₦airaland Forum

This is one of those (many) situations where people's minds are forcibly narrowed by religion.

Oh how I wish people would learn to think for themselves.

Why are the Igbos the target of violent demostrations in the name of Islam?

It has nothing to do with religion, it's basic ethnic and economic jealousy.

That reminds of a very sad story someone told me about some armed robbers:

A night bus travelling from Calabar to Lagos and was apprehended by some armed thieves. The thieves asked the passengers if they had paid tithes; those who had were left with all their money intact, unfortunately those who didn't were made to pay 'a tithe' to the thieves.

The saddest part of this story is that the guy who told it to me said (with a smile on his face) that this was an example of "God looking after his people"-  I guess he'd never heard of the Holocaust.

I think that there's about as much truth in Islam and Christianity as there is in Greek/Roman/Mayan/Yoruba/Igbo mythology.

Sorry.

The Quran remains intact in the original langauge and not much variation. Some Bibles have things chucked out from it and if one looks at the Bible of different denominations you see some bulkier than others. How is that?

Well my guess would be that power and wealth was the motivation behind the divisions in Christianity, just as the divisions in Islam were caused by power struggles.

However as to the comparison between the amendments made to the Bible and the lack thereof within the Quran; Islam is very clear in that it claims the Quran was sent by Allah to man via his last prophet.

There is more room for scope in Christianity, the Bible was simply inspired by a part of God (supposedly the Holy Spirit).

Bathe everyday and use moisturizer; no nutrients lost that way.

Don't listen to that dirty fool.

The same 'god' telling different people different things, thus causing centuries of accusations, hostilities and conflict.

Yes, I could see how that would be true.

what does 'ogodo' mean

First of all i did not call islam a demonic religion, I SAID IT WAS OF THE DEVIL, and the difference is HUGE

Now, I'm not a religious person and as such all the terminology that comes with religion often flies over my head.

Could someone please explain the difference between 'demonic' and 'of the devil'; from my understanding both have something to do with being evil, but I'm probably wrong and the issue of faith (faith in the right to butcher the English language) probably comes into it somewhere.

It seems to me as if this is a pretty uneven discussion.

Whilst (most of) those who refuse to align themselves with any particular religious group have contemplated the idea of 'God', those who claim 'faith' have not even thought about anything contrary to what they've been taught.

hmmmmmmm,

Is that's it's only translation, or is it one of those words with several meanings

Also, which language is that

What does the word 'akata' actually mean,

I've heard it used and I know who it refers to but what does it translate as

I thank my body for fighting infections and keeping me relatively well,

I believe what devessel was trying to show is that without riddles there is no confusion...

and without confusion there is no religion...

I think he deserves time to grow into the job and build a team...

I seriously doubt a foreign coach would have done any better...

Yes, that would be nice but this guy tried and to be honest he sounds like the type who will try again...


Also, it's a Nigerian who is at the forefront of this project, which is important for others who aspire to do great things...

I think this is the most important thing:

This project remains my contribution to the development of Africa," he said.

Honestly I wasn't even trying to start an argument I just couldn't see how this 'discredits' the Bible, I obviously wasn't looking as far ahead as you,

Seriously though, I believe that when the initiator of this post said that Shakespeare helped 'write' the Bible what he meant was that he helped to 'translate' from Latin to English,

Personally I could think of (at least) one hundred better reasons why the Bible has no value,

Do You Often Come Across People Who Aren't Religious?  This is a question for those in Nigeria:

Do you often meet people who aren't affiliated with a religion or set of beliefs or does Nigerian society pressurise people into hiding behind one religion or another?

I don't see how this is an attempt to discredit the Bible...

Hahahahahahahaha,

I laughed all the way through this thread.