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Captleverage:
Yea that's why we have given them new names awusa pedos and afonja cowards

gustav25:
ONII OF IFE BUKWA ONYE YORK

TiAd:
Fascinating thread. I stumbled on it yesterday, read the posts on all the pages and also checked some of your other threads on this platform.

You have divulged lots of information about God, spirituality, religion, science, etc. here on Nairaland; particularly, I find the way you link science and technology with religion and spirituality, quite intriguing. Having gone through all your Nl threads, some questions pop up in my mind.

I would ask them gradually and hope to get a satisfactory answer from you.

Let me start with this one: What is your take on demonic possession and exorcism?

As a Muslim, one of the things that gives me deep conviction about the power of God is the effect select verses in the Qur'an have on Jinn (demons) when Muslim clerics chant them during exorcism sessions, to cast out unwanted demon(s) from a victim.

During my university days, I was privileged to witness a number of these sessions, which are called Ruqyah in Islam.

Some of the victims that were afflicted by demonic possession would appear "normal" (albeit with one spiritual problem or the other, which may be unknown to other people not close to them), but once a Muslim cleric, trained to perform exorcism, started reciting the Quranic verses; they would start behaving in a strange manner and the demon residing within their body would start to talk.

I have seen cases like this a number of times while in school, where during the deliverance session, the cleric would persuade or force the demon to leave the body of the host.

So, experiences like this convinced me about the power of God and the validity of religion as a divine creation, not man-made.

However, due to some things I observe in human (religionists') nature, especially with respect to the close relation between politics and religion, I sometimes feel religion is a tool created by man to control people.

And your threads here only fuel the doubt more. They have prompted me to start studying religion, especially Islam, on a deeper level. I believe Islam should be able to answer my questions in the research.

Many years ago, I already did a comparative study of the major (Abrahamic) religions, and chose Islam. But I am an open-minded person and a voracious reader. This is why I study your thread, and I would like to know your take on demonic possession and exorcism.

Do you believe in demonic possession?

What is your take on exorcism?

From my experience, demonic possession affects a lot of people (not everyone possessed by a demon becomes mad), but most of them are not aware. I know some people could confuse schizophrenia with demonic possession; but there is a clear difference between both of them. And educated exorcists know how to tell the difference.

From the foregoing, what method do you recommend for exorcising someone suffering from demonic possession (because I already read from your other thread that you believe demons exist)? I asked this question because I observed some shortcomings in the method used by Muslim exorcists.

Your answers to these questions will be highly appreciated.

ArodeTsolaye:
Ewedu man, unite with yourself alone. your yoruba christians and muslms are at each other throats over their muslims' addiction to licking of fulani nyash. Resolve that first.

mrkunlex:
we yoruba will nt pull out.all we need to do is to join hand together and make nigeria a great nation.to make this country great is in our hand

ContentedK:
Mazi Nnamdi Kanu hinted on this seriously and what happened?, you all tagged him diff sorts of names and now you want alliance , there can never be any alliance with backstabbing vultures.. everyone to your tent... enjoy your APshit regime that they voted for...

Gokey15:
Come to think of it, we also need cattle as much as we need oil refineries. It was not long ago we woke up to rude reality tomato scarcity and realised how it is important as every other commodities.

I am not in support of any tribe but it will be in our interest to see common stakeholder interest in the breeding of these animals and it would be our collective interest to fashion out solution as opposed to fingerpointing hatred. Do we also want to start importing cattle if we make its rearing difficult in our country simply because people who are involved in it are not from our tribes?

wakaman:
On a more serious note, cows have more sense than some humans.. eg nyanmiris!

Ibegtodiffer:
I will be disappointed if this hits the front page. This guy thinks Nigeria is an experiment. When people are thinking of how things can get better knowing the facts on ground, all you do is to create an atmosphere of unproductive argument. This category of people do not even get paid for this job. I suspect you're small in size. Na small people dey give issues all the time. Little man. Abeg let's massively snub this guy's post. He's deliberately playing on people's IQ.. Haba!