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saintmark88:
I worship Jehovah the Father n his son Our Lord Jesus Christ n the Holy Spirit n m not deceiving myself about it, y shud I bring up a reasonable defence to u, I dnt owe u ny defence.............

don't get yourself all twisted of the last time I remember you were making a defence for the accused easter

saintmark88:
Didn't Christ die n resurrect on the third day? If u agree he he did, then wah other reference r u looking for.

were in the Bible is easter made mention of.. Simple English. It should not be to hard to answer

Achirimma:
Lol...He can also agree to worship idol on earth here and it will be agreed in heaven too. A lot of people are just ignorant and many are going to hell because of all these pagan festivals rooted in idolatry.

Lol I tell u. Tupac said. That's just the way it is. Things will never be the same. In the long run the brainwashed will have their field day. While the minority hold the real knowledge and use it to control them

saintmark88:
Nd u u know wah u r worshipping

lol. Oh yes I do. And am not deceiving myself about it. You are still yet to bring up a reasonable defence for your God.

TheMadame:
The pagan roots of Easter
Heather McDougall
From Ishtar to Eostre, the roots of the resurrection story go deep. We should embrace the pagan symbolism of Easter
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E aster is a pagan festival. If Easter isn't really about Jesus, then what is it about? Today, we see a secular culture celebrating the
spring equinox , whilst religious culture celebrates the resurrection. However, early Christianity made a pragmatic acceptance of ancient pagan practises, most of which we enjoy today at Easter. The general symbolic story of the death of the son (sun) on a cross (the constellation of the
Southern Cross ) and his rebirth, overcoming the powers of darkness, was a well worn story in the ancient world. There were plenty of parallel, rival resurrected saviours too.
The Sumerian goddess Inanna , or Ishtar, was hung naked on a stake, and was subsequently resurrected and ascended from the underworld. One of the oldest resurrection myths is Egyptian
Horus . Born on 25 December, Horus and his damaged eye became symbols of life and rebirth.
Mithras was born on what we now call Christmas day, and his followers celebrated the spring equinox. Even as late as the 4th century AD, the
sol invictus , associated with Mithras, was the last great pagan cult the church had to overcome.
Dionysus was a divine child, resurrected by his grandmother. Dionysus also brought his mum, Semele, back to life.
In an ironic twist, the Cybele cult flourished on today's Vatican Hill. Cybele's lover Attis, was born of a virgin, died and was reborn annually. This spring festival began as a day of blood on Black Friday, rising to a crescendo after three days, in rejoicing over the resurrection. There was violent conflict on Vatican Hill in the early days of Christianity between the Jesus worshippers and pagans who quarrelled over whose God was the true, and whose the imitation. What is interesting to note here is that in the ancient world, wherever you had popular resurrected god myths, Christianity found lots of converts. So, eventually Christianity came to an accommodation with the pagan Spring festival. Although we see no celebration of Easter in the New Testament, early church fathers celebrated it, and today many churches are offering "sunrise services" at Easter – an obvious pagan solar celebration. The date of Easter is not fixed, but instead is governed by the phases of the moon – how pagan is that?
All the fun things about Easter are pagan. Bunnies are a leftover from the pagan festival of
Eostre , a great northern goddess whose symbol was a rabbit or hare. Exchange of eggs is an ancient custom, celebrated by many cultures. Hot cross buns are very ancient too. In the Old Testament we see the Israelites baking sweet buns for an idol, and religious leaders trying to put a stop to it. The early church clergy also tried to put a stop to sacred cakes being baked at Easter. In the end, in the face of defiant cake-baking pagan women, they gave up and blessed the cake instead.
Easter is essentially a pagan festival which is celebrated with cards, gifts and novelty Easter products, because it's fun and the ancient symbolism still works. It's always struck me that the power of nature and the longer days are often most felt in modern towns and cities, where we set off to work without putting on our car headlights and when our alarm clock goes off in the mornings, the streetlights outside are not still on because of the darkness.
What better way to celebrate, than to bite the head off the bunny goddess, go to a "sunrise service", get yourself a sticky-footed fluffy chick and stick it on your TV, whilst helping yourself to a hefty slice of pagan simnel cake? Happy Easter

an enlightened lady

saintmark88:
Op, nobody is interested in the exact date Tht he resurrected or d date he was born, we dnt care if those days where originally meant for pagan worship, the church wasn't der to know d exact date n time so they might b wrong, but it still doesn't tke away d importance of celebrating d birth n even most importantly d resurrection..Doesnt d Bible teach n d New Testament Tht what ever is agreed on here on earth is agreed In heaven, so if the church leaders come together to agree On a day to celebrate d resurrection Tht glorylifies the name on d Lord, it is agreed in heaven.... Who are u then to come here n spew thrash!!!...... All this Jehovah witnesses sha, ur understanding of scripture is very shallow

I will take this as a form point that you agree that you don't know what you are worshipping. But you are ready to protect it cos that's how it has always been

sagacious2016:
Very apt.
No record of Jesus' disciples or the first century Christians celebrating the resurrection of Christ as an annual ritual.
And for those that say the origin does not matter but the purpose is the most important. Then you can as well take up a candy from the toilet and lick it since the candy is very sweet not minding the source.

your head is there. I keep saying it. 99 and half percent if Christians and other religions are hypocrites. The people who put it understand the essence of days and time in the astrology calendar. And they are here defending what they don't know

jayriginal:
The man has given detailed reasons.

I do not see a single rebuttal here. Rather everyone is saying they don't care or that the man is mad or something.

I weep for my country.

Its a universal issue. Although rampant in the 3rd world. It's as a result of mind control. It's safe to say that the crowd mentality is not always right.

Godswillnwaoma:
1.Easter celebration is not based on the bible.

2. Jesus Christ commanded we should commemorate his death and not his resurrection. Luke 22:19,20

3. The origin of Easter which comes from fertility rites, makes Easter unacceptable to God.

Jehovah's witnesses all around the world does not celebrate Easter .

The funny thing about all the brainwash and twist is that because JW got it right here does not mean they are right either. I raise my coat for the mind that developed religion. The master controller

mokoshalb:
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I think hostgator is the best

Heart warming. There is definitely something they see in ghana that made them do such. I hope the authorities have dug deep into their background to ensure they are no terrorist

Explorers:
9. Jigsaw, Saw(2003/2010).

yup. The list is not complete without saw

Penisinpenisout:
Wetin this mumu dey talk

-comparing the situation of Ghana with Nigeria based on previous comment
-a fvcking rock comes out of nowhere to talk about borders

Disgusting third world education

you are daft. Pls we don't need nonentities like u around. If the issue in ghana is more than Nigeria then you get the Bleep out. Nobody forced you to come

Penisinpenisout:
I'm in ghana, and everything is worse here,
$1 = 4cedis =naira
Everything has increase, water is sold at 3.50cedis, which is 350naira
You think Ghana and other small countries are not facing this exponential suffering? I laugh in binary. I know u just mentioned ghana and other countries for cheap likes
But ghana is fvcking 20times worse than nigeria.

pls the border post is not closed. You can head back to Nigeria, you also seem to be poor in your maths

Omololu007:
nah ediot like you be problem of Africa,wetin concern ghana with what is written up there?

thank you. Bobbyjay001 is just one if the many dumb as that lurk on here

When it comes to blogging. Content is king! When I say content, not talking about 'exposed. Lecturer caught banging student' and all manner of nonsense posts. But we'll articulated posts. That inform and drive a point to its prospective viewers It's like people these days get into blogging with money on the mind rather than passion in the niche they are running.

Oyizza:
I think you should pray about it, @ least they're not bigger than God. Its so unfortunate that situations like this keep occurring in our schools.

This is a situation of common sense and not God

onyinyechika08:
He was.. tried that with my friend back then in timmy o.

what set were u in timi o. He was Mr seni. The teacher with a celeb status

Mouth123:
I know this man very well
.
He is known as MR Olasheni, sometimes referred to Okosheni, Obosheni, Ashewo boy and all sorts of bad names back then.

While i was growing up these kinds of men were bad boys role model.. he used to work/Co-owned a clinic.
Very intelligent in any science field but can sleep with Frog if allowed.

The Negative effects these men have on our generation still lingers in our memory.
I wont be surprised if he is servicing more than half of the female staffs and students... thats his area of specialization. Dont allow thus man teach you Biology (Reproduction) you will be honey... i swear.

I hope and pray his daughters come my way soon.

actually reproduction was his best topic. He emphasis so much in it. He was a sure man tho. If true I just wonder why he messed up like this. He and the vp have to be brought to book

KINGTELLER:
Is that Mr Oshifala... He looks familiar

He reminds of SENI... aka Ashawo boi who was very popular way back in Akoka... He is very sound in biology and use to be students favorite back then... If he had change to be a molester that I cant ascertain

your head is there. He use to teach biology and physics. He was good at it but I know he was a woman wrapper. I remember a chic I was into then. He noticed and told her to stop moving with me that I have hiv lol. Did not know he has gotten to this extent

9jabuzzdotcom:
Earlier today, it was reported by Ekiti state commissioner for information, youth, sports and culture that Hon Afolabi Akanni, a member of the Ekiti state House of Assembly had died in custody of the Department of State Services due to neglect.

The security agency were compelled to parade him on Thursday afternoon to prove that he was still alive and well.

He was seen wearing a rubber bathroom slippers as the DSS paraded him to some journalists at the agency’s headquarters, among which included The Punch newspaper.

A whole lawmaker. Nawab in bathroom slippers. Lol. DSS don disgrace this guy o

http://9jabuzz.com.ng/dss-parades-ekiti-lawmaker-in-bathroom-rubber-slippers/

Photo credit: Punch

he looks feeble. They must have given him some tight brushing

grandstar:
Get Falana

get him money

Booty4me:
God help you

sometimes this talk can be discouraging

lofty900:
God forbid. Do you live there?

don't take him serious. That the talk of an average man. Was a survey conducted to proves that?

Oluwolex2000:
Please nairalanders I will really like you guys to tell who wore it better.....!! Thanks


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you want to know the truth? You really want to know the truth

agarawu23:
dollar directly from US is the best if you have someone who can help u in the US and u pay in naira.

You exchange $ for 330# in nigeria and still pay for charges to send it. Do the calculations.

thank you. I understand you clearly the value of using dollar against the naira cannot be downplayed
But what I actually want to know is this

Let's say am buying a product from a Chinese supplier @ $10 per item
If I buy directly from the USA to China with a USA account. How much percent will it save me as compared using a Nigerian debit card. I will like to know the exact difference. If you get what I mean

Hello guys, pls I need your help what is the value difference between using naira to dollar to import from Asia and using dollar directly from the USA. How do I get to know the difference?

kingreign:
Are you in Nigeria or UK?

Nigeria atm. I trail between Nigeria and Ghana

Eyop:
Mercedes is a Luxury brand. And yes CLS is a luxury car. You should be comparing an SUV vs SUV and not Sedan vs SUV because they serve different purpose but it all depends on what you want. You are also correct about the reliability of the LR3 so you need to do your checks and balances before deciding whether to buy that or move to another brand. I once drove a 2007 CLS 350(you can only find this model in Europe) and it was super. The CLS500 or CLS550 is only manufactured in the USA.

U just made me fall in love with the Mercedes brand. I think it will be a good pic. How effective is maintenance for such a whip?

kingreign:
Id prefer a cls to an lr. However, the lr3 is much more practical than the cls due to space and utility consideration. If youre doing a W219 cls, make it a later model year circa 07/08.

Thanks. What's the estimate cost for that 07/08 year range toks and London used

kingreign:
Two different cars classificationz meant for two differnt core purpose.
CLS500 is based on E class which sits 2x2. The 1st gen CLS is actually 40% sportier than the regular E sedan, they're built as fastback cars. Yhe CLS is ranked just below the S class anf above the E class. Mercedes phased out the 5.0l v8 in favour of the 5.5l v8.

The LR3 is a truck more suited for off road with some luxury appointments. Its cheaper than your RR. Quite an unreliable truck.

I love they way you brought your points our. Am looking at a, 06-07 cls 500 or an lr3. The disadvantages I have been hearing about lr3 is alarming. But I loved it cos of the design and space. As for the cls it's a sleek ride I will love to have my hands on. Will u consider the cls as a luxury car. And how durable is the ride