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 Sports › Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by joseph1013(op): 12:40pm On Feb 10, 2016 |
enomakos: Bros, where did you get that? Are you referring to the Italian league of 90s or that of 2015? If it is for this decade, you will need to provide citations before we continue. 1 Like |
| Christianity Etc › Re: My Thoughts And Questions About Religion by joseph1013(op): 11:06am On Feb 10, 2016*. Modified: 4:28pm On Feb 13, 2016 |
[b]A THOUGHT EXPERIMENT THAT COULD CHANGE YOUR LIFE If you believe in a god, here is something to think about. Please humour me and do this thought experiment with me. You will have reasons for your belief but let's imagine something. Let's imagine we examine your reasons; we critique them one-by-one and we find them flawed. One after another they fail, until you have no reasons left to rely on. What will you do then? Will you cease to believe in your god or will your belief persist? If you will continue to believe, this thought experiment will have revealed something about yourself that you may not have previously known. It will have shown that you do not control your beliefs--rather they control you. Read that last sentence again and absorb it. Are you happy about that? You may shake your head and think this is irrelevant because your reasons ARE good. But are you certain? After years of listening to people explain why they believe in their god, I have never encountered a single sound argument. Not one. What are the chances that you are the first person with a valid argument? I wouldn't bet my life on it if I were you. Especially once you realise your beliefs are in control--not you.[/b] 4 Likes 1 Share |
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| Christianity Etc › Re: My Thoughts And Questions About Religion by joseph1013(op): 2:09pm On Feb 09, 2016 |
[b]THE RUSE OF ASCENSION Many Christians (including educated ones) often claim that the truth of Christianity is attested to by the resurrection and bodily ascension of Jesus, and that Christianity was unique in this respect. These are fabulous claims that cannot be further from the truth. Let me address the claim of heavenly ascent. The belief in ascension of physical bodies into space was not new during the time of Jesus. Many such claims were common in different religions during the bronze-age, largely due to the pervasive ignorance of humans about space and the stupendous extensiveness of the universe. Thus, among the ancient Greeks, Hercules was believed to have been raised unto Olympus (the home of the gods). Go into the Hindu religious tradition, and read about the ascension of Saint Tukaram into Garuda Vahan (in the skies) in the presence of thousands of people. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was reported to have disappeared from his prayer room to appear in heaven before the Lord Jaganath. The ancient Jews were particularly good in sending their holy people to heaven without physical death. Recall how, in the biblical accounts, Enoch and Elijah (the latter on a chariot of fire) were also transported into heaven in the sky. It was after all these fantastical reports that New Testament writers plagiarized ancient scriptures to write similar accounts about their Lord Jesus. According to the Catholics, even the Virgin Mary joined the fray. Not willing to be outdone by earlier magical ascension, the Muslims also claimed that their founder and prophet ascended bodily into heaven on a flying horse (of course it had to be a flying one!). Are we to suppose that physical bodies can fly into space without the protection offered by space crafts and suits? All these claims of bodily ascension into the sky or heaven fly in the face of our scientific knowledge. None of these ignorant reports bothered to tell us how the ascendees managed to get oxygen in space. Neither did they tell us how these physical bodies and horses generated enough thrust to meet the escape velocity (of over 40,000 km/h) of the earth, without which any ascending body cannot escape the earth’s gravitational pull. On getting into space, did these “holy men” head towards the Crab Nebula? Or was it the Andromeda Galaxy? Besides, the noxious environment of space is very unforgiving: it delivers 200 mSv (millisievert) of mutation-inducing radiation in lower earth orbit, and up to 600 mSv in inter-planetary space. Let’s not even begin to mention cosmic rays in space which are capable of smashing human DNA into smithereens! In past eras of ignorance and scientific illiteracy, one may understand why stories of heavenly ascension multiplied. It’s extremely ridiculous that educated humans of the 21st century can still be flummoxed by such infantile myths fit only for trash bins. Shun the myths. Embrace science. Be free![/b] 4 Likes 1 Share |
| Sports › Re: Super Eagles Of Nigeria Thread: 2017 AFCON Qualifiers. by joseph1013: 11:58am On Feb 08, 2016 |
Sunday Oliseh don vex! He makes some very valid points though https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNmsOBBqMgY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTMGnGdTCo0 1 Like |
| Sports › Re: Super Eagles Of Nigeria Thread: 2017 AFCON Qualifiers. by joseph1013: 11:46am On Feb 08, 2016 |
[size=14pt]Oliseh flees Nigeria, accuses staff of witchcraft[/size]This is a very hilarious news. I could not stop laughing throughout.  2 Likes |
| Sports › Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by joseph1013(op): 6:55am On Feb 08, 2016*. Modified: 8:54am On Feb 08, 2016 |
^^^ This only means one thing: Success has deteriorated. He used to be very prolific and have excel in decision making. It further supports the theory that playing time for youngsters is overrated. 2 Likes 1 Share |
| Sports › Re: Super Eagles Of Nigeria Thread: 2017 AFCON Qualifiers. by joseph1013: 9:31pm On Feb 05, 2016 |
NFF is the most useless (dis)organization I know. How can you oppose the choice of stadium of a coach? I really have no expectations for success of our teams this year. Imagine telling Oliseh that he should have endured without salaries cos other coaches did. Question: were their salaries delayed? Did that stop them from traveling all over the world under the guise of working for the football body? Any success is inspite of this awful association. 3 Likes 1 Share |
| Christianity Etc › Re: My Thoughts And Questions About Religion by joseph1013(op): 3:02pm On Feb 05, 2016 |
[b]WHEN "I DON'T KNOW" IS THE BEST ANSWER Creation stories attempt to explain the creation of the Earth (or universe) and the creation of humans (or of life on Earth). There are hundreds of creation stories but let's just imagine there are only two: the Jewish story and the Norse story. The Norse story says the god Odin battled the ice giant Ymir. After an epic battle, Odin defeated Ymir and used the giant's body parts to create the Earth--his blood formed the rivers and seas, his bones the mountains, his hair formed the trees, and the sky was made from his skull. Humans came from the giant's armpits. The Jewish story says that Yahweh created the universe by thinking it into existence. He made a man from dust and a woman from the man's rib. He created everything that exists in just six days. More than a thousand years later, humans invented a new way of explaining things. They looked at facts (evidence) and formulated possible explanations that were consistent with the facts. They called these explanations 'hypotheses'. Then they asked, if this hypothesis is true, what further evidence should we expect to find? And what evidence would prove the hypothesis false? They searched for evidence or carried out experiments and discarded falsified hypotheses. They continued to test, debate and refine surviving hypotheses until they explained the facts extremely well. This process has proven phenomenally successful. It is now known as the scientific method. We know it works because we create tools from its successful hypotheses and these tools work. My computer is such a tool. So are passenger jets, cars, medicines, televisions, eye glasses and space rockets. So here we are in the second decade of the 21st century, and we have a choice. What should we believe about how the universe came to be? We can chose the Jewish creation story or the Norse creation story or we can see what science can tell us. Science has formulated a handful of hypotheses to explain the origin of the universe but they are very difficult to test. Work is proceeding but we cannot yet be confident that any of these hypotheses are correct. Right now, science can only say, "We don't know". What will you bet on: The guess made three thousand years ago by the Jews? The guess made almost two thousand years ago by the Norse people? Or will you say, I don't know? Only one of these answers makes sense.[/b] |
| Computers › Re: Hp PROBOOK 4520s For Sale by joseph1013: 6:55pm On Feb 04, 2016 |
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| Computers › Re: New HP Laptop For Sell 4GB Ram by joseph1013: 6:54pm On Feb 04, 2016 |
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| Christianity Etc › Re: My Thoughts And Questions About Religion by joseph1013(op): 5:41pm On Feb 04, 2016 |
[b]THE BIBLE TEACHES MORALITY? “Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves. You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property. You can bequeath them to your children as inherited property and can make them slaves for life, but you must not rule over your fellow Israelites ruthlessly" (Lev 24: 44-46) “When a man strikes his slave, male or female, with a rod and the slave dies under his hand, he shall be punished. But if the slave survives a day or two, he is not to be punished; for the slave is his money.” (Exodus 21:20-21) * * * * * * * * * * According to the Bible - not only is it permissible to own, buy and sell slaves (like ISIS and Boko Haram are doing), it is totally okay to beat them even to the point of death provided the death is slow. Every decent person would agree those injunctions are sick. It is forgivable if prehistoric men thought they were the words of an omni-benevolent God, but what excuse do modern men have? How can anyone convince themselves that this book teaches morality?[/b] 3 Likes 2 Shares |
| Christianity Etc › Re: My Thoughts And Questions About Religion by joseph1013(op): 8:37pm On Feb 03, 2016 |
henifri:I perfectly understand. There is no such thing as a sudden radical change of mind. It slowly eats away... |
| Christianity Etc › Re: My Thoughts And Questions About Religion by joseph1013(op): 2:56pm On Feb 03, 2016 |
The proof that the bible is fake................is in the bible!!! 1 Like
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| Sports › Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by joseph1013(op): 8:02pm On Feb 02, 2016 |
Kelechi starts with Aguero in a 442 formation away to Sunderland. 2 Likes |
| Politics › Re: Jonathan: 'Don't Handover', An African Leader Urged Me After I Lost by joseph1013: 5:49pm On Feb 02, 2016 |
This man is simply trying to curry favour and distract from his atrocities. GEJ, there is no other reason why you conceded defeat at the presidential polls other than the fact you lost. It is the NORMAL, SANE, RATIONAL and EXPECTED thing for any loser in a competition to concede. You are no HERO. You are not GREAT. You are not EXTRAORDINARY for doing the right thing you SWORE to do. So please just keep KWAYET! You conceded because you lost and there is no other reason. Not a single one. If there are, it should be kept personal. Stop with the emotional stories. You didn't concede because of any noble consideration. You conceded because YOU LOST. SIMPLE!!! Haba! Just keep quiet and save us from the fetidness of the buffoonery you've already been tagged please. If not for some slavish minded individuals, how dare the appellation of heroism ever be associated with GEJ? 19 Likes 3 Shares |
| Christianity Etc › Re: My Thoughts And Questions About Religion by joseph1013(op): 12:38pm On Feb 02, 2016 |
[b]BEING TOUCHED BY GOD Some of the most convinced believers are those who are completely sure God has revealed himself to them. Such people often say they talk to God every day and sometimes they say God has transformed their lives. I suspect these people love God every bit as deeply as other people love their parents, siblings, spouses and best friends. But there is one question these people surely cannot have asked themselves; if such people have really been touched by the creator of the universe, why do some of them change their minds and abandon their belief in God? How could this even be possible for someone who has actually spoken to God? Talk to a few atheists and it won't be long before you find one who will admit they had been totally certain they communed with God. Such people do lose their God-belief. But how? Actually, it's rather easy. People lose their God belief when they conclude they have not been talking to God, but to themselves. They realise they have been fooled by their imaginations. Imagination is a powerful tool and is one of the things that makes humans as smart as we are. Imagination can conceive of extraordinary gods, and can even make them come to life in a stupendously convincing way. No one who has actually climbed Mount Everest would deny the mountain exists and no one who has actually been touched by God would deny God exists. But they do. Because they have not been touched by God, and nor have you.[/b] |
| Sports › Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by joseph1013(op): 3:50pm On Feb 01, 2016 |
TheGoodJoe:Did you notice that in the last 15 yards of the run to that last goal, he took his eyes off the ball and kept watching the goalkeeper till he moved? it was only then that he slotted the ball past him. There was another goal in the EDS last season where he was through on goal with only the keeper to beat, the keeper didnt move, and what did he do? He dribbled him and scored. Dude is a natural finisher! 1 Like |
| Sports › Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by joseph1013(op): 3:04pm On Feb 01, 2016 |
OFFICIAL: Guardiola signs for Man City Go #Kelechi 2 Likes |
| Sports › Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by joseph1013(op): 3:34pm On Jan 31, 2016 |
FUN FACTS Lionel Messi age 19 - scored 9 goals in 1403 minutes (season 2005/2006) Cristiano Ronaldo age 19 - scored 6 goals in 2269 minutes (season 2003/2004) Iheanacho has scored 9 (if you count the goal that was wrongly scratched off) is 613 minutes. Are you seeing something? 1 Like |
| European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Iheanacho Is A Manchester City Star In Waiting - Goal.com. Scores Hat-trick. by joseph1013: 2:32pm On Jan 31, 2016 |
lacidi:LMAO! Safarigirl, this sounds like your kind of answer. cc: thegoodjoe 1 Like 1 Share |
| Christianity Etc › Re: My Thoughts And Questions About Religion by joseph1013(op): 8:42am On Jan 31, 2016 |
[b]WHY WAS JESUS SACRIFICED? Christians believe God sent his son to be sacrificed so he could forgive the sins of all human beings but that just doesn't make sense. A merciful and loving god would not need a human sacrifice before he could forgive our sins--he would just forgive them because he wanted to (if necessary, he could stipulate we must believe in him before he would forgive our sins). No, this entire story contradicts God's nature but I have a better explanation. God needed to suffer by sacrificing his son so we could forgive HIS sins. After all, throughout the Old Testament, God is shown to be a jealous, genocidal serial killer who condoned slavery, rape and many other crimes. This story shows God begging us for forgiveness, not the other way round. Of course, killing a son to punish his father is egregiously unjust (even though that is exactly what God did to David). You can get around this problem too using a third explanation, and it's the most coherent of them all--this entire story was invented as the foundation of a new religion, now known as Christianity. [/b] 3 Likes 2 Shares |
| Sports › Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by joseph1013(op): 8:03pm On Jan 30, 2016 |
[b][size=14pt]Kelechi is Why We Let Dzeko, Jovetic Go[/size] https://images.cdn.fourfourtwo.com/sites/fourfourtwo.com/files/styles/image_landscape/public/iheanacho-cropped_1oq92846lpuf81dy44p6v8ul2i.jpg?itok=RbwqzGz2&c=87b6d99828d88c1b8ffe17a08d24fc7d Kelechi Iheanacho scored a hat trick and earned praise from manager Manuel Pellegrini as Manchester City crushed Aston Villa in the FA Cup. Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini says Kelechi Iheanacho's hat-trick against Aston Villa proves the club were right to allow established stars Edin Dzeko and Stevan Jovetic to leave. The 19-year-old striker took full advantage of Sergio Aguero being rested to score three times in the FA Cup fourth-round tie at Villa Park on Saturday, with Raheem Sterling netting the other in an easy 4-0 win. Dzeko and Jovetic joined Serie A sides Roma and Inter respectively at the start of the season and Pellegrini believes Iheanacho is showing that allowing the more experienced pair to go was the right decision. "Kelechi is a very good young player," the Chilean told BBC Sport. "We let Jovetic and Dzeko go because I see Kelechi every day and know what he can do. I am very happy. "We made some important changes because it is important to rotate with so many matches to play. Bacary Sagna played well at centre-back, he didn't make any mistakes and [Willy] Caballero was solid in goal." Sterling wanted to take the penalty which put City two goals up, but it was Pellegrini who insisted on Iheanacho doing the honours from 12 yards. The manager added: "I told Bacary Sagna to tell Kelechi to take the penalty. I see him take penalties every day, so he was in charge." The win means City, who are back in action at Sunderland in the Premier League on Tuesday, are still in contention to win all four major trophies they are competing for this season. http://www.fourfourtwo.com/news/why-we-let-dzeko-and-jovetic-go-pellegrini-hails-iheanacho-hat-trick#:Lgo6WIZSIfCmWA [/b] 1 Like |
| Sports › Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by joseph1013(op): 7:50pm On Jan 30, 2016 |
Sterling wanted to take the penalty which put City two goals up, but it was Pellegrini who insisted on Iheanacho doing the honours from 12 yards. The manager added: "I told Bacary Sagna to tell Kelechi to take the penalty. I see him take penalties every day, so he was in charge." 2 Likes 1 Share |
| Sports › Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by joseph1013(op): 7:28pm On Jan 30, 2016 |
Hope NFF will not mess up this golden generation. It's all in their hands. |
| Sports › Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by joseph1013(op): 5:39pm On Jan 30, 2016 |
Forgiveness, don't you dare compare Kelechi with Solanke again. Okay? 1 Like |
| Sports › Re: Super Eagles Of Nigeria Thread: 2017 AFCON Qualifiers. by joseph1013: 4:52pm On Jan 30, 2016 |
Orkpekyandega:I believe Oliseh is still the man. Nigerian fans are an impatient bunch. |
| Sports › Re: Super Eagles Of Nigeria Thread: 2017 AFCON Qualifiers. by joseph1013: 7:10pm On Jan 29, 2016 |
It must be Cairo. Not just because Egyptian players are always super motivated at home often using frustrating tactics, the crowd can intimidate you to limit and North African officials have a way of stressing you out before you start a game. Remember Enyimba and how Orji Uzor Kalu practically arranged everything Enyimba needed for the North African ties. They were very difficult games. 1 Like |
| Christianity Etc › Re: My Thoughts And Questions About Religion by joseph1013(op): 3:26pm On Jan 29, 2016 |
[b]WHY YOU BELIEVE You are a believer; I'm not. Let's take a moment for honest reflection. You know your god is the god you were raised to believe in. You know other people believe just as strongly in other gods and other religions. What convinces you that you've got it right is that it seems to work. Sometimes your prayers are answered and sometimes you feel close to God, you may even sense God talking to you and feel amazing. You think there must be a god--how else can everything be explained: the universe; life; the laws of nature? So it all makes sense. You see that god explains everything. It's perfect. But there are other things you know too you don't often think about. You know that other gods and other religions work too. Believers in these gods think their prayers are answered and feel close to their gods and feel amazing. What you ignore is what this means. Unless you accept that there are a lot of gods, you know deep down that non-existent gods can appear to answer prayers and make you feel amazing. You know this means humans are capable of creating these feelings in their own brains. Furthermore, if your god can explain the universe, life and everything else, then so could the other gods. And you know, you really DO know, that these unexplained things MAY turn out to have perfectly natural explanations that are just waiting for us to discover, just as we discovered the causes of earthquakes and lightning. You know humans have worshipped gods for thousands of years--many, many different gods. So you know many gods have been INVENTED by humans. The question you should ask yourself is this; is it possible that ALL gods were invented by humans? You know the answer to this question too. The answer is "yes". This does not necessarily mean there are no gods. But it does mean the reasons you believe your god is real are not valid reasons. They are excuses for believing. Does it really make sense to hold strong beliefs when all you have are excuses?[/b] 4 Likes |
| Sports › Re: All The News About The Olympic Eagles (U-23) HERE! by joseph1013(op): 10:15am On Jan 29, 2016 |
forgiveness:You can't really say Kelechi Iheanacho played the Champions League. He was injured after playing just 11 minutes. 2 Likes |
| Christianity Etc › Re: My Thoughts And Questions About Religion by joseph1013(op): 6:13pm On Jan 28, 2016 |
[b]IS IT BIGOTRY TO RIDICULE RELIGIOUS BELIEFS Is it right to ridicule another person's religious beliefs? Is mocking someone's faith thinly disguised "bigotry"? Let's try something. Watch this grown, adult man, an Iraqi astronomy researcher, use verses from the Quran to support his belief that (i) the Earth is not round, but flat; and (ii) the sun revolves around the Earth, and is smaller than the Earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5almZZU7ahk What goes through your mind as you watch this? Almost everyone I know -- including religious people -- watch this and laugh; some even go as far as to say, "What an idiot." Record your reaction to this video in your mind. Now think about beliefs like: - a virgin giving birth; - a man flying to heaven on a winged horse (which journalists like Mehdi Hasan admit to believing literally); - Adam & Eve being talked into eating a fruit by a snake; - the existence of angels; - the existence of djinns; - a 900-year-old man building a wooden boat and loading it with animals to survive a worldwide flood; - Jesus being either resurrected from the dead (as Christians believe) or lifted up to heaven directly (as Muslims believe); ...and more. Think about it: How are these beliefs -- held by billions of grown, literate adults -- any less laughable or worthy of ridicule than the Iraqi man's belief that the Earth is flat? How can Christians mock Scientologists when their own beliefs are just as ludicrous? How can any Muslim who believes Muhammad flew to heaven on Burraq, the winged horse, think that THIS man claiming the Earth is flat is crazy? The next time people mock your faith, think of this man's astronomy claims, and understand why the mockery & ridicule aren't bigotry; rather, they just come with the territory. Your right to believe whatever you want must be respected, but the beliefs themselves don't need to be. If you happen to hold some of these beliefs, remember how you reacted to this video, and understand that those who ridicule them are simply reacting the same way to you.[/b] 3 Likes 1 Share |
| Sports › Re: Super Eagles Of Nigeria Thread: 2017 AFCON Qualifiers. by joseph1013: 5:47pm On Jan 28, 2016 |
[b][size=14pt]OLISEH: I SPENT MY CASH ON EAGLES[/size] https://africanfootball.com/bp_images/2016/01/Samm_22_November_4.jpg Nigeria coach Sunday Oliseh has claimed he has had to spend his own money to keep the Super Eagles going at the CHAN. Oliseh squarely blamed the non-payment of allowances and bonuses for his team’s shock exit from CHAN 2016, arguing team morale hit an all-time low. He claimed he spent $4,000 to improve the team’s food in their pre-tournament training camp in Pretoria, South Africa. “I spent $4,000 to feed the team because the food in camp was not good enough. I used my personal funds to get the team going for the interest of the nation,” he said in an interview on radio Thursday morning. “We have family men who have been working hard for 50 days, but who couldn’t afford to buy a Coca-Cola. It was unbearable. “And now they are going back home with nothing to give to their families.” Oliseh disclosed he will head back to his base in Belgium to continue his medication after he picked up a virus in Port Harcourt last year. http://africanfootball.com/news/606265/Oliseh-I-spent-my-cash-on-Eagles[/b] 1 Like |
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