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davidylan:
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'The Day of Judgment will not come about until Jews fight Muslims and

kill them. Then, the Muslims will hide behind rocks and trees, and the

rocks and trees will cry out: 'O Jew there is a Muslim hiding behind

me, come and kill him.' (Kadima Article 7)

Perhaps it will have greater impact on Zexyworm in the rephrased version.

alexis:
Tears were in my eyes as I read the post about her death.

Telly B

There is no difference between politics and religion in Islam. I think we should apply the very same rules to muslims that live in christian states. No muslim should read or touch the bible either, otherwise we will do the same thing they do to christians.

Perhaps, if we treat them the way they treat others, they will understand that violence is not a monopoly for any one religion.

So we should start killing innocent muslims as well?The best way to counter Islamic extremism is not through the force of our weaponry but the force of our example

heyma:
Are you serious? I was thinking Nigerians are/should be studying more of things that could build structures (Like small; refinerries, chemical plants, factories, highways e.t.c).

They have got Petrochemical Engineering

In Nigeria its law,outside Nigeria they are all into IT these days

Maybe its because religion in general is often incompatible with rational thinking.Incompatibility with the rational thought process is particularly acute with one religion.

This is not neccesarily a critique of religion,I am a Christian,but I realise my faith often is difficult to reconcile with my thought process

ijogbon:
@Bushfellow
At least it is taking this long for it to be 'getting worst'.

My good man I know for sure that 8yrs ago we didnt have any statistically relevant middle class (Defined in economy as a one or a family with a personal disposable income (PDI) of $5000/ annum = N650,000.) As you and I know the case is different now. The starting salary for many banks and telecomms company (which didnt exist 8 years ago if you notice) is more than N650,000 per annum.
There are also other industries developing - fund managers, stockmarket investors, farmers, service providers. I think you are being either economical with the truth or have been barking up the wrong tree in the past 8years.

In a country of 150 million,how many people actually work in those institutions.Its possible for things to get worse for the average Nigerian while things get better for a small sector.In Nigeria,that is the case

Lacking the instruments of logic,our anti-Isreal brigade have resorted to ad hominen attacks

zexyworm:
Funny, because Israel HAS BEEN wiping Palestine off the map. By usurping its lands, settling its territories, building Jewish-only roads, and rendering the West Bank a block of swiss-cheese (were the Palestinians are rounded in the air pockets). In fact, 700,000 Arab Palestinians were expelled from "Israel" of today (1948 historical Palestine) to make way for a "Jewish-only" or "exclusive Jewish state".
By all measure, Israel is an apartheid state which PRACTICES genocide.

[b]The conclusion is that the entire free world should bomb Israel and contain its Dimona nuclear reactors + nukes.[/b]How's that for fair game?

Didn't the Arabs try that in 47 instead accepting the land they were given,look what happened after that.

Tornadoz:
@I-man Surely you know the present president of Palestine is from the Fatah party. If the article is to be found in Hamas constitution how come they did not negotiate with Fatah. Is it not because Abbas did not deliver that made the Palestinian people to choose Hamas?

They have been negotiating with Fatah for decades.The Oslo Accords its a case in point.Sometimes negotiations break down but they do negotiate.Where they draw a line is Hamas.This is not to say that there are no low-level contacts.

Tornadoz:
Was it not Ben Gurrion who independently declared Isreal independent from the British. When was this 2 state solution that you are referring to. Are you living in the 40s?

Land was demarcated between Isreal and the rest by UN Resolution .Isreal accepted it but the Arabs insisted on sovereignty over the entire territory.They went to war and lost,the rest is history

Have you ever had one of those girlfriends who wants to kiss you in front of everybody to show you are hers and you are taken? Annoying isn't it?

@TOH
What happened to the old pic?

iyken:
@ Iman
Whats your beef, the issue or the number.

Just correcting falsehoods.

iyken:
@ Iman
Single parenthood,trendy or Trashy? That is the question.

Neither

Cookies!

Tornadoz:
@I-manThe fundamental differences here is, who wields power in the Jewish state. How come this article7 was not a precondition for Ehud Barak when he met Arafat to negotiate peace?

Maybe it has something to do with the fact  that Arafat was of the Fatah party while the present Palestinian Govt is Hamas led.Article 7 is to be found in Hamas' constitution not Fatah.I thought u know the issues well

Tornadoz:
Can you link me to where the Palestinians "insisted on having the whole lot"?
To blame the Palestinians whose land is occupied for not sharing the land with the occupier is the height of hypocrisy.
The above quote proves you either know very little about the conflict or you are prepared to gloss over facts.

Now this is a joke.I can overlook not knowing the difference btw Fatah and Hamas but not knowing that the Arabs  rejected a 2 state solution in the 40s and decided to wage  war  is on another level.I presume you know the basic history of the conflict before arguing about it?

iyken:
@seun
1. its not false, the stats are there and still counting.

So effectively you are saying that more than 50% of African women are "towing the line of single parenthood" ?Where are these stats?

So if Idi Amin wanted nukes,let him have it.Brilliant!

babasin:
bye bye to rubbish, using our money to pay for his lover,

Our money?

The former Vice President who was Chinese actually promoted his wife and gave her a huge salary.U know what happened after that,nothing!

The World Bank survives on giving credits and Wolf has been cutting back some of the loans to the consternation of staffers.Now that he is gone,"your money" is not any safer

adconline:
I-man

This is not the first time UNN did not make in the top five in Naija. The ranking was based on overall programme not on law. By the way this was not done by Nigerians to be called a farce.

Ranking Universities in Nigeria is a farce.Ranking Universities in any part of the world is an imprecise science anywhere in the world,moreso Nigeria.

The fact that UNN does not make other lists is hardly news to UNN students.In the law sector I alluded to,we were denied accreditation for the Law Faculty despite the fact that our Law students were consistently coming out tops.Some Northern Universities actually have a higher admissions quota for the Law School than UNN.

My point is,if UNN is as bad its made out,how come in the one field we can get to compare students-law-UNN does far better than the rest?Are u saying the Law Faculty is just an exception?I dare say if we had a Nigerian Medical School or a Nigerian Engineering School,we will have the same result

mrmayor:
davidlan,

Are you a Pat Robinson EVANGELIST,all the views you've expressed here are just straight up from the 700 Club

Are u a George Monbiot MOONBAT?

Tell us what you think is wrong with the basic premise,that a religious doctrine that demands the expulsion of infidels from "Holy Land" is a huge clog in the wheel of peace-making in the Middle East.

This is one "elephant in the room" that the anti-Isreal brigade prefer to gloss over.

luxoire:
hahah @I-man, maybe because at some point in their lives, most sexually experiece guys will cheat for the heck of it.

not saying to accept it, but if it does happen, and u know about it, is there any guarantee that the next guy wont do it?

That attitude works like a self fufilling prophecy.

Since they are "passing ports" ,yes

I used to be a strong Christian untill I read the Bible,seriously.I did CRK in my JAMB exams and had to study the Bible extensively and the more I read,the less sense it made.

I wonder how people who regularly read the BIBLE still have strong faith.I am still a Christian but a rather sceptical one.

Why should anyone accept cheating?

KAG:
Fair enough. Not that it matters, but are the stats. are for the US?

The GSS study is for the US.I have seen a couple other similar studies before, but not online,coming to the same conclusion.I will try and find them so I can post them here

I read somewhere that Castro is worth $2 billion.At first I thought,how sad.Then I realised he has been President since the 1950s.If he was a Nigerian,he will be worth at least $100 billion

Let me summarise what happened at the Bank

Shaha was due for promotion with a higher salary but when her boyfriend was appointed Bank President,her position became untenable because of Bank rules.Wolf asked to recuse himself from the issue but the ethics asked him to personally decide on the matter.When he did,he was sent a memo approving what he did.

Politics has gotten in the way of the matter.The only thing he did wrong was that he probably was too generous in the financial compensation,other than that he did nothing wrong

@KAG

The bewildering thing is that the study you posted asks whether a person has been divorced,without asking whether they have ever been married.

I have never been divorced but I have never been married either.Given that atheists/agnostics are less likely to marry,its hardly surprising.

General Social Survey (GSS, 2000-2004)—one of the best known sources of sociological data. “Frequent” is attending church about once a week or more.

58%, non-frequent Black Protestants
54%, non-frequent Evangelicals
51%, no religion (e.g., atheists & agnostics)
48%, ALL NON-CHRISTIANS
48%, non-frequent, other religions
47%, frequent Black Protestants
42%, non-frequent, mainline Protestants
41%, ALL CHRISTIANS
41%, non-frequent Catholics
39%, Jews
38%, frequent other religions
34%, frequent Evangelicals
32%, ALL FREQUENT CHRISTIANS
32%, frequent mainline Protestants
23%, frequent Catholics

http://brewright..com/2006/12/christian-divorce-rates.html

I just decided to google this point.I came up with this article,not much I admit- http://www.pobronson.com/blog/2006/06/will-this-marriage-last-religions.html

If i find something,I will paste it tommorow.
From the article-

Studies have repeatedly found that increased religiosity increases marital stability. Those without any religious affiliation have a higher divorce rate than those who are religious, no matter what religion it is we're talking about. Religious affiliation also seems to be a general indicator of increased marital satisfaction.[/i]

Variation in divorce rates by religion:
Religion % have been divorced
Jews 30%
Born-again Christians 27%
Other Christians 24%
Atheists, Agnostics 21%

Ron Barrier, Spokespersonn for American Atheists remarked on these findings with some rather caustic comments against organized religion. He said:

@KAG

Should i also find links on sites run by the Christian Right about studies on the divorce rates of religious people vis-a-vis the non religious

Telly B:
Right. That is why I said that those "studies" are not scholarly. I'm a Christian; and I'm not trying to becloud the Christian testimony at all. But my concerns rather are that we endeavour to state things as they really are (even though some of those issues might be a bit embarrasing for us).

You would think that studies conducted by think tanks and Universities are "scholarly".They must be credible to make the Economist.

Is it really difficult to believe that the average religious person has a longer marriage than the average non-religious person?I would think its obvious why that is the case.Whether they have "happier marriages",I have never seen anything in that regard

Give the President of Liberia some credit,she has too much class to stoop to that level