead spiritually for donkey years to someone who turned out to be a fake pastor? What of those followers who died in the interim, before the fake pastor was exposed?

OLAADEGBU:


Try explaining eternity in one word if you can.

Abuamam:


Well. I don't know about kings and chiefs. What I don't understand is why all these holy spirit filled xtians were not told from the beginning that so and so pastor has fake spirits and are not part of their god's franchise. Their holy spirit takes them to see which people are in heaven and hell, tells them past and future events, teaches them incomprehensible 'tongues', protects them from sickness and accidents; if their testimonies are anything to go by; and replaces amputated limbs and gets rid of ebola. Yet the holy spirit leaves them to go astray behind the multitude of fake pastors.

It boggles the imagination; this carelessness that the holy spirit has for his hosts.

OLAADEGBU:


Is there anything to compare it with?

plaetton:


Yes.
But the Nigerian Christian's obsession with bedroom sins seem like an epidemic of mass neurosis.

Abuamam:
More Holy spirit things. Will their eyes never open?

As usual, they will now call her 'fake' pastor. The same people that would have been paying her tithe and praising her; yesterday.

plaetton:


Yes, I do.
Thanks.

I guess Christians seem to ignore one of the prime directives of Jesus, where he said:
" point not at the spec in another's eye while ignoring the log in thine own eyes ".

It's always easier to see what others are doing wrong rather than ponder whether you are doing right.

plaetton:
Self-Service, Selfless Service And Christian Morality. How are these related to one another in our real world, especially in Nigeria ?

A casual observer will note that at any given time in the front page of NL religious section, one would find many threads and OPs on Self-Service, but hardly any at all on Selfless-Service.

Is the message of Jesus lost in translation, or , is there something much more pernicious going on the deep inside the psyches of Nigerian Christians?

Please help me examine this disturbing distortion of moral responsibility.

Let's see who is the first to comment.

Post 2


I learnt a long time ago that human needs are in stages. The first priority is pretty basic. It’s called Physiological needs and consists of Food, clothes, shelter and sex. After this is fulfilled, it tends to go through the stages of Security, Belonging, Self-esteem all the way to Self-actualization needs.

I have also for a long time theorized that as a people, we have been so subject to hunger and insecurity that almost all our actions have revolved around our belly and building electric fences when we can afford them. I have also watched with dismay as our middle classes barely emerging out of the meshes of poverty try to belong and have some vicissitude of esteem by hungrily reaching out for foreign branded (and expensive) goods thereby freighting away our scare foreign exchange.

With the trekers association of Nigeria, I see a positive push to the top of the needs hierarchy -A need for self-actualization. I am convinced that creativity and innovativeness lies in this sphere of existence as against the belle-centric bottom parts of the ladder. Maybe because I have read too much romantics about events that took place in the West before it emerged as a major global force. These guys were risking life and limb for adventure, for new exciting discoveries. ..whatever

I thank the Social media revolution for providing our youths with the mental tools needed to short-circuit towards a future filled with adventure. I can only imagine what would happen when our traditional TV stations sync with social media to update and entertain us with beautifully presented on-goings by the youths around Nigeria. This would be a gold mine for the economy of our unemployed youths and the economy at large.

Post 1

I was impressed when a young man in fulfilling a vow took to his legs for a long trek from Lagos to Abuja in solidarity with the emergence of GMB as president. He wasn’t forced to make the vow, and he wasn’t forced to keep it either. However he chose to walk the walk.

Yes, I was impressed. I was not thinking pro or anti APC. I was only thinking of the man and his capacity to achieve a goal. A goal which in Nigeria amounts to nothing.

However, by the time he was arriving at Abuja there were already serious doubts about the credibility of his quest. Some of us gradually began to suspect that this guy must be a witch, walking in the day and flying at night. But guess what? We were summarily labelled as anti-APC.

Now, considering that the young man was not forced to do what he chose to do, I felt really disappointed. It reminded me of an international marathon once held in Nigeria, where a Nigerian emerged from the crowd and understandably not worn out won the trophy.

I soon lost interest in the numerous treks going on. If the trekers could be shielded from otherwise sensible questioning, why waste my entertainment time being sold a dummy. It’s like playing with a fake Xbox.

My interest was aroused again when this time, I learnt of another man trekking in the opposite direction. This time in honour of Jonathan. He’s been updating us on his journey so far, and it’s a welcome relief. Hopefully he would be more honourable and tell us the truth. Nobody force am, so he can quit if him tire.

But wait a minute. Am I so jobless to be concerned about the Trekers Association of Nigeria? Not really. I am impressed for a reason. It called Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs.

egift:
The Goat and Yam statement by Jonathan really proved how deep Corruption has socked in his mentality. It is unforgivable.

WisdomCanada:
.... secular music, because if i'm forced to leave circular music today, i wont in any way feel complete, i do gospel and secular altogether, i dont want to leave either of them for the other, how do i cope with secular music and God's works? HELP!

slenderdude:
About 65% of the proverbs on this list are YORUBA proverbs transliterated to pidgin.
i beg to be corrected.

Only a true Yoruba (omo odo agba) will understand Not all these yorubas they speak in the city

UjSizzle:
Biko is this the new way to shed weight

Kei144:

There seems to be hope for the economy.

Kei144:

There seems to be hope for the economy.

Emmahunk:


Why do we still have so much bitterness against one another. Why call a part of our own Country CURSED?
Is it not high time we learnt to make our points without ridiculing or hurting one another?
Obviously, there are some issues that we need to address but that can be done with love.

The all knowing God must have his reasons for making us all one Nation! When will we stop resisting God!

GeneralShepherd:


My advice?Unless you are on scholarship, it is never too late to cancel coming to the UK. Cancel your admission apply to Canada, USA, New Zealand or Australia. You will thank me later for this advice.

Mekurexx:
Loool Okay its not late but then....

America has declared a former Minister of Niger
Delta Affairs, Mr. Godsday Orubebe, Rivers State
Governor-elect, Nyesom Wike, former militant
commanders, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, Government
Ekpemupolo (Tompolo) and several other
persons who either encouraged violence through
inciteful comments or interfered with the
electoral process during the last general
elections as persona non-grata, meaning that
they are barred from entering the United States
and subjected to visa sanctions.

Though the US government did not specifically
name those it intends to punish for their actions
before, during and after the elections , Orubebe,
Wike, Tompolo, Asari-Dokubo, First Lady
Patience Jonathan, Katsina State Governor,
Ibrahim Shema and several other major political
actors made national news headlines by their
heated comments and actions.

DeGenius3:
i recently got into an argument with one of my close friends and i was trying to let him know
that government does not create jobs. what they do is create the enabling environment that
will make people's ideas thrive, create policies that will somewhat help small businesses.
i don't really know if i was wrong or right. but i really want to know on this forum
if it the sole responsibility of government to create jobs.
NOTE: only good and reasonable comment PLEEEEASE.
Thanks.