Education › Re: Should I Truncate My Schooling And Focus On Agriculture? Opinion Needed by KNOWMORE56: 8:37am On Oct 01, 2020 |
Olusegun345: Hello nairalanders I need freethinkers on this forum to help make the best decision on what do do and the right steps to take, by reading in-between lines of my few points below.
Am a student of AE-Funai, and 21 years of age (I think this introduction is enough) Here comes the points Around January this year 2020, during one of my ENT 301(entrepreneurship) classes,I was able to pick a vital point, when the lecturer way pointing out the importance of Agriculture and the told us how he normally grow cucumber & watermelon, and he made alot of money from it. I was motivated and that same day, I met him and requested for for information on the crops, which he gave me and asked me to visit a company by name Thai Agro based in Imo state. I did some Google search on cucumber farming, quora actually taught me things, but it wasn't enough. During this covid-19 pandemic break before the interstate lockdown Thai Agro organized a free tutorial program for young farmers called KUCH-99, which I attended and I was well trained and tutored on cucumber & watermelon farming Now here is the problem to solve, which is truncating my studies and focusing on Agriculture. I recently practiced cucumber farming three months ago ( June) ,I made around 25-30k (a small farm), Am in 300l mechatronics engineering, still two more years to go and additional one year NYSC( altogether 3 yrs) I lost my dad in 2015, since then school has been difficult, mom is a teacher in private school and her pay is less than 15k per month. And am planning on taking this farming steps, because of the following reasons 1).. Am seeing it as a recreative business 2) I thought of farming and schooling at the same time, but the distance is too far, traveling from Alike Ikwo in ebonyi state (my school) to Ejule in kogi state my hometown (and where am planning to expand the farm) every weekend
3) cucumber is a perishable goods needed to be harvested every four to five days or else it rippens and also requires daily monitoring and direction of stem after staking , meaning I must be around.
4) I had thoughts of hiring land near the school, where I can grow the crops, haven't seen any. Also planned on begging the VC for few Hector's of land inside school since he is from faculty of Agriculture (but I don't see that being possible anyway)
5) paying school fees has been difficult for my mom, in-fact some of my 300l academic session fee's are still outstanding (not talking of engineering parents Levi) With those few points I believe it's better for me to drop-off ,at least I have been to university and can write and speak fluently. As to reducing the burden on my mom's shoulder, so she can focus on my other siblings, as for now this pandemic has been hell for us, because the proprietor of her haven't paid them for (march to July) salary because student's are not in school and situation might get worse when federal tertiary institutions resume and we start demanding for outstanding fees, not just now what of 400l and 500l? Help me think about this and drop your suggestions on the comment box, but for me I think the odd for for me truncating my schooling is 70% , should have started preparing for it but I recently came across a post by Richdad50 that says "Life is the consequence of a series of choices you make. If you make good choices, you wont have a bad life. If you make bad choices, you cant have a good life. Take as long as you need to make your decisions. Dont be rushed, because you’ll live with the consequence" So I needed for minds in other not to live with regret.
This is my life story,so don't comment rubbish Mature minds please @Richiez help get this to front page I beg. My own advice on this is taken from Matthew 23:23 the last part of it. KJV:Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: THESE OUGHT YE TO HAVE DONE, AND NOT TO LEAVE THE OTHER UNDONE. in summary, finish your school before you go into FULL farming business. You can be doing the farming small small for now. Get you younger one that will help you, when you are through, make sure you help him also. |
Christianity Etc › Re: Which Of The Following (1-9) Is Your Jesus? by KNOWMORE56(op): 7:58am On Oct 01, 2020 |
The Muslim people say Jesus is just a prophet like other God's Prophets.
They are somewhat correct. Jesus as a human being is:
a Prophet;
*. Luke 7:16 "KJV:And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That A GREAT PROPHET is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people." |
Christianity Etc › Re: Which Of The Following (1-9) Is Your Jesus? by KNOWMORE56(op): 7:56am On Oct 01, 2020 |
Do you know that Jesus is seen as Lamb in heaven? And it was after his glorification:
*. Revelation 5:8 "KJV:And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before THE LAMB, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints."
*. Revelation 6:1 "KJV:And I saw when THE LAMB opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see."
What I'm saying is that Jesus at some point is less than man and Angel. |
Christianity Etc › Re: Which Of The Following (1-9) Is Your Jesus? by KNOWMORE56(op): 7:55am On Oct 01, 2020 |
The following are the areas that somebody like antichristian, Maximus/maxInDHouse, Janosky and thier friends are holding onto. They have refused to look at other areas. |
Christianity Etc › Re: Which Of The Following (1-9) Is Your Jesus? by KNOWMORE56(op): 7:47am On Oct 01, 2020 |
sow4me: There is no such friend as my Lord Jesus Christ. The one true friend you can have in life that would never desert you in your time of need. Halleluiah...! |
Christianity Etc › Re: Jehovah Witness Teaches That The Sins You Commit On Earth Doesn't Matter by KNOWMORE56: 7:30pm On Sep 29, 2020 |
Ken4Christ: It is heart breaking to see any person or group of persons deliberately opposing every single truth of God's word and yet draw large followership. Are people this gullible? Where did they keep their brains.
Yet another absurd teaching by these religious group known as Jehovah Witness is that God will not hold you accountable for the sins you commit on earth. They claim that as soon as you die, you will be free from all your sins. That Judgment day will last for 1,000 years because the Bible said that a day in the sight of God is like 1,000 years and vice versa.
I don't want to divert attention to the issue of how long the judgment will last. If they teach that the sins you commit today doesn't matter, then we are free to live our lives anyhow we choose. Even pagan religion won't teach this. Are their members really aware of this doctrine?
Below is the excerpt from their book, 'You can live forever in paradise on earth' (page 175).
'We can be sure that Christ will be fair and just in his judgment. A prophecy regarding him at Isaiah 11:3, 4 assures us of this. So, contrary to popular opinion, he will not judge persons on the basis of their past sins, many of which may have been committed in ignorance. The Bible explains that at death a person is set free or released from any sins he has committed. It says: "He who has died has been acquitted from his sin." (Romans 6:7) This means that when a person is resurrected he will be judged on the basis of what he does during Judgment Day, not on what he did before he died.'
But this is contrary to what the Scripture teaches. The Bible says;
2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
Ecclesiastes 12:14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
Revelation 20:11-12 11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
The verses speaks for themselves. Please beware of the false teachings of Jehovah Witness. They are agents of darkness disguised as ministers of light. They oppose and subvert every truth of God's word. The organization's goal is to rubbish the Word of God... They have failed,....they told them to hate Christians. They denied being Christians in the past. It's surprising that they are now claiming to be true Christians. They so much hate Christians to the point of not allowed to sing any Christian song. Hip-hop songs are rather chosen. A lot of sad things about them... |
Christianity Etc › Re: Which Of The Following (1-9) Is Your Jesus? by KNOWMORE56(op): 1:44pm On Sep 29, 2020 |
JESUS IS THAT LAMB/RAM THAT DIED INSTEAD OF ISAAC:
*. Genesis 22:13 "KJV:And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and ABRAHAM went and TOOK THE RAM, AND OFFERED HIM UP for a burnt offering IN THE STEAD OF HIS SON."
Note:
ABRAHAM...TOOK THE RAM, AND OFFERED HIM UP... IN THE STEAD OF HIS SON |
Christianity Etc › Re: Which Of The Following (1-9) Is Your Jesus? by KNOWMORE56(op): 10:25am On Sep 29, 2020 |
THE MANNA IS REPRESENTING JESUS:
*. Exodus 16:33 "KJV:And Moses said unto Aaron, take a pot, and PUT AN OMER FULL OF MANNA therein, and lay it up before the Lord, TO BE KEPT FOR YOUR GENERATIONS."
*. John 6:32 "KJV:Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, MOSES GAVE YOU NOT THAT BREAD FROM HEAVEN; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.
48 KJV: I AM THAT BREAD OF LIFE" |
Christianity Etc › Re: Trinity Explained by KNOWMORE56(op): 9:26am On Sep 29, 2020 |
18. FATHHER/SON IS THE ROCK:
*. 1 Corinthians 10:4 "KJV:And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and THAT ROCK WAS CHRIST." ( i.e the Son)
*. Psalms 18:31 "For who is God save the Lord? or WHO IS A ROCK SAVE OUR GOD?" ( i.e the Father) |
Christianity Etc › Re: Which Of The Following (1-9) Is Your Jesus? by KNOWMORE56(op): 9:17am On Sep 29, 2020 |
THE BUDDED ROD IS REPRESENTING JESUS:
*. Numbers 17: 8 "KJV:And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, THE ROD OF AARON for the house of Levi WAS BUDDED, and BROUGHT FORTH BUDS, and BLOOMED BLOSSOMS, and YIELDED ALMONDS.
10 "KJV:And the Lord said unto Moses, BRING AARON'S ROD AGAIN BEFORE THE TESTIMONY, TO BE KEPT FOR A TOKEN against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not."
*. John 15:1 "KJV:I am THE TRUE VINE, and my Father is the husbandman. |
Christianity Etc › Re: Facts About The Rapture by KNOWMORE56: 11:52am On Sep 24, 2020 |
PrincewithGod: THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE NEVER READ BEFORE OR PROBABLY HEARD TOO! PAY ATTENTION TO EACH ONE AND CAREFULLY THINK ABOUT THEM ALL...!!!
THE THIRTY-ONE (31) SALIENT FACTS ABOUT THE RAPTURE*
1. It is going to be the next greatest event that will shock all the continents of the world. Matt 24:40-42. 2. It is going to take place suddenly, abruptly, unexpectedly, without warning and without prior notice. 1 Thess 5:2 3. There shall be no second version of the event. 1 Thess 5:4 4. A greater percentage of Christians may be taken unawares. Matt 24:38-39 5. Careless Christians who miss the event will have no other similar gracious opportunity. Matt 13:49-50 6. The event shall have no regard or respect for ecclesiastical titles or church leadership positions. Matt 5:20 7. It shall be a day when the sheep shall be separated from the goats. Matt 25:32-33. 8. The day shall differentiate between the Broad Way Christians and the Narrow Way Christians. Matt 7:13-14 9. The day shall separate sincerity from hypocrisy. Gal 5:21 10. The day shall differentiate between those who harbour secret sins from those who abhor secret sins. Gal 5:20-21 11. The day shall separate those whose lives are hidden in Christ from those who are hiding in the church. Luke 13:27 12. The day shall show a glaring, clear, conspicuous, demarcation between Christians who walk on the path of holiness from those who walk on the path of worldliness. Heb 12:14 13. It shall be a day of double emotion: joy for some and unimaginable, indescribable, uncontrollable regrets for others. Luke 13:28 14. It shall be a day of surprises- some “Big names” may miss the flight while some “Less known” may be on board. 1 Cor 1:27 15. Another surprise may be that a man or woman who had faithfully served the Lord for many years may defile his or her garment a few minutes before the sound of that summoning trumpet and miss the flight while a notorious sinner may surrender his or her life to Jesus within the same time frame and go to heaven. Ezekiel 3:20 16. This event may happen now, today, this week, this month, this year or next year! Matt 24:36 17. Wise Christians, like the five virgins that took extra oil, are expected to get ready, yes, to get prepared. Matt 25:1-13 18. After the event, all those who are bitter against one another, malicious, unforgiving, jealous, arrogant, haters, hypocrites, drunkards, fornicators, adulterers, adulteresses, murderers with weapons and murderers with tongue etc, shall have enough time to continue in their trade. Heb 12:14-15. 19. When the event is over there shall be revival among those who have chosen to stay behind not because there will be a second chance, no, but because the reality of the event would have struck them like a thunderbolt. But they will have to pay with their own blood. 2 Tim 4:3 20. When the event is over, those who are left behind shall no longer be safe to worship in their gigantic, fanciful and multi-billion Dollars/Naira cathedrals. Instead they shall seek safety in caves, bushes and abandoned and dilapidated but hidden structures. Rev 6:15-17 21. When this great event is over, each time those who will miss their flight manage to gather for worship, they will pay attention to only one sermon- whether they gather in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North or South America; the sermon will only centre on “How to Meet the Divine Standard and Join the Other Saints”. Rev 14:6-7 22. It is also worthy to note that those who will be left behind will never have any business with comedians at their altars anymore. No! There shall no longer be gatherings for entertainments. Whenever, they manage to gather, it shall always be for serious religious business only. Luke 21:34 23. The prayer pattern of those who will be left behind will also undergo a radical change. They will not be praying for things anymore. They will only be praying for strength to withstand the tortures of the Anti-Christ and die bravely to join the other saints. None will be praying for jobs, marriages, etc. Rev 8:3-4 24. It is equally worthy of note that some of those who will miss their flight will not be able to endure the torture of the Anti Christ. They will receive the mark of the beast and thereby be doomed forever. Rev 14:9-11 25. When the ready saints are gone, all our denominational walls of partition will collapse. The man or woman who use to worship in Word Of Fire And Refiners Church, Father's Church, Omega Fire, Jesus Chapel, Exousia Kingdom Gospel Centre, Deeper Life, for instance, will hide in the same place with those who worship in Christ Embassy, Church of God Mission, Assemblies of God, Word Aflame, Action Chapel, Winners Chapel, Redeemed Christian Church, Lighthouse Chapel etc and nobody will remember to claim superiority anymore because then they will be facing a common enemy. Eph 4:1-6 26. When this event is over, each time believers who will miss their flight manage to gather anywhere for worship, there will be an atmosphere of sobriety. This rowdiness we witness today shall be no more. 1 Peter 4:7, 1 Peter 5:8 27. There shall also be a radical change in the attitude of those who will miss their flight towards Bible study. What we have now is an attitude characterized by a high degree of nonchalance and indifference, but when the ready saints are gone, those who will be left behind will begin to take their bible study seriously. 2 Tim 2:15 28. All the teens and youths who come to church to please their parents will repent after this great event; yes, they will begin to seek God for themselves. Rev 19:5, Rev 20:12. 29. When the event is over, all those who will do any form of business in the schools, hospitals, banks, etc, will have to bear the mark of beast (666) or be hunted down and killed like common criminals. Rev 13:17 30. One of the gains of this reminder is that there may be someone reading this piece today who will take a firm decision to ensure that he/she gets on board that celestial flight travelling to glory. Rev 2:7, 2:11, 2:17, 2:29, 3:6, 3:13, 3:22. 31. However, one of the greatest tragedies of c reminder is that there may be someone too who is reading this piece today but who will see no need to heed this warning. A tragedy indeed! Rev 22:11-12
PLEASE IF YOU ARE A TRUE MEMBER OF KINGDOM OF GOD'S FAMILY (CHRISTIAN), KINDLY DO THE WORK OF AN EVANGELIST BY SHARING THIS AND SAVE A SOUL TODAY. - COPIED Ok, you try. I would like to contribute to the topic but I may not be able to supply the needed verses that will drive home my point. I will try supply them later. The government of the antichrist would force all religions to be united. Science would greatly distracts people on Earth so that they won't read religious meanings to what had happened. The false prophets that are going to work for the antichrist with great wonders/signs won't allow church goers to believe that rapture has taken place. Those who are not going to receive the mark and do not die will join Jesus and the saints as they will come to take rulership from the antichrist. The antichrist will organise all the armies on the earth to fight against this takeover, ( i.e WAR OF ARMAGEDDON). ARMAGEDDON is the war that will be organized to stop Jesus' 1000 years reign on Earth. While the war of GOG AND MAGOG is the war that will come at the end of Jesus' 1000 years reign on Earth. It's going to be terrible! God help us all to be on the safe side. Amen! |
Christianity Etc › Re: Is The Bible A Fairy Tale? by KNOWMORE56: 9:19am On Sep 23, 2020 |
OLAADEGBU: "Is the Bible a fairy tale?"
The charge that the Bible is nothing more than a fairy tale or a book of nice stories is not new. The Bible is undoubtedly the most impactful book the world has ever known, transforming innumerable lives. Why, then, would the question whether or not the Bible is a fairy tale be a legitimate one in the hearts of many around the world?
From the book of Genesis to the book of Revelation, we read the story of God's eternal design to redeem a fallen world. With God as its inspiring Author, the Bible is the world's greatest work of literature, and throughout the ages multitudes have spent their lives proclaiming its truth. Many, in fact, have made the ultimate sacrifice so that others may simply hold in their hands a copy of its pages. Nevertheless, there has never been a book that has been as viciously attacked as the Bible. The Bible has been banned, burned, mocked, ridiculed and defamed. Many have been put to death for simply possessing a Bible. But still the idea that the Bible is a fairy tale persists.
The "prince of this world" has been blinding people to the truth since the beginning of time. He began his "work" on earth by calling God’s words into question (Genesis 3:1-5), and he has been doing so ever since. Everywhere we look, false teaching is rampant—on television and radio, in books and magazines, in our schools and universities, and sadly, even in our churches and Christian colleges, the very places where the truth of God's Word should most vigorously be defended. When children are taught that our ancestors crawled out of the ocean eons ago, have we not relegated creation and Adam and Eve to fairy tale status? It's the same thing when scientists and academicians tell us we are wasting our time searching for the "mythological" Noah’s Ark.
In fact, when many in the church, in order to placate the academic world, allow for a reinterpretation of the book of Genesis to accommodate modern evolutionary thought, the message sent to the world is that the Bible, apparently, means something other than what its simple, ordinary words convey. When the supernatural events of the Bible are dubbed as allegory by naturalists, it is understandable how those who have never studied the Bible can be confused as to its truth. For those who have never availed themselves of the truth of God's Word, how likely are they to believe in a talking donkey or a fish swallowing a man and spitting him out on the shore or a woman turning into a pillar of salt?
However, the Bible is most assuredly not a fairy tale. In fact, the Bible was "God-breathed" (2 Timothy 3:16), and this essentially means God wrote it. Its human authors wrote from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit (2 Peter 1:21). That’s why this divinely woven text of nearly three quarters of a million words is perfect in harmony from start to finish and contains no contradictions, even though its sixty-six books have forty different authors from different walks of life, written in three different languages and taking nearly sixteen centuries to complete. How possibly could we have this amazing congruity if it wasn't for God guiding the authors' hands? We could not; it’s that simple. A righteous God would never inspire error. A just God would not call error-filled Scripture "holy and true." A merciful God would not state that His Word is perfect if it were not, and an omniscient God could write it so that it is as relevant today as it was thousands of years ago.
Time and again, the historicity of the Bible has been confirmed by biology, geology, and astronomy. And although the Bible may not always agree with naturalistic hypotheses, it is not in conflict with any true, established scientific facts. In archaeology, the last one hundred years have brought to light a treasure trove of biblical truths that scholars have questioned or doubted for centuries, such as the Dead Sea Scrolls, the basalt stone containing the "House of David" inscription, a 7th century BC amulet scroll bearing the name of God, and a stone bearing the name and title of Pontius Pilate, the Judean governor who ordered the execution of Jesus Christ. The Bible is without doubt the best documented book from the ancient world, with more than 24,000 whole or partial biblical manuscripts in existence. No other document of antiquity has nearly as much evidence to confirm its reliability.
Another attestation to the Bible's divine authorship is the vast number of detailed biblical prophecies that have come true exactly as foretold. We see the psalmist, for example, telling of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ nearly a thousand years before it occurred (Psalm 22), and hundreds of years before crucifixion was even invented! Simply put, it would be impossible for human beings to have seen so far into the future with such precision and accuracy hundreds of times. Indeed, it would be completely illogical to believe these proven prophecies are anything other than the work of God. Incidentally, and amazingly, probability experts tell us the mathematical odds of just forty-eight prophecies regarding one person (i.e. Christ) coming true as foretold are one in ten to the 157th power! [/b]But the greatest proof that the Bible is not a fairy tale is the countless number of lives that have been transformed by the truths contained in its pages. Used by the Spirit of God, the holy truths of the Bible have turned millions of sinners into saints. Drug addicts have been cured by it, homosexuals set free by it, derelicts and deadbeats transformed by it, hardened criminals reformed by it, sinners rebuked by it, and hate turned to love by it.[b] No amount of reading "Cinderella" or "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" can effect such change on the soul of man. The Bible does possess a dynamic and transforming power that is only possible because it is truly God's Word.
In light of the foregoing, the greater question, then, is how could someone not believe in these convincing, God-breathed, error-free, life-transforming truths? Unfortunately, the answer is actually an easy one. God has said that if we do not open our hearts to Him, He will not open our eyes to the truth. Jesus promised the Holy Spirit would teach us (John 14:26) and guide us into truth (John 16:13). And the truth of God is found in the Word of God (John 17:17). Thus, to those who believe, these sacred words are life itself, but, to those without the Spirit, the Bible is nothing but foolishness (1 Corinthians 2:14).
Read more No matter what they say, this transformations are evident. "But the greatest proof that the Bible is not a fairy tale is the countless number of lives that have been transformed by the truths contained in its pages. Used by the Spirit of God, the holy truths of the Bible have turned millions of sinners into saints. Drug addicts have been cured by it, homosexuals set free by it, derelicts and deadbeats transformed by it, hardened criminals reformed by it, sinners rebuked by it, and hate turned to love by it." Occult grandmasters, different idol chiefs have surrender to it. FOREVER IT IS SETTLED IN HEAVEN! |
Christianity Etc › Re: Jehovah’s Witnesses To Face Trial For Discrimination And Incitement To Hate by KNOWMORE56: 8:55am On Sep 23, 2020 |
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Christianity Etc › Re: Jehovah’s Witnesses To Face Trial For Discrimination And Incitement To Hate by KNOWMORE56: 8:49am On Sep 23, 2020 |
achorladey: Mr Haeck economizes the truth that is how denial starts You know it, lol. |
Christianity Etc › Re: Jehovah’s Witnesses To Face Trial For Discrimination And Incitement To Hate by KNOWMORE56: 10:52pm On Sep 22, 2020 |
rottennaija: Jehovah’s Witnesses to face trial for discrimination and incitement to hate
www.nairaland.com/attachments/12367646_jehovahswitnesses_jpegaadfed984493d700b403c21fe37e0345 BELGIUM 17:02 16/09/2020 The Belgian congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses attended a hearing yesterday in criminal court in response to charges of discrimination based on religious beliefs and incitement to hatred. It is the first time that the Jehovah’s Witness are being tried in a criminal court anywhere in the world.
The congregation, which is based in Kraainem, is being given several months to prepare their case; the trial begins next February. The case follows a five-year investigation by a court magistrate in Ghent in response to complaints filed by Patrick Haeck, an ex-member.
“It’s an important precedent,” Haeck told VRT. “How is it possible that a religious community can commit a crime under the guise of freedom of religion?”
Haeck was a member of the Jehovah’s Witnesses for 35 years and was an elder – someone with considerable authority within his local congregation in Ghent. When he exposed a case of sexual abuse within the congregation, he was officially shunned.
‘Shunning’
Jehovah’s Witnesses use shunning as a tactic to keep members from being disloyal to the group, he claims. “It’s worse than just being excluded,” Haeck told Het Nieuwsblad. “From the highest levels of the organisation comes the order that no one is allowed to talk to you, not even your own family. They declare that this person must be avoided because they have a mental illness that is contagious.”
Several more former Witnesses have joined the complaint, and stories have flowed out from former members who have been shunned. Cecile Temmerman was a Witness for 35 years when her son began to ask critical questions of the congregation's elders.
“I knew hundreds of people in the congregation; almost every day someone came over to visit,” she told Het Nieuwsblad. “From one day to the next, everyone turned their back on me.” She means that literally and figuratively: Witnesses physically turn away from members who are being shunned.
‘In the hands of Satan’
“At a meeting, everyone was warned that my family was in the hands of Satan,” continued Temmerman. “I had literally no one left in my life; the Witnesses make sure that you have no social contact outside the organisation – including family. Even my very best friend wouldn’t speak to me any more. I sank into a depression.”
The prosecutor in Ghent is bringing four charges again the Belgian congregation: for inciting discrimination on the basis of religious beliefs against a person and against a group, and inciting hatred or violence against a person and against a group.
While Jehovah’s Witnesses have been the target of civil court cases before, this is the first time an entire congregation has ever been charged with a crime. Haeck hopes this will set a precedent in other countries.
“Not only for Jehovah’s Witnesses but other religious organisations as well,” he said. “There is a strict separation of church and state. Now that there is more attention being paid to religious extremism, we have to ask ourselves where we draw the line, at what point the state must become involved.”
Photo ©Nicolas Maeterlinck/BELGA
Written by Lisa Bradshaw
https://www.thebulletin.be/jehovahs-witnesses-face-trial-discrimination-and-incitement-hate Tomorrow Nairaland GB would deny any thing like this ever happened. |
Celebrities › Re: Ex President Goodluck Jonathan's Daughter Faith Welcoms A Baby Boy With Husband( by KNOWMORE56: 11:23am On Sep 19, 2020 |
Beautiful baby, had it been you are told what is going on with the people on Earth, you would not have come to participate.
You are welcome anyway. |
Politics › Re: Exclusive : Why Fani-kayode's Wife Took The Right Decision Of Divorce by KNOWMORE56: 10:35am On Sep 18, 2020 |
nairavsdollars: So, Femi Fani-Kayode was having matrimonial issues Yet rather than resolving it and making his Lolo happy, he left the poor woman at home with four kids and was busy gallivanting around the country in the name of projects tour as if he doesn't care.
Above that, he greatly embarrassed the woman when he called that journalist stupid and everybody abused him. He also tweets at every slightest opportunity like his mentor, Donald Trump
Can any sane woman go through these and not have mental health issues?
You did well Precious Ada Nwanyi. We gat your back. If he comes to beg for you to return, we won't accept. Are you sure if FFK asks for your hand in marriage you will turn him down? |
Politics › Re: What My Father Told Me About Igbos by KNOWMORE56: 10:20am On Sep 18, 2020 |
All tribes are jealous of the Igbos |
Politics › Re: FG Asks All Account Holders In Financial Institutions To Re-Register Despite BVN by KNOWMORE56: 10:52pm On Sep 17, 2020 |
But what will be the case of the hausa/Fulani who don't use the western banking system?
It seems to me that any thing that won't affect hausa/Fulani that much is quickly enforced.
Anyway, let's suffer the results of our wrong choice. |
Christianity Etc › Re: Which Of The Following (1-9) Is Your Jesus? by KNOWMORE56(op): 2:30pm On Sep 15, 2020 |
2. Aaron's rod that budded:
*. Numbers 17:8 " KJV:And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, THE ROD OF AARON for the house of Levi was BUDDED, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, AND YIELDED ALMONDS. 10 KJV:And the Lord said unto Moses, Bring AARON'S ROD again before the testimony, TO BE KEPT for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.
Note: THE ROD OF AARON...BUDDED...AND YIELDED ALMONDS...
JESUS is the Tree of life! |
Christianity Etc › Re: Which Of The Following (1-9) Is Your Jesus? by KNOWMORE56(op): 11:19am On Sep 15, 2020 |
The 10 commandments is the Word of God and the Word of God is Jesus,
*. John 1:1 "KJV:In the beginning was THE WORD, and THE WORD was with God, and THE WORD was God. 2 KJV:The same was in the beginning with God. 3 KJV:All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 KJV:In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 5 KJV:And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. |
Christianity Etc › Re: Which Of The Following (1-9) Is Your Jesus? by KNOWMORE56(op): 11:15am On Sep 15, 2020 |
We have three things in the Ark of the Covenant:
1. The stone containing the 10 commandments,
*. Deuteronomy 10:2 "KJV:And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and THOU SHALT PUT THEM IN THE ARK. |
Christianity Etc › Re: Which Of The Following (1-9) Is Your Jesus? by KNOWMORE56(op): 11:03am On Sep 15, 2020 |
Do you know that all the things inside the Ark if the Covenant are pointing to Jesus? |
Christianity Etc › Re: What Is Spirituality? by KNOWMORE56: 4:43pm On Sep 14, 2020 |
Well, the God of the Bible walks with people who are called "blindfolded"
*. John 9:38 "KJV:And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
41 KJV:Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth."
Hebrews 11:6 " KJV:But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him."
*. KJV:Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: BLESSED ARE THEY THAT HAVE NOT SEEN, AND YET HAVE BELIEVED. |
Politics › Re: “I Am Ready To Perish… ” - Mailafia Honours Third Invitation From The DSS by KNOWMORE56: 4:19pm On Sep 14, 2020 |
Why have they not invited the former governor? |
Business › Re: What To Do To Make Money Online? by KNOWMORE56: 8:33am On Sep 14, 2020 |
Promxy94: I got and understood your point. But i think i have held that domain for over six months with different Outbounding for $300,250,200
So i just wanted to let it go, and besides i never wanted to be greedy because she might be a new customer if you understand what i mean. Are you using a customized email address? |
Christianity Etc › Re: Which Of The Following (1-9) Is Your Jesus? by KNOWMORE56(op): 8:23am On Sep 13, 2020 |
I am number 9
Lord Jesus, even if you choose to appear as shit/faeces/excretes, I love you and I'll serve you!
So help me God, in Jesus name. Amen! |
Christianity Etc › Re: Which Of The Following (1-9) Is Your Jesus? by KNOWMORE56(op): 8:22am On Sep 13, 2020 |
9. ALL OF THE ABOVE:
*. Colossians 1:18 "KJV:And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; THAT IN ALL THINGS HE MIGHT HAVE THE PREEMINENCE."
*. Ephesians 4 :10 "KJV:He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, THAT HE MIGHT FILL ALL THINGS."
*. Ephesians 1:23 "KJV:Which is his body, the fulness of HIM THAT FILLETH ALL IN ALL."
*. Colossians 3:11 "KJV:Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but CHRIST IS ALL, and IN ALL ." |
Christianity Etc › Re: Which Of The Following (1-9) Is Your Jesus? by KNOWMORE56(op): 8:21am On Sep 13, 2020 |
8. NONE OF THE ABOVE:
*. Matthew 26:60 "KJV:But FOUND NONE: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses," |
Christianity Etc › Re: Which Of The Following (1-9) Is Your Jesus? by KNOWMORE56(op): 8:21am On Sep 13, 2020 |
7. JESUS IS GOD:
*. John 1:1 "KJV:In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and THE WORD WAS GOD."
*. Titus 2:13 "KJV:Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of THE GREAT GOD and our SAVIOUR JESUS Christ;"
*. Romans 9:5 "KJV:Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh CHRIST came, who is over all, GOD BLESSED FOR EVER . Amen."
*. 1 Timothy 3:16 "KJVAnd without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: GOD WAS MANIFEST IN THE FLESH, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory." |
Christianity Etc › Re: Which Of The Following (1-9) Is Your Jesus? by KNOWMORE56(op): 8:20am On Sep 13, 2020 |
6. JESUS IS ANGEL:
*. Daniel 3:25 "KJV:He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like THE SON OF GOD." 28 KJV:Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent HIS ANGEL, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God." *. Acts 23:11 "KJV:And the night following THE LORD STOOD BY HIM, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome."
*. Acts 27:23 "KJV:For THERE STOOD BY ME this night THE ANGEL OF GOD, whose I am, and whom I serve,"
*. Acts 23:9 "KJV:And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees' part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or AN ANGEL hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God."
Note: From the verses above, I notice that Jesus played the roles of an angel.
Not Angel Michael but Angel Jesus (if I'm to say). |
Christianity Etc › Re: Which Of The Following (1-9) Is Your Jesus? by KNOWMORE56(op): 8:19am On Sep 13, 2020*. Modified: 11:01am On Oct 01, 2020 |
5. JESUS IS MAN(HUMAN BEING: As a man, Jesus is a Prophet, Luke 7:16; a Prince Acts 5:31;a Priest, Hebrews 9:11;etc)
*. John 8: 40 "KJV:But now ye seek to kill me, A MAN that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham." *. Acts 2:22 "Ye men of Israel, hear these words; JESUS OF NAZARETH, A MAN approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know"
*. Acts 17:31 "KJV:Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by THAT MAN whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead." |