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@Kola Oloye

Who told u they worship the image of a woman? Your second persoanlity?

@Pamperne

Thanks for that info on St. Isidore, I have to track down his works.

God speaks to people through their history. He tells u where u have been and what message u were supposed to receive from it. Some people don't listen when God is speaking. You don't have to hear a "VOICE" to know that God is speaking. He also speaks through people. U never know who God will choose to minister to u and it's not always the pastors of priests. It can even be a homeless person or a terminally ill person. Trust me it u've ever been through things in life and taken the time to look back, u will see places where God was speaking to u.

God does not ask people to commit atrocious crimes.

I'll be back to speak more, am running late, bye.

Um there shouldn't be picking and choosing what to follow and what not to follow. The Bible cannot be followed word for word because it is a history book and it shows us where we have been and where we should be. It's a set of guidelines, rules on how to live life pleasantly in the sight of God. God speaks to us through it. He lets us know how merciful he is. He shows us what the consequences of sin are. He shows us how much wrath he can have towards us.
The OT is a set of books that tell us how it was, not that we should necessarily follow in the footsteps of our ancestors. The NT is a set of books that show us God's mercy. It is the new covenant.

If u truly want to know, then I suggest u sit down and study and meditate on the Bible, but don't do so without asking God for his grace of understanding, wisdom, and knowledge. The Bible isn't like any book out there. It is the word of God and it can't be understood with just human reasoning alone.

So let me guess, For you, people should continue with the old way even when YOU yourself are easily living with the new amenities that are readily available to you?? How caring of you. You must have a sweet heart there to make such a statement. Why don't we also continue with old cultures like genital mutilation as birth control methods for women?? Or even, pull out method as STD and pregnancy control methods. WOW. I am amazed that you know what is better for africans than the people actually stepping up to help give these women a better opportunity in life do.

Again, instead of being quick to judge those who are actually trying to do something about a problem that you for one seem to have no knowledge of it's existence,I would ask or urge you to please take a trip throught your africa to discover fact from fiction. Have you ever wondered how women living in refugee camps around the world deal with their periods?? I mean, please try. They are living in cramped spaces and their periods do not actually say " Oh, I will not come cause you are living in a refugee camp" and how do you think they cope with these things when they fled their homes with barely nothing?? Just a thought. I mean many of these women get an opportunity to go to school on some of these refugee camps. Do you think that to them their period is like walking up to the mystery supermarket on the refugee camp to purchase these sanitary products with money they magically get??

Please, get out there and see what life really is in your africa. It is my request of you women especially cause it is too easy to assume that what you find easy to deal with also comes easy for all women. I have in my time here in America met my share of ladies and guys from even africa who do not have good habits when it comes to cleanliness. I remember having to teach some people as an africa that they need to brush at least once a day so as to help reduce mouth of odour. I have even had to teach one or two about the wonders of DEODORANT and you think that all persons automatically know of PADS and stuff like this ?? Instead of coming at this from the SHAME-FILLED persons perspective, maybe you should try being more human and understand that not all AFRICANS are like you, with all that knowledge of how things work and what is available to help with what.

Oya clap for yourself. You know me very well. NONSENSE. Didn't I say I went through the same thing, IT MEANS I HAVE BEEN THERE BEFORE, OR I CAN RELATE. But it never was an excuse. How do you expect me to trust them when we've been exploited so much. The damn health department should be doing something about it.

lol@ Kobojunkie trying to convince me as if I haven't been there. Point is it shouldn't be an excuse. Damn it I knew I had to get out of the situation I was in, so yes I had to be creative and find means to control it (no need to go into details there). I knew to never remain in the sitaution for the rest of my life, I had to suck it up and go to school and live life. It's hard I know, I've been there, but it can be done. I never said it doesn't happen. I'm saying it shouldn't be an excuse. I am also saying that the motive of the corporation may not always be in the best interest of those being helped.

@Zandra1

@ topic, He is the master of surprise. He surprises me in the loveliest ways e.g he picked me up from school on the weekend and when we got home he was like "Babe, I heard you last week when you said u wanted to eat 'this' so I made it for you". At times I shed tears of joy when I see how much he does to make me very happy and satisfied. He's very open to me, very sincere and honest. Its touching the way he's very generous and kindhearted. He's been so good to my family. He's so forgiving and selfless. The way he babys me so much. I can't remember the last time I cut my nail myself or applied my nail polish myself cause he does them for me. If he sees me combing my hair he'd be like "Sweetie come here let me comb it for u" . The way he calls me when we're apart or send me lovely texts. The way he always shows me love irrespective of the person/people around. The way he admits when he's wrong and apologizes. He is very understanding and patient- he knows am still very young and that am still learning. The way he takes wonderful care of me and looks out for me. The way he calms me down. His jokes- some of them can be corny at times and the way he laughs while telling them makes them even funnier . The way he calls me so many sweet names and not just one. He's cute and has the sexiest eyes I've ever seen

Ok u just described my babe here. Only difference is that we haven't said our "I do."
Am not in a rush sha, I know it will come, at the rate things are going, we're good.
My family loves him and that's where most of my joy comes from. Am close to family, if family doesn't accept you, then it's going to be hard o.
I just pray that we find favour in the sight of God.

If he lays his hands on me

dat 1 na instant castration o.

Thanks to the US system, I can call the police and they will definitely show up and haul the bastard away
Or we can do it the Naija way (which I prefer) and have all the men in my family practice boxing.

ROTFLMBAO!!!!!!

I've peeped, but don't know if I've been a victim. In the Uni we just sneak into the dormitories, this was back in the day. The guys were glad to show it all, so no need to peep.

You do realize that you may have been able to afford toilet roll but not everyone is able to afford that in Africa and definitely not everyone shares the same experiences as you do. I am glad you were able to afford that but I, from experience remember when we could not even afford toilet roll to wipe out butts with in my house, let alone toilet roll to be used for periods in my house. Still, you all do not speak for all African women and I still say that instead of criticizing efforts to help those that YOU YOURSELF HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO HELP or have little clue of, you should maybe shut up and just allow those who can to do WHAT THEY CAN HOWEVER they can.

and before toilet roll nko, wetin dem get? nonsense. You speak as if you experience periods yourself. Look even people with pads still have accidents. Point is it doesn't stop u from going to school. You can have an accident, FULL STOP. PAD OR NO PAD, ACCIDENT IS PRONE TO HAPPEN, it is still embarrassment. So no it doesn't stop from going to school. So if dem no go school, aren't they somewhere? What about the embarrassment whereever they are? You want to tell me these girls stay locked up in their houses or rooms (girls do get embarrased with their families) for 3 to 7 days? RUBBISH. "WHAT THEY CAN HOWEVER" is what gives others the right to hold us in debt (am not saying kindness isn't good), but with what intention is this "kindness". The US want to build a base in West Africa and their base is on kindness to help keep control of the area, we all know they have other motives, so "WHAT THEY CAN HOWEVER" is not always in the best interest of those being helped.

the church is a place for you to worship and not a place to judge others. the unitarian church doesn't have a problem with homosexuality by the way

You're right it's not a place to judge others, that's why I said I would continue to be friends with a homosexual INSIDE AND OUTSIDE of church. If there are homosexuals in the church, I don't have a problem, but if the CHURCH is going against God's word and allowing for homosexual marriage then I am leaving. The word of God is not the foundation of that Church.

@JeSoul

Thanks for the clarification.

a round of applause for you Lady for the quote box!

LMAO!!! THANK You THANKU, I humbly bow

@Not.Seun
You are one hilarious man, continue in your delusions if you wish. LOL

@ Uche

I think she was hinting at that.

hmmmm I can point out the very confused soul
May God grant u understanding, Amen.

@topic.
I never really gave it any thought. Will do more research.
I've always heard "I cover you with the blood of Jesus" mehn I if I got 1 kobo for each time I was "covered with the blood of Jesus" I'd be a millionaire.

I am on to something, will be back when I gather my thoughts

And I predict that many of these folks will be returning home one by one as soon as the gas prices rise up to 7 dollars per gallon

HAHAHA, as soon as e reach $4 per gallon I don pack my load go o

I can afford a pad but most American and Funmi women will not shy away from a free one, how about that?


Again, If Always is that merciful, they can as well go to Africa and build a factory for pads.

THANK YOU. na today women start menstruation? Wetin happen when dem dey farm? They couldn't be embarrased then either?

@Kobojunkie

I am looking forward to that letter as u will soon be writing it (by the grace of God, for the sake of Nigerians) LOL

LMAO

THIS IS PURE AND UTTER WICKEDNESS, I WAS FILLED WITH GLADNESS.

Big B1

I agree with u bro, when I hear all the negative things I get pissed.
They say it should get better, well I ask who should make it better when everyone is leaving? The trees? The monkeys?
Rubbish people.

Ha Osunbor probably did it. He already had accusations before the crime was known to have taken place.

Enoma who has been in the news of recent, projecting the Edo State Government’s rejection of the election tribunal’s nullification of Osunbor’s election, was reported to have been kidnapped in the premises of a hotel in Benin on Friday.

The Special Adviser to the Governor on Communication and Public Relations, Mr. Tony Ikpasaja, said the state government was shocked at the sudden disappearance of Enoma.

He told our correspondent that the security agencies in the state had also been detailed to fish out the commissioner and his captors.

ahn ahn I thought he checked into the hotel himself, meanwhile on Friday they said he was kidnapped, hahaha na wa o

funny enough the women are the ones speaking against the ad.

As I understand the points of kobojunkie and other males, I will kindly speak from experience.

I didn't start using pads until I came to the US, even after that, all that I was provided from mummy was toilet paper and the cheap one at that matter. IT DID NOT STOP ME FROM GOING TO SCHOOL AND IT DIDN'T STOP THE OTHER GIRLS WHO COULDN'T AFFORD IT EITHER. I am sick and tired of menstruation being used as an excuse. Yes, the "intention" of the company appears to be good, but don't be surprised if it isn't. Africa has been exploited, the last thing we need to see in a world that already thinks lowly of the continet is that some girls miss school because of their period. That's the only annoying part. If they want to donate pads to these girls, then great. But to open the thought of girls missing school because of it to this part of the world is not proper.
Let's not forget these are people that still think we walk around naked. abi dem neva ask u where u buy cloth when u come from Africa? dem don ask me o.

Yes I would leave the church. The church isn't to conform to the ideals of man. It is spoken against in the Bible, so no church should allow it.
That shows that the church is not built on the foundation of God or Jesus Christ.

Would I stop being friends with a homosexual inside and outside of church? Absolutely not.
Christ dined with the prostitutes and other sinners. It is through love that he led them to the truth. So will I do.
Just because I accept a homosexual does not mean I condone the act. I accept my brother who tells lies because I am no better, but there's no way I will attend a church that skews the truth to favour man and not God.

@Bawomol

Your example is not proper. It is not the same thing. The church is set with God as a foundation, the job is not. A workplace is not a place for a "personal belief" while the church is.

hmmmm nice topic. I would like to know too

@Uche1

Obama is the black man that is on his way to the White house (The president's villa in the US)

1. making christianity the national religion stopped the persecution of saints, why is this a bad thing? because it stopped the spreading of the gospel! when people where persecuted they spread, and took the gospel to places it hadn't been before. but with the onset of Constantine, the gospel basically stopped moving like it had been.

Could u kindly explain this more. I am a bit confused. How did it stop the spreading of the Gospel. Last I checked the gospel spread wide and far and we can see the result today. abi no be so?

*kindly notice that I learned how to use the quote application, lol*

@Not.Seun

My point and proof remains that the Vatican DOES NOT sit on the 7 hills of Rome. Please learn history and geography. The Book of revelations was written years ago, please check the geography of then. The Vatican DOES NOT sit on the 7 hills.

1. Please what do you mean by small cocks

2. what is the number of those small cocks


sysuser, i see u are back and already misusing your sys

anyhow, this goes to show that nothing lasts forever (including oga seun's ban)

therefore you need to apply charity always when making posts about someone's beliefs because

you just might realise they are not so true afterall. and doesn't the end always justify the means.

hope u heed my candid advise to you, otherwise ban again

hahahaha O Carlosein, I am not SysUser, not yesterday, not today, and definitely not tomorrow, lol. It was a typo. I meant small hillocks. Sorry

My darling sent me a text this morning telling me that Obama had been shot and that I should turn to CNN. I ran straight to the TV set and turned to CNN, no news, then I called him and he said April Fools. I sent the message to my friends and got a nice cursing out this morning.

Lady, stop wailing. The catholic church is simply the fulfillment of the prophecy in Revelations 17.

Revelation 17 :1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great LovePeddler that sitteth upon many waters:

Now we know that the bible describes the church in feminine terms hence the use of "LovePeddler". Sitting on many waters is simply refering to a large body of people . . . you will agree with me that the catholic church is about the largest religious movement on earth.

2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

Now is the pope not the most revered man on earth? Even the greatest presidents on earth defer to the authority of the pope.

6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

- the middle ages witnessed the greatest slaughter of christians by the catholic church ever recorded in history. Her hands still drip with the blood of the saints who died in the catacombs and in the cages of lions.

- Wow . . . till today we still wonder with great admiration . . . the catholic church is perhaps the richest religious organisation on earth.

9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.

The vatican city sits on the 7 hills of Rome.

12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.

These are the 10 most powerful nations that initially formed the European Union . . . Italy is a prominent member.

18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.

Are we still wondering what that "city" is?

Please stop spreading false truths.
The Vatican does not sit on the 7 hills of Rome.

The Vatican is across the Tiber river from Rome and Sits atop one hill Rome is surrounded buy several small sill cocks you need to check you geography maps

Judging by the criteria of biblical fundamentalism (literal words literally understood) it is certain that there is no mention of the Catholic Church in the book of Revelation as the LovePeddler of Babylon. By contortions of interpretation (not biblical literalism) some groups and individuals equate the LovePeddler in Revelation 17:9 with the Catholic Church since Rome is the famous city of seven hills and the Church's principal See is Rome. This position is untenable, both factually and from the only words of Scripture which tell us of the actual doctrine of the Antichrist, those of the apostle John in his letters.

There would seem to be two choices, either interpret Rev 17:9 absolutely literally or according to some interpretive key that is metaphorical, allegorical or otherwise non-literal. Lets look first at literal interpretation.

"The seven heads represent seven hills on which the woman sits." First of all, no Pope has ever lived or had his "seat" (cathedra or cathedral) on any of the seven hills of Rome. These hills are small hillocks (Capitoline, Palatine, Esquiline, Aventine and three lesser "bumps" in central Rome) where the religion and government of pagan Rome was situated. The Catholic Church's headquarters at the Lateran (the cathedral) and at the Vatican (where the Pope lives) does not coincide with them. At the time that John wrote Revelation the Christians of Rome lived mostly in Trastevere (trans Tiber), a district "across the Tiber" from the City and adjacent to the Vatican hill where St. Peter was crucified and buried. The Vatican is on top of that burial site and is today its own city-state distinct from Rome and Italy.

So, of what was St. John speaking when he wrote Revelation on the island of Patmos around 96 AD? Obviously of the pagan imperial system situated on the Seven Hills, especially the Capitoline (the religious and political center) and the Palatine (the imperial palace). This pagan power persecuted the Church of Rome in Nero's day (64-67 AD), and in the mid-90s under Domitian was persecuting Christians throughout the Roman world. Domitian was considered by the people a re-incarnation of the evil, but well-liked, Nero (the head that lives again). While the antichrist Nero persecuted only the Christians of Rome, Domitian extended that persecution throughout the empire. Both are thus types of the final persecutor, the Antichrist.

Why the cryptic name Babylon? First, the historical Babylon was the pagan power which persecuted the People of God, the Jews, between 610 and 538 BC, destroying the Temple and dispersing the people. The Romans inherited that mantle of infamy when they destroyed the Temple in 70 AD, and, more importantly, persecuted the new People of God, the Church. Thus, St. Peter, writing from Rome refers to as "Babylon" (1 Pt. 5:13) - a name any Jew or Christian familiar with the Old Testament would know.

How does this relate to the Antichrist? The future Antichrist will be a world-wide power, essentially pagan, which will persecute the Catholic Church (and orthodox Christians in general) everywhere, as the Babylonians persecuted the Jews and 1st century Rome the Church. These are biblical types! The Babylon of John's day, Rome, stands for the kingdom of the future Antichrist and is no more likely to be situated in Italy than Rome needed to be situated in Babylonia (modern Iraq). John was informing his readers of these prophetic types by drawing their attention to the contemporary fulfillment they found in pagan Rome. The Antichrist will come out of the Christian world (Greco-Roman civilization) to be sure (1 John 2:19), but America is as much an inheritor of that civilization as Europe and just as likely to be the source of the Antichrist.

Finally, after distorting the text and history to read what they want into the Bible, and thereby obtaining God's "blessing" on their hatred of the Catholic Church, some "Christians" ignore the only texts of Scripture which tells us about the religious leanings of the Antichrist. The Catholic faith being a religion you would think they would see what it teaches on the only criteria the Bible actually gives about the Antichrist. In St. John's letters (1 John 4, 2 John 1), he tells us that the spirit of the Antichrist denies the Incarnation (the Son of God becoming man) and thereby also the Trinity (the Father and the Spirit, too). This is the spirit of the Antichrist. There is not a single text in 2000 years, including the new Catechism of the Catholic Church, where the Catholic Church, her popes, her bishops, her official teachings, her saints, or her acknowledged ecclesiastical authors, deny the Word-made-flesh or the Blessed Trinity. Instead, all of Christianity owes the preservation of these Truths to the Catholic Church, whose great Councils formulated them and whose saints and popes have defended them to this day, often at the cost of martyrdom. John Paul II, has written three great encyclical (circular) letters on the Trinity, one for each Divine Person, and he has without a doubt preached Jesus Christ to more people than any other person in human history. The Catholic Church does not have the spirit of the Antichrist but of God, since no one without the Spirit can say "Jesus is Lord" (1 Cor. 12:3), something the Church and Catholics always have done and continue to do!

@Carlosein

Have a happy easter too. May the Lord grant you your heart desires according to his will. Amen.

Mother Theresa of Calacuta made headlines because of her Christian CHARITY among the Hindus than a Catholic Nun

Um Mother Theresa of Calcuta was a CATHOLIC NUN. Her missionary of charity is made up of catholic nuns.

Ok so I came to this topic really late and I tried really hard to avoid it, but reading through, I just have a few things I observed and would like to comment on.

I really want to comment on the issue of "MARY MOTHER OF GOD"

The stance of the Protestants is that never was she called "MOTHER OF GOD" this is infact true.
But let's also keep in mind that never did Jesus call himself GOD. [s]before u crucify me please finish reading[/s]
He was always the SON OF MAN. But he did say that he and the father are one. So from that we take it that he is also GOD.
It is in this same manner that Catholics say that Mary is the Mother of God. Elisabeth called her "MOTHER OF MY LORD" the "LORD" she's referring to is JESUS. If Jesus is LORD, and by faith he is God, that would make Mary the Mother of God. I understand the syllogism thing that someone points on earlier, but if u would disqualify the words spoken of Mary, then you must disqualify the words spoken of Jesus/by Jesus.

Um those who think they know about persecution of Christians should really do their research on it and come back and tell me which christians were persecuted. Last I checked the Catholics were persecuted by other christians or am I wrong?

Please don't be angry, I understand your frustration. But my dear please remember that we work for our salvation and no one else's

@Blatant

How right u are? Even in this so called "lawfull" country (United States) that Nigerians are wanting to flock to, I have to walk out of the car with my hands up for fear of being "mistaken to have a gun", so that I won't get shot. I have to be on my best behaviour because I don't want to be fingered by some local policeman who thinks that it would be the highlight of his day to tell the story of how he fingered a black girl and tasted her.
Some of the policemen here are chauvinistic pigs.

Thank u Ganjaseed, hope u truly meant it.

May the Lord be with the Pope. No one deserves to be attacked in anyway, not even Bush. No matter how much I don't like a person I won't wish evil on him, a note to the other christians.