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Let her speak.

Why do people say a male child is better than a female child .is it because it is the male child that happens to bear the name of the father or wha

That's exactly what you should have asked those "people" who said that.
Ask them what is being infered by the term "better"
How is betterment measured.
Ask them about the relationships between gender and who is "better"
etc,

I disagree that a male child is better than a female child especially if no proofs are provided.

"Thou shalt not kill"   (commandment six) (Exodus 20:13; Deuteronomy 5:17)

So simple, no exceptions, yet misinterpreted in the sense that strings are constantly being attached to it, such as (Is all killing the same? Is God's killing justified? What about when God orders Joshua to kill those canaanites, etc
.
“He that smites a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death” (Ex. 21:12).

In short, my question is this, is there a "thou shalt not kill, "except, '"?
Think of cases like self-defense and the likes.

Before this discussion is begun, i'd like to point this out:

In John 14:15 Jesus says, “If you love me, keep my commandments.” and in John 15:10, “If you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.” Jesus obeyed the Fathers Commandments and He asks us to demonstrate our love for Him by doing the same. We also find in 1 John 2:4, “He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.”

Many Christians have been told that Jesus abolished the Ten Commandments. Here again Jesus gives us His own direct response, “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfil them. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practises and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven” Matthew 5:17-19. Again, Jesus speaks clearly and to the point. God’s law has not been abolished, and according to Christ’s own words, anyone who teaches so is directly contradicting Him and is in serious spiritual trouble.

http://www.gods-10-commandments.org/

no doubt

'resume' connotes 'to restart something' like resuming from a holiday. when i first saw it i even though he was referring to a CV. lol.

I'm not sure your example bodes well with your stance.  Like you said to resume means to restart something, okay let's go with that-----
You said you resume from a holiday, how can you not resume from work?  Afterall, taking a break from work is comparable to your example of taking a break by going on a holiday, coming back from that holiday, is like coming back from home to resume the work you left suspended.

The vocab "resume" work sounds different why can't Nigerians just say I start work at blah blah blah.
All this grammar sef

re·sume1      /rɪˈzum/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[ri-zoom] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation verb, -sumed, -sum·ing.
–verb (used with object) 1. to take up or go on with again after interruption; continue: to resume a journey. 
2. to take or occupy again: to resume one's seat. 
3. to take or assume use or practice of again: to resume her maiden name. 
4. to take back: to resume the title to a property. 
–verb (used without object) 5. to go on or continue after interruption: The dancing is about to resume. 
6. to begin again.

Although it would be more appropriate to resume after a lunch break or whatever, resume work sounds a okay, but I agree with you that it is a bit uncommon.

capital NO

not necessarily, I'd Zap a "robo" up with a fore-hand top-spin, excuse the language.

It is however one of the most widely used serves in casual t-t games in Nig. (see nigeria front-yards/back-yards), and it gives the server a chance to accumulate some cheap/easy points.

I'd say check out you tube to watch some high-quality table tennis pro-matches, the speed, spins, smashes, body control, body-movement, skills, finesse, hand-eye co-ordination needed, tt can be very enjoyable for anyone who's half-decent at it.

ahhhh eyin oni robo, that serve is illegal and you know it.

the ball must be in the palm of your hands, thrown up, and then served.
robo can't/shouldn't be used in an official game.

Apologize, say sorry, apologize, say sorry, they need to do it in front of tv, they need to be held accountable for the heinous crimes they committed agains our ancestors, this, that,
OK, sure.

Even after all these sorries, how much more  is necessary, that is what i'd like to ask.

Apologies or not, what happened, has happened.  It's better to start thinking of ways to prevent it from happening ever again, and to institute laws that prevent blatant skin-color imposed limitations & hatred (there are some, but it'll hopefully get there eventually).

Situations are a lot more improved now, compared to what they were during those gruesome times.  Thanks to people like William, MLK, [insert the name here].

A colleague of mine told me about the sad story of a young man who was killed a few weeks back, by a reckless driver, on Nigeria's road, the driver tried to run away, he was caught- the family of the deceased decided to let the driver walk no legal actions or anything the likes.  Citing that no sorries will bring their son back.

Or try to imagine a woman who refuses to move on with her life on the basis that a man used her, abused her, cheated on her, yet he continues living his life, doing the same thing he did to woman A, to another woman B. When asked why woman A has refused to move on, she says, "well he hasn't said sorry."

I meanslavery isn't comparable to my above post, but think about what's being infered.
Apologies are atimes over-rated IMO.

OP, can you elaborate on this matter? Perhaps a little more articulation would help.

As far as my comprehension is concerned on what has been put forth, William was an advocate for Slavery Abolition.

You said he was being celebrated/honored at the church service for his good deeds/pioneering adjunct/ordeal with respect to what he did to help ratify slave trade or something of that sort.

If that is the case, the service should have been constructed in a manner that portrays a celebration/thanks to Williams' work for helping Britain realize the immorality of slavery, as well as an empathy on Great Britain's part for its role in the slave trade. If the service was conducted that way, then I have no problem with it.

And you hail this person on what basis?
I was always taught to put God before Man.

Even if he felt the need to pursue another agenda, he should have picked a better time.
Ludicrous.

I don't understand why Tony Blair has to apologize for an occurence that probably preceeded his existence.
If he feels the obligation, fine, if he doesn't, fine, and that's on the "personal level"

As far as the "head of state" is concerned, perhaps you require a "national" apology?
For how long must the national apology continue? What next? A 500-year apology?

I've been meaning to understand why the igbo people haven't assumed the throne for quite a while now, is tribalism at work, or is that just how it is?

http://www.kwenu.com/publications/iteshi/president_whom.htm

ELOHIM, Genesis 1:1, Psalm 19:1
meaning "God", a reference to God's power and might.
ADONAI, Malachi 1:6
meaning "Lord", a reference to the Lordship of God.
JEHOVAH--YAHWEH, Genesis 2:4
a reference to God's divine salvation.
JEHOVAH-MACCADDESHEM, Exodus 31:13
meaning "The Lord thy sanctifier"
JEHOVAH-ROHI, Psalm 23:1
meaning "The Lord my shepherd"
JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH, Ezekiel 48:35
meaning "The Lord who is present"
JEHOVAH-RAPHA, Exodus 15:26
meaning "The Lord our healer"
JEHOVAH-TSIDKENU, Jeremiah 23:6
meaning "The Lord our righteousness"
JEHOVAH-JIREH, Genesis 22:13-14
meaning "The Lord will provide"
JEHOVAH-NISSI, Exodus 17:15
meaning "The Lord our banner"
JEHOVAH-SHALOM, Judges 6:24
meaning "The Lord is peace"
JEHOVAH-SABBAOTH, Isaiah 6:1-3
meaning "The Lord of Hosts"
EL-ELYON, Genesis 14:17-20,Isaiah 14:13-14
meaning "The most high God"
EL-ROI, Genesis 16:13
meaning "The strong one who sees"
EL-SHADDAI, Genesis 17:1,Psalm 91:1
meaning "The God of the mountains or God Almighty"
EL-OLAM, Isaiah 40:28-31
meaning "The everlasting God"


MORE NAMES OF GOD

ABBA, Romans 8:15
ADVOCATE, I John 2:1 (kjv)
ALMIGHTY, Genesis 17:1
ALPHA, Revelation 22:13
AMEN, Revelation 3:14
ANCIENT OF DAYS, Daniel 7:9
ANOINTED ONE, Psalm 2:2
APOSTLE, Hebrews 3:1
ARM OF THE LORD, Isaiah 53:1
AUTHOR OF LIFE, Acts 3:15
AUTHOR OF OUR FAITH, Hebrews 12:2

BEGINNING, Revelation 21:6
BLESSED & HOLY RULER, 1 Timothy 6:15
BRANCH, Jeremiah 33:15
BREAD OF GOD, John 6:33
BREAD OF LIFE, John 6:35
BRIDEGROOM, Isaiah 62:56
BRIGHT MORNING STAR, Revelation 22:16

CHIEF SHEPHERD, 1 Peter 5:4
CHOSEN ONE, Isaiah 42:1
CHRIST, Matthew 22:42
CHRIST OF GOD, Luke 9:20
CHRIST THE LORD, Luke 2:11
CHRIST, SON OF LIVING GOD, Matthew 16:16
COMFORTER, John 14:26(kjv)
COMMANDER, Isaiah 55:4
CONSOLATION OF ISRAEL, Luke 2:25
CONSUMING FIRE, Deut. 4:24, Heb. 12:29
CORNERSTONE, Isaiah 28:16
COUNSELOR, Isaiah 9:6
CREATOR, 1 Peter 4:19

DELIVERER, Romans 11:26
DESIRED OF ALL NATIONS, Haggai 2:7
DOOR, John 10:7(kjv)

END, Revelation 21:6
ETERNAL GOD, Deut. 33:27
EVERLASTING FATHER, Isaiah 9:6

FAITHFUL & TRUE, Revelation 19:11
FAITHFUL WITNESS, Revelation 1:5
FATHER, Matthew 6:9
FIRSTBORN (3), Rom.8:29,Rev.1:5,Col.1:15
FIRSTFRUITS, 1 Cor.15:20-23
FOUNDATION, 1 Cor. 3:11
FRIEND OF TAX COLLECTORS & SINNERS, Matthew 11:19

GENTLE WHISPER, 1 Kings 19:12
GIFT OF GOD, John 4:10
GLORY OF THE LORD, Isaiah 40:5
GOD, Genesis 1:1
GOD ALMIGHTY, Genesis 17:1
GOD OVER ALL, Romans 9:5
GOD WHO SEES ME, Genesis 16:13
GOOD SHEPHERD, John 10:11
GREAT HIGH PRIEST, Hebrews 4:14
GREAT SHEPHERD, Hebrews 13:20
GUIDE, Psalm 48:14

HEAD OF THE BODY, Colossians 1:18
HEAD OF THE CHURCH, Ephesians 5:23
HEIR OF ALL THINGS, Hebrews 1:2
HIGH PRIEST, Hebrews 3:1
HIGH PRIEST FOREVER, Hebrews 6:20
HOLY ONE, Acts 2:27
HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL, Isaiah 49:7
HOLY SPIRIT, John 16:26
HOPE, Titus 2:13
HORN OF SALVATION, Luke 1:69

I AM, Exodus 3:14, John 8:58
IMAGE OF GOD, 2 Cor. 4:4
IMAGE OF HIS PERSON, Hebrews 1:3 (kjv)
IMMANUEL, Isaiah 7:14

JEALOUS, Exodus 34:14 (kjv)
JEHOVAH, Psalm 83:18 (kjv)
JESUS, Matthew 1:21
JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD, Romans 6:23
JUDGE, Isaiah 33:22, Acts 10:42

KING, Zechariah 9:9
KING ETERNAL, 1 Timothy 1:17
KING OF KINGS, 1 Timothy 6:15
KING OF THE AGES, Revelation 15:3

LAMB OF GOD, John 1:29
LAST ADAM, 1 Cor. 15:45
LAWGIVER, Isaiah 33:22
LEADER, Isaiah 55:4
LIFE, John 14:6
LIGHT OF THE WORLD, John 8:12
LIKE AN EAGLE, Deut. 32:11
LILY OF THE VALLEYS, Song 2:1
LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH, Revelation 5:5
LIVING STONE, 1 Peter 2:4
LIVING WATER, John 4:10
LORD, John 13:13
LORD GOD ALMIGHTY, Revelation 15:3
LORD JESUS CHRIST, 1 Cor. 15:57
LORD OF ALL, Acts 10:36
LORD OF GLORY , 1 Cor. 2:8
LORD OF LORDS, 1 Tim. 6:15
LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS, Jeremiah 23:6
LOVE, 1 John 4:8

MAN OF SORROWS, Isaiah 53:3
MASTER, Luke 5:5
MEDIATOR, 1 Timothy 2:5
MERCIFUL GOD, Jeremiah 3:12
MESSENGER OF THE COVENANT, Malachi 3:1
MESSIAH, John 4:25
MIGHTY GOD, Isaiah 9:6
MIGHTY ONE, Isaiah 60:16

NAZARENE, Matthew 2:23

OFFSPRING OF DAVID, Revelation 22:16
OMEGA, Revelation 22:13
ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, John 1:18(kjv)
OUR PASSOVER LAMB, 1 Cor. 5:7
OUR PEACE, Ephesians 2:14

POTTER, Isaiah 64:8
POWER OF GOD, 1 Cor. 1:24
PRINCE OF PEACE, Isaiah 9:6
PROPHET, Acts 3:22
PURIFIER, Malachi 3:3

RABBONI (TEACHER), John 20:16
RADIANCE OF GOD'S GLORY, Heb.1:3
REDEEMER, Job 19:25
REFINER'S FIRE, Malachi 3:2
RESURRECTION, John 11:25
RIGHTEOUS ONE, 1 John 2:1
ROCK, 1 Cor.10:4
ROOT OF DAVID, Rev. 22:16
ROSE OF SHARON, Song 2:1
RULER OF GOD'S CREATION, Rev. 3:14
RULER OVER KINGS OF EARTH, Rev 1:5
RULER OVER ISRAEL, Micah 5:2

SAVIOR, Luke 2:11
SCEPTER OUT OF ISRAEL, Numbers 24:17
SEED, Genesis 3:15
SERVANT, Isaiah 42:1
SHEPHERD OF OUR SOULS, 1Peter 2:25
SHIELD, Genesis 15:1
SON OF DAVID, Matthew 1:1
SON OF GOD, Matthew 27:54
SON OF MAN, Matthew 8:20
SON OF THE MOST HIGH, Luke 1:32
SOURCE, Hebrews 5:9
SPIRIT OF GOD, Genesis 1:2
STAR OUT OF JACOB, Numbers 24:17
STONE, 1 Peter 2:8
SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, Malachi 4:2

TEACHER, John 13:13
TRUE LIGHT, John 1:9
TRUE WITNESS, Revelation 3:14
TRUTH, John 14:6

VINE, John 15:5

WAY, John 14:6
WISDOM OF GOD, 1 Cor. 1:24
WITNESS, Isaiah 55:4
WONDERFUL, Isaiah 9:6
WORD, John 1:1
WORD OF GOD, Revelation 19:13


The list is quite extensive as we have such an Awesome God!
http://www.smilegodlovesyou.org/names.html

We pray to God, in the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord.

"I am the way, the truth and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. If ye shall ask anything in my name, I will do it."
Jesus. John 14:6, 14.

We do everything through Jesus, Lord & Savior---- ALL the glory belongs to God Almighty.

Lol, Genevieve Nnaji vs. Halle Berry, wonders shall never end.


They shouldn't even be mentioned in the same breath.

Perhaps breast size is being compared here, oops Halle takes that one too. oh it is acting that is being compared? Umm Halle wins by a landslide,

Genne<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<less than<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<Halle

Feel free to hurl insults at me on this one, it's okay.
Everyone seems to be drooling over this home video like it's da bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbomb, ummm, no it's not.

Same predictable crappy home video, I lost interest in it 1/3 of the way through the first disc.
oh, and the opening scene was irritating.  the screeching noise, the police chase, the set-up, yawn.

predictable, you can tell it is nonsense since there's a need for 4 parts to it.  Very few films should require a part 4, crappy cot ain't one of em.

Let the onlinsults begin
,
go!

How does kobe, a wing player , continue to single-handedly obliterate teams by himself?

4 straight 50 point games? with 2 60 point games in the mix.
i'm fascinated.

ok. all men are created equal. yes but are all men created equal in reality? no. some are born to be succesful while others are born wretched. some have more opportunity than others while others have less opportunities. some are born with physical or mental advantage. e.t.c

You are missing the point here. Holding the truths to be self evident that all men are created equal, refers to the limitless natural resources they're able to access in life, as well as perhaps their ability to move up the ladder. there are/should be no restrictions.
in a marriage you can argue otherwise since a man is always wanting to be the head (it's a testosterone thing)

"all men are created equal" the phrase was used in the political sense to mean that every man has an equal stake in the "unalienable rights" which are liberty, life and the pursuit of happiness. whether rich or poor, strong or weak, all men have the same natural rights in the new democracy.

you know that this "all men are equal" wasn't made to include neither blacks nor women. these two underpriviledged groups didn't hold much stake in the new democracy.

That's a disturbing thing to say, especially after you stated that it was used to mean that "every man has an equal stake in the unalienable rights."
I already told you man in this sense refers to all of us. I can also argue using your logic that it doesn't say "all men excluding blacks and women"

again, feminists seek political, economic and social equality. this is achievable (and the proove is the contrast between the situation of women in the western and advanced countries vs women in third world and islam nations).

Let them continue to seek it, I have no problem with that.
It is hard comparing third world nations to the western countries. By tradition, culture, and religion, their ways of living are different.
It is extremely difficult to debase a way of life that has been established for many years in one night.

all men are created equal. but will you see a black man and call him a white man? NO but is it possible that they can have political, economic and social equality YES.

I can't begin to fathom how you've absolutely misinterpreted the meaning of this quote.
I hope you can ask a historian at your school for better understanding. Your scope of thought is errant.

you say you're against gender-based oppression?

of course

well, both sexes have to be on an equal level in other for it to be less likely that one will be able to dominate the other.

If you really think that's possible, you're hallucinating. There's nothing wrong in advocating for it, but realistically, please.

nairaland ad:
women make up half of the globe but make up 75% of poor people
women do most of the farm work but only 1% are farm owners

And this is credible because it is a nairaland ad? lol.

swallow 65 pills to calm your nerves, life's too short.

carpe diem.

So the fact that i wo and man? You're talking about english in this? You do realize that in generalization, every one classify us all as men.

Depends on your interpretation or misinterpretation of the classification.  take for example all "men" are created equal, this means all persons are created equal, the "men" was a substitute for humans.  With that said, that scope does not apply to all theories/sayings.  You cannot see a man and call him a woman, and vice versa - that's where the distinction takes effect

We hold these truths to be self evident, that all persons are created equal. YES.
with that said, the idea of equity between man and woman is as naturally impossibly as it is biologically impossible for so many reasons, and anyone that thinks otherwise, is just not willing to accept the truths.

We can start with the argument that one is a Man and the other has a wo before the man, as the first distinction.
From this distinction we can begin to excrutiate the reasons why these parallelisms are impossible to attain in this space we live in, but I am afraid that the discussion will be far beyond our reaches.

All in all, I am most definitely apalled by, and against any form of gender-based opression.