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analice107:
You thought i have all the answers, i didn't say i do. But, thank you for thinking so highly of me.

what then did you mean by asking if i want a discussion

analice107:
Or else?

I thought you had all the answers it is obvious you have no idea how to deal with the op's query

analice107:
Do you want a discussion or you want to malign? I don't have time for foolishness.

When you want a discussion let me know.

of course I want a discussion. Now address my post

analice107:
I hope you know that in material wealth, Esau was wealthier than Jacob?

Jacob gave to Esau animals as gifts but Esau won't accept them becos he was also blessed and had enough. He was never poor.

And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.
Genesis:33:9

The issue here wasn't material blessings, it had to do with the Covenant. The covenant of POSTERITY. GOD MADE A PROMISE, WHO WILL STAND AND WORK TO BRING IT TO PASS?

God chooses who will be steadfast no matter the heat, not the one who will break.

Go and find out what Esau did when the heat came. He went wild with the women God had commanded that they shd not touch.

Amalek was he bastard son who turned out to be a serious thorn on the Flesh of the Israelites when they came out of Egypt, and after many years later.

The Amalekites, just like the Muslims today were a serious ache to the nation of Israel all because Esau couldn't take the heat and stay focus.


Under heat, how do you handle situations?

God sees the end from the beginning, because he gives us Free Will to act, He knows who will fail.


Jacob kept his family intact under God, God.saw that long before he started having the kids.

It was all about the Covenant bro.


Reuben was Jacobs first son, why didn't God pick him to fulfill the Promise he made to Abraham, that He will send his descendants to a Strange land to multiply, then later bring them back again to Canaan? That was becos, he saw that Reuben was soft towards women. Reuben wouldn't have resisted Madam Potipher's sex offer. Right under his fathers roof, he had sex with his father's wife. God saw that.

What about Simeon the second Son? He had Temper issues, What about Levi, the third? He was quick to take revenge.

Attitude was and is everything.

Bottom line, Before God calls you into a covenant, He knows what you can do.

Who assigns attitude?

In exodus, this ur god made Pharaoh stubborn, by 'hardening his heart'. And after all he creates all things eh?

Why didn't this god create Esau with the right attitude?

frank317:
Wow, where have u been? Nice to know u are okay

culture section

I hope more people have seen the fraud of religion

You need to understand that the story of Jacob and Esau you know was written by Jews, Jews whose ancestor is Jacob

While Esau went to became a great man in Edom( a nation south of ancient Israel: modern Palestine)

God the creator(if you chose to call it that) might not have made Jacob greater than Esau but we would never know because we know only the story told by the jews to massage their bigoted ego

I have missed Religion section

Flexherbal:
Every man does.

She should explain why they do "magun"

Usually magun is done when it is confirmed the woman is cheating and the husband was to catch red-handed and teach a lesson. i hear magun doesnt know the husband, it can catch the husband too if he sleeps with his wife

I would agree.

Caustics:
Are fun jars Is what she is saying true??

YonkijiSappo:
Oloroguns are a class of chiefs among the Yoruba.
The word for Chief is Oloye.

lol. Oloye actually is just 'titled person' or 'honoured person' it is deeper than most think
Chief as an English word is synonymous with Leader, therefore I would say 'Olori' or 'Oga'

MrMaestro:
Every country does. So does the US. So miss me with that nonsense.

keep encouraging dependency in our Economy and general affairs of Nigeria

I was thinking to myself the other day and thought, What is the difference between Owa, Oba, Olofin, Oloja, Olori, and Olu; all being words used to refer to Kings in various parts of Yorubaland
I will even had 'Oga' as it is a term used to refer to superiors

Olofin and Olori are sure easy to break down to 'law giver' and 'Head/Leader' respectively
There's also Ọlọfin which is a standard more popular version of Aláàfin meaning "owner of the palace"

from history we know 'Oba' has been used in Ife since time immemorial, and can be broke down to 'o ba' he that regulates (controls the affairs)
which is the original title of the Aborigine Nobles that Oduduwa met in authority before becoming Ooni eg. Oba Iwinrin, Oba Ilejugbe etc

Worthy to Note that the Olukumi people of Delta State refer to their King as 'Oloza' from 'Oloja'

Born2Breed:
You are dumber than the dumbest. he countered your silly post and you are here spewing trash when you know your stupi.dity is raised to power 100.

you are a degenerate fool if you call that a counter. .. a post that lacks any sense
you 3 must be a band of stuupid
it's probably genetic

Probz:
Abeg, wetin be epistle here? So an informed post is too much for you to sabi ba?

I'm no bigot but you clearly are.

informed? after being shamed (that's if you are even normal, cus any normal person should feel ashamed of himself at the level you stooped to) you come here with out of point, irrelevant "information"



lol. only a bigot would make should statement

"I no sabi this nigga. Some of your recent posts suggest you're an Igbo guy and you're here proclaiming Yorubas as the most dominant and influential black nation in the African diaspora. Can't you make up your mind?"

where and when on nairaland have I come close to this

Probz:
I was always under the impression that Igbos are the single most well-travelled Nigerians and generally constitute the face of Nigeria save for in the UK, where Yoruba language and culture is admittedly x101 more influential. Shey you're aware that only in mainland Britain that Yorubas outnumber Igbos?

Blow your useless and pathetic insults, abeg, but you can rest firmly assured that I'm no bigot. I'm just not here to see Yorubas blowing their Oduduwa propaganda in the exact same way that I can't get behind all these jobless IPOB idiots and their senseless Biafra agitation.

Yorubas outnumber Igbos by a ratio of anywhere in the region of 1.5-3:1 and counting in every major UK city with a sizeable Nigerian populace and Yoruba's by far the most widely spoken and well-known language here. I'm aware it's the converse in the U.S. (esp. in Houston/Dallas) and most other nations in the world. That's all cool. I only have an issue with it comes to highly tribalistic and largely unexposed Nigerians who see their own tribe as superior going by their limited anecdotal 'experience.' Plenty of these people have never even stepped foot outside Lagos sef, but because a few of una have heard of Peckham/London you think you know what's going on in the diaspora (before you start, that's not necessarily aimed at una). At least get to grips with the basic facts and make a more informed view instead of posting ego-inflating messages on Nairaland and calling out Igbos for supposedly doing the same. Especially when una no get evidence and the other group does.

what is all this epistle for now?


you are now a ranting bigot o

Probz:
I no sabi this nigga. Some of your recent posts suggest you're an Igbo guy and you're here proclaiming Yorubas as the most dominant and influential black nation in the African diaspora. Can't you make up your mind?

lmao...this is really funny

so being an igbo man is about denying facts and filling the head with fantasies of some Igbo standpoint, no matter how far from the truth it might be.. I hope you know you are a bigot?

The dude didn't say anything that isn't true. ...Yoruba really is the dominant black influence in the diaspora. . Acknowledging that doesn't make you a bad igbo man, what makes a bad igbo man is not contributing anything to the development of your people. ..so Mr. man you need to get your priorities straight

pazienza:
Interesting.

I await for opposing views from Yorubas.

why should there even be opposing views? It is in fact a thing of pride that Yorubas weren't raped and forced into slavery in large numbers yet have its culture so dominant in the diaspora

History let's us know that we didn't sell ourselves and weren't sold by others until towards the Fall of Oyo empire in the late 18th century.

Afam4eva:
Traditional rulers are really suffering wearing heavy clothes throughout the day in the name of royalty. How about wearing T-shirts and shorts once in a while.

there's no tradition stopping them from wearing light clothing among the available Yoruba styles in the palace even when receiving guests.... they only choose to be regal at all times

T-shirts is a no go area

In real African setting, old women and children tend to walk topless

people only find a problem with that today because of Colo mentality

KevinDein:
Comparing Ronaldo to Messi is an insult to Messi.

Only Madrid, Manchester united, Portuguese fans or people who know nothing about football would remotely believe that Ronaldo is somehow close to Messi.

If you think Ronaldo is as good as Messi then you are definitely one of the emboldened

I don talk the bitter truth.

this is only your opinion

saints2:
Thats what they call respect... Get that right

I hope you won't complain when people prostrate to an Oba or a random Elderly man

RoyalBlak007:
Spanish

Latin

French

take that Latin away....it's a dead language

Probably Arabic should be added

Rivertemz:
Ok lets start simple. I'll give you the pronunciation of some words to help, not all of them are the actual spelling of words

How are you- Ba wo nee

Good Morning- Ẹ ku aarọ

Good afternoon - Ẹ ku ọsan

Good evening - Ẹ ku alẹ

(if you're speaking to an elder man, end the greeting with sir. If an elder woman, end it with ma)

I don't understand- Ko ye emi

Yes- Bẹ ni

No- Ó ti

Do you speak Yoruba?- Ṣe o nee sọ Yorùbá?

(you respond with)

Yes, very little. - Bẹ ni, diẹ diẹ (pronounced deeye deeye).

Tell me Hausa

there is no need for a 'ma' or 'sir'.. the 'E' prefix is sufficient for formal or respectful expression

Shortyy:
First of all, these prophets aren't real men of God. A man of God don't show himself, a real man of God is hard to find. And 2ndly, God is yet to reveal himself to me. I'm not gonna lose faith.

how do you know you are waiting on something that is there to be revealed to you?

Shortyy:
Why? Because of fake prophecies? Why not pray to God yourself and let him reveal himself to you instead.

lol. u that god has revealed homself to, oya make ur own god reveealed prophecy...lets see if it wont be as fake as these fake 'men of god'

Rossikki:
All the Bantu people are descendants of ancient Israelites. Igbos, Yorubas. Ashantis, Edo, Ijaw. etc are all Jewish peoples.

And the Greeks must be descendants of the melanesians


wait o! did you just call Yoruba, Igbo, Ashantis, Edo and Ijaws Bantu?

Egundele:
Could give me the translation and interpretation of of the 16 Odu. I am a Ifa devotee learning about Ifa.

by interpretation do u mean meaning of the names of the Odu? or their content?

chrisxxx:
What do u remember during Christmas? In case you don't know no other than birth of Christ. Let me help you as well, u have the choice of choosing on which day to celebrate your birthday. Christians choose 25th December to celebrate Christ.
Our big problem is that we have misplaced our priority. We major in the minor and vice versa.

and why are Christmas traditions identical to the tradition of the European pagans during the season?

EdoNation:
LEMME ASK A QUESTION WEN MUSLIMS ARE CELEBRATING SALAH OR WATEVA DO YOU POST THREAD DISCREDITING THIER CELEBRATIONS?


MUST YOU BE A MUMU ON CHRISTMAS DAY?!!

AngelsAndStars:
perfect question... must they be idiots on Christmas day ?

because Muslim holidays have Islamic origin. unlike the most popular Christian ones ie. easter and Christmas...which have pagan origins

chrisxxx:
We are far past the argument of Jesus' birthday. Jesus was born. The date of His birth presently celebrated may not be exact because He was born as nobody. He lived the life of a commoner until His ministry began.
The celebration of Christmas is only a remembrance of the benefits of His birth and existence.
So celebrate with soberness in full consciousness of the essence of His once physical existence on earth.

Luvdmx:
Jesus christ was not born on Christmas day but He's the reason for the season.

Share the love and drink responsibly. Cheers

and why are Christmas traditions identical to the tradition of the European pagans during the season?

Jesus has nothing to do with Christmas. .. let the church tell lies as they wish facts are facts. Christmas is a pagan holiday

bokohalal:
Edo Chief paying homage

www.nairaland.com/attachments/1278039_483640_461305013928276_870968762_n_jpg89b429e6a35c3fee039cbaab3be37cb7 are those combs designed on the Attire?

hayoakins:
why?

If Mexicans soap opera could be dubbed in other languages and shown across Africa why not in our indigenous language?

they don't want to be cut off from their finances, nothing to do with looking out for Yoruba culture and all that