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DarkLover:
➜I have so many reasons why I see knowledge as a curse, especially too much of it. If I begin to explain these reasons, I'll turn here to some literature & gothic classes.
➜Right from my childhood, I've always believed that I have a higher purpose here. Yes, I've helped strangers, gave people hope, make people smile, I've always been a shining light to others– a reference, but still, I believed that there's more to my existence.

1. What do you do for a living?

2. I, too, had the idea that I had a higher purpose from my childhood. Again, the act of believing in having a higher purpose without in fact having the details to go along with it is, as I see it, a delusion. I used to have that delusion myself, but over time, I realized it for what it is and, fortunately, accepted it as the nothing it is. I hope you can get over yourself soon, too.

This is why I say over and over that you religious folks are ever writing your own books as your claims never fit with what is. in fact, written in Israelite Scripture. 😩😩😩😩

NomoreKobo:
➜I say NomoreKobo, you say you be kobojunkie...oya na On a more serious note, this will be the first time you are asking pertinent questions and making pertinent statements, as per the discussion on ground. 1st Answer: Moses did nothing and and also did other things during those 40 years period
*In doing other things: Moses got married. Moses became a Father. Moses was a shepherd. Moses was living what one could term a normal dessert live
*In doing nothing: He didn't start training as a guerrilla soldier to liberate his people. He did not start a rebel army.
Moses had been declared a special child from the day he was born...Hence the reason he survived the holocaust carried out by Pharaoh against the new born male child of the Israelites in Egypt.
He had a mandate. The mandate came as a result of the things he did and also despite whatever he did in The desert.
As a result of what he did reasons- Moses was always in communication with his people in Israel through his elder brother Aaron and perhaps... i.e maybe through other sources. So he always had the burden of the enslaved people of Israel at heart. Despite what he did resasons- Moses got married,Settled down and became a professional herder.
➜2nd Arsenal: Humans will always go about their business-persomal interest and goals, But when the Creator calls you, just Answer. Or try to be in place where you can answer... Like don't kill your neighbour so dat you won't get lynched to death. Don't become an effeminate man-that is an abomination to the Creator.
➜Moses did a lot of things and didn't do a whole lot of things, but when the Creator called in the burning bush, he answered! Howbeit with a little bit of persuasion and magic. But he answered.
➜Answer like,Samuel, Answer like, Elisha, Answer like, Isaiah, Answer like, Peter and Co.
➜ Remember the rich young ruler Jesus Christ called? Well he didn't answer.

According to you, all the things that Moses did — Moses was always in communication with his people in Israel through his elder brother Aaron and perhaps... i.e maybe through other sources. So he always had the burden of the enslaved people of Israel at heart; Moses got married, settled down, and became a professional herder — which are things a majority do, and these had no real impact on the mandate, meaning they were things that were justified— they did not count against him at all, right? You claim that the only thing that had a real impact was that he was born Moses, abi?

2. And this almighty of yours can call any random human being anywhere trying to do any of those things you listed, is that it?

3. So, your creator, for no other reason except that Moses was born a special child to carry out a mandate, decided, after 80 years, to call Moses to a place regarded as a place? That is your story?

4. Um.... your story regarding Moses does not fit with what is in fact wertten of Him by the Isrealites, so, I don't expect your story regarding Samuel, and the rest to fit either.

5. But there was no mandate given by Jesus Christ of Israel to a rich young leader.

NomoreKobo:
➜The Creator told Abram that his descendants will be slaves in a foreign land for so n so number of years, yeah? Young Moses, being a zealot Israelite at heart wanted to free his enslaved brothers by the might of his hands, what happened? He didn't succeed. He had to flee Egypt for a long while. But when it was the will and appointed time of the Creator to free the enslaved Israelites, Moses went peacefully with the mandate of the Creator and he prevailed. What he couldn't achieve while he was young and full of youthful strength and a touch of royal glamour, he achieved when he was pretty passed his youth. You know, he was 80yrs.
➜So, in doing the will of the Creator (which was the core of the question I commented on), one must allow the Creator to present HIS will, and you just follow it, rather than present your own will to the father and press upon HIM to execute it for you.
Therefore, your interpretation of my commentary is rather off the point, I must say.

1. This na the main religious story telling wey dey give person headache. 😩😩😩 😩 😩

So, are you insinuating that Moses spent 40 years doing absolutely nothing or doing other things before this mandate came to him? Did the mandate come as a result of things Moses did during those 40 years? or did it come despite the things that Moses did during those 40 years in the desert?

2. What about the day-to-day activities/actions of human beings? Are those of no relevance where this idea of your creator is concerned?

NomoreKobo:
➜Here is an Analogy for you... In the grand plan of the Creator, it has been approved that I will be in Nigeria come end of this year. But due to my own free will-personal interest and goal; I actively start pursuing a US visa. I have the funds, I have the idea,so the time is right for me. Then I pray and commit everything into the hands of GOD .Make Baba GOD grant me success. But at the end of the year, my Visa pursuit ends in futility, and I am denied the Visa. Naturally, I go cry to Baba GOD "But Baba I pray and fasted for this Visa to work, I even gave a seed, why did you fail me. My faith was strong, I believed you had given me the Visa already..."
So tell me, where is the justification in that my personal pursuit and how is it evident that all is the will of the Father? You do understand that, in this contest, Will is a pattern in the midst of a whole and not the whole in general, right? Your use of the word justified in this whole discussion is intriguing to me.

With this, you should probably go back through your initial post and revise many of the claims you made since this seems to run counter to the claims you made there.

NomoreKobo:
➜If I explain my Believe in GOD, some may interpret it as nihilism, or what's worse, lack of faith.
[b]Here is my believe in GOD.
⚈I believe in HIM so much that I dread my existence, because His Will for my life trumps my own "free will"
⚈I believe in HIM so much that I may be having the worse time ever, but deep down I know He loves me.
⚈I believe in HIM so much that I have come to the realisation that wether I live a comfortable life (of my choice) or a life of poverty (that I detest), HIS love for me remains undiminished.
⚈I have come to realise that believing in HIM does not me I will be rich, or healthy, nor successfully. I could be the poorest man alive and yet his love for me will be just the same as the Love HE has for my LORD and CHRIST, Jesus.
⚈The Arabic statement " insha'Allah" best describes my believe in GOD. i.e ... If HE wills; I live. If HE wills; I die. But HIS steadfast love for me is undeniable.
⚈The ways of the LORD GOD Almighty is just too mysterious.
⚈HE will not answer all your prayers; but how Blessed are you if you find favour in HIS sight![/b]

Here's a scenario for you to possibly play around with. That your deity does not answer all of your prayers means that you may not even be privy to his grand plan at all, so essentially, all actions are born of your free and personal will— not your deity's grand plan. Do you see where this is going?

NomoreKobo:
I hope to GOD you re-read what I wrote up there, and 'edit' this response of yours, coz it is indeed off point.
Where is "justification/ justified" implied in my comment?

But of course it is implied that because , according to you, all is according to the Will of your deity, then every action you take is justified in your little equation of faith there. You probably should read through your own list yourself to realize that is the sum of what you posted.

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FreeSpirited:
➜I BELONG to no faction...,cos no faction brought Christ to me... Christ found me by himself

Storyland! 🙄🙄

I know you people don't like to critically review the statements you blurt out in defense of your beliefs, but I still hope. You claim to be a Christian, meaning you belong to the system of religion created by men dogs, aka non-Israelites, after the death of the man whom they pretend they have connections to. The ideas you hold regarding your belief come not from the book that records the life and teachings of the man named Jesus Christ of Israel but from the many doctrines and dogmas of the men who man the religion of Christianity. To add to all of this, you look to these same men for ideas on applicable principles for your belief whenever possible. How can you possibly expect to convince anyone that you are not of one of the 10's of thousands of factions that comprise this same religion? 🙄🙄

Meedon:
➜My friend is a drug addict. He takes all kinds of drugs like codeine, totoline, nicotine, emzolyn, Arizona, weed, loud and etc. E remain only colos weh him never take.
He has tried numerous times to quit this dangerous habit, it always ends in futility. He narrated his ordeal to me. He told me that he always thought of commiting suicide but I preached to him that anyone who commit suicide would go to hell.
What can this my friend do to break free from the shackles of this menace called drug addiction? Please I need your candid opinion. My friend's life matter.
➜He is so emaciated, looking older than his age. Those who are is elder are bowing down to greet him, little did they know that he is just in is mid_20s.

Why are you certain that if your friend commits suicide, he will go to hell? Why lie to him?

2. Your friend can check himself into an addiction clinic or move himself far away from all of the drugs and resources that enable him to retain access to drugs and, hence, the addiction. If he is really intending to quit, then he needs to reach a place where he is finally done with the habit and ready to start anew.

Nooneonline:
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Nonsense story telling!

AutomatedMoney:
➜I'll Simply Follow Her... That's All It Takes! I'll Never Be Able To Stay Home Breastfeeding Any of Our Babies... You Know ?!

Breastfeeding babies is not all there is to staying home with a baby. There are other things to do. I suggest you spend your clubbing time watching YouTube videos of fathers—some of them adoptive fathers— showing how they take care of their children from the time they are babies upwards. There are numerous examples of those online for any man seriously thinking of being a real father and not merely a sperm donor/ATM to his kids. Being a sperm donor does not make you a father. Fathers are those who go above and beyond donating sperm and maybe dropping money here and there towards the making and raising of a child.

AutomatedMoney:
➜Is There Any Reason To Be Sad About It ?

Sad? Just asking is all. If your wife decided to do her own clubbing without you, will you be OK with that too is all I asked.

AutomatedMoney:
➜For Me, There's No Problem Until "Your Wife Starts Telling You That You Cannot Go Clubbing Without Her."

Would you also be OK with your wife going clubbing without you?

Nonsense Story telling!

FreeSpirited:
➜You don't even know whom I am........If you think all these up there summarizes my Christian living, then u are mistaken.

Look, Christianity is one big system that operates exactly the same no matter which of the over 46,000 factions of it you belong to. That you are under some delusion that your faction sets you apart from all of the others means you still are not clued in on the gbajue you remain a part of.

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When the wives are done breastfeeding, they too can go clubbing their own. I mean, what is the real problem here?

AllBlack:
➜Apply maturity and allow the OP answer.

You can't answer your own question worded differently while retaining the original meaning, can you?

NomoreKobo:
➜Wrong question: The will of GOD will come to pass wether you (I mean you) wether you like it or not. I will provide biblical examples of you need them. It's funny, but one of the most peaceful way to make the will of GOD come to pass in your life, is for you to stop trying to make the will of GOD come to pass in your life. Just relax and let the Creator do HIS thing

. Essentially, your every action is justified, no matter what, by the will of your God, right? WuWei, right?

FreeSpirited:
➜The question God will ask u is that: Are you now doing is Will ?

Who are you to question him when you also belong to the "No one is perfect or flawless" religious circle to which he equally belongs? You Christians believe even without admitting it that even in your many imperfections, which mirror, for the most part, that of those who don't even believe at all, you are covered/justified by your Christian deity. The only difference between you and the other guy is that he is at least bold enough to state that his deity justifies every action he takes, while you refuse to.

NomoreKobo:
➜If I explain my Believe in GOD, some may interpret it as nihilism, or what's worse, lack of faith.
[b]Here is my believe in GOD.
I believe in HIM so much that I dread my existence, because His Will for my life trumps my own "free will"
I believe in HIM so much that I may be having the worse time ever, but deep down I know He loves me.
I believe in HIM so much that I have come to the realisation that wether I live a comfortable life (of my choice) or a life of poverty (that I detest), HIS love for me remains undiminished.
I have come to realise that believing in HIM does not me I will be rich, or healthy, nor successfully. I could be the poorest man alive and yet his love for me will be just the same as the Love HE has for my LORD and CHRIST, Jesus.
The Arabic statement " insha'Allah" best describes my believe in GOD.
i.e ...
If HE wills; I live.
If HE wills; I die.
But HIS steadfast love for me is undeniable.
The ways of the LORD GOD Almighty is just too mysterious.
HE will not answer all your prayers; but how Blessed are you if you find favour in HIS sight![/b]

Essentially, this is another way of saying your deity accepts pretty much anything you throw at him since, after all, even your every behavior is all according to his will, so you all justified by him?

You are a classic religious soul, man!

Antwan99:
Caught Kobojunkie viewing the thread 11:30pm

I regularly view this thread most every day. Why are you shocked by my presence on it?

TheBillyonaire:
➜Did I just stumble on the Immortality pathway?

What about the many other things you supposedly stumbled upon before this one? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

AllBlack:
➜So will you go back to God if you get a good job?

For what? If one of the over 4000 has not given him a job until now, why should he consider going back to it now after getting a job?

Wainey:
On a scale of 1-100

There is a scale to the Christian model of faith? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Princess80:
I have read an agreed to all terms and conditions is the biggest lie people tell

All terms and conditions of what exactly?

Allsmilez999:
1. Are you pretending not to know the concept of hell in the Christian bible?
2. That would mean i am leading his sheep to hell… right?
3. You spoke about men fooling men, right?

1. Christianity alone boasts over 46,000 different ideas of the Christian deity and its hell, all of which have nothing to do with what is presented in the Bible, which instead happens to be Israelite Scripture. So, no, I am not pretending at all. Simply, trying to get you to clarify the particular source of your very own belief in this case.

2. Huh? You could just be a bad actor in the equation, not necessarily that you are leading anyone at this point. You said the Christian deity out to eliminate bad actors, and I wondered why you would assume yourself not one of the bad actors to be eliminated.

3. I don't follow! What has the fact that men fool other men got to do with anything? Are you under some notion that those who allow themselves to be fooled by other men in this are some sort of victims in need of saving or something?

DarkLover:
➜Knowledge itself is a curse we must learn to live with,
➜ my question is very simple though—what's the purspose of humans on earth. I've done a lot and yet I fill unfulfilled.

Knowledge is a curse. why?

2. Where do you get the idea that there must be a purpose beyond you simply existing and ceasing after death? Let's start there.

Allsmilez999:
➜The deity knows i am being fooled but will punish me for it at the end?
➜When the deity could just eliminate these bad actors
➜ or reveal itself?

1. Did the deity tell you this, or did other men feed you this particular tale?

2. Eliminate bad actors? You are assuming you are not one of those bad actors, right?

3. Reveal Himself, why? To what end?

Ascend into a UFO?

DarkLover:
➜I've given alms, I've volunteered in causes for humanity sake, visited the worst of the places to have share from feelings of others. Yet here I am

Giving of arms and volunteering is only a small part of what it means to step outside of your own mind— that tiny box that defines you — to see that it is not all there is. By the way, all of your volunteer service seems to be in the past tense. why? Were you not able to see yourself in those others?

DarkLover:
➜I disagreed with the false sense part, it's the reality.
➜ We can exterminate all other lives of earth with minimal effort. Of course, our planet is surviving because of all the ecosystems. We all need each other
➜but clearly, we are the superior.

What reality given that many people out there do not yearn for a purpose for their existence like you do for yours?

2. Again, I get the sense that you somehow believe or think that because it is you, then it must then be the lot of everyone out there. Am I wrong?

3. You are superior and hence should have a purpose bigger than that of other animals in the animal kingdom.

EXOUSIAng:
➜I never said all gods are the same. I said all worshipers believe in the supreme God. So an Ogun worshiper still believes there is a bigger God, just the same way the Christains who worship Christ believe in the Almighty God who they refer to as His father, the Muslims also believe in the supreme Go God called Allah. They all believe I'm the one true God but worship him through various methods. Please try to real and understood me well.
➜What I have been saying is simple and I have been repeating the same thing over and over.

1. Isn't that pretty much the same thing? You say they all believe in this one true God but worship him through various methods, meaning the one true God of one religion is the same one true God of the next, and so on. Abi no be so? 🤔

2. You are saying it is the exact same entity worshipped in different ways across the many different religions, right? I am reminded of the poem about The Six Blind Men and The Elephant at this point. 🤔

Allsmilez999:
➜Poverty pushed all the ones above into religion The same poverty pushed the OP out. In the middle of all this,,, where is God? I am agnostic, I believe if there truly is a “God”, the being either has no control or does not care about the day to day affairs of this world , has moved on to overseeing other worlds or is probably dead.

So, in the end, you believe that the fault lies with the deity and not with men who cook up various delusions to fool their fellow men with?