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dgreatrock:
i have to start this thread because of the curiosity of many as to what the offerings and tithes received in churches/ministries are used for. if you have an idea let us know.

please no foul languages and dirty jokes.

thanks

Dgreatrock,
how dare you a mere albeit honest & probably devoted church attendee think himself to be in such a lofty position so as to query (notwithstanding in a humble fashion) about the the final destination of the tithes and offerings and building funds cajoled out of the congregation every holy sunday morning (and occasionally thursday evenings) in many business centers churches? 

Nah but seriously, church finances go to a variety of things:
-from the maintenance of the meeting place aka church,
-to the salary of the church workers (pastors, administrators, building managers etc),
-to the sponsoring of foreign missionaries, to the sponsoring of sister churches elsewhere,
-to the funding of special projects/events like community outreaches/drives/food banks etc
-to the assisting of families within the church that may be in dire need
-to the provision of any and other needs of the congregation that may arise
--and many many more different areas

. . . at least this is where biblically speaking such monies are supposed to go.

My sister thank you. You hear of these diseases and illnesses but never really think about it until it hits close. One of my closest friend is in the hospital right now, the doctors expect his mother to die any second . . . the only thing we can do is pray for a miracle.

We should all learn to take care of ourselves. Eat right, 'sleep' right, everything in moderation, exercise, go for checkups, love freely, enjoy your family, enjoy everyday cos you never know when will be the last etc . . . it is not guarateed to prolong a life, but it sure will go a long way in doing so.

-Buffalo fumbling the ball was a faux pas

-NE defense scrambling and coming up with the possesion was clutch

-Brady advancing the series and throwing for a TD with 50 secs left was super clutch

-NE defense preventing the Bills from getting within FG range was super duper clutch

-----lady luck was on the sidelines enjoying the performance

^^^lol

cap28:
i think that it is very possible that israeli intelligence (mossad) executed the 911 operation - it is now widely accepted that there is no way jet fuel could cause buidlings with the type of structure that the twin towers had

But widely accepted by who? For every "expert" that claims the towers fell in a demolition-style manner, 2 other "experts" claim it didn't. My point is analysis of the video 'evidence' has become extremely subjective.

[quote author=pres-elect link=topic=321979.msg4543883#msg4543883 date=1252960336]9II was not what they made us believe it was. think my dear. why did condy rice ask the african american mator of san fransisco not to fly on that day? did she have any pre knowledge of what will happen? she be witch? abi she sabi something wey we no know?[/quote]lol e no go suprise me 
nah but seriously, how can this speculation be verified and proven to be infact true? Did Rice make this statement herself? did the mayor? or did it originate from a foreign source?


  No2A,
I am not suprised. I already know you are pretty 'out there' on practically every matter 

I watched a good chunk of the speech and there is no humility lost on him at all he's always been proud and arrogant so nuthin new. Even though he took shots at people it was better than those ready-made speeches that came off robotic and routine. His was original and from his heart - whether or not the contents were palpable and/or offensive to some.

see me self this was in my backyard & I didn't even know on time, but I heard the ticket prices were outrageous though. This one was certainly not for the fans

Eya Swayze rather than say RIP, I say I hope you were prepared to meet your creator. We will remember you here.

tpia,
true talk. This year has brought the departure of many many people, including my favorite aunt who was still in her 30s

and see how Oakland manhandled SD . . . they deserved to win that game. LT should retire soon and pass the baton to the next generation of Adrians, his time has come and gone.

hehe the football gods did not allow us to be put to shame and cause our enemies to rejoice in false victory    they were salivating at the premature prospects of a Patriot loss but as clutch as the golden boy is, he delivered as he always has.

Doyin you'll have to wait till another time to take those jabs 

One woulda thot I won the lottery the way I erupted after Brady threw that TD to win the game but it was a shaky start to the season for him sha . . . but considering he's been out for a year this was a good showing . . . geez he even broke his own completion record

bawomolo:
he should have taken a knee.
the pats getting lucky again. I don't see them doing squat in the playoffs this season

There's a fine line btw luck and clutch. Just give our new D some time to get used to the system and each other and give Brady 3-4 games to get back in shape - we shall be a serious contender.

wow infact this Del P guy is more than impressing me . . .   did not shy or chicken out of the moment. Looks like my man Fed is going to have to wait for #16.

double fault to lose a set? a darn shame . . . Go FED!!!

Kai this Potro sure ain't playin

Fedex abeg break him and take this set . . .

Matthew 7:13-15
13"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the[u] road that leads to destruction[/u], and many enter through it. 14But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

The percentage of true christians who live according to the bible is much much smaller than 35%. Religion is not a popularity contest. Having more followers does not make the religion any more valid.

[quote author=A-40 link=topic=317230.msg4542482#msg4542482 date=1252946457]@tubabie
Women should not be paid as much as men for real! not till y'all start playing five sets[/quote]Lol at youse and Dayokanu . . . e dey pain una eh? lol . . . well I kindof agree though. It should be equal work for equal pay.

It's still all good though . . . we all know it is a woman who will be spending the men's money anyways   let them go and bring it home hehe

To all Nadal fans I must apologize I wasn't here to gloat, taunt, rodomontade & rub in the ousting of your shamed sultan of capris   His years are numbered. . .
To all FedEx fans, kudos for holding the fort down, once again we have & shall overcome, all hail King Federer!  

and btw, that whole Serena thing was just ugly . . .

Yee-kpa! Urlacher's season is over http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/nfl/news/story?id=4472175
This is bad news for not only for the Bears but also for the NFL. You hate to see a marquee player go down esp in the first week.

A-40 you talk true o jare. Better WR's will not solve the problem. Cutler was so far off on some of the INT's he threw it was incredible.

Deep Sight:
When i see the manner in which the United States makes much noise about countries with supposedly poor human rights records, but keeps mum about the gender apartheid and institutionalized denial of womens rights in Saudi Arabia, i am utterly disgusted.

Firstly, why should the USA be obligated to speak out about it? Quite often if America condemns an injustice, the rest of the world accuses her of meddling, if she doesn't they complain she remained indifferent because she stands to gain nothing. Most of the time America is damned if she does and damned if she doesn't.

Secondly, I think in a general sense, the world views human rights kinda seperate and different from women's rights. I know I do.

Thirdly, wasn't it recently in Sudan where some educated women were trying to campaign against head covering or something but a good portion of the traditional women came out against them? saying something to the effect of "we don't want these new modern ways"? Many times it seems they themselves are comfortable in the status quo and seem unwilling to fight for their own rights.

Is the oppression of women and Denial of their civil rights in Saudi Arabia something that arises from Islamic Teaching?

Well lets see, it cannot be a mere coincidence that women rights are practically non-existent in practially all Islamic countries can it? The evidence is overwhelming that Islam as a religion actively oppresses its women - systematically and unapologetically.

Blackspade,
the 5 Isrealis story is intresting . . . I tried looking further into it but aside from conspiracy theoristic websites I could not find any other info on it. Yet there are many holes in that report . . . them taping it does not indicate foreknowledge of the attacks does it? that they were happy and celebrating could simply have meant they were happy to see America attacked - nationality does not matter, many americans hate america. I dunno . . . the whole thing is just

[quote author=Negro_Ntns link=topic=321979.msg4542018#msg4542018 date=1252942692]@Post,

JeSoul,

Bush himself was a pawn in the political game that unfolded around him. There are key players that were instrumental in the strategic and tactical plot. None had the foresight to imagine that a catastrophy of that magnitude will occur but they expected somewhat that a controlled level of volatile strike on the soil should be sufficient to enrage and elicit national support for a grand propaganda to push conservative christian ideology around the globe.

Go and check up on the following:

CNP - committee for national policy
NAC - A New American Century

CNP led the ground for the 1996 take over in Congress when Republicans under Gingrich became majority.
NAC led the ground for the installation of BUSH as President against GORE's electoral victory.[/quote]hmm so you believe Bush allowed it? but didn't know it would be carried out at such a "magnitude"?

3 things:

@Jagunlabi,
There is nothing "old school" or outdated or "left behind in spiritual evolution" about David's "ideaologies"  - they are infact biblical, rooted firmly in the gospel of Jesus Christ and followed by a silent multitude all across the world. Whether you like it, accept it or not - there are countless christians out there who walk the path the Lord Jesus paved for us as outlined in the scriptures. We just do so in quiet satisfaction.

@Posters,
Perhaps many of you may not personally like David, but the honest truth is that he is right and if you do not like what he is saying it is because you do not like the bible & God & Jesus Christ - and that is okay, really, it is your perogative afterall ain't it?

Many of us peddal "religious tolerance" and "unity" but the honest truth is between Christianity & Islam & atheism there can be no compromise - the very foundation of our belief systems are in stark contradiction, direct opposition and are frankly irreconcilable on all levels. The only thing we can all do is while we are being direct and unrelenting and unapologetic about what we believe is to treat each other respectfully and with sincerity. I fancy a good lot of the people on the religion forum - christian, muslim and atheist alike - but make not the mistake of thinking I will ever shy from declaring what the bible teaches, for I am not ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ, it is life and power.

@Topic,
quite intresting. I hadn't realized how indeed they all employ practically the same instruments of warfare against christianity. Very intresting indeed.

Kai Bawo wetin happen?    Cutler no chop breakfast or lunch? lol

He coulda easily thrown for 7-8 INTs last night. Even Bratt would be envious. Perhaps it was the nerves & pressure that got to him but dagg even a Cutler hater such as myself was suprised at such a poor poor performance. Chicago fans will soon find out why Cutler with all his talent has not won jack. A-40 don talk am, you guys should be very afraid facing the D of the Steelers next wk.

But mad mad kudos to the GB Packs! Go Rodgers go! He looked very confident and can scramble even as the O-line let him down time after time (or was it becos the Bears D was superb?) Anyways, GB will be a team to be reckoned with this season.

ROTFLOL . . . una funny well well 

Rikky, Rikky, Rikky . . . how many times did I call your name? Your smack talk on the cream of the football crop aka Thomas Jefferson-I-coulda-easily-been-president- Brady will put you and the other naysayers to shame. Lets see 2-3 more games from your yeye Colts before you start doing building up false hopes on sand brother 

chic2pimp:
American football is gay. Y'all should try playing proper manly sports. Rugby ehn ehn thats what u call a man's sport. AF is basically rugby played by sissys.

See this one . . . let us put you on the field, preferably on the line of scrimmage in front of those 300lb backs & tackles, during a game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the NE Patriots and you will quickly find out how "manly" the NFL is 

All ye internet addicts . . . I dunno how ya'll do it. I usually stay away from computers on the weekend.

MrLoverMAn:
You play golf. thats interesting.

I have always wanted to , but haven not had the chance to.

How easy is it to learn ?

Depends. I'm still a learner myself. Get a good teacher (or watch youtube videos) that teach the basics of a swing properly before one gets in the habit of doing the wrong thing. Takes a while to develop a good accurate swing that connects with the ball . . . its not about power or strength for the most part. But as I have played I have found that there are 2 reasons many women will not be able to play golf well . . .  lol

thank you o jare betta pesin . . . this "sophisticated" spambot is messing with the wrong person   

This is not the 1st, 2nd or 3rd time its done this & many many people have complained about it, will Seun do anything to resolve it?

ROTFLOL . . . Max "They will be bored" LOL that line has made my morning! lol
Thank you jare. I thought I was the only one not fawning over the supposedly 'great' movie.

  And girl I feel you on the concept and story of BBM . . . but in the same way men are not supposed to fall in love with each other, Robots are not supposed to fall in love with each other. Can't they just be really close friends?   My imagination runs as wild as it gets but some things just are not/cannot supposed to happen and it being projected on a screen no matter how cleverly will not win me over.

Matrix Reloaded & Matrix Revolutions
  The one thing I recall vividly from the 2nd installment was the end. Was watching with a full house of my brothers and sisters and few friends and the entire overcrowded living room erupted in unified anger at the way the movie ended.

  "Reloaded" wasn't user friendly. The scenes and dialogue were disjointed, difficult for the casual observer - which is most of the audience - to follow and understand. Heck there are still a few portions of it I still don't get - the gatekeeper? the other "ones"? the cycle of a new zion? the new Oracle? what? what?? what 

   Infact when Will & Jada hosted the movie awards few years back Jada joked she couldn't believe Will did "Wild wild west" and Will responded by saying "well the Matrix, no one understood it" lol. There were a couple really cool scenes though - the park fight, the highway chase - totally dope! But one major point of beef I had was the completely unnecessary addition of explicit/sexual scenes - the orgy, trancelike jubilation, Neo and Trinity etc . . . I think they may have suspected they didn't have a dope enuff movie hence felt like they needed to throw in the bone of sex to appease, surely, only the male audience. But I did very much like Jada's character in Revolutions, esp when she took over and piloted the lone ship - very nice and the little 16yr old who saved them by opening the gate - cool. Overall neither Reloaded or Revolutions came close to living up the incredibly high standard of the Matrix.

  My rating for Reloaded - 60%, Revolutions - 50%.

ROTFLOL . . . Max "They will be bored" LOL Thank you jare. I thought I was the only one not fawning over the supposedly 'great' movie.

And girl I feel you on the concept and story of BBM . . . but in the same way men are not supposed to fall in love with each other, Robots are not supposed to fall in love with each other. Can't they just be really close friends? My imagination runs as wild as it gets but some things just are not/cannot supposed to happen and it being projected on a screen no matter how cleverly will not win me over.

JK brotha I am coming now    I'm not usually online during the weekends.
Vesc has murdered the review completely   his analysis is spot on and I agree 100%. But so JK doesn't feel like I chickened out lemme add my 2 dollars.

The Matrix
Like my fellow enthusiasts in here have rightly noted The Matrix is one of those movies that stormed onto the movie scene, crashed the entire hollywood establishment and changed the entire landscape, setting a new precedent for movie making in so many aspects. The dialogue, the special effects, the characters, the wardrobe, the long flowing black intimidating overcoats and those mad cool sunglasses! lol The Matrix was cool - without even trying to be, without pretending to be, it just was. Practically every household on the planet knows who Morpheus is, who Trinity is and who Neo is - this defined the professional career of these actors.

There are so many scenes from the Matrix I love but a few that resonate include the part where Neo first tried to jump over the building and he fell flat on his face - the gun fight scene in the basement - the rescue mission to save Morpheus - meeting the Oracle - when he turned around to fight the agent - and the best part WHEN HE BENT BACKWARDS & DOGED THOSE BULLETS!!! -     was truly a sight to behold.

 I think I have seen The Matrix no less than 50 times . . . just like Coming to America - it is one of those movies that will never get old.

My rating 10 out of 10, 100%.

ROTFLOL . . . Max "They will be bored" LOL Thank you jare. I thought I was the only one not fawning over the supposedly 'great' movie.

And girl I feel you on the concept and story of BBM . . . but in the same way men are not supposed to fall in love with each other, Robots are not supposed to fall in love with each other. Can't they just be really close friends? My imagination runs as wild as it gets but some things just are not/cannot supposed to happen and it being projected on a screen no matter how cleverly will not win me over.

Saturday - Cleaned the house, then went to a jamming concert, afterwards went to an african party.
Sunday - Went to church, then went golfing, then watched some fantastic Football to wrap up the night

Pastor AIO:
I'm sure Banom would gladly do this. In fact if his yansh was a city, Jesoul could have the keys to the city.

lol . . . hmm I'm not so sure I want the keys to[i] that [/i] city.

JK . . . .kai only 75% for a stud of a movie like D9? These Nigerians self . . . they're too sensitive I will submit my Matrix reviews in a jiff.

Meanwhile I am more than with you on Wall-E It took 3 attempts to see and I almost turned it off after 20 mins but knew Max loved it so I left it on. Its a cute little movie but not my cup of tea. We've kinda reviewed it on the "Hollywood" thread before.

vescucci:
JeSoul makes me out as a academy ass kisser.

lol nah Vesc dear, I was moreso talking in general not necessarily taking a swipe at your usually correct self 

So much so that I like V for Vendetta (my favorite dialogue) cuz of this guy.

hmm we have to review that movie at some point, not that I didn't like it but lets just say I have a few comments lol

Max, I want a list of films that made you cry. I wanna compare with my own. I no dey cry again o. Na when I dey small and impressionable I dey cry. I've since grown a cynical beard and a distrusting heart. I kid. I wailed while watching Little Princess. Bawled and sobbed and sniffed and wept and cried. I'll seek it out to see again. That way I'll know how far gone I am.

Lol this boy is funny   gosh I cannot even remember a movie that drew out tears from me . . . perhaps I am too far gone Vesc? lol

Daniel Day is upset that you took a project he literally adjusted his life to carry out with levity, JeSoul. Honestly, that guy alone can carry any movie. What a guy. He belongs to the age of the greats gone by.

Infact V I heard how far he went for the sake of that character and that was the main reason I  watched it. He delivered there's no question about that, my beef is with the script/storyline. Inspite of how good Lewis was, to me it did not overshadow the absence of a quality storyline. Infact I was so upset at the lame ending  what nonsense, the whole time it was building up to the death of the fake preacher? . . . seriously? Abegi jor.

  It's like when I pay for a $15 CD and only get 2-3 quality songs of out 15 . . . I feel cheated. Performance only is never enough to me. That's shortchanging us the consumers.

Oga JK,
Matrix is fine with moi . . . though it seems we're already reviewing Brokeback Mountain.