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Image123: sincerely, I've not seen many ordinary men that die killing more of their enemies than they did in life. Samson was a warrior like no other, he could kill with bare hands if situation demanded. you need a dose of 'action films' to perhaps come closer to the reality of actor no dey die.

But this is not a film now, this is suppose to be real and action films are make-believe, so no comparison here.

Niflheim: samson legend came from greece!!!hercules also killed a lion!!!

But we are not talking about killing one lion here, i am talking about killing 10,000 armed men with a horn.

wiegraf: Don't ask questions op, you're spoiling it for the rest of you xtians. Drink the kool-aid and nod your head. Besides, if you were going to ask questions you should have started long before you got to samson you troll. Like the very beginning

www.vexen.co.uk/religion/christianity_7daycreation.html

You are not needed here. I know what i believe in and 1,000 of you can't stop me from being a christian so before you think i am disputing my faith in Christ with these questions, have it at the back of your mind that i am only trying to "go deeper' in Christ so sorry, no room for you here.

ncpat: ok let`s see

Don't you think you should have an entry price or prices? or people can just enter sell anywhere between 10pm-11pm?

[quote author=Blood_Shed]Neither is Nosa Igiebor at Real Betis. At least Rabiu Ibrahim has ONE game for Celtic LOL. Igiebor has 0 games at Real Betis.

I think Rabiu was injured for a month or so like a month ago so he'll get his run in time.

And Lukman Haruna is always a feature at Dinamo Kiev, whether starting or on the bench. He's not completely ignored at all.

Either way, better these people than NOBODY/NOBODIES in our central midfield.[/quote]The coach does not need them, he has never used them and i don't see him using them because these guys can't boss the midfield in any serious game. especially the national (senior) team.

I still remember how Haruna cost us the game against Germany. And as for Rabiu, even Joe Obi is better used than him.

Image123: ^
yep, he wasn't an ordinary man.

How possible was it, that's what i want to know.. he died like an ordinary man at the end of the day.

Secondly, was it that no one could shoot him arrows from distance? kindly help me with the spiritual explanation on how it was possible for him to kill 10,000 ARMED people with a horn

Image123: Samson's cameraman na, you answered the question already. He killed them all because he operated under the miraculous. the corpses would have been counted. Sam was a one man army by the way.

Camera man? was there anything like that then?
One man army? meaning he alone went to war for the people of Israel and could kill 10,000 people? (ARMED people)?

Fhemmmy: Lol . . I am sure he will tell us that it is cos he does not wanna impose His will on us . . . hahahahahaa

But he still deals with us one way or the other if we don't do his will na, so why not just save us time, remove sin and let us just be like the angels?

But then even some angels revolted, so if there's no sin and lust in heaven, how come Lucifer and some angels revolted against God?

If by his grace i make it, would ask why did he even create the serpent?

Why didn't he destroy Lucifer right from the beginning so that we wouldn't have issues worrying about temptations, sins and hell?

[quote author=raycolz_84]Then you have to look for a way to download the BOSE MODE (BOSS) indicator, because its seems thats the only thing they do here now[/quote]

Like the story of manna falling from heaven, does it mean yeast, butter, oil, sugar and salt are in heaven? who baked the bread? does this mean money, i mean (pounds) can also fall from the sky if there's a need for it? (silly questions abi?) no mind me o.

Please correct me with the truth where i am wrong o, na to know i dey find up and down o.

how can a boat with the size of 2.2 acre of land contain a pair each of the types of animals he was instructed to select, the food they ate and Noah's family? we have about 36,000 types of animals in the world and some animals are like 20x size of a human being while some are as small as ants, but some can't survive outside the sand, water, tree e.t.c, so how was all these handled?

I am a Christian o before una start to dey call me bad names, but my brain is about blowing off out of alot of thinking and also because of my curious nature, can people please go through this article and tell me if you agree or disagree with the write up?

Here's another question: How was it possible for Samson to slay 10,000 people at once using a horn? who recorded the killings and why was the recorder not also dead? who took time to count the 10,000 dead people? how was those killed by Samson separated from those killed by other people in the same war?

http://www.ldolphin.org/cisflood.html


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FACTS ON NOAH'S ARK

I. Introduction

A. Biblical Passages: Gen. 6-8; Matt. 24:37,38; Lk. 17:26,27; I Pet. 3:20;II Pet. 2:5.

B. The story of Noah and his family being spared from a world- wide deluge (a judgment by God) is one of the most important in the Old Testament. Much is learned about the nature of God from this story. For example: (1) It shows He is a holy God and cannot tolerate sin. (2) It shows He is a just God and that sin will not go unpunished. (3) It shows He is a God of mercy in that He spares some. (4) It shows God's power in that the Flood unleashed great power.

II. The Design of the Ark

A. The Designer was God Himself. We do not need to assume Noah knew anything about ship-building. The instructions for design are given in Gen. 6:14ff.

B. Construction Materials

The Bible says the Ark was to be built of "gopher wood". "Gopher" is the actual Hebrew word. In early English translations the meaning of the word was unknown so it was left untranslated. The NIV translates it "cypress wood", however, this is only a guess. It was undoubtedly translated this way due to the fact that cypress wood is highly resistant to rot. What this material was is still a mystery. It could have been a pre-flood wood with which we are not familiar.

It is almost certain that Noah did not construct a standard wooden ship of the kind we are familiar. According to nautical engineers the longest wooden vessel ever built was 360 feet in length and was not seaworthy. Because of the wave action of the sea only wooden ships shorter than this will be seaworthy. Therefore, we must conclude that Noah used some other method of construction to overcome this problem.

C. The Design.

1. The Biblical word for Ark is "tebah". It is used 28 times in the OT and is only used of Noah's Ark and for the container in which Moses was hidden among the bulrushes. Because of a similar Egyptian word meaning "box", and the ultimate purpose of the Ark, we believe the Ark was not like a streamlined vessel designed to easily glide through the water. More likely it was shaped like a rectangular barge which floated rather low in the water. From the story in the Bible, it also would appear that Noah had no control over the vessel. He, and it contents were at the total mercy of God.

2. The Ark had three stories with only one door. The phrase in Gen. 6:16, "Make a roof for it and finish the Ark to within 18 inches of the top." is problematic in that the words used are obscure. Most commentators believe it means leave an 18 inch space at the top that is open all around the vessel. This then would be for ventilation, and when water entered it would drain out somewhere below, similar to the vents in cars.

3. The Ark was to be coated inside and out with pitch.

Again the Hebrew word for "pitch" is obscure. It was more likely some resinous material used not only to waterproof the vessel but also to prevent decay. If Noah was 480 years old when God told him to build an Ark and 600 when the Flood came, it is reasonable to assume that the construction of the Ark took place during this 120 year period (See Gen. 6:3 along with I Pet. 3:20). The need for this preservative was essential. It is also possible that things did not decay as rapidly in the pre-flood atmosphere.

4. The phrase in the NIV (6:14) "make rooms" is also problematic in that the word is obscure. The Hebrew is "qnm". Since Hebrew did not have any vowels when it was written, scholars speculate that the word could be either "qinnim" or "qanim". The former would mean either "rooms" or "nest", and the later, "reeds". Most English translations translate as in the former. However, some of the better and more recent commentaries, believe it should be translated "reeds" since the context is building materials. If in reality it is "reeds", then somehow reeds were part of the construction material. Large boats are still made from reeds and are very seaworthy. The Egyptians still use reeds for caulking their wooden ships.

III. The Size of the Ark

(When considering its size it obviously was not the backyard effort of a primitive river-dweller!)

A. It is given in cubits as being 300 cubits long by 50 cubits wide and 30 cubits high. A cubit in the OT was generally about 17.5 inches. However, an Egyptian royal cubit measured about 20.5 inches. Since Moses was educated in Egypt we must allow for the possibility that the longer measurement was meant here. The Ark, therefore, could have measured from 437 feet to 512 feet in length! It was not until the late 19th century that a ship anywhere near this size was built.

B. It's Ratio

The Ark had a ratio (length x width x height) of 30 x 5 x 3. According to ship-builders, this ratio represents an advanced knowledge of ship-building since it is the optimum design for stability in rough seas. The Ark, as designed by God, was virtually impossible to capsize! It would have to have been tilted over 90 degrees in order to capsize.

C. Its Volume.

With the shorter cubit the Ark would have an internal volume of 1,518,750 cubic feet, or the equivalent of 569 standard railroad boxcars. If the average sized animal was the size of a sheep it means the Ark could hold over 125,000 sheep. (Assuming the shape of the Ark to be rectangular there would have been over 100,000 sq. ft of floor space!)

IV. It's Construction

Though the Bible does not say, it seems reasonable that Noah employed a large group of workman to build the Ark. If Noah started building the Ark soon after God spoke to him, then the process of building the Ark may have taken close to 120 years.

V. It's Final Resting Place

The Bible says in Gen. 8:4 that the Ark came to rest on the mountains (plural) of Ararat. At the time Moses wrote Genesis Ararat was a mountainous region located in what is today Eastern Turkey. The Bible only gives a general location for the final resting place of Noah's Ark. Contrary to what many Christians believe, the Bible does not say the Ark landed on the Mt. Ararat of today. There is, however, compelling evidence from ancient history that the Ark landed on a mountain about 200 miles south of Mt. Ararat. Josephus seems to be referring to this mountain, and he claims it still existed in his day. An Arabic historian says the last remains of the Ark were hauled away about 1000 A.D.

VI. The Cargo

1. The Human Passengers. II Pet. 2:5 says 8 souls were saved. We assume this means Noah, his wife, his three sons, and their wives.

2. The Animal Passengers. In Gen. 6:19ff. Noah is instructed to bring mated pairs of every kind of bird, every kind of animal, and every kind of creature that moves along the ground. In Gen. 7:2ff. He is more specifically instructed to bring seven mated pairs (14) of clean animals and seven pairs of all birds.

a. The Number of animals. Only air-breathing animals needed to be included on the Ark. Authorities on taxonomy estimate that there are less than 18,000 species of mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians living in the world today. We might double this to allow for extinct species. This would gives us 36,000 species times 2, or 72,000 animals. Adding for the clean animals, we might say there were as many as 75,000 animals. Earlier we said there was room enough in the Ark for 125,000 sheep, but most animals are smaller than a common house cat. There appears to be plenty of space for the preservation of the animal life. However, some creationists believe there may have been far fewer animals if Noah only took on board pairs of "kinds" as the word is used in Genesis 1. God created these "kinds" with potential for rich genetic diversity. For instance, at the time of Christ there existed only two types of dogs. All the diversity we see in the modern breeds of dogs came from these two!

b. The Care of the animals. Noah was instructed to include food for the animals (Gen. 6:21). How Noah and his small family could have cared for this large menagerie is unknown, not to mention the sanitation problem! What we must remember is that this event, i.e., the Flood, had supernatural elements. For instance, the animals came to the Ark against their natural instincts (Gen. 6:20). It is therefore reasonable to assume, as some creationists do, that the animals' metabolism may have been slowed down during their confinement, even to the point where some of the animals may have gone into a state of hibernation.

VII. The Typology or Spiritual meaning of the Ark

A. The Ark of Noah is a rich picture of the salvation provided by Christ who today is our Ark of safety.

B. Some of the points of comparison are:

1. God took the initiative in sparing Noah and his family. "But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners Christ died for us." Rom. 5:8.

2. There was a divine and human side to the Ark as Christ is both human and divine.

3. There was only one door to enter into the Ark as there is only one way to God and that is through Christ Jesus. "I am the gate for the sheep..." Jn. 10:7. See also Acts 4:12.

4. There was great security for the passengers of the Ark. Likewise, if we are in Christ we are secure. See Rom.8:31ff.

CIM Outline #26



FACTS ABOUT THE FLOOD

I. Introduction: The first 12 chapters of Genesis are attacked more than any other passage in the Bible. It is very important for believers to be assured that this is no less the Word of God and is important for our instruction. We must not be tempted to prostitute ourselves to a higher authority than Scripture.

II. The Extent of the Flood

If the science of geology did not exist, and we only had Genesis chapters 6-8., what would we conclude from a normal reading of Scripture about the extent of the Flood? There is little doubt that a universal Flood is meant. Regardless, some evangelical scholars still postulate that the Flood was a local event.

A . The Local Flood Theory

1. The local Flood theory received a boost when the famous archaeologist, Sir Leonard Wooley thought he found proof of the Biblical Flood when he found an eight foot thick layer of water-deposited strata under the city of Ur covering a still more ancient civilization. Despite proof to the contrary, many still believe this discovery. (This flood layer, it was later discovered, did not even cover the entire city!)

2. Objections:

a. There would be no need for an Ark (definitely not an Ark the size of the one described in Genesis 7).

b. The Biblical language is universal.

c. This view seeks accommodation with the conclusions of modern geology

B. The Flood was Universal

1. The main objections are its supernaturalism and the fact that it contradicts the conclusions of modern uniformitarian geology.

2. Support:

(a) The language of the Bible is universal. "all the high mountains under the entire heavens", "Every living thing", "all mankind", "Only Noah was left, and those with him in the ark."

(b) The tradition is universal. A catastrophic flood seems to be found in the collective memory of all ancient peoples. Some 270 of these stories have been cataloged. What is interesting is the fact that the closer you get to Asia Minor, the closer the details are to the Biblical account!

(c) The size of the Ark. It is an ocean-going type of vessel befitting a global catastrophe.

(d) It explains the geosphere in terms of Biblical revelation. The huge extinction of animal and plant life told by the fossils speak of catastrophe.

(e) The Duration of the flood. They remained in the Ark for a whole year!

(f) It ignores the testimony of the apostle Peter. II Pet. 3:3-7. Peter is speaking in global terms.

(g) It ignores the stated purpose of the Flood-to destroy all of the human race.

(h) The Covenant God made with Noah after the Flood would be meaningless if the Flood had just been a local event.

III. The Cause of the Flood (Genesis 6:1-4)

The Bible speaks of the Flood as being a judgment from God due to wickedness on the earth. IF THE FLOOD WAS INDEED GLOBAL THEN THE SIN MUST HAVE BEEN OF THE MOST HEINOUS NATURE!

A. The Spiritual or Supernatural Reasons for the Flood

Genesis 6: 1-4 is one of the most puzzling passages in the entire Bible. The major questions of interpretation are: Who are the "daughters of men", the "sons of god", the "nephilim", and the "heroes of old"?

Four views:

1. Mixed marriage view

a. Explanation: The "sons of god" were the righteous line of Seth; the "daughters of men", the unrighteous line of Cain. The sin which gave rise to the judgment was the sin of intermarriage between the godly and ungodly.

b. Objections:

(1) This view hardly explains the severity of the Flood?

(2) "Sons of god" in all other occurrences means "angels. Job1:6, 2:1, 38:7; Ps. 29:1, 89:6; Dan. 3:25.

(3) "men" means the same things in verse 2 as it does in verse 1.

(4) The Bible does not say that angels are sexless. Angels in heaven do not marry: the same as people. Matt. 22:30, Mk. 12:25, Lk. 20.35-36. Angels are spoken of as being male (Michael and Gabriel) and as female (Zech. 5:9)!

(5) It does not explain the offspring produced.

(6) It runs roughshod over the passages in I Pet. 3:19,20; IIPet. 2:4,5; Jude 6.

(7) None of the sons of god were on the Ark.

( The contrast is between the "sons of god" and the "daughters of men" not between the sons of Seth and the daughters of Cain.

(9) If the "sons of god" were godly, why did they do what is ungodly?

2. Immorality-polygamy view

(a) Explanation: A powerful, elite took for themselves multiple wives. There are parallels of this in ancient near-eastern literature.

(b) Objections:

(1) It gives too much emphasis to creation myths and not enough to Scripture.

(2) Again, does this explain the severity of the judgment?

3. Demon-possession View

(a) Explanation: This unholy union resulted in demon-possessed men.

(b) Objection:Use of the term "sons of god in other OT passages does not refer to demon- possessed men.

4. The Corrupt Race (Seed) View

(a) Explanation: Angels (spirit beings) left their proper spheres (the spirit world), took on bodies of men and cohabited with the daughters of men. This unholy union threatened to destroy the Seed through which the Deliverer would come. Apparently the "nephilim were some sort of hybrid. As a result, the earth was filled with violence.

(1) it explains the severity of the flood.

(2) It agrees nicely with the theme of Genesis which demonstrates the sovereignty of God in preserving purifying "the seed" as Satan tries to corrupt and destroy it. The marriage of fallen angels to daughters of men somehow corrupted the seed of man, perhaps causing some kind of genetic mutation. Noah and his family were chosen perhaps because their blood-line remained untouched.

(3) It does justice to the text.

(4) It explains a difficult passage in I Pet.

3. and Col 2:15, I Tim. 3:16, and explains why women should cover their head! ICor. 11:10.

(5) It is an ancient universal tradition that the gods once visited this earth in the form of men, i.e. the titans of mythology.

"More and more we are finding that mythology in general though greatly contorted very often has some historic base. And the interesting thing is that one myth which occurs over and over again in many parts of the world is that somewhere a long time ago supernatural beings had sexual intercourse with natural women and produced a special breed of people." Francis A. Schaeffer

(6) It has strong support from extra-biblical literature-- the pseudopigraphic book of Enoch and the book of Jubilees. The New Testament writers were familiar with these books. Jude quotes from Enoch and Peter alludes to it.

(7) It was the universal interpretation of the early church fathers until the 5th century.

(b) Objections:

The major objection to this view is angelic spirit-beings co-habiting with humans. It is a hard interpretation, and is hard to explain philosophically, i.e. the mind-body problem.

B. Natural Causes of the Flood

Some explanations offered:

1. A rapid shifting of the Poles.

2. The collapse of the vapor canopy surrounding the earth.

3. Volcanism and earthquakes.

4. The shifting of the earth's crust.

5. An extra-terrestrial body passing close by the earth.

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Basics007: Kenya invaded Northern Somalia when it went after Al Shabab. Maybe it's time for Cameroon to do same. But pls only northern nigerian ni o

When almost 40% or more of the military are northerners, you think they are going to fold their hands and watch Cameroon savage their part of the country?

[quote author=sweet-aquifer]while others are treking the streets of lagos and abuja with their hard earned masters and PhDs, some northern illitrate alamagiri goats are being given federal appointments....i jus wonder why justice is never dished out to the northern politicians, imagine' claiming a DIPLOMA, not even a DEGREE...dats a first class bleep up. Well, up unijos.[/quote]As if this happens only in the north, i guess Oluwole market was also in the north abi?

infofirst: Where u travel go all these days now

My brother i dey o, how you dey? i visit this thread when i am online but hardly comment because i have no reasons to comment for now. hope all is well and trade's going on well?

efe22: I sent you a PM

had a chat with some designers already, i'd get intouch though if i need to look elsewhere.

Johnpaul88: Did we actually concede those goals? I can't even believe they happened!
The referee was one big joke. He lost total control of the game with some inexplicable decisions he imposed on the game, not least the outside the box foul which he horribly called as a penalty,and the laughable red card he issued Mescharano for no reasons and the thousands of yellow card he flounted around as though his useless life depended on them.
I thank God all the immaturity he brought to bear in the game did not come back to hunt us. I think he deserves demotion for not doing anything to save what is left of the shattered image of the spanish Fa.
I have nothing to say about our defence and Mr. Valdes.

Johnpaul88: God bless you for this comment! When things were moving well for him last 3 years, it was this same group of fans that were calling for him to take over from Casillas in the national team. Now he's experiencing some difficulty ,everybody is now calling for his head. I know he needs to be up there with the best in order to keep for the best team but these things do happen. He's a club veteran, you cannot just cast him away with a wave of hand as though he's a flop. What is even the guarantee that when we get this 'wonderful keeper' ,that he won't suffer the same up and down?

[quote author=*omni]waiting for your response[/quote]I did, check your email, i responded via this link too.

lawson007: tested and tried from a good person like you.For example many would prefer to spend 20 pages of this thread learning Odiaero,Naijababe's, WINNINGWAYS etc systems

Sorry odiaero does not have a system and NO ONE should trade using his method.

To be forewarned!

[quote author=*omni]yahoo servers messing up. pls email again at at gmail.com[/quote]Send me a message using my username here @ hotmail dot com.

eastman11: @OP, God bless you for this wonderful advice, for those who do not accept your advice let them look inwards and find out why their marriage is not working, if your husband suddenly became abusive you need to check yourself and adjust where possible as i believe that unless you are married to a mad man, no man lays a hand on a woman who said nothing, no man hit a respectful and humble wife, the women that enjoy their marriage are the loyal and humble wife's and these are the women that can change their husband for good, such women people outside always say they control their husband. i have always said that a woman holds the key to a successful marriage.

It's a 2 way thing, no woman insults or irritates her husband unless the husband provokes or does "negative" things. the over-all thing is never to marry anyone you are not okay with (attitude and lifestyle), thinking you can change them after marriage.

If you can't tolerate anything during courtship, do not marry thinking you're going to change the person after marriage.

[quote author=*omni]Email me at at yahoo.com let's talk inbox.[/quote]Done!

[quote author=*omni]Where to contact or connect you and what you also need to be executed.

You can email me your requirements at omni.potens at yahoo.com let me know what your needs are.[/quote]It's going to be a business website for displaying products, i will send you more details when i see your past and present jobs. email me via the private link on my profile.

efe22: I use to be a designer but not the professional type just playing with php codes then. Anyway what site are you building and I can get a friend to do it not free though sir.

Okay, link me up with this friend if he's good, i know building a website isn't free either. just need to be sure he's competent.

[quote author=*omni]Respond! [/quote]Okay, have you got any previous works before? a business website is to be built urgently and i would love to have the best hand on it.

Flutter: yh i fnk d same way too..its posbl dt its wat dey v in dr dept...Bt i implore all freshers 2 c go 2 d skul demselves n c dr level advisers..M sure it tuk hard work n God 2 gt ds admission so i blv none of u ll want 2 Bleep it up by sittn @ home n blvn everytn u c on nairaland..Go 2 skul urslf n c wat s apning in ur dept...We r all humans,we cud all be wrong...
Dnt bcz of laziness stay @ home n xpct sum1 2 do ds tngs 4 u..U got d admission thru diligence...Do ur reg wt d same diligence..Come 2 skul urslf...Best u spnd moni nw dan 2 spoil ur admission cz of a mstk... Unilorin reg mk tngs easy cz most of it s onlyn..ds course reg involves d skul...come 2 skulllllllll

You're now in school, just an observation, for your own good, no matter how inconvenient it's going to be for you, LEARN to type in complete English even if you're using a phone and stop all these short hand, IT'S GOING TO AFFECT your ability to spell properly when exam time comes.

Just an advice, take it or leave it.

touthtek: Where is the link if one is interested?

Link to what?

Imanuelle: OP, wouldn't it be better to feel single dan get abused?

Why marry in the first place? someone who's going to abuse you didn't change overnight, the signs were there already.

Betterstill, we should learn to understand situation, accept before jumping into it.

Any web designer here?

winexviv: Good day everyone!

Few weeks ago, i made a post here as a broke web developer thinking of changing career.

Fortunately, I made the nairaland frontpage. I got lots of emails from people requesting that i should do one web project or the other.

Now, the story is different. God has made it for me. I have gotten a good number of jobs in just few days and i get my pay quick. Many thanks to the moderator and Nairaland.

You have a job bro, get intouch with me asap.

If you are a web designer and competent, you're needed to build a website from scratch, kindly respond to this thread asap.

Regards