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lovingJehovah:
THE cross is loved and respected by millions of people. The Encyclopædia Britannica calls the cross “the principal symbol of the Christian religion.” Nevertheless, true Christians do not use the cross in worship. Why not?

An important reason is that Jesus Christ did not die on a cross. The Greek word generally translated “cross” is stau·rosʹ. It basically means “an upright pale or stake.” The Companion Bible points out: “[Stau·rosʹ] never means two pieces of timber placed across one another at any angle . . . There is nothing in the Greek of the [New Testament] even to imply two pieces of timber.”

In several texts, Bible writers use another word for the instrument of Jesus’ death. It is the Greek word xyʹlon. (Acts 5:30; 10:39; 13:29; Galatians 3:13; 1 Peter 2:24) This word simply means “timber” or “a stick, club, or tree.”

Explaining why a simple stake was often used for executions, the book Das Kreuz und die Kreuzigung (The Cross and the Crucifixion), by Hermann Fulda, states: “Trees were not everywhere available at the places chosen for public execution. So a simple beam was sunk into the ground. On this the outlaws, with hands raised upward and often also with their feet, were bound or nailed.”

The most convincing proof of all, however, comes from God’s Word. The apostle Paul says: “Christ purchased us, releasing us from the curse of the Law by becoming a curse instead of us, because it is written: ‘Accursed is every man hung upon a stake [“a tree,” King James Version].’” (Galatians 3:13) Here Paul quotes Deuteronomy 21:22, 23, which clearly refers to a stake, not a cross. Since such a means of execution made the person “a curse,” it would not be proper for Christians to decorate their homes with images of Christ on a cross.

There is no evidence that for the first 300 years after Christ’s death, those claiming to be Christians used the cross in worship. In the fourth century, however, pagan Emperor Constantine became a convert to apostate Christianity and promoted the cross as its symbol. Whatever Constantine’s motives, the cross had nothing to do with Jesus Christ. The cross is, in fact, pagan in origin. The New Catholic Encyclopedia admits: “The cross is found in both pre-Christian and non-Christian cultures.” Various other authorities have linked the cross with nature worship and pagan sex rites.

Why, then, was this pagan symbol promoted? Apparently, to make it easier for pagans to accept “Christianity.” Nevertheless, devotion to any pagan symbol is clearly condemned by the Bible. (2 Corinthians 6:14-18) The Scriptures also forbid all forms of idolatry. (Exodus 20:4, 5; 1 Corinthians 10:14) With very good reason, therefore, true Christians do not use the cross in worship. *

Jehovah's witness

I'm surprised no one was smart enough to notice that this news was obviously fabricated, if this really happened, it would be all over mainstream media and the Internet, sad people would just sit back and manufacture false information about people, really sad.

I watched Batman Assault on Arkham (2013 cartoon) liked it, put a name on it

Seun:
What term should be used to describe poor people who voluntarily 'dash' more than 10% of their money to extremely rich people every month?

An Idiot

sexybbstar:
The greatest flogging was the last flog I ever received... It was 85 strokes. (eight years ago)

What did you do?

makydebbie:
Not first please, I said second.

Btw, I'm an ewe girl.

Okay, my apologies, didn't read the part where you said second cousins

makydebbie:
OP, I'll tell you my own.

I don't see it as an abomination. My parents are cousins and nobody banished them from the village. But then, your environment matters, if it's against the norm, then maybe you shouldn't do it.

What Ghanaian tribe are you from that first cousin marriage is legal?

dominzy:
Things You Didn’t Know About Those Commissioned Into the Nigerian Army

This article on the different commissioned officers in the Nigerian Army, will help clear the confusion lingering in the minds of civilians that want to take up a career in the Nigerian Army.

There are 5 types of commission in the Nigerian Army (NA) – Not Armed Forces.

They are:

1. Regular Combatant (RC). Training takes 5 years.

2. Short Service Combatant (SSC). Training takes 6 – 9 months.

3. Direct Regular Combatant (DRC). Now attained on conversion from DSSC.

4. Direct Short Service Combatant (DSSC). Training takes 6 – 9 months.

5. Executive Commission (EC). Training takes 2 – 3 months.

Details of such commissions are to be found in the Harmonized Terms and Conditions of Service (TACOS) for officers of the Nigerian Armed Forces but a summary goes thus: RC and SSC are combatants, trained to fight battles. Others are not meant to be combatants.

Both SSC and DSSC are of relatively short duration (not more than 12 years I think, excluding extension of service) and must convert to RC and DRC respectively to enjoy a longer career. Theoretically, RCs and DRCs can rise to become generals i.e Brigadier Generals, Major Generals etc. Remember the pyramid structure? The higher it gets, the smaller it becomes. In other words, many are called but only a few are chosen.

DRC’s are mainly professionals – surgeons, pharmacists, chaplains, surveyors etc. and are usually not found in the core combat arms of Infantry, Armour and Artillery but are to be found in the Army Engineers and Signals. EC’s are made up of former soldiers and do not usually exceed the rank of Major.

There are varying criteria for the various commissions. In reality, the advantage is more on the side of those who were originally RC,s than those who were originally SSC,s in terms of age, rank in the Nigerian army, numbers etc. However, anything can happen, for instance Lt. Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi (rtd.) rose to become Chief of Army Staff (COAS), even though he wasn’t originally an RC.

Although DRCs may never become COASs or General Officers Commanding (GOCs), they can apart from being Staff Officers also hold command posts in corps or services in which they predominate. These include Education, Medical and Finance among others.

Life in the Army here in Nigeria can be promising, particularly now that efforts have been made to consolidate emoluments, but achievement of success or wealth in the Army (here in Nigeria as well as is in other countries) is a product of motivation and determination. If you want to live well, you will. If you don’t, you won’t. The choice is really yours! For RC or DRC, minimum years of service is about 15 years and life as a cadet can be quite strenuous.

Generally, training is in the Infantry Corps Centre and School (ICCS), Jaji, Kaduna State. As for the DSSs and ECs, their training is usually less strenuous, not as in NDA where RCs and SSCs are trained. Cadets are usually humorously welcomed with the euphemism, “Unfortunate Nigerians, you will nearly die but you will not die!” But you should survive if you are physically fit after all, many have gone before you.

As a cadet, you are entitled to allowances which may not really cater for your family if you have one but could go a long way to help you sustain yourself.

If you wish to obtain more information on the Nigerian Army and the types of application forms available, you can check with the Army Public Relations Department in any military barracks near you.

For RC, you need at least 5 credits including English and Mathematics. For SSC, DRC and DSSC, you must be a graduate. Lawyers in the army are usually found in the Army Legal Services and the Military Police. They can also be found in lesser numbers in other corps and services.

As for your private practice, it all depends on what type but you won’t be expected to have your private practice as a lawyer alongside your military career.

Lastly, it is also noteworthy to say that the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) now offers some post-graduate courses for those in the military as well as for those not in the military.

more details here» http://www.dominzyloaded.com/2017/10/all-you-need-to-know-before-joining.html

Abeg I wish to join the Air Force as a regular combatant even though, I am 20 years of age, is it possible?

circler:
The Dollar vs. Bitcoin
The U.S. government will pay $474 billion in interest on its debt this year. And that's with rates around 1%.

Total debt is now $19.845 trillion, and it just exceeded annual GDP.
Their unfunded liabilities top $100 trillion.


I believe that eventually they're headed for a financial reset. I don't know exactly when or how. That will depend on the whims of bankers and politicians.

But I can't picture any long-term (20-year) scenario where the dollar does well. There appears to be zero chance of cutting federal spending anytime soon. It should have happened long ago, yet the spending seems destined to keep rising until the whole thing implodes.
The $100 Retirement Plan

There's only one place where $10 could fund your entire retirement...

See for yourself here. whatsapp me, get my number from the signature.
Eventually the interest on the debt will become unsustainable, and they'll have to start monetizing the debt on a massive scale. I'm not saying they'll default on the bonds. I'm simply questioning whether the dollars they're paid back with will have much value.

When this happens, they'll have an opportunity to choose a new system. I would vote for a cattle-based monetary system over the current one, personally.

But luckily we have bitcoin. The rise of cryptocurrencies like bitcoin may prove to be a catalyst that speeds the transition.

Reboot
A system where the money supply can be hard-coded. One that doesn't require middlemen... and that vastly increases efficiency.
It's no coincidence that bitcoin is rising now.

Bitcoin was launched amid bank bailouts in 2009 by a guy who thought the financial system was broken. Fortunately, Satoshi Nakamoto was a genius, and he created a brilliant piece of software.

It's growing exponentially now because people are looking at the current system, shaking their heads and then looking for something else.

And bitcoin is transforming the financial world with blockchain because the technology is superior.

People want this. They want a way to store value and trusted transactions that doesn't suck.

If this crazy monetary revolution does happen, don't you want to own at least a piece of it?

Cryptocurrency ownership rates are still well under 1%. If you do buy, you'll still be doing so extremely early.

Good investing,

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Scam

kaluxy007:
Meet the legendary iranian princess Qajair, the symbol of perfection and beauty.

She had 145 suitors of high nobility, and 13 of them committed suicide because of her refusal to marry them.




beuty indeed

What the flying fvcking?

JONNYSPUTE:
. I nearly killed him that day.

JONNYSPUTE:
Op u re one of the brain washed Christians who think that God needs our money. Get off that mentality. You re just like my cousine ,a pastor who came to my house to borrow a pair of my shoes to attend a church program,after the program,I didn't see him or my shoe for like a week. After like 2weeks he came Nd when I asked him abt the shoe he borrowed from me,he said he used it as a tithe. Lol,my own shoe? I beat am that day,arrested him with police until his elder brother came Nd pay me the exact amount I bought that shoe. Now tell me is the guys head correct? Some people re daft.

The guy deserved the beating

Saintsammurai:
Lol funny, but on a more serious note, i see what the physical eyes cant see...do u know that my younger sister, is a prophetess.......real talk, and my younger brother speaks in tongues when praying and heaven begin to shake as if there is storm.. my other sister is an angel in human form... when she sings, angels comes down....I AM the chief cornestone and the pillar and master of the home.... i have not even experience 2% of my powers.....do u know that i can command rain to fall?

You need drugs, very expensive ones, you might be delusional

KGBEAST:
Masonkz any opinion on this

Trapsoul you too

Masonkz any opinion on this

eyesoflagostv:
source : http://www.eyesoflagos.com/2017/08/stop-complaining-adeboye-tells-nigerians.html

Who won't he say that when his boy is Acting president

Jcob:
lol.

I taught commerce

I left before ss1 so I don't know you

Jcob:
Great. That was when Mrs Adekunbi was the principal and Oyekola Vice.

Yes sir, Sir pls who are you?

Jcob:
What year did you leave?

2010

Jcob:
what year did you graduate?

I left in Jss 3

Jcob:
This is quite sad. I taught both girls when they were in secondary school. Sad they had to go this way!!!

You taught at FCET? What subject? I was a student there in junior school

Oluseye20:
Roli is friend with my lil sis and I heard the true story.... all this ones na the official story n he different from the true story.... sha advise girls to beware

Gist us, was friends with the two of them at FCET secondary school Akoka, don't want to believe they are hoes

RIP two the two of them, I knew you both at FCET secondary school, broke my heart to see you dead

squash47:
It means "Name Checkers Association of Nigeria/Nairaland"....
it's a fun moniker for a group,with tribal bashing as the motive

Nice one

squash47:
NCAN correspodent reporting live from Delta....analysis has shown that no Egbeyinka can be found in biafra...because Egbeyinka is like Soyinka,The notorious cultist,and since Soyinka is from the land of EWEDU,ndi ofe mmanu.....
that means,the couple must be Afonjas!! because,any crime,like gay,fraud or skull mining, they are kings in it ! thats their area of concentration....
MODIFIED:
FTC
i dedicate this FTC to all the guys who beat their girlfriends..i want to say that the almighty Gawd of thunder and lighting shall purnish u all Women Beaters......if u want to show ur manliness why don't u go and join the army to fight Boko Haram in Borno ? bastard

What's does NCAN mean?

CarlosTheJackal:
Can we also vote to become the 52nd state

Seconded

fuckmeharder:
Contrary to the pledge made in January that there would be no strike action in the near future, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) announced that it could embark on a strike again in July over the non-payment of N128 billion arrears of allowances..

ASUU National President Biodun Ogunyemi hinted at the strike action during a news conference held at the University of Abuja on Wednesday.

According to him, the federal government owes academic staff in federal universities unpaid allowances of nearly N128 billion. Mr. Ogunyemi said that the ASUU insisted on a framework for paying any part of the “Earned Academic Allowances” (EAA) arrears.

He said the union has decided that the particular issue of the EAA cannot be meaningfully addressed unless it is within an agreed framework.

“Hence the National Executive Council (NEC) of the ASUU resolved that all outstanding arrears of EAA should be paid not later than July 2017,” Mr. Ogunyemi stated.

The president also observed the non-release of the Operational Licensing of Nigerian Universities Pension Management Company (NUPEMCO).

Mr. Ogunyemi said that the company had met the minimum requirements for registration as a Pension Fund Administrator (PFA).

He said that the failure of PENCOM to release the operational license of NUPEMCO as a PFA had created the feeling of insecurity and loss of confidence among retirees in the system.

“The PFA cartel appears determined to abort the process of NUPEMCO licensing which started more than four years ago,” Mr. Ogunyemi said..
This is against the right to choose, he added.

The president noted that the 2013 memorandum of understanding signed with the federal government on funding for the revitalization of public universities had not been released as agreed.

“The MoU stipulates that N200 billion would be released in 2013 for massive injection of funds to reposition Nigerian public universities for global competition.

“Thereafter, N220 billion is to be released for subsequent five years, adding up to N1.3 trillion by 2018, not a single kobo has been released up till date,” Mr. Ogunyemi said.

He concluded by announcing that the union’s decision has been communicated to the government.


source
http://saharareporters.com/2017/03/29/ASUU-threatens-go-strike-july

Somebody say praise the Looooooord

tosan21:
This is photo of the world’s famous Kim Kardashian and wife of American top rapper of our generation Kanye West at age of 14 with such a huge watermelon at her chest. Do you guys think is cool for a 14 years old girl ti posses such a gift on the chest region?
http://www.brivalix.com/checkout-the-huge-b00bs-on-kim-kardashian-at-age-14-photo/

You are still a learner @ O. Please, when I was at ISL 2013 set, there was a girl with bigger Boobs than this, I. B (Iron B00B$), you haven't seen any thing, these ones are still small