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Christianity Etc › Re: Africa, Foreign Religions And Cultural Genocide 2 by johnydon22(op): 7:17pm On Jan 09, 2016*

urheme:
What is the different between cultural believes and religion

I think you mistake Culture and Belief then religion.

Culture: is the people's way of life which comprises generally of everything they are known for. Clothing, music, festivals, food etc ... so there is nothing like cultural beliefs distinct from conventional beliefs.

The african traditional beliefs are also another form of religion and is not distinct from religion

Igbo culture says women should not own landed properties,

This is applicable in her father's compound (inheritance) because by the virtue of marriage she is now a member of another family.

No law says she cannot buy

a lot of custom subject widow to untold barbaric practices.....but leaves the widower to be free.....

This my good sir is a trade mark of what nollywood have done to people, they feed the masses an epileptic distorted view of the igbo ancient society... this is a lie.

islam on women is a tales of woes......christianity is a bit libral on women but still has its discriminations....

True ... I believe you need to pay more mind to African norms independent of what nollywood sells.

The cultural beliefs are equally lies, the yoruba belief as to how their gods created earth and humam beings were taught in schools then,is all trash.

Again you mistake culture to mean religious beliefs.

If you read the write up i also called the traditional African myths to be Myths because that is what they are.. Myths.

I only bemoaned the fact that some people chastise their own myths while revering and buying the myths of other people

We should be identified first as human beings.....the kind of tolerance and acceptance man need in harmonizing mankind are lacking in religion and cultural practices.

Excellent

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Christianity Etc › Re: Africa, Foreign Religions And Cultural Genocide 2 by johnydon22(op): 5:16pm On Jan 09, 2016

bqlekan:
wonderful write-up bro.. I have some questions tho...

By all means .. Ask boss

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Christianity Etc › Re: Atheists , Your Enlightenments Are Needed . by johnydon22(m): 4:52pm On Jan 09, 2016

One thing you need to understand is that Atheism has nothing to do with belief in spirity phenomenons.

What makes one atheistic simply is unbelief in God(s). You might believe other supernatural claims like witches, voodoo or so but this has nothing to do with being atheistic.

Personally i think Nollywood is 60% responsible for instilling such simplistic delusion in people of being immune to bullets by supernatural means.

Most of these magic shows fed to people are all tricks with the actual trick hidden from the person(s) watching it.

Tell me how you won't think someone is immune to bullets when the magazine has blank bullets, makes a "banging" noise but spews no bullet towards the target.

When ever someone makes a claim of wielding such power as we know defies simple laws of physics, Bring your own Gun and do the shooting yourself.

There is no such thing only tricks played on gullible minds.

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Christianity Etc › Africa, Foreign Religions And Cultural Genocide 2 by johnydon22(op): 4:34pm On Jan 09, 2016

[b]In regard to a thread by plaetton Africa, Foreign Religions And Cultural Genocide

I am inclined to also share my thoughts on the sad truths of this bitter reality, this lost of identity and a pitiable show of extreme cultural conquest by a totally Alien culture and belief system that has bitten deep into the very foundations of the African society itself.

It is remarkable that we live in an African society where our own history is unknown, where our own history is neglected and ignored by the very people who these historical heritage define.

But we spend our time regurgitating and chewing the cud of other unrelated, irrelevant and most times un-factual historical construct due to religious allegiance we share to these Alien cultures.

Look around you, it is a glaring truth; A young man from the North surely enough cannot neither does he find it worthy of knowing, the actual original Cultural values, beliefs or history of his people be it Hausa, Fulani, Gwari or Kanuri but in the same breathe can recount the birth and life of Muhammed who is an Arab man born in Medieval Arab in the on set of the 2nd quarter of the A.D.

A young boy down here in the South rarely knows his genealogy down to his great Grand Father but he can recount the Genealogy of Jesus down to Abraham and from Abraham to Adam at the same time will be present to defend the inconsistencies or contradictions found in such alleged historical account all in the while neglecting his own very root.

it is both shameful and pitiable that we have been thrown into a deplorable state of cultural blankness that we cling on Alien cultures for basis and societal direction.

I once asked a young boy here "Who is the Father of the Igbo Race and where is the ancestral home of All Igbo people?"

"Abraham is the Father of All nations, Israel is the ancestral home of all people including the igbo race" was the answer i was met with.

I was dumbfounded, i couldn't just believe my eyes or my ears. The fact that i am here watching a vibrant budding Igbo young boy tell me Abraham was regarded as the father of all nations therefore is the founding father of the Igbo race.

I was alarmed at to what state the ever colourful history of Africa is depleting into, all because people have been convinced by the stretching arms of colonial umbrella masked in the ever amiable look of a smiley religion that their own root is bad.

Ask any young African here the original religion of his People, you will get a outright answer like "Idol worship, worship of stones, bloody sacrifices or demonic worship"

This answers not only are they absurd but are wronger than any wrong can get.. None of these people have the slightest incline what these religions entails but have been convinced by the Alien religions they subscribe that these religions are what they say they are.

I have once told a pastor i had an argument with: "You know nothing of the Igbo traditional norms or religion and i can certainly tell you now and here that it is more mature than the one you peddle."

-Isn't it outrightly idiotic and hypocritical for one to condemn and demonize the sacrifice of goats and fowls practised in some of these local beliefs but he reveres and regards the same done in the bible to be good.

I have never seen so much hypocrisy exhibited so shameless.. it is like saying 'Alcohol is bad but Guldar is good' tell me how in the world it is any better?

The ancient African societies were ones of outstanding cultural Value and moral sanity, a society were the ethical expectations were so high that people dreaded going against the stipulated societal moral dictates.

Today it has been reduced to mere shadow chastised as savagery and diabolical fetish love as painted into the African mind by the distorted history fed to us on colonial gun point.

The African societies had their own beliefs and myths regarding so many theological stand points in life. Every African society had their own Creation myths and other myths as regard how many things are the way they are which is a normal idea of other civilizations within that timeline like the Sumerians, Egyptians, mayans, babylonians, hebrews.

But a typical African man would deny these myths at the same time will regard the one told by Arabs or Jews to be true over that same premise.

It is outrightly nonsensical to chastise our own ideas at the same time adopt similar ideas from others.

Many here who might mistake religious encroachment of western beliefs to civilization, this isn't so and can never be so.

Western Beliefs is not a determinant of civilization any more than ancient Egyptian beliefs was the determinant of the civilization tendencies of other people in their Era.

Fela once said in one of his Songs "Teacher Don't teach me Nonsense" He said Go to China, Russia, Korea, Vietnam, Na them Culture be teacher for them’

This remains a heavy slap in the face we Africans who abandoned our own heritage to have a one sided romance with the culture of another people.

China remains one of the most developed countries in the world, one of the world powers and an economic giant but all the while maintains the cultural value of the old Chinese society.

An African adage says "The Man who is rejected by others do not reject himself"

The African culture was murdered in the face of an alien religious inspired culture injected with a mask of friendliness made worse by the very people affected by this (Afrians) rejecting their culture too and as such rejecting themselves.

We have been thrown into a one sided romance that deserves pity.

An Igbo man pricing Abraham as his Father should ask whether the Jews know who is ERI(Father of Igbo race) neither do they ever care to know.

Does the Arabs care about Bayajida?

Nor is there anything in Roma or Mecca concerning Oduduwa

Now is the time for us to do some soul searching, it is time for us to steer back and embrace our roots, embrace ourselves.

Our culture is our identity, Our signature in the face of this earth in comparison to others around us and if we loose our identity, we loose ourselves.

We have been swimming in a deep ocean of negligence and have been lost deeply in the chasm created by other cultures.

We may write from today till tomorrow, we can never do justice to this exact situation and sad reality we have been buried into.

Time to steer back and revive our murdered culture and general ways of life and incorporate it to our new ways instead of buttering our lives with the cultural ideas of others.

Let ours be our guide.[/b]

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Christianity Etc › Re: Understanding Christianity : Out Of Eden by johnydon22(m): 1:26pm On Jan 09, 2016*

bxcode:
Where is your hope sir? In who?

Hope for what?

But if hope should be rightly placed it should be in Myself..

Humans, family, friends, children, potentials of humanity to turn out good and many others.

I may have hopes in many things but it should never include imaginary things or unsure vague concepts ..

When have people's life become so bleak that they need to conjure imaginary things to place their hopes

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Christianity Etc › Re: Africa, Foreign Religions And Cultural Genocide. by johnydon22(m): 10:17am On Jan 09, 2016

plaetton:
Bump

I am going to open a Part 2 to this thread using the same topic.. with your permission boss ..

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Christianity Etc › Re: Pic: An Old Man On A Suicide Mission by johnydon22(m): 7:18pm On Jan 08, 2016

[b]I was angry at first, why not let the bastard get his wish then i looked more at him..

Now i feel nothing but pity, if you ask me he should be rehabilitated. . They should help him gather what is left of his life back almost ruined by Islamic extremism..

What will heal this planet will not be meeting violence with violence or hate with hate but teaching others how to be compassionate..

If we consider the circumstances behind the actions of others, we will learn to treat them with more compassion and kindness..

I hope they grant him pardon

Islamic ideologies deserves to be scrapped off the face of this earth, it is ruining a lot of lives and turning people who on a normal circumstance might have been good into savages.

Without religion, we will have good people doing good and bad people being bad, it takes religion to make good people do horrible things happily, cheerfully and ever so mindlessly in the name of God with the mindset that they are doing the good and right thing[/b]

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Christianity Etc › Re: Islamic State Militant 'executes Own Mother' In Raqqa by johnydon22(m): 5:43pm On Jan 08, 2016*

Annunaki:
Bring it on, as I said earlier I am very clear of my beliefs.

Alright Bro Since you asserted above that any religion with such tendency is from satan

Annunaki:
Only a religion started by satan himself can inspire people to such evil atrocities.

Since obviously Judaism which is the fundamental birth parent of Christianity also has similar atrocities (lets forget medieval christianity) of which you have divorced their scriptures because of such atrocities

Can we now conclude that the Old testament religion is actually from Satan?

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Christianity Etc › Re: Islamic State Militant 'executes Own Mother' In Raqqa by johnydon22(m): 5:42pm On Jan 08, 2016

glossy6:
The old testament is part of the bible but those practices that are at variance with the Love preached by Christ & the apostles are not tolerated by Christians.

Mosaic law says "an eye for an eye", while Christ preached forgiveness. That is what we stand by.

The instances i intended giving was not really in connection with Mosaic laws or judaic codec..

It is in relation to conformity to the alleged Will of God ..

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Christianity Etc › Re: Islamic State Militant 'executes Own Mother' In Raqqa by johnydon22(m): 5:21pm On Jan 08, 2016

Annunaki:
I don't cherry pick, it's very clear from several scriptures in the new testament that the old has been done away with and we are now under a new covenant. Unlike most believers I am very clear about my beliefs and my christianity is based strictly on the teachings of christ and not the bible as a whole.

I am sure you have heard of that statement "What ever you say will be used against you in the court of law" This exactly will be the situation when i remind this to you

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Christianity Etc › Re: Bishop David Oyedepo Of Winners Chapel Retires? See Who Takes Over by johnydon22(m): 4:35pm On Jan 08, 2016

Family business empire. . .

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Christianity Etc › Re: Islamic State Militant 'executes Own Mother' In Raqqa by johnydon22(m): 4:27pm On Jan 08, 2016

Annunaki:
That's the big mistake you are making, Christianity is bbased strictly on the teachings of christ and his apostles as recorded in the new testament. The old testament is a different religion(Judaism) so I will not accept it in criticising christianity. Let me remind you that the bible was not canonised till the fourth century AD and if the catholic church had decided then to exclude the old testament from our canon of scriptures, we will still have christianity today.

So what you are saying in essence is that you are fully divorcing anything that has to deal with the Old testament..

Good.. I am familiar with that tactics of divorcing the Old testament once it is being used for criticism at the same time employing it when it suites you.. It's called Cherry Picking

I will remind you these exact words of yours anytime i see you quoting the Old testament for any reason what so ever.

Since you have decided to divorce the Old testament (which by the way also is regarded the words of Yahweh) i hope you refrain from using it ever again.

Because if you do, you still then affirms the fact that the old testament being part of the Christian canon (bible) also is also a part of Christian fundamentals.

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Christianity Etc › Re: Islamic State Militant 'executes Own Mother' In Raqqa by johnydon22(m): 4:09pm On Jan 08, 2016

Annunaki:
It will be completely impossible for you to show such behaviour is based on the teachings of christ(true Christianity) even if you can come up with a 'similar' instance. On the contrary we know what mohamed preached and practised so we know what motivates his followers to behave that way.

Let us be fair..

The basis of the deductions on your criticism of Islam is based on their religious book which is the Quran.

So can we also base the criticism of Christianity based on its on book which is the Bible without cherry picking or denying any part of the book to shield ourselves from it's inconsistencies?

The comparison here is not about the Character Jesus of the gospels and Muhammed.

But of two ideas or religions in relation to their Holy books (which in entirety is regarded by these two bodies as the "Word of their various God(s)"..

So should i go on?

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Christianity Etc › Re: Islamic State Militant 'executes Own Mother' In Raqqa by johnydon22(m): 1:40pm On Jan 08, 2016

Islam is 50% of what is wrong with this planet.. Imagine some idiot killing his mother because he thinks he is fighting for a God he has never even seen before..

Just imagine how humans supposedly intelligent species are being turned into literal mor0ns by 1book with primitive theme.

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Christianity Etc › Re: Islamic State Militant 'executes Own Mother' In Raqqa by johnydon22(m): 1:37pm On Jan 08, 2016

Annunaki:
Only a religion started by satan himself can inspire people to such evil atrocities.

Do you really mean that? So if i show you similar instances in 21st century Christianity. will you still say the same?

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Christianity Etc › Re: A Discussion Thread For Johnydon22 And I by johnydon22(m): 12:48pm On Jan 08, 2016

Remilekun101:
i finally agree with you on the Ouija board

i would want to you to read this before we continue..

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/life-after-death-largest-ever-study-provides-evidence-that-out-of-body-and-near-death-experiences-9780195.html

http://www.spiritscienceandmetaphysics.com/harvard-neurosurgeon-confirms-the-afterlife-exists/

and finally this

http://thespiritscience.net/2014/10/28/proof-of-life-after-death/

Alright sir. I need you to understand that Mysteries are just things waiting to be learnt..

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Christianity Etc › Re: God Does Not Need Apologists Or Terrorists by johnydon22(m): 7:55am On Jan 08, 2016

Isn't it remarkable how you know this God so well that you even know what he wants or not.. Later on you will still use the card "God is above human reasoning" to escape employing critical questions..

Please tell us how you know what God wants, he told you or you are in this God's mind?

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Science/Technology › Re: Human Impact Has Pushed Earth Into The Anthropocene, Scientists Say by johnydon22(m): 7:37am On Jan 08, 2016*

Humans are the most idiotic unintelligent species i know..

First they invent invisible Gods and then they worship and revere these invisible Gods and then they neglect and destroy visible nature.

Not knowing that their continuous existence is not dependent on the invisible Gods they worship but on the visible nature they neglect and destroy.

One day the earth will cry, she will cry for her life. and we will have to make a choice whether to help her or not and while at it we should remember that if we let her die, we die with her.

Humans are threats both to the planet we live in and other species we share this planet with because in our simplistic arrogance we have deluded our selves with the absurd belief that this planet and every other thing in it(including other life forms we share the planet with) was made for us to with what ever we please.

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Romance › Re: Isn't This True About Men And Women Behaviours? (PICS) by johnydon22(m): 11:08pm On Jan 07, 2016

women are more complicated fellows than we are.. we live the simple life

Christianity Etc › Re: SEE PHOTOS : Popular Pastor Acquires Third Private Jet by johnydon22(m): 9:15pm On Jan 07, 2016

SirWere:
I took three pills called history, philosophy and reasoning.

I'm more of a deist, really. I still believe in some sort of metaphysical happenings, BUT I BELIEVE THERE IS NO MYSTERY SURRONDING THEM! Only not enough studies.

Who knows, Nigeria might usher in an era of "spiritual science"

Mysteries are just things waiting to be known!!! Good one bro

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Christianity Etc › Re: SEE PHOTOS : Popular Pastor Acquires Third Private Jet by johnydon22(m): 9:13pm On Jan 07, 2016

HCpaul:
Will you be chance 2moro?

Email me with the email address i gave you

Christianity Etc › Re: SEE PHOTOS : Popular Pastor Acquires Third Private Jet by johnydon22(m): 7:59pm On Jan 07, 2016

HCpaul:
You still have hope cuz d richest man in d world z an atheist.

Christianity is really a blessing.

The prophet along with prophet Angel even use to do miracle money.

They have power over money.

Christ need your soul this season.

Alright bro. . Seriously paul, i gave you my email. You do know am not staying here in Abuja that long right?

Literature › Re: The Real Heroes Of 2015...To Those Who Have Fallen & Those Who Still Burn(pics) by johnydon22(m): 7:36pm On Jan 07, 2016*

I know of only one set of celebrities worthy of being celebrated by us all : they are these young boys in camouflage having sleepless nights so we can sleep in peace.

I know of only one sacrifice worthy of my reverence: These men laying down their life for ours.

"For the people i love, i will sacrifice"

To these men sacrificing their all, you have all my respect and profound gratitude and love

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Christianity Etc › Re: SEE PHOTOS : Popular Pastor Acquires Third Private Jet by johnydon22(m): 7:18pm On Jan 07, 2016

menesheh:
Research more on religious claims, be ready to genetically transit to a new blown atheistic specie.

Hahahahahaha surely

Christianity Etc › Re: African Parents And Act Of Kissing Their Children To Hell by johnydon22(m): 7:10pm On Jan 07, 2016

Earthkumy:
every kiss is for affection either for kids or adult, but full blow mouth to mouth kissing is turning the children into something else. That's the point I'm making, I have seen a lot kids going wild in kissing mouth to mouth and that always leads to perversion.

You are the one who is reading an uncalled meaning into the act of kissing children in the mouth..

It is your mindset that kissing in the mouth is bad and so you tend to see that bad in every kiss.

Mouth to mouth is nothing bad neither do such affection lead them towards perversion, i think only someone with such a perverted mindset will see that harmless gesture to be a nudge towards perversion.

Full blown mouth to mouth kiss by the parents is not doing anything to their kids, this is like saying a child cuddling his mother while sleeping is leading them to something else.

even as i am a grown up now, i can still let mama carry me, cuddle her when i sleep or even kiss her (kiss her forehead often as a matter of fact) even papa too..

they are the parents for Christ sake!!!

do not interpret your sexual ideas as an adult to a parent and child affection..

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Culture › Re: When U Are Obsessed With Matching Outfits by johnydon22(m): 5:48pm On Jan 07, 2016

Classic love it

Christianity Etc › Re: SEE PHOTOS : Popular Pastor Acquires Third Private Jet by johnydon22(m): 5:45pm On Jan 07, 2016

SirWere:
That's it! I'm renouncing atheism!!!! I plan to start a church where I have deliverance from atheistic powers. Super knowledge annoiting and money handkerchief. Who wan join

Mehn am joining you o

But seriously wonder when you fully realized you were atheistic, first i saw you on this forum couple of months back you were largely agnostic theist to me.

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Christianity Etc › Re: SEE PHOTOS : Popular Pastor Acquires Third Private Jet by johnydon22(m): 5:44pm On Jan 07, 2016

Mother of God!!! Ok seriously this business pays.. Am joining this Church holy spirit selling business soon..

SirWere it's time we start getting our own money and jets and mansions..

Am joining this business seriously

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Christianity Etc › Re: The Mystery Of The Tower Of Babel by johnydon22(m): 5:39pm On Jan 07, 2016

analice107:
You call me Ma, am, you call me dude. Make up your mind already. Am I Ma, am or dude?

Hahahahahaha Anna you won't kill me

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