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Christianity EtcRe: Ebola Virus And Miracle Claims -A Conversation With Myself by esere826(op): 12:32pm On Aug 01, 2014
So this calls for the application of some wisdom when advertising your 'potential' miracle working power

Xtian gragra : you're a doubter of faith and the healing power of Jesus

Logic : Not so. Perhaps, it would be much better if the pastor moves his headquarters to the parts of Guinea that are infected
Xtian gragra : But daz not the way miracles work. You have to come to the source to show your willingness to get healed

Logic : But Jesus said we shld go into the world to preach the gospel and heal the sick
and besides, if the missionaries waited outside our shores, we won't have gone to them to get saved

xtian gragra and Logic then reach a compromise: Perhaps pastor can open the church in the infested villages in Guinea far from Nigeria and without going outside the church building simply advertise that they should all come to him for healing.
yes,

...that looks like faith
Christianity EtcRe: Ebola Virus And Miracle Claims -A Conversation With Myself by esere826(op): 12:31pm On Aug 01, 2014
Logic : Let's talk about sex outside the label of sin
if you have sex with a lady that was developed in a petri dish
without human contact till today and she is past the age of menopause
you won't think about using a condom would you?

afterall, folks use CDs for sex primarily for two reasons
1) Preventing unwanted Pregnancy
2) Preventing STD


Now, if folks feel otherwise, then you'd find out that they'll have loads of unprotected sex, right?
and a lot of them will end up with diseases and unwanted pregnancy
Whereas, those that were more cautious would then to have lesser incidence of such

So this calls for the application of some wisdom when advertising your 'potential' miracle working power
Christianity EtcEbola Virus And Miracle Claims -A Conversation With Myself by esere826(op): 12:31pm On Aug 01, 2014
I am a christian, with a strong leaning towords the envangelical strain
and its associated gift of miracle working

I am also a student of science and its requirement for some rigorous thinking

I recently read a post about a Nigerian pastor emphasising his 'potential' Ebola curing miracolus powers
The xtian gragra part of me was more than happy to accept this
but instantly, my science bit cautioned me to think a little bit and apply some logic
Nairaland GeneralRe: Why Are Nigerians So Unserious?!? by esere826: 11:26am On Aug 01, 2014
@ishilove

I'll explain why we're like this.
I'll do so using a bad example

1) when a few males or females in a society are molested once or twice when they are mature
the individuals and the society they belong to take the matter very seriously

2) but when an entire community has been consistently (almost on a daily bases) molested from childhood
the reaction is different
they make jokes about it and rationalise it
u might then hear stuff like:

-"But he was gentle when doing it"
-"At least I chop him money b4 him do am"
-"I wish he used a CD"
-"no mind am, with him short staff"


Some nations are like the first
ours is like the second ..so we don't easily get shocked
FoodRe: Why Are Healthy Food More Expensive Than 'junk Food"? by esere826: 3:30pm On Jul 31, 2014
^^^
your question can also be viewed in another way
hence I highlighted 'particular' in the earlier post

"Why do junk foods tend to be cheaper than fresh foods?"

The answer to this is that whereas fresh food is perishable thus making the seller susceptible to financial loss
junk food on the other hand, lasts for a long time and so can be easily imported from countries where cost of production is very low
FoodRe: Why Are Healthy Food More Expensive Than 'junk Food"? by esere826: 3:25pm On Jul 31, 2014
^^^

Let's use the example of vegetable vs egusi.

As a 'rich' guy, if you go to the market to buy either of them
the prices of both will be hiked once they see you
The 'poor' guy won't suffer any of such hike

But when both poor and rich go to same restaurant, the prices are already set
so no bargaining
the propietor of the restaurant will gradually start increasing the price
of the food that she notices that the rich person likes a lot
FoodRe: Why Are Healthy Food More Expensive Than 'junk Food"? by esere826: 3:20pm On Jul 31, 2014
BedLam: It's not like much energy or money were spent on producing this healthy food. Junk food tend to have more killing ingredients. But why are they more cheaper? For instance:

A bottle of Eva water is sold for 100#. 50CL coke is sold for 70#, but why? (note, water is natural, not much production is needed except purification)

- At a regular "bukka", vegetable soup is expensive than egusi but egusi is more expensive in the market.
- Meat is cheaper than fish.
- Wheat bread is expensive than white bread.
- Ofada rice is also expensive than "normal" rice. (cooked).
Your particular question might answer itself more easilly if it is presented this way?
"Why is it that foods that have higher demand from wealthier people
tend to be more expensive"?


The answer is something like this:
1) Even if the food is unhealthy and the richer folks go for it, it will tend to be more expensive
2) The reason is because the richer you are, the less your tendency to stress by haggling or 'pricing' stuff.
3) This in turn makes the trader/middleman more comfortable in setting higher prices for things that you like
PoliticsRe: African Faces, European Minds by esere826: 7:36pm On Jul 28, 2014
@OP

Yes, this unique economic ideology is not properly documented
however we are exporting it to other West African countries like Ghana

our unique global xtian evangelism and nollywood is also spreading same ideology globally
just the way the West introduced their ideology to us through xtianity
and the Arabs gave us theirs through trans saharan Islam
PoliticsRe: African Faces, European Minds by esere826: 7:28pm On Jul 28, 2014
@Op

lets break the article into its constituent bits and then analyse (without losing sight of the thrust of the article)

Capitalism, communism and "africanism"

There has always been capitalism an communism 'ideology' in all parts of the world including africa even before Smith and Marx
what those fellas simply did was write about it and attach some reasoning to their write up
leaders then went ahead to adopt the reasoning and created dominant national policies based on them and sought to protect or push their economic reasoning

So today, you can call the US a capitalist economy, and NKorea a communist society
We (Nigeria) have not really adopted any of these.

Our economic principle is simply but not yet documented:
Harness as much resources from your environment and that of your neighbour to feed yourself, your family and your Chi

I think this ^^^^ is quite an original reasoning even if you argue that it is defeatist or retrogressive
PoliticsRe: African Faces, European Minds by esere826: 7:05pm On Jul 28, 2014
@OP

interesting article
however my critique is that it seeks to tackle too many issues within a small space
consequently the minuscule message that scales through albeit scattered
is the demise or non-ascendancy of sub-saharan values/ideologies
CareerRe: Learn How To Use Excel Spreadsheets For Beginners by esere826(op): 11:52pm On Jul 27, 2014
^^^^
oops just realised that I forgot to add conditional formatting in the video
sorry about that

this is how you do it:

Highlight d15 to G21
go to "conditional formating"
go to "new rule"
go to the last one called "use a formula to determine which cell to format"

in the "format value where this formula is true" box
type $f15="Red"
click format
got to "fill"

choose red
click ok
click ok

Repeat
using $f15="Yellow"

Then finally, repeat using $f15="Green"
CareerRe: Learn How To Use Excel Spreadsheets For Beginners by esere826(op): 11:28pm On Jul 27, 2014
catchdwind4rmkd: I am still waiting sir
Hope this helps

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsH18S_pysI
CultureRe: Why Every World Map You're Looking At Is wrong by esere826: 8:53am On Jul 26, 2014
@OP

wow!!

Thanks. this was very informative.
Its something i never happened on
CareerRe: Learn How To Use Excel Spreadsheets For Beginners by esere826(op): 10:51pm On Jul 23, 2014
catchdwind4rmkd: I am still waiting sir
i'll try to do something this weekend
'i've been xtremely busy
PoliticsRe: PDP Makes U-Turn, Denies Saying APC Has Islamic Agenda. by esere826: 10:18pm On Jul 22, 2014
too many dumb folks out here
I cant believe a number of people read the post and could not make a sensible meaning out of it

Metuh simply suggests that APC does not represent islam
afterall Islam is described as a religion of peace
Just as Muslims say that Boko haram does not represent Islam

He then suggests that APC is a religious extremist party

...please read carefully next time
Christianity EtcRe: Marrying A Pastor; A Blessing Or A Curse by esere826:
akitijackson: Somtyms I wonder nd I get mixed feelings abt it. I knw it's a gud thing getting married to a pastor, bt it feels like being in a cage.
All marriages are a kind of cage
just the way your skin is a a kind of cage were your soul is locked in
and indeed this earth is a cage... I'd like to visit different planets, but can't

but just as you are able to mold your body to align with your soul
so you are able to mold your marriage (to a large extent) to align with your pursuits

I do not know your situation, so my advise might not be accurate
- u cld get your husband to drop u and the kids abroad while he lives in Nigeria
- U cld encourage ur husband to teach his congregation that they need not refer to his wife when assessing spirituality etc

...stay blessed
PoliticsRe: Enemies Of Africa by esere826: 7:11pm On Jul 18, 2014
"Enemies"

umh,...that is an extremely strong word

Immediately you label someone an enemy, you psychological whip up 3 options.
Yes, 4 options indeed ...na so bible maths be

1) Avoid
2) Attack
3) defend against
4) Convert to a friend

Now lets see.....
-Our collective Nigerian enemy is the devil and winches
-the enemies of the Nigerian East is the Nigerian West
-the enemies of the Muslim North is the Infidels (mainly the "Niyamiris")
- the enemies of the Niger Deltans is the rest of Nigeria who want their oyel, but don't like their presidency
-The enemy of PDP and its e-rats is APC and its e-rats

There is a saying that we should keep our friends close, and our enemies closer
Let's make do with our present category of enemies that are closest to us.
CareerRe: Learn How To Use Excel Spreadsheets For Beginners by esere826(op): 6:51pm On Jul 18, 2014
Hi guys

If you would rather I that I use texts and pictures for this thread instead of videos, please click like
CareerRe: Learn How To Use Excel Spreadsheets For Beginners by esere826(op): 6:49pm On Jul 18, 2014
Hi guys

If you would rather I create videos and post them on this thread please click like
CareerRe: Learn How To Use Excel Spreadsheets For Beginners by esere826(op): 6:48pm On Jul 18, 2014
GoldenDr: Please continue with the tutorials. na be I dey o!!!!!
I am thinking if making videos in response to questions and embedding them on this thread might not be more useful.

My concern is if the Nigerian based audience have enough byte power to watch them.
I'll do a little survey to find out
CareerRe: Learn How To Use Excel Spreadsheets For Beginners by esere826(op): 4:37pm On Jul 18, 2014
catchdwind4rmkd: CAN SOMEONE PLS HELP ME ON HOW TO CREATE A "DROP DOWN LIST" ON EXCEL?

By this I meant having a cell with an arrow which you can click and see a drop down of some list of items from which you can choose from.

ALSO, I'LL NEED A HELP ON HOW TO CREATE A CELL THAT CONTAINS A CONDITIONAL STATEMENT FOR WHICH YOU CAN GET ANY OF 3 COLOURS AND A SUM FUNCTION.

BYthis I meant having a cell for say a yearly certification requirement such that if the certificate is still valid the cell will display GREEN and the expected expiry date; if the certificate will expire in a month's time, the cell will displace YELLOW and the expiry date; and if the certificate has expired, the cell will display RED and the expiry date. This will enable a planner plan to recertify an item before it expires.

I'll be glad to get a HELP from the team here.
Are you able to watch youtube videos
I cld post some links for the tasks that you've mentioned

..cheers
Science/TechnologyRe: Nigerian Student Builds Solar-powered Car by esere826: 4:34pm On Jul 18, 2014
Thumbs up to all the innovators
it might lead to nothing at the endof the day in terms of money and sellable products

buts its an edifying excercise nevertheless
Science/TechnologyRe: Nigerian Student Builds Solar-powered Car by esere826: 4:23pm On Jul 18, 2014
AjanleKoko: Here we go again embarassed

Is the boy the president of Nigeria? huh
AJ,
I think Kuntash -'s advice can be unwittingly viewed as two pronged.

From the stance of the first view, you've rightly advocated that that is a government
and not individual's responsibility to devolp a sustainable environment
..however, we know the nigerian government is not that sensible

so in such a circumstance, we could infer the 2nd view:
i.e., that Kuntash is suggesting that
if the innovator wants to succeed and make some livelihood (from innovation)
within the harsh Nigerian environment s/he should concentrate
on innovations that are within our local comprehension and adoption

..for example solar powered phones, solar powered pure water, solar powered bibles and Korans e.t.c
TravelRe: Before Leaving Nigeria: Things You Must Know by esere826: 9:12pm On Jul 13, 2014
apolonius: This is a masterpiece and it captures the most explicit highlights of the UK and the pathways to its best opportunities and careers.

Any aspiring immigrant from any part of the non-European world that can read and apply 15 percent of all you have shared will go very far and be assured of a place at the top.

I hope you make it all into a book,The Immigrant Manifesto will be a great title I will suggest.

Well done.Well done.Well done!
wink
CultureRe: Hierarchy Of Needs And Values - Cultural Perspective by esere826: 1:14pm On Jul 11, 2014
doctimi: I don't seem to understand what it means..... I'm I the only one in this category? Can someone show some love by explaining what the map depicts! Abeg me too wan learn! undecided undecided
usually maps like this helps you understand cultural groupings and how to act on them

For example Hofstede's charts
<http://geert-hofstede.com/nigeria.html>
makes you understand that compared to Nigerians,
a British big man is more likely to ride in the same car
and seat as a poor man -power distance

We are more likely to look out
for one another than the british person -Individualism



However we all have looked at this map/chart
and are surprised that the HBR of Africa came up with it
CultureRe: Hierarchy Of Needs And Values - Cultural Perspective by esere826: 4:16pm On Jul 10, 2014
AjanleKoko: As much as I'd love to take the credit . . . unfortunately I got this from Business Insider. undecided
naa
fortunate it wasnt your idea

the tool lacks head or tail
Christianity EtcRe: The Other Side Of God. (christians Make Your Contributions So That We Can Learn) by esere826: 8:07am On Jul 09, 2014
Also for the sake of argument


if God exists in opposite. I.e love and wrath etc
then arguing using Paul's style, I could say that whereas the opposite of reward is punishment
the opposite of eternal life is death eternal
Christianity EtcRe: The Other Side Of God. (christians Make Your Contributions So That We Can Learn) by esere826: 8:00am On Jul 09, 2014
alexleo: Read that scripture thoroughly and you will see that its not about some tower of Babel person.
Isaiah 14
How are you fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn. You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations! You said in your heart, I will ascend to heaven,...

..sounds more like the aspirations of the tower of Babel to me. From the earth they built upwards and were then dispersed. It might not be the case sha.

Compare to Ezekiel 28: 15
You were the anointed cherub who covers, And I placed you there. You were on the holy mountain of God; You walked in the midst of the stones of fire. 15"You were blameless in your ways From the day you were created Until unrighteousness was found in you. 16"By the abundance of your trade You were internally filled with violence, And you sinned; Therefore I have cast you as profane From the mountain of God. And I have destroyed you, O covering cherub, From the midst of the stones of ...

..Now this sounds more like Satan. Note there is a direct reference to cherub here, I also noticed that folks dont often use the Ezekiel verse. Many probably haven't seen this
Christianity EtcRe: The Other Side Of God. (christians Make Your Contributions So That We Can Learn) by esere826: 2:02pm On Jul 08, 2014
alexleo: Isaiah 14;12

12 How art thou fallen from heaven, [b]O Lucifer, son of the morning! [/b]how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!

Does the above scripture help in explaining?
Considering that we are generelly challenging a number of assumptions

From what period in time did it come to be taken that this scripture referred to the devil?
Other passages in Isiah seem to be allegories of kingdoms and kings of that time.

Why the romantization that that "son of the morning" was referring to Satan?
Who says for example that it was not nimrod or some leader who sought to build the tower of Babel to reach unto the heavens?
Christianity EtcRe: The Other Side Of God. (christians Make Your Contributions So That We Can Learn) by esere826: 1:23pm On Jul 08, 2014
alexleo: Revelation 20.

10 The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where[b] the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
The Great White Throne Judgment

11 Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God,[c] and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. 13 The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. 14 Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.[d] 15 And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.

Mark 9;43
43 If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having two hands, to go to hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched.
Looking at these scriptures again
it does leave some question marks

Whereas it explicitly suggests that the devil, beast and false prophet
will be tormented forever in the lake

However, it does not suggest the same for humans
in fact if you peer closely at the verses,
it could also suggest that after humans have
faced the torment/formlessness of hell/death

those not found in the required books, and death and hades
will be obliterated by the fiery lake -the 2nd death
Christianity EtcRe: The Other Side Of God. (christians Make Your Contributions So That We Can Learn) by esere826: 4:39pm On Jul 07, 2014
Forgive my forgetfulness
Its been long since i read the bible cover to cover

can someone please help point out where it is said in the bible that the second death (lake of fire) will be forever for humans

Thanks
Christianity EtcRe: The Other Side Of God. (christians Make Your Contributions So That We Can Learn) by esere826: 11:13am On Jul 06, 2014
Now back to God

Let's assume that he thinks up a world/universal system and its rules and creates it
it could have been something else,
but it so happens that it was this one that was established

he then created beings with different level of consciousness to partake in the world
we are then governed by the rules of the game
and stir our avatars towards different goals


...u can also check this out
https://www.nairaland.com/1797193/attempt-coceptualize-differentiate-betwee-god

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