How did this man end up to be our Attorney General? He is so inconsistent.

permit me, but I've got to laugh ) but not at you Hillsate

What I don't get is why the guy is still hanging around? That post is like "get out of here before I change my mind". Well, at least he's put forward a request to go on leave

Why of all times does he now consider he can go on leave? let him wait and face the 150 million Nigerians who he thinks are all mugu. Jonathan, no leave for the guy. Farida, that's your cue.

achilace:

come to think of it, who didn't do it when they were little?

I don't know oh!

mazaje:

Humans do not want to accept that this all there is hence the need to invent ideas of immortality, some created the idea of heaven while others created the idea of reincarnation. . . people are very much afraid of death and the possibility that this might be it so they created things like heaven to keep people in line. . . .

Mazaje, I don't think you get it. Just try believing in one a little and answer the question.

stillwater:

The Moon

I think I 'll join you

hmmmm,

mazaje:

The bible(or any other religious text out there) does not make any sense to those that live out the bubble of those that practice the christian faith, but it makes a lot of sense to those who have been conditioned and raised to believe in it as the word of a god. . . .since belief in the bible stories will eventually give you some reward in the after life and the rejection of the stories will also put you in danger of burning in hell for eternity according to the christian hypothesis people who know that some of the stories in the bible are false and do not make any sense at all try by all means to rationalize what is written in the bible by finding excuses so that they can continue to hold unto their beliefs and avoid what they have been forced to believe will be the consequence of rejecting the bible stories. . . Some explain some of the very obvious falsehoods and non sense stories as allegorical tales even when the bible states that they were hostorical events just so that they can continue to accept what the bible says. . .  . . For example do you really think people become young earth creationists based on observable evidence? No, they become YEC's because the alternative in their mind is to burn in hell for eternity if they refuse to accept the story of the earth's origins as described by their interpretation of the bible. . . .

Since all the stories in the bible are based on magic you can explain all of them away with very stupid reasoning as all christians do. . . for example the Noah's flood myth. . .a lot of christians KNOW that the story is false but since they have been conditioned to accept the bible as the word of a god they just have to find excuses for it some are now claiming that it is a local flood even when the bible says it is a global flood. . .those that truly believe in it will explain it away for example if you tell them that the noah's ark is too small to hold all those animals they will reply by saying that Yahweh sent baby versions and put them into a hibernation state while on board. . . . .Once you allow magic into your worldview, nothing is impossible. . . . .so the bottom line is that the bible does not make sense to me and it never will. . . the bible is a collection of stories(mostly myths) about human origins from the very narrow pespective of the jews who used their tribal deity as a  the answer to questions posed by a culture for those things they do not understand but see happening around them, fear instilled by threats to those who violate their cultural taboos, and alleviation of the fears of the unknown for those in the culture who abide by cultural mores. . . . The bible is the story of a people and the god they invented in their own image as a group, these book has now been propagated and the god it sells or talks about has now been provided a niche in various people's imaginations  where no one can actually see him/experience him except through imagined inspiration and the interpretation of ancient stories that were written about him by other men.  By the way we KNOW that people that claim to be recieving inspiration from god/gods are people that are mostly thinking to themselves. . . .

manmustwac:

The bible makes sense to the people who were bought up to believe it. Just like the Koran makes sense to the people who were brought up to believe that. But if both parties switched books and the christians read the Koran and the muslims read the bible both books wouldn't make sense to either of them, because they would easily see the inconsistances and flaws in something they were not brought up to believe.

When we argue sometimes, it is very necessary to look inward at ourselves. No man is a perfection of knowledge. I know this medium is meant in whatever way to serve as a way to get more knowledge, no matter how verse any of us may be.
The Bible as I believe it to be is an entity that cannot be denied. If you say the Bible is contradictory, I may not be in the best position to judge the issue but what judges a "thing" as contradictory or bogus or "fraud". Is it because it has different "stories" (as some of you have put it) which is aimed at teaching different morals? Or is it because it speaks earnestly of what has been, what is and what is to be? As we can very well trace the history of the making of what we call Bible - it is not a book that fell from heaven. The Bible itself is nothing but a mere book. What distinguishes it however is the infallible word that we read from it - referring to our daily activities, our deepest secrets and untold lies. No scholar whatsoever can boldly come out today and declare the Bible as fraud. I think that is rather too harsh - to be more polite. I'm not trying to be a saint here but the fact is a book that has spent over 100 centuries and yet still thrives should call your mind to something. If it is really a fraud or doesn't make sense, wouldn't it have passed out just like any other books written just as the time it was written. And come to think of it, the Bible is a compilation of different archives - written at different times and age - yet speak on a common ground. I have read various portions of the Qur'an and spoken at great length with Islamic scholars, I cannot but say the Qur'an itself refers you back into the Bible. It has many references to this same book which "doesn't make sense"?

Speaking of the legend of Noah's ark or rather as it was put - a myth, I cannot but laugh on that issue. Archaeological findings reveal that indeed that "myth" was for real. I may not have enough time but if you Google it, you'll find proof yourself. The Bible and the Qur'an are books that have stayed long in history. Prophet Mohammed (SAW) can't deny.

Damn! Wa sere omo! That's something I can never forget. But really if I have to try that again, I'll have to look around