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sealteam66: Sometimes when I want to do something special for God

I usually face the dilemma; Money or prayer which is most efficacious

Please back up your opinion with bible quotation

Thank in advance

ujoinme: Gov. Akpabio dosen't need anyone defendinghim, his body of work speaks for him. My question still stand do you Know how much your governors pension is?

ujoinme: Do you know how much your governor is getting as pension? Most Nigerian gov. have fat pensions for life. The good news for Akwa Ibom is that they have a listening gov. because of the Nation wide protest against the pension bill the obnoxious pension laws has been abolished in Akwa Ibom State by the same governor.

Image123: Psalms 50:23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.

jmaine: And some people will come here and tell us that Akpabio is a mediocre governor . . . .

Nice one Gov Akpabio . . .. . Absolutely free, no tolling . . . . .

mazaje: Pls stop all thse empty words that have no place and action in reality. . .If all these empty words you have been throwing around are true there will be no ebola today. . .Can you put your money where you mouth is and test all the jargon you have been typing?. . .Did Jesus not say that those of you that believe in him will do greater things than he did?. . .Can you lay your hands on an ebola patient and heal the patient?. . .Stop throwing empty words around and do some actions. . .Jesus died to defeat ebola , yet ebola is ravaging people?. . .

Image123: Jeremiah 33:6 Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.

italo: Oh...I see.

You didn't read when someone called 1.4billion catholics and billions more of our ancestors "liars"

God save us from hypocrisy.

plaetton: I agree with the first part of your post, except where you said mentioned intelligent design.
The fact that we are here discussing Ebola, a runaway disease that distabilizes and kills the human body should be enough to disprove your so-called intelligent design.
The human body, or any body for that matter, is not intelligently designed, otherwise it would not be prone to disease and malfunction at all, considering the omni omni power, wisdom and foresight of the supposed designer.

Also, let me remind you, there is no perfect harmony in the universe. What you see as harmony are structures and mechanisms that took millions and billions of years to attain certain degrees of stability.

For example, it took the Earth over 4 billions years of violent wobbles just to attain its near-perfect orbit around the Sun. It is these violent wobbles of yesteryears that gave rise to craters, mountains, rivers and volcanic activities and of course the continents drifting part.

mazaje: I just tire for this intelligent design argument. . .Ebola was intelligently designed for what?. . What about Hurricane and sink holes?. . .what were they intelligently designed for?. . .The asterisked nko?. . .what were they intelligently designed for?. . .Even our parent star the sun will some day grow too big and consume the earth, what was it intelligently designed for?. . .

CHARLOE: @ image123, ur line of argument is weak, am a xtian but hate 2 admit d atheists are making a valid pt. D bible is contradictry somtimes, Promising divine helth, healing, miracles (like image123 is trying 2 defend) n in anoda part saying we are prone to sickness n oda trobles of life (like shdemidemi is admiting). I've always wondered y we only c healing n miracles on d pages of d bible wit promises 2 us of same if we belive, but in reality it doesn't hapen, cos if it does, ebola n oda diseases wil b a tin of d past. Science has provided solutions to several diseases dat were previously incurable n hopefuly wil do same to ebola, as i kno we're all hoping, both xtians n muslims alike. I belive as som1 said earlier, God has bin misrepresentd 2 us n d bible does not help matters, but d evidence of his existence abound all around us in form of inteligent design; frm d complex n perfect human body to d super complex n infinite universe n how evertin work in perfect harmony. Maybe instead of calling dis super intelligent being god, call him d creator or what u wish (so u wont be reffering to d god of d bible in ur mind, cos of d obvious flaws in d bible). My submisions: d presence of intelligent design all around us pis proof of a super intelligent designer/creator/god, but he does not interfer in d affairs of men d way we are told in d bible/koran. Or god n satan are 1 n dsame person, just 2 sides of a coin.

Dapo777: No he isn't.

What he is saying is very clear and straightforward, but because of the emotional attachment you have with your religion that is why you don't want to open up your mind to reason with him.

Blunders in your argument:
1)You are putting mazaje on the same level God. Mazaje is NOT all powerful,all knowing, all merciful nor all present.

2)By asking Mazaje if he can give someone 40k naira,your point is that curing Ebola is a big deal for God since I suppose you think Mazaje is too stingy to give 40k out like that.

3)After Mazaje told you he has given someone even more than the amount you mention,you asked him if he could do So again to your friend,and he said no,obviously because he doesn't know your friend personally. Then you diverted your point to "because someone did something once doesn't mean he should/would do it again.". Poor argument.

Did your mum ever stop giving your food when you were young?
Did she ever tell you that because she was doing it before doesn't mean she should do it again.

The truth is,you are just fabricating excuses for God which we all know doesn't make an iota of sense.
*Cheers*

nora544: when you have this please start to work in an hospital because ebola cannot catch you

Weah96: More confusion. Without faith, Christians die from Ebola. But they're all conquerors? Hahaha.

mindurbiznes: Ok, due to possible translation gap, let's quote from "another" Bible, but still same Bible I guess:



Genesis4:25
International Standard Version:

Later on, after Adam had sexual relations
with his wife, she gave birth to a son and
named him Seth, because "God granted me
another offspring to replace Abel, since Cain
murdered him."

Genesis 5:4
International Standard Version:

Adam lived another 800 years, fathering
other sons and daughters after he had
fathered Seth.


This is just a tip of the ice....
Various translations with varied interpretation


Gradually we'll go back to the topic of discussion, hopefully

iamjane: I think the response is to:




I think the point I see here is the colon indicates a continuation, and then the full stop ends it despite the "and"..-






Besides vs6 didn't begin by saying "And Seth lived


I'm really trying to get things clearly. I think the issue here is translation. But let's not get distracted gentlemen.I appreciate your contribution thus far.