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Christianity Etc › Re: If God Hates Human Sacrifice, Why Did He Sacrifice His Son On The Cross? by johnydon22(m): 9:50pm On Jul 29, 2015
Tjayjosh:
Seems so barbaric. Is it really
necessary? Why doesn’t God
simply forgive us?” Because God
is holy, He must judge sin. Would
a just and righteous judge let evil
go unpunished? At the cross,
God poured out His judgment on
His Son, satisfying His wrath and
making it possible for Him to
forgive us.
That’s why Jesus shed
His blood for your sins, my sins,
and the sins of the whole world.
Forgiveness is a virtue that surpasses judgement.

Love is not judgement or wrath neither is it obedient conformity... Demanding for blood before offering an act of forgiveness simply depicts a blood lustful and barbaric concept.

He needed to satisfy his wrath, he must pour it on something, anything at all. Why not simply let go of it, why not simply forgive you without having to pour his wrath somewhere, i thought he was supposed to be all good and how does such concept connote goodness.

Such idea as the bolded rather betrays an egoistic, vengeful, barbaric concept... something you would expect a perfect being to be way above...

If this is your idea of love maybe you will make a very good parent by punishing one your children so as to forgive the other of a wrong doing since your really need where to pour your wrath instead of simply forgiving
Christianity Etc › Re: Why Are There Many Different Religions. by johnydon22(m): 9:40pm On Jul 29, 2015
dalaman:
Not really the first organized religion, no one knows the first organized religions because the religion and its adherents are already dead. Hinduism is the longest surviving organized religion.
Early Hominids exhibited traits of religiosity resulting to burial ceremonies and grave markings.

But organized religion full fledged flagged off during the Neolithic ages (10000-9000BC) and this saw the emergence of the Sangam Hinduism according to archeological evidence, it may change or improve when more facts are uncovered.…
Christianity Etc › Re: Why Are There Many Different Religions. by johnydon22(m):
Take a good look around the world? You see different colours of the same specie, different language and cultures in different geographical points.

Culture as we know it influences the religion of a people, cultural difference is bound to instill differences in religious ideologies in these distinct people.

Man always is a curious being and our curiosity drove us on a quest to know and a quest to know led us into many methods of solving it.
Taking a good look at every religion in the world you can detect one or two comparative mythology and fables but in a different style and buttered into the cultural decorum of that particular people.

So differences in religion stems from cultural, social and philosophical differences and in many cases just man following his own ideology and ego independent of the original...
Christianity Etc › Re: Why Are There Many Different Religions. by johnydon22(m): 9:25pm On Jul 29, 2015
It may also interest you to know Hinduism is the first organised religion man ever came up with through out history smiley. . .
Culture › Re: An Appeal To The Igbos And Yorubas by johnydon22(op): 9:23pm On Jul 29, 2015
Tydies:
The difference is in there ideology. Next time, take your time and interact with them.
Yes differences in ideology should not be taken as enmity but rather a ground for healthy argument and sound disagreement yet in a discreet way
Culture › An Appeal To The Igbos And Yorubas by johnydon22(op): 9:13pm On Jul 29, 2015
[b]Earlier this year i was travelling to lagos with my basketball teammates as we headed to a tournament. . . On getting to Yoruba land, i watched from my window and watched as the people played out their daily activities. . I looked closely trying to see a distinguishing feature between i and them but Alas "THERE WAS NONE"

I touched my team mate a yoruba named Ayodele (Tho have lived in the east all his life so is typically Igbo in terms of language) I asked him.
"Look around, what differences do you see?" His reply was "Nothing"

We all share similar skin colour, traits, cultural similarity, physical characteristics, even language similarity in a very little way. . I found out that we are just same people distinguished only by TRIBAL label. What differences do you see when you look at another person from Ivory coast?

I have always watched on in total dismay and sadness when ever i enter a thread and all i see is a war front of back to back tribal bashing and lashing. It is a very sad sight to see and a very disappointing exhibition.

I wish to use this medium to call on every IGBO and YORUBA in this forum, i know we all love our people and we all feel a kind of sentimental attachment to our tribe which is understandable because everybody does that. I know we all feel the need to protect our tribe and defend it in the face of any seeming adversary and to this i fully understand your sentiments.

But this is a thread to call for restraint and gentility. . Let us meet every harsh word with a healthy humour and gentility.

"The word that sparks up war in a land, makes peace in another"

It all depends of the manner you present it. . . This is practically a way of appealing to my fellow IGBOs and also Yorubas, let us not let this tribal e-fights rid us of our reason.
It is totally unnecessarily as it is demeaning. . Let the love we each have for our tribes let loose and extend towards others because "We were all humans before tribe separated us" love should be unbound.

I sincerely hope my humble pleas are given a bit of a listening ear, i hope we will learn to approach each other kindly even if our interests do not align.

I hope any harsh word against any tribe will be met with a sound humour and a kinder approach.

Ideologies will always differ in life but differences in ideologies do not equate enmity. So let us not let our differences equate enmity and contempt but rather let us see it as a unique aspect that must be embraced and understood rather than fought over.

I have never seen a thread in nairaland were the tribal fights produces a meaningful result rather it only ends in creating more bad blood and resentment towards each other and so might result into an infinite chain of unfounded and unwarranted enmity.

Please what ever grudge you may bear in your mind towards others, let us learn how to discuss discreetly and in that know true PEACE even in our disagreement. . .Learn that kind words in the face of adversary is not cowardice but rather STRENGTH.

I am an IGBO and i extend the flag for peace and love
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Christianity Etc › Re: "Does God Exist?" Resounding No by johnydon22(m): 6:25pm On Jul 29, 2015
scarred9jan:
wait a minute, that guy believed that there is a store house for snow?!!!!!!! angry choi see stupidity.. no wonder the skydaddy belief.....
Na so i see am oo my brother
Christianity Etc › Re: Please, Who Is God ? by johnydon22(m): 5:37pm On Jul 29, 2015
[b]The Word "GOD" is just a noun used to connote many things that are all distinct and unrelated... There are many definitions of what the word God is..

From the dictionary, there are 4 definitions of the word..

God /ɡɒd/
noun
1. (in Christianity, Islam and other monotheistic religions) the creator and ruler of
the universe and source of all moral authority; the supreme being... A deity.

2. (in certain other religions) a superhuman being or spirit worshipped as
having power over nature or human fortunes; a deity.

3. a greatly admired or influential person...(e.g: Michael Jordan is a basketball God)

4. the gallery in a theatre...

in pantheism.
5. It is used to describe the universe itself...

So Op you can see now that the word is just a noun that means many things, it is left for you to choose the meaning you are banking on from the definitions... The word can also be applied to other things metaphorically but not actually the definitions or related to that thing..

If you are meaning a deity then 1,2 answers you, if you are looking for definitions or uses of that word that is not related to DEITY then 3,4,5 comes to mind.
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Christianity Etc › Re: If God Hates Human Sacrifice, Why Did He Sacrifice His Son On The Cross? by johnydon22(m): 4:42pm On Jul 29, 2015
Tjayjosh:
The sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so. (Romans 8:7). Jonnydon22. Like i always say to you: you can never comprehend what the scripture says about christ unless you have the spirit of God in you.
It was a simple question. . . God wanted to forgive your sin why not just go ahead and forgive it instead of killing his son or demanding blood.... Still thats barbaric because even ordinary humans do not demand or exhibit such blood lust
Christianity Etc › Re: Why Criticism Of Religion Is Important In Contemporary Africa by johnydon22(m): 4:35pm On Jul 29, 2015
italo:
lol...

I see how you dodged the bulk of my post exposing how Plato didn't justify his claims...and how that makes it way off today's Science standard. Infact, today, scientists would call it bogus claims or 'guess' at best.

I see how you cannot show me anywhere in the book - Timaeus where Plato justified or proved his claim.

Typical Atheist who thinks that a good logical argument is made by shouting many insults at the opponent, while avoiding the issue at hand.

If the Eucharist is delusion, then Plato and Aristotle's works were also delusion.

They didn't use the standard scientific method in use today, which was invented by the Catholic Church.
[b]Hahahahahaha i don die...

The problem is that you don't know the difference between a claim and an observation.... And you are not even ashamed of it..

Plato observed the constellations in different geographical point and reached a consensus that only a spherical globe could have different constellation views in different location, it was a very simple interpretation of an observation, some may reach a conclusion that it is because the earth rested on a giant turtle..
Observation means it is very clear for all to observe, plato's phenomenon of constellations can as well be observed even now.

It was exactly like Msngr Georges Big bang postulation, he had no proof just like Plato, just a postulation based on observed phenomenon only after the hubble telescope went into orbit was the observation verified ... You see You absolutely have no knowledge of what science is and i am not supposed to start teaching you that.

Too bad you do not know that claiming that a wafer turns into a blood when it is not demonstrative for all just like observing the constellation is, it is a CLAIM and not an observation... Boy you really need to read because you far to engage on a scientific discussion or argument with me.

You could not maintain an argument without spamming the thread with wikipedia copy and paste; quite childish and degrading.

Let us hope you won't ask how an observation and a claim is the same thing
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Christianity Etc › Re: If God Hates Human Sacrifice, Why Did He Sacrifice His Son On The Cross? by johnydon22(m): 8:35am On Jul 29, 2015
Tjayjosh:
Constant study of the word of God.
So God could not just forgive your sins unless he had his son murdered... Sounds barbaric
Christianity Etc › Re: Why Criticism Of Religion Is Important In Contemporary Africa by johnydon22(m):
italo:
Now, one question for you and your like which I expect you to dodge: cc adsonstone, freecocoa, herald9,

Cc winner01 pls watch.

The Catholic Church has said that the Eucharist is the actual body and blood of Christ and has said it has observed many eucharistic occurrences affirming this.

Does that declaration make it a scientific fact?


smiley
italo i think your desperation have taken you off balance... You are asking an atheist that the wafer and 12apostles mass wine really turn into blood and flesh..

Everybody reading this will surely know that you have gone deranged because only One word for that claim is "Delusion" Chronic "Delusion" grin
Quote me on that anywhere, That you are too childish and gullible enough to swallow the stories of wafers turning into flesh is in no way my problem.

Christianity Etc › Re: Why Criticism Of Religion Is Important In Contemporary Africa by johnydon22(m): 11:37pm On Jul 28, 2015
italo:
Forgive me. I meant to say "not the science that Aristotle used to prove that the earth was the Centre of the universe."

Now you can answer to the post.
Hahahahahahaha you are lying italo, what you implied; aristocratic philosophers thought the earth was flat was exactly what you meant... because you even advanced more to ask me more questions on Hellenistic spherical earth which sounded quite new to you...

Don't lie now, you can simply agree to the fact and change grounds without having to lie to cover your as$. that is "science" knowledge improves when new facts are uncovered.. smiley
Christianity Etc › Re: "Does God Exist?" Resounding No by johnydon22(m): 9:36pm On Jul 28, 2015
FOLYKAZE:
Does that makes you believe in God (regardless if it exist as an ideal) existence?

Atheist battle about human like being who live in the sky. You leave the ideal and fight after expression
I refer to ideas as ideas smiley
Christianity Etc › Re: Why Criticism Of Religion Is Important In Contemporary Africa by johnydon22(m): 9:29pm On Jul 28, 2015
italo:
It was an Atheistic agenda...yes or no?
Obviously a Constitutional Bill just like Gay bill... I am not supposed to teach you government too
Christianity Etc › Re: Why Criticism Of Religion Is Important In Contemporary Africa by johnydon22(m): 9:26pm On Jul 28, 2015
italo:
.

How did Hellenistic astronomy "establish" that the earth was spherical?

What was the process? Was it recorded? Can you demonstrate that the process was reproducable by any random scientist at the time

These are all compulsory ingredients of Science (the Scientific method) today.

Or did one or two Greek astronomers just say that they have "established" that the earth was spherical? And people accepted it because they were astronomers?
[b]Hahahahaha and now you fall on this shabby defence?

Exactly the same way msgr Georges postulated the Big Bang, the same way Larmarck instigated evolutionary trend... Simply through OBSERVATIONS.

But again let me break it down to your level as to further reveal more of you shabby and desperate defence..

Notable greek philosophers who inferred the spherical earth are..

1)Plato: His works on the spherical earth analogy are well recorded in his book Timaeus..

2)Aristotle: Aristotle (384–322 BC) was Plato's prize student and "the mind of the
school". [18] Aristotle observed "there are stars seen in Egypt and [...] Cyprus
which are not seen in the northerly regions." Since this could only happen on a
curved surface, he too believed Earth was a sphere "of no great size, for
otherwise the effect of so slight a change of place would not be quickly
apparent."..

You see Aristotle's conclusion was based on his usage of the scientific method of OBSERVATION of star constellations.... His works are also recorded in his book meteorology ..

You want argue more on it? wink
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Christianity Etc › Re: Why Criticism Of Religion Is Important In Contemporary Africa by johnydon22(m): 8:59pm On Jul 28, 2015
italo:
I don't see anywhere you proved that the Greeks scientifically proved that the earth was round.

Maybe it miraculously got deleted.

Would you be kind enough to repost the evidence Sir?

Thank you. smiley
Let me repost the same answer again, seeing that you have asserted ancient greek thought the world was flat, lets me thrash it out once and for all.
italo:
Not the science that Aristotle and others used to discover that the earth was flat...without proof.



"The concept of a spherical Earth dates back to around the 6th century BC,
when it was mentioned in ancient Greek philosophy, but remained a matter
of philosophical speculation [size=16] until the 3rd century BC, when Hellenistic astronomy established the spherical shape of the earth as a physical given.[/size]
" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_Earth

Lets hope you also know hellenistic refers to greek....Further shows you philosophy is birth parent of science..

Now choose the ignorant one between us grin
Christianity Etc › Re: Why Criticism Of Religion Is Important In Contemporary Africa by johnydon22(m): 8:46pm On Jul 28, 2015
italo:
@ Johnydon22, you said I was naive, ignorant etc...

You said the ancient Greeks used the ingredients of the modern scientific method...and they knew that the earth was round.

I asked you to show me where the ancient Greeks ever proved scientifically that the earth was round.

You suddenly went silent.

Can we then agree that you're the one who speaks in ignorance and naivete?

Or you're still looking for the evidence?
I think you have a problem by not seeing where i replied you or maybe you pretended not to see it, scroll up to the beginning of this page or go to your mentions
Christianity Etc › Re: I Am Beginning To Feel Agnostic Recently by johnydon22(m): 8:34pm On Jul 28, 2015
Thoniameek:
Ahn ahn..... Not refuting anything there
As matter of fact I agree with everything you just wrote

But, am not denying the presence of my creator
Hahahahaha am not asking you to lay waste your convictions abeg...

At least give credit to the people who deserve it, we all know how you came into existence..it was a long night..hahahaha wink
Christianity Etc › Re: I Am Beginning To Feel Agnostic Recently by johnydon22(m): 8:28pm On Jul 28, 2015
Eddlad:
Read the story I wrote in response to 'davien'
Atheist have gotten it backward,God doesnt own it to you or anyone to prove anything for crying out loud,he can create a million of you if he so wishes so tell me why he would show up,cause you dared him?Sure.
That he create a billion of us still remains a claim that you are yet to substantiate, so stop making more.

So then why should i take you serious when you make claims of having an idea about God without showing us how you got to know.. God have not been able to substantiate himself that is why the concept rest on YOU to speak for it..

Until you who is the claimant of knowing a God substantiate your claim by proving to us that there really is such an entity, it remains nothing more than your claim.... Goodluck with that
Christianity Etc › Re: I Am Beginning To Feel Agnostic Recently by johnydon22(m): 8:25pm On Jul 28, 2015
Thoniameek:
Noted, I'll be delighted to,,,,,,,, whenever my plan is fully birthed

Whatever you're on right now, more grease to your elbow

And I still do not mind helping in whatever way that I can now..... Maybe volunteering
Thats good !!!

It is up to us humans to make things right because we are sure we are here in this material universe. . If we wait on abstract concepts like deities to do anything for us then nothing will ever get done..

If we need to push a cup we must do it for ourselves waiting for a deity that cup will remain there forever, if you see a hungry man know that only you as a human can render help and nothing else can because at least you real and sure of it.

It is up to us to make things right in the planet we live in because it is our home
Christianity Etc › Re: I Am Beginning To Feel Agnostic Recently by johnydon22(m): 8:20pm On Jul 28, 2015
Eddlad:
Of cause not, I infered u must be an atheist and last I checked that was one of its pillars.(the big bang)
you see, you were under your own naivete about what it was..

BIG BANG theory is a scientific theory and has nothing to do with atheism. . . It was even first postulated by a catholic priest scientist Georges Lamitre.

so please stop confusing atheism with science. . Many theist as well as many atheist too agree with the scientific theory of big bang....

Get your facts straight next time.
Christianity Etc › Re: Why Criticism Of Religion Is Important In Contemporary Africa by johnydon22(m): 8:12pm On Jul 28, 2015
freecocoa:
It's not a misconception

I am telling him that a group of atheists deciding to do something and tag it a result of atheism does not make it true, since he(Italo)is ignorant of the meaning of atheism, let's just sarcastically assume.

No one can do anything in the name of atheism is what am saying.
In this you are very correct i loudly concur meaning the misconception stems from mine and his part.
Christianity Etc › Re: I Am Beginning To Feel Agnostic Recently by johnydon22(m): 8:09pm On Jul 28, 2015
Thoniameek:
[Actually, I've plans of starting my own foundation

And there's this thing say when I have the opportunity to speak at any gathering...... I tell them that in their lifetime aside their children they should endeavour to train up a child to whatever level they did their children
Thats beautiful i really love that my dear... I have a plan too about making the little one i indulge in bigger.

As long as your foundation is for bettering the world we live in and reducing suffering of humans out there even in the least sense then am in.. you can contact me when ever you feel like doing that i will help in which ever way i can
Christianity Etc › Re: I Am Beginning To Feel Agnostic Recently by johnydon22(m): 7:52pm On Jul 28, 2015
Thoniameek:
How I wish I have something to say to you

Since I can't tell God to you, I resort to telling you to God
Yeah go to your room and mumble some words to yourself and have a strong conviction something heard you... Funny... Have been there before so i understand perfectly well how it feels...

Don't pray for me, just feed a hungry child in my stead. . .
Christianity Etc › Re: "Does God Exist?" Resounding No by johnydon22(m): 7:49pm On Jul 28, 2015
plaetton:
shocked shocked shocked shocked shocked shocked shocked

You can't be serious.

This is a joke , right? huh
I couldn't believe what i was seeing, someone that actually went to school still thinks Snows has a store house . . I couldn't help but weep about what religion and belief in mythologies have done to my people, too degrading for a 21st century homo sapien
Christianity Etc › Re: "Does God Exist?" Resounding No by johnydon22(m): 7:39pm On Jul 28, 2015
FOLYKAZE:
Idealogical God exist only as an idea. You cant deny it existence seeing how it direct one mind to every which way.
Exactly, this is precisely the point atheists are trying to make smiley
Christianity Etc › Re: I Am Beginning To Feel Agnostic Recently by johnydon22(m): 7:33pm On Jul 28, 2015
Thoniameek:
Correct!

Oh my! Am surprised you knew that shocked

Well..... Maybe not

You know everything, so that you're lost in your own knowledge....

I don't know any of those logical nonsense you're expecting from me. But hey! I know what I know, now that's called conviction
Actually i wasn't expecting you to sound logical at all because the very idea of claiming a relationship with what you cannot substantiate betrays logic in essence.

@Bolded, you are very correct, belief thrives on blind convictions of things that aren't there.
your convictions doesn't make anything true, it doesn't even make it probably true.. it only means you are blindly clutching to it whether it is true or not.

That i have a strong conviction that i can perform merlin type of magic doesn't make it true, it only means i am swimming in a chronic and pitiable state of self induced delusion and wishful thinking
Christianity Etc › Re: Why Criticism Of Religion Is Important In Contemporary Africa by johnydon22(m): 7:26pm On Jul 28, 2015
italo:
Yet the Albanian constitution said the state pursues an Atheist propaganda.

smiley

And it killed for that purpose.
Remains a political agenda boy. . . Anything constitutional is governmental and political, deal with it smiley
Christianity Etc › Re: Why Criticism Of Religion Is Important In Contemporary Africa by johnydon22(m): 7:21pm On Jul 28, 2015
italo:
Show me where Ancient Greeks ever proved that the earth was round...for starters.

Let's see who is ignorant.
To kill this once and for all..

"The concept of a spherical Earth dates back to around the 6th century BC,
when it was mentioned in ancient Greek philosophy, but remained a matter
of philosophical speculation [size=20] until the 3rd century BC, when Hellenistic astronomy established the spherical shape of the earth as a physical given.[/size]
" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_Earth

Lets hope you also know hellenistic refers to greek....Further shows you philosophy is birth parent of science..

Now choose the ignorant one between us grin
Christianity Etc › Re: Why Criticism Of Religion Is Important In Contemporary Africa by johnydon22(m): 5:31pm On Jul 28, 2015
italo:
Now this sounds like Atheism is a doctrine, Johnydon22.

smiley
Its a clear misconception on her part of which is obvious..

Whether someone is good or bad has no effect or anything to do with atheism...anybody's behaviour GOOD or BAD is sorely their doing..

Atheist simply means "This guy disbelieves the existence of deities smiley
Christianity Etc › Re: Why Criticism Of Religion Is Important In Contemporary Africa by johnydon22(m): 5:29pm On Jul 28, 2015
italo:
I'm talking about Science in the modern sense of the word, which mainly refers mainly to the Scientific method that Roger Bacon developed...with full observation, experimentation, verification, peer review etc

Not the science that Aristotle and others used to discover that the earth was flat...without proof.
[b]Lmao and you further castigate yourself more on your ignorance about ancient science...

First of all by mentioning SCIENCE of Aristotle era you have agreed science was before the emergence of your church even though you now misrepresented it in order to down write it.

Ancient greeks knew the earth was round, even ancient egypt and sumer knew this little fact and they had telescope to OBSERVE this and the phenomenon of star constellations.

They observed the existence of other planets and planetary rotations. . .

Pythagoras fully developed the pythagoras theorem and proved it of which am proud to say you still suffer his bullshiit in class today as SOHCAHTOA.

Egyptians had a sound knowledge of geometry evident enough in the pyramids, they even left behind writings on papyrus on Physics, biology, alchemy, astrology and so on of which many of this knowledge we still see in the classrooms.

An ancient egyptian physician imhotep performed surgery long before the emergence of greek civilization even...

SCIENCE in the ancient days had a philosophical approach and yet still had the ingredients that defines modern science now which is OBSERVATION and EXPERIMENTATION ..

You only ended up showing to be quite naive about history and ancient antiquities and science
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