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Religion / Re: Bible Study by jamesid29(m): 3:30am On Sep 08, 2021 |
Kobojunkie:Fair enough. But how do you know that this passage about the Talents is infact talking about this "initial deposit of understanding". Okay. But this doesn't still answer the question though? Are subsequent understandings just given without any act of actively engaging one's mind in thinking through what one is reading? Or is it the case that,one gets a better understanding of what one is actively engaging with,when one as already yielded to Christ? |
Religion / Re: Bible Study by jamesid29(m): 2:07am On Sep 08, 2021 |
Kobojunkie:Okay, just to be clear, the initial understanding is bestowed supernaturally by God without any prior knowledge or understanding on ones part. Then once one engages with that understanding, subsequent ones will be given without any act of actively engaging one's mind in thinking through what one is reading? Is that correct? |
Religion / Re: Bible Study by jamesid29(m): 12:57am On Sep 08, 2021 |
Kobojunkie:How do they consider studying, that makes it an issue? Well that's quite a narrow understanding of what it means to study a subject. I doubt you really believe studying is only done with academic subjects. Right below where you got that definition (the top link on Google I presume), there are diverse definitions of the word "study" covering a wide range uses. Eg " A detailed investigation and analysis of a subject or situation." "Or give serious thought or consideration to.(something)" Dictionary.com gives " application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection:" as one of its meaning and Webster's new world dictionary gives " To apply one's mind to attentively; try to learn or understand by reading, thinking, etc." as one of its definitions. In any case not to get rubbled in sifting through the English language, it's fair to say that to study does imply to " Actively engage one's mind in trying to gain knowledge or understanding of a particular subject matter". Basically to learn something. How does one understand something without knowing it first and thinking through what one knows? How does one get this initial understanding, if I may ask? Again I'm just trying to understand what the real bone of contention really is? |
Religion / Re: Bible Study by jamesid29(m): 11:25pm On Sep 07, 2021 |
Kobojunkie:Ok, just to be clear, your bone of contention is the idea of studying with others, right? So it's not the studying that is the problem. It's the coming together with others to study that is the issue. Right? |
Religion / Re: Bible Study by jamesid29(m): 10:49pm On Sep 07, 2021 |
Kobojunkie:This sounds alot like what the OP is saying. One can't really understand any piece of writing or information with taking some time to think it through. That's basically one of definitions of the the act " To Study". So what is really your objection to the OP? It's kinda hard to really discern your main objection from everything you've written so far. |
Religion / Re: The Rise Of Atheism & Secularism by jamesid29(m): 3:31pm On Sep 02, 2021 |
Near1:As I mentioned in my previous replies, it seems you are conflating the rise of the religious unaffiliated or "nones" with a total lack of religion or Atheism. As I mentioned previously jamesid29: Or if you like you can read of the pew report: However, a new survey by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life, conducted jointly with the PBS television program Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, finds that many of the country’s 46 million unaffiliated adults are religious or spiritual in some way. Two-thirds of them say they believe in God (68%). More than half say they often feel a deep connection with nature and the earth (58%), while more than a third classify themselves as “spiritual” but not “religious” (37%), and one-in-five (21%) say they pray every day. In addition, most religiously unaffiliated Americans think that churches and other religious institutions benefit society by strengthening community bonds and aiding the poor. With few exceptions, though, the unaffiliated say they are not looking for a religion that would be right for them. Overwhelmingly, they think that religious organizations are too concerned with money and power, too focused on rules and too involved in politics. https://www.pewforum.org/2012/10/09/nones-on-the-rise/ I think it would be great if you could read through what the data is really stating and what the terms entails. It seems you are filtering it through a particular lens. Secondly, what I mean by the world is becoming more diverse is that alongside the population growth, religious diversity is also increasing. From Islam to Hinduism to Judaism, to folk religions and so on, the population of adherents of these faith are increasing. Also with the rise of the religiously unaffiliated especially in the west, more people are choosing to define or redefine how they relate to the divine or the metaphysical on a personal level without adhering to the dictates of any organized religion. To borrow from hellvictorinho's reply Religion can be shown in different ways That's a major sentiment amongst the younger population today especially in the west. This does not mean people are less religious, it just shows that there's an unprecedented diversity in how people chose to express their connection with the metaphysical. I think the growth in Muslim population will slow because they literally threaten apostates now, that’s not sustainable.The keyword word here is the @bolded "You think". Its okay to make assumptions (we all do) but that does not necessarily mean our assumptions are true. It is true that some people are still Muslims due to fear for their lives and property but that does not mean the vast majority of Muslims today do not believe that Islam is intrinsically true or that they are coarsed to remain Muslims. It would be hard to make such a case. Also looking at Islam in the west where apostasy laws do not apply or in Asia and the east where there's a concentration of prosecuted Muslims, it's a lot easier to make the point that many people chose to stay in Islam because they believe it is intrinsically true for them. So would a more religiously free world slow down the rate of Islam's population growth? Probably.. Would it slow it down considerably to make it not the most dominant religion in the world in a few decades? Probably not. At the moment Islam is projected to grow by about twice the rate of global population growth mainly due to fertility and mortality rates. If there is to be major shift in this, it would probably come by a plethora of things and not just one thing. Neither have you though. The difference is, nothing I've said so far is hard to check or even remotely controversial. Most of what I've written can be found on the very first page of a quick Google search. From your replies also, it does seem you are privy to these same informations, just that a) you seem to be misunderstanding what the information is actually stating,eg collapsing the religious unaffiliated with Atheism as one and the same thing. And b) it does seem like you are filtering these informations through some specific set of assumptions that are not necessarily true. E.g it's possible that the Universe was always here. I'm no sure I understand what you mean by " they wouldn’t pass in a church from just a few decades ago" though. But to the crux of the matter, I did make mention of the limitations of these polls in my first reply jamesid29: This does affect all sides. Again almost everything I've written above are neither controversial or remotely hard to verify. But I don't think the major issues are the information themselves but it's how you're choosing to parse the information. |
Religion / Re: The Rise Of Atheism & Secularism by jamesid29(m): 7:19pm On Sep 01, 2021 |
Near1:I'm not sure what you mean by there's not alot here sir. As I've pointed out; The central and core premise of the OP is in fact incorrect. The world is not becoming less religious but rather it is becoming more religiously diverse. But if you are more interested in having a conversation on why people walk away from religion or religious affiliation, I'm happy to have a conversation on that. |
Satellite TV Technology / Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by jamesid29(m): 7:12pm On Aug 31, 2021 |
@ojeysky good evening bro. Do You mind if I send you a msg via the number on your profile. I would like to run a proposition by you. Thanks alot |
Foreign Affairs / Re: Taliban Don't Respect Humanity- Translator Gives Heart Stopping Account(Pix,vid) by jamesid29(m): 6:08pm On Aug 30, 2021 |
1Sharon:As I mentioned earlier ma'am many countries you listed can easily fall into a different group than the ones you placed them. For instance United States can easily fall into almost all the different groups you mentioned and France has been a hot bed of systemic and economic problems for decades now, which culminated in the 2005 riots and subsequent ones. Compared to other European counterparts, the average French lives a life of pessimism and fear of the future When you couple that with distrust and immigration issues, the entire nation is sitting on a hotbed of frustration. The people who bear the brunt of these mostly are blacks and young Arabs from poor areas who tend to be the first victims of racism when looking for a job and renting an apartment ; they have a life of constant frustration and humiliation. When you start looking at the full socioeconomic dynamics, it's a not hard to see how some people can be lead to believe that violence and a tribal mindset is the legitimate recourse to their problem. This is not just a matter of numbers. Taking another example, Afghanistan and the Taliban. In the 1960s Afghanistan was a bubbling country that was peaceful and was even the hippie center of the region, with hippis from all the west trooping in , in numbers. But due to a political chess game between the west and the Soviet Union,the whole region was distabiliesd. The Soviets in an act of desperation bombed the whole region and displaced over a million women and children from the region. The Soviets made toy bombs that were specifically targeted at children. These bombs were designed to maim the kids but not kill them These displaced children grew up in refugees camps on the border Pakistan and all they ever knew was pain and hate. It's not had to see how they could have been easily radicalised. Even the INR that was instrumental in their radicalisation actually lost control of the kids. By the time this kids(now young adults) came back to Afghanistan, they( now called the Taliban) were just as foreign to native Afghans just as the Soviets and all the previous western powers were. There's a lot more on this issues ma'am and each country has its own dynamics but the point is that, it's not just a numbers game. And simplifying really complex issues like this can tend to have very adverse effects in the long run. whether Islam is a peaceful religion at its core or not, that's a separate conversation in my opinion. Ps: I'm pretty sure there are tons of typos in my reply cos I'm kinda in a rush. My bad on that |
Foreign Affairs / Re: Taliban Don't Respect Humanity- Translator Gives Heart Stopping Account(Pix,vid) by jamesid29(m): 4:44pm On Aug 30, 2021 |
1Sharon:I wasn't commenting on whether Islam is a peaceful religion at its core or not ma'am. My statement was that; your statics only fits a preconceived narrative but does not reflect actual reality. The realities in those countries are way more complex than that. |
Foreign Affairs / Re: Taliban Don't Respect Humanity- Translator Gives Heart Stopping Account(Pix,vid) by jamesid29(m): 4:31pm On Aug 30, 2021 |
1Sharon: Correlation does not equate to causation ma'am. The narrative you painted above, though exciting, does not really square with the actual reality. Many of the countries you listed in one group can easily fall into a different group than the ones you placed them in. |
Religion / Re: The Rise Of Atheism & Secularism by jamesid29(m): 3:14am On Aug 29, 2021 |
Near1:Well this is largely inaccurate. There are many things we still have no clue about and some we would probably never have. And secondly, we do know to a high degree that this universe has not always been here. It does have an ultimate origin It's fascinating that humans as far back as recorded history have always been obsessed with some form of immortality. Just something to ponder about, though. Ok, so this is one of those sayings that are popular on the internet, but are in fact incorrect. For starters, secularism is not on the rise. That is, if we are defining secularism has having a naturalistic atheistic worldview, as your write-up seems to allude to. What is on the rise in North America and Western Europe is irreligion. What it means is that there's an uptick in people identifying themselves as not being affiliated with any organized religious organizations. This can range from people who hold religious beliefs and practices but do not identify with any church or mosque to people who hold some type of spirituality or cosmic energy without any defined concept of God or gods and of course it can include those who are agnostic on the matter. Irreligious or nones should not be confused with materialistic atheism. Secondly, if we are to define secularism by its more rigorous secularization theory (basically, the historical process in which religion looses it's cultural and social significance), this trend, as alluded to above, only holds true in North America and Western Europe. They are the exception, not the rule. For the rest of world, religiosity is on the rise. Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world, mainly due to birth and mortality rates, while Christianity is still holding steadly with world population growth. Other world religions like Hinduism, Buddhism, folk religion etc also have upward trend with world population. Even in countries that have tried to stamp out religion or are fundamentally Atheistic, the steady rise in religiousity or religious affiliation still holds true. For example, China has been undergoing a religious revival in recent years and might hold the world's largest population of Christians in a few decades to come, by some estimates. It's worth pointing out that these data mostly show how people identify but doesn't signify if this religiosity or irreligiousity is intrinsic. Finally, the idea that the world is going to be more secular as we better understand how the world works is just wrong. Humans are complex emotional beings and people lose religious affiliation for a vast array of reasons.(ranging from trauma experiences to the rise in individualism and self-autonomy and everything in-between). In any case that's a longer conversation on its own. |
Religion / Re: Is Jesus Christ A God Or A Prophet by jamesid29(m): 1:17am On Aug 26, 2021 |
haekymbahdx:Emm, @bolded is not a translation of the Greek text but a translation of a specific Coptic translation from the 3rd century sir. And it has nothing to do with whether Theos & theon mean the same thing. I think its best not to use a language you don't understand how it works(atleast on a base level) to make your point sir. I wouldn't try using Arabic to make a point with someone, since I don't even understand the basics of the Arabic language. Just my opinion though This part doesn't mean what you think it does though. Which edition of "BBG" did get this from? |
Satellite TV Technology / Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by jamesid29(m): 5:34pm On Aug 25, 2021 |
olopan:Oh, that sounds nice. Didn't know you could integrate the inverter directly with smart appliances. Will look into that more. Thanks alot boss. Really Appreciate your inputs 1 Like |
Satellite TV Technology / Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by jamesid29(m): 1:25pm On Aug 25, 2021 |
ojeysky:Oh ok, that's bad. Maybe that's one of the reasons they've been relegated to the background,I guess. Thanks for the heads-up boss. Really Appreciate it @Valto can you share any input with SMK hybrid. Thanks alot |
Satellite TV Technology / Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by jamesid29(m): 1:19pm On Aug 25, 2021 |
olopan: thanks alot boss. I agree that wide community aspect does make quite a lot of difference. The person I even first about growatt was from one of the american DIY youtubers. And there are tons of DIYers doing review and videos of growatt so it's easy to get up to speed with it as opposed to SMK where there's almost nothing of it online. I'm not sure I understand about the smart home ready out of the box part. I might be missing something on that though because on paper they both seem to be identical in functionality except for the remote monitoring out of the box. Thanks boss � |
Satellite TV Technology / Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by jamesid29(m): 4:16am On Aug 25, 2021 |
Good morning all. A question has been bugging me for the past couple of days now. Recently stumbled on SMK inverters and they seem to be reasonably priced. Looking at the SMK specs against Growatt's, they seem to be almost identical in terms of what they offer(aside from the follow come WiFi stick and capability). But yet one seems to be a darling in the market while the other one rarely features in conversations even though it has almost identical features ,even to the battery less function( atleast on paper) at a lower cost. Is it that the SMK's are of a lesser quality in terms of build or perculiar issues (maybe charging)? Or is it that Growatt has just been better at branding themselves in the Nigerian market? I know, what is written on paper does not always translate into the real world and I'm still finding my way in this renewable energy universe (just started this year), so I say make I ask those that have far more experience in the group and from marketers who deal in these products. I'm not trying to knock down any of the products, it's just a question that has been in my head for some days now. Any input is very much appreciated. Thank you 1 Like |
Religion / Re: I Stop Going To Church, Now The Church Lives Inside Me. by jamesid29(m): 10:42pm On Aug 21, 2021 |
Kobojunkie:If I understand you correctly, you don't accept Hebrews as part of the words of God to his people. Why? If I may ask? |
Religion / Re: How I Became An Atheist. by jamesid29(m): 10:08am On Aug 01, 2021 |
Pelecius:Well done sir/ma. We might disagree slightly on a few points (which is normal,we all disgree on one or two things), I truly applaud you for defending your position adequately with grace against arguments that are mostly ad hominem and evasions without concrete substance behind them.. Kinda makes one question workch's pedigree as an advanced degree holder with the types of arguments he's making. Anyways, for what it's worth, well done sir/ma and Happy new month. |
Religion / Re: Pastor Abel Damina: Hallelujah Is Not A Heavenly Language (Video) by jamesid29(m): 10:18pm On Jul 12, 2021 |
Funkybabee:Interestingly "Eyin oluwa" better captures the meaning of "Hallelujah" than even the English translation. Pretty interesting 1 Like |
Religion / Re: If You Can Provide This Evidence, I Will Accept That Humans Were Created. by jamesid29(m): 4:35pm On Jul 07, 2021 |
Workch:That wasn't my question. My question wasn't about roles in the ecosystem You said both dogs and humans would essentially be images of God if they share similar building blocks, right? For that to hold true, dogs and humans not only have to share similarities in some part, there has to be a one-to-one equivalence between dogs and humans in all other parts, for you to make such a sweeping claim, going by our conversation thus far. Is that the claim you are making? Or are there differences |
Religion / Re: If You Can Provide This Evidence, I Will Accept That Humans Were Created. by jamesid29(m): 1:50pm On Jul 07, 2021 |
Workch:So I do not misinterpret you. Are you making a one to one equivalence between humans and dogs? |
Religion / Re: If You Can Provide This Evidence, I Will Accept That Humans Were Created. by jamesid29(m): 12:58pm On Jul 07, 2021 |
Workch:Maybe...but that's irrelevant to the question at hand. Workch:This sounds like you are repulsed by the idea that a creator would use similar building blocks used in creating dogs and rats to also create people. Why is that such a repulsive idea to you? |
Religion / Re: If You Can Provide This Evidence, I Will Accept That Humans Were Created. by jamesid29(m): 12:20pm On Jul 07, 2021 |
Workch: Workch:@bolded implies that there's something intrinsically inferior about rats and dogs that makes it's somewhat wrong for a creator to use similar building blocks with them, in building his own people. If that's is not what you were implying, would you mind stating what you were really implying with your statement. |
Religion / Re: If You Can Provide This Evidence, I Will Accept That Humans Were Created. by jamesid29(m): 11:38pm On Jul 06, 2021 |
Workch:Quick question.... Why do you think you are any better than a rat or a dog? |
Satellite TV Technology / Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by jamesid29(m): 11:36pm On Jun 28, 2021 |
mcTrinity:Thanks for taking out of your time to explain boss. You the real MVP |
Satellite TV Technology / Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by jamesid29(m): 11:29pm On Jun 28, 2021 |
litaninja:I dey laugh as I dey read your write up .... Nice one bro. I see all my ogas don dey ask for capacity test and component breakdown . Make others self dey ready sell kidney ontop their battery be that. But this their low volume of production go be problem sha, it is well... Running a business (especially ones that involve hardware) in Nigeria is tough. Just thinking out loud though, I think the fact that they riveted the whole thing down might mean they are not expecting any thing to break internally. Which is a good sign,I guess Thanks for sharing with the house boss... please keep us abreast of how it performs in the wild, whenever you can. |
Satellite TV Technology / Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by jamesid29(m): 7:19pm On Jun 26, 2021 |
efuro:Good evening boss. Do you mind if I email you also. I would also love to have a visual understanding of the looping concept. Thank you very much |
Satellite TV Technology / Re: Solar Energy, A Complement To FTA by jamesid29(m): 12:35pm On Jun 21, 2021 |
Hello house, Anybody have 48v 7.5kwh or 5kwh felicity lithium currently. And how much? two to three of it might be needed. Thanks |
Religion / Re: I'm So Convinced That God Doesn't Not Exist by jamesid29(m): 3:34pm On Jun 18, 2021 |
Workch:That is a miracle, not a testimony... Two different things. The correct term as regards to testimonies would be "verifiable". |
Religion / Re: I'm So Convinced That God Doesn't Not Exist by jamesid29(m): 1:03pm On Jun 18, 2021 |
Workch:Actually testimonies are testable and verifiable. |
Religion / Re: I'm So Convinced That God Doesn't Not Exist by jamesid29(m): 1:42pm On Jun 14, 2021 |
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