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Diddyydiva:
Kin.glekan iyaff vex

Awon omokekere wonyi wa ko rope won le ma soro si agbalagba anyhow.

Ofe fi mi pa star, olodo ara e tio ti mo bo shen lo.

mhisbliss:
what made you come to the cockeyed conclusion that I'm attempting to troll your post smh i wouldn't do that

I know what the thread talked about and your bit is somehow one sided, its not about being itchy about anything as your opinion doesn't affect me personally and it's nairaland

If asking a question means am trying to be smart ill do that often to smart people not you, have a nice day

Are frigging kidding me? Are you really this unintelligent to understand a simple post?

So for a thread talking about being a Model Girlfriend, I should have added how to be a Model Boyfriend in my post just so it can appear "not one sided" like you alluded? Did you even read the part where I blamed guys for brainwashing ladies?

Why didn't you quote the OP and other posters who didn't add the guy bit in their post Mrs Smarty pants?

You think you come off as intelligent by replying me and throwing petty shades?? .. If I start with you, you wouldn't last a second. The last paragraph of your post is just hilarious, so the only way to ask a question was to sound petty and sarcastic?

I am already having a pleasant day MhisWhatever you call yourself, its high time you take my initial advice and go for a hike or perhaps whatever your pap brain can come up with. Totally done with your juvenile delinquent acts.

Winnelyn:
I see! Just get me arrested already cs I aint ganna change nothing

I can see your middle name is "STRONG HEAD"..Miss Winnie D POOH

Winnelyn:
so many ladies here are yet to have a taste of a good relationships,yet they come here to spew trash feeling like they know it all!

Nice point op !

Change your font and color missy! ..Didn't you see the copyright seal?

JeffreyJamez:
Normal life

Baba....lemme catch a few winks.... 8am appointment for Oriental hotels tomorrow and I still dey shine eye like owl... Cannot come and be caught in 3rd mainland bridge traffic.... See you on the side

mhisbliss:
what made you think am a kid, I'm disappointed in you

If you were not a kid, you wouldn't have made a failed attempt to troll on my post. The thread talks about "Model Girlfriend" and I dropped my bit. Your sarcasm was totally uncalled for, I didn't say ALL ladies, I said MOST ladies don't know what they want. How that gets you itchy to think you can quote me and be snarky is rather nauseating.

You should be disappointed in yourself. Next time don't go quoting people trying to act smart just to make them look silly, most especially when its absolutely unnecessary

Capisce!

suzan404:
okay....you've been gone for too long nah ....exam starts generally tomorrow....but mine is one wednesday......it's time to sleep *yawns* goodnight dear..sleep tight

lol..ikr, but i am here now tho

Sleep tight dear

JeffreyJamez:
Catfights are sweet to watch ... Barney Stinson taught me never to get involved but just watch and snap if need be

Hahhaha..I dey tellzz you.

Never get involved in cat fights, just observe with your popcorn or better still you fresh fish and chilled vodka & coke.

mhisbliss:
you're a literary genius you should know what it is

Hehehehe..Kiddo take a hike!

JeffreyJamez:
I know eh!

You dey see "cat fight "?

Hhehehe...You mean the one on this thread bah?

Cos na wetin i been dey go thru dey laff since

suzan404:
kingle.kan ....where have you been??how have you been??...I don't have any paper tomorrow....wednesday is the real deal....thanks for your concern dear

Oh! I thought I saw 2mr in your post tho, my bad.

Just been in stealth mode jare.. I have been great too

And you're welcome

mhisbliss:
applause well said oya talk about the guys, since the guys know what they want

Is this sarcasm @bold?

iykekelvins:
[color=#099999]You've said it all brother.[/color]

Salute Bro!

JeffreyJamez:
See your fat head... "all shades of wrong"...I need copyright that phrase, make una no dey use am anyhow.

The Oracle himself

That phrase is just litt bruv!

suzan404:
the matter just taya me ....I haven't started actually....it starts tomorrow.....abeg make una pray for me....my first paper is calculus...I've been trying to solve some examples...the course is not easy at all...

Suzzy peperempe!

All the best in your exams 2mr. You should actually be sleeping now tho

Laveda:
Those words are just annoying, afterall you both enjoyed it. We need to come up with something even better.

Sadly they don't wanna come to terms with reality, if a woman's body alone would keep a man, there wouldn't be cases of infidelity.
Its just time we start thinking this way.

Laveda:
. Thank you... You know how it came about nau. I just had to bring you out, couldn't help it.

You'd see more.

Hahaha..sure. Ladies need to know there is more to life than their bodies, its high time ladies stop saying things like "after I gave him my time, my body, my heart". That kind of thinking is all shades of wrong!


Anyway patiently waiting to see more.

Laveda:
kinglekan gotcha.

Biko allow me to be in stealth mode nau! Nice thread.

I have just been going through the comments on the first page, as expected seen quite a few pesky comments. Let me continue reading and having a good laugh.

suzan404:
I've not seen it though

You are a small pikin nau. Dem neva born you then

suzan404:
2. Ti Oluwa Nile





Baba Wande was superb in this movie.

This movie gave me goose bumps then.

Scary shii!

EHMIR:
The chararcter of jesus is a conflicing one..

I dont knw why a "harmless nd peaceful" will place an eternal curse on an innocent fig tree...i mean what sin has d fig tree commintted to ve recieved such treatment?


Is it that jesus is not what bible portrays him to be...somebody had better explain this

Sirwallace:
guy, the reason you gave up there are as crappy as lame. cursing an innocent tree to teach them about faith! that's lame.

secondly, God created heaven and heart not Jesus Christ.

lastly, admit he made a ridiculous mistake which was not supposed to be documented in the bible. common sense will tell all the right thinking man that what he does is inappropriate and needless.

hopefulLandlord:
So, Jesus is walking from Bethany and he’s feeling a bit peckish. He encounters a fig tree, but unfortunately it is barren as it’s the off season for figs. Annoyed, Jesus demands the fig tree bear him fruit, however the fig tree doesn’t respond (it’s a tree), so Jesus, in an act of uncharacteristic rashness, curses the fig tree to death. This story is bizarre for many reasons, but mainly for how little it means to the Jesus story and how Jesus seems to react so harshly. OK, so he’s hungry, and we all get a little cranky when hungry, but come on, the fig tree had done nothing wrong. This just seems like abuse of powers to me.



The moral of this story? I honestly can’t think of one. This story seems so unimportant and purposeless yet both Mark and Matthew mention it so it must have some importance.

The best I can think of is: don’t disobey Jesus, even if you’re an inanimate tree.

KORLAR:
In my opinion, he should have blessed the tree instead of cursing it to show his magnanimity.

@EHMIR
Are you a Christian? If yes then what you should be doing is getting an understanding of why Jesus did what he did. Its quite funny you make a soulless tree look like a victim, whereas you have probably cleared your backyard of "Unwanted innocent weeds" who have done absolutely nothing but grow naturally.

@KORLAR
When your Biology teacher wants to teach you practicals of the digestive system of a rabbit, does he bring a live rabbit to class to explain or one that has been killed and the stomach ripped open?

@hopefulLandlord
You have quite an interesting write-up . However like many others you keep missing the point. Jesus wasn't angry, if he was the bible would have recorded it. You went on to make this statement which I find a little bit hilarious "...Jesus demands the fig tree bear him fruit, however the fig tree doesn’t respond (it’s a tree)" . Your argument for the tree refusing to respond to Jesus is based on the fact that its a tree? Seriously?? How come this same tree responded to a curse?

Jesus spoke to the waves, Matt 4:39
Jesus spoke to a little boys meal, Luke 9:16
Jesus spoke to Fishes, John 21:6
Jesus spoke to a Dead Man, John 11:43

In your closing remarks you also said "..This story seems so unimportant and purposeless yet both Mark and Matthew mention it so it must have some importance" . Shouldn't you be willing to understand why Mark and Matthew wrote about it?

Finally, Jesus never hurt anyone. Even the woman who was caught in the very act of adultery was not condemned by Jesus. He walked in love, so don't try to equate the story of the fig tree to the character of Jesus.

@SirWallace
What makes the tree "innocent"? You are missing the point about faith here, but if you are ready to take time to understand then I would enlighten you a bit. The Post's by Strawman & Chukzyfcb below have actually explained most parts but there is an additional point I want you to understand. Hebrews 11:1 states that "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the EVIDENCE of things not seen."

Notice the part where it says EVIDENCE, which means PROOF or TITLE DEED. Question is how can you have the evidence of something you have not seen? Now that's FAITH. FAITH is that EVIDENCE. Taking you back to the incidence with the fig tree, when Jesus noticed the tree was barren, he caused the tree saying "Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever" . The exciting part of this scripture is that although it was immediately recorded in the following sentence that the fig tree immediately withered, it was not seen physically by the disciples.

Notice when he caused the tree, there was no comment from anyone. The disciples must have wondered in their hearts "...but the leaves of the tree are still green", but they kept quiet. Now as they returned Peter noticed that the tree had dried up and called the attention of the Master to it. This is also another remarkable part of this scripture, Jesus wasn't surprised. He didn't yell "Oh really"? which is what most people do when they try to act in faith and it happens by chance or coincidence. Jesus was 100% sure that tree died when he cursed it even though no one could notice it with their physical eyes. The tree died immediately from the roots and the response Jesus gave to Peter was also remarkable.

In Mark11:22 Jesus said, "22“Have faith in God,” Jesus said to them. 23“Truly I tell you that if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and has no doubt in his heart but believes that it will happen, it will be done for him . 24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours".

Notice the part I highlighted. That was what Jesus was trying to communicate to them using the fig tree. He had no doubt in his heart that the tree didn't die when he cursed it and he got exactly what he said. In summary, one of the lessons here is that DOUBT cripples FAITH. No matter how much you scream or shout, as long as you harbor doubt you are not functioning in FAITH and therefore have no EVIDENCE of that which is unseen.

I hope this with the posts below would help most people understand this a lot better.

cc: chinnyness122

Strawman:
If you're tired of reading troll comments, I think I can help you with your question.

@bolded part, first of all, of course it wasn't the plant's season, but let me tell you something: Fig trees bear fruit before they start to grow leaves. So on seeing "in a distance a fig tree covered with leaves", they all expected it to have produced plenty fruit already. Some plants happen to produce fruit early and before their season, it happens.

Now, for why he cursed the plant? Jesus was teaching his disciple a lesson. There's a lot of symbolism that fig tree could teach on; about faith, about "fruitless" people, about Israel as a whole etc. you've probably heard most of it. The act is simply just like your school teacher cutting off some plants, or killing an animal to bring to class and teach his students one or two things - it's normal. And it's not like the tree was someone's property or something so...

Chukzyfcb:
Studies have shown that the fruit of the fig tree generally appears BEFORE the leaves, and, because the fruit is green it blends in with the leaves right up until it is almost ripe.
Jesus saw the leaves from afar off and expected it to have fruits but upon close inspection he couldn't find any. so he used that opportunity to teach the importance of bearing fruits in the Christendom.


Yes it may not have been the season but because the Leaves appeared on the true, it was EXPECTED of it to bear fruits, that is how a FIG tree operates. This is why The bible let's us know we are branches and Jesus is our true vine, any if we don't bear fruit we are CUT OFF! that's the significance of the parable bro

MissGdope:
yes nau! I tried to advice them to forget the Brexit and remain in the EU but them no wan hear so I quit to return to nairaland.

Hahahaha.. . Good to have you back tho.

MissGdope:
lol no oo. I was very busy but I'm back now . How've you been tho?

As per na you dey reason how dem go finalize the brexit negotiations? .. I talk am sef sey i been seen you with Theresa May for TV. I been think sey na because i neva chop. Now i know better, weldone ma. Welcome back

I full ground oo.. I dey inside cloth. Hale and hearty

MissGdope:
what a joker. Abeg which one have u manufactured?

You just disappear bah? Do we have Charis to thank for that?

GIYAZZ:
Hi, it's your boy, G'Iyaz. Been a long time, Nairaland, Right?

Well, I've been working tryna get that paper. So no lele.

But now, I'm here to plead to you all, to help me get votes for my sister who was nominated for MOST PROMISING ACTRESS NIGMA AWARDS 2016. She was nominated alongside many other heavyweights. But I'm very convinced she deserves this award, because of the hardwork she puts in her acting. She's very talented and professional.

Please help her cop this award by clicking on the link below, a voting page will be opened, then click on the category you want to vote in; That is the "Most promising actress" category. You will see a space below the category tab that says, "Nominee's name" . . . . type in "Oma Iyasara" there, then click VOTE.

That's all. So simple!

Please help my sister get this award. This is the voting link: http://nigmawards.com/nigma-entertainment-award-categories/

Thank you

Done Bruv!! Although it seems the page allows multiple voting. If it does then the system is a lil bit flawed then.

All the best to your sister tho

Smellymouth:
King.lekan...

Oba of Ikorodu, what do you have to say about the dude? Shey na to carry am go yabaleft or na to carry am go Bar Beach for cleansing?

Oga Smello this wan pass me! Nor be my jurisdiction at all. You need to consult ggrin, he has more experience with nut jobs being one himself.

Smellymouth:
@ Peppersoup Logic.. Hahahhahaha..

Oba of Ikorodu,you haff killed me..

hahahah.. Nor be only Oba of Ikorodu