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Christianity Etc › Re: Who's To Be Blamed For All The Bad Happenings??? God Or Satan? by Maynman: 11:44pm On Jul 30, 2023

preciousee17:
Look at that screenshot well... I said may
I didn't say you will reap the seed.

Look at the screenshot well, you asserted that the seed will be reaped if not by you, it might be your daughter.

Christianity Etc › Re: Who's To Be Blamed For All The Bad Happenings??? God Or Satan? by Maynman: 11:38pm On Jul 30, 2023

preciousee17:
That's what you should have said since.

It is common sense, planting a seed does not mean you will reap it.

Christianity Etc › Re: Who's To Be Blamed For All The Bad Happenings??? God Or Satan? by Maynman: 11:34pm On Jul 30, 2023

preciousee17:
Sometimes you amaze me, I say it again.
You are quoting scriptures for me? I thought you didn't support Christianity? Or is there a catch?

BTW planting a seed cannot mean nothing. You have planted the seed. That is something

Sometimes your ignorance amazes me.
Scripture means writing, do you mean jewish scriptures?

Planting a seed does not mean anything if the proper conditions are not meant for it to germinate
Luke 8:11.

Christianity Etc › Re: Terrible Arguments For The Exsitence Of God by Maynman: 11:30pm On Jul 30, 2023

paxonel:
because i didn't read all books, then i should drop the one i have read?

It does not follow now.

You have not read any one so you don't have any comment on anyone.
But me, i have read one, so i can comment on the one i have read

You see?

Why do you conclude on only the one you read out of hundreds?
“therefore you have hundreds of books to read before you can worship the idea of any deity”.
Listen to your advice na, is it not more reasonable to remain neutral To all deities?
You haven’t read all books but you think the one you have read is the correct one?
cheesy

I have also read about greek gods.

Christianity Etc › Re: The Fall Of Man - Who Is To Blame? by Maynman: 11:17pm On Jul 30, 2023

Sand2022:
Adam and Eve had freewill. They could have chosen to follow what God said and remain alive.

If they had freewill, why can’t they use it?

Christianity Etc › Re: Who's To Be Blamed For All The Bad Happenings??? God Or Satan? by Maynman: 11:15pm On Jul 30, 2023

preciousee17:
Man. Man is the cause.

Everything you do, your very actions... They're all like seeds.
Your forefathers may plant something and you end up reaping it. You may plant and reap while still alive. You may plant and your daughter reaps.

People call it karma, we call it SEEDS
People call it luck, we call it grace.

Planting seeds means nothing; Seeds won’t germinate until the right conditions is met.
Luke 8:11.

Christianity Etc › Re: Sound The Alarm!!! Jesus Is Coming!!! by Maynman: 10:54pm On Jul 30, 2023*

preciousee17:
Ah, here comes Google screenshots 😂
I forgot that you don't even believe in whatever you spread.
You just open Google and post whatever feels right for the time being 😂

Here comes the jewish servant, all of google is incorrect when it comes to yahweh, the israelite god 😂
Of course why do i have to believe what i KNOW.
You are basing your life on opinions of others calling it “beliefs” 😂
Yahweh worshipper lover of forged books 😂

Yahweh worshipper why did you lie that RSV contains words like septauigint and masoteric?
How low can you go for your israelite deity?

Christianity Etc › Re: Sound The Alarm!!! Jesus Is Coming!!! by Maynman: 10:50pm On Jul 30, 2023

preciousee17:
Long time no see.
Today you aren't quoting Google?
By the way, you always marvel me, what do you even believe in?

Yahweh worshipper why did you lie that RSV contains words like septauigant and masoteric?
How low can you go for your israelite deity?
By the way, you always marvel me, why are you obsessed with “believe”?
Didn’t your collection of books say you should seek knowledge?

Christianity Etc › Re: They Offered Me Bribe To Stop Using The Name "Yahushua" and start using "Jesus" by Maynman: 10:46pm On Jul 30, 2023*

elated177:
Maynman, okpo oti religion police-cum- atheist, albeit a fake one, if you weren't mad and possessed, you would have realized that you are a stark illiterate.

Maynman, iti mpataka, when are you going to start thinking for yourself and stop doing copy and paste?

Elated177, ode Unfortunate slave, oloriburuku cum worthless yahweh slave, if you were are not insane then you will understand this simple hebrew name.

Elated117 , If you are thinking for yourself will you be basing your life on 66 edited books with UNKNOWN AUTHOR?

Elated117, Illiterate knows nothing about hebrew language, if you do you will see the nonsense your brain is thinking about.

Christianity Etc › Re: Terrible Arguments For The Exsitence Of God by Maynman: 10:42pm On Jul 30, 2023*

paxonel:
therefore you have hundreds of books to read before you can debunk the idea of a deity, and you have not even started reading one.

How many books did you read before you picked one deity?
is it not more reasonable to remain neutral To all deities?

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Christianity Etc › Re: Terrible Arguments For The Exsitence Of God by Maynman: 5:34pm On Jul 30, 2023

paxonel:
Theists argue that God exist because they have read their holy books which helps them affirm that.
Atheists on the orher hand have refused to read the same holy books how will they possibly know what theists know?
Yet they categorically argue that God do not exist thereby breaking the simple logical law of identity. Hence, their arguments are always terribly bad.

If all you need to know a deity exist is by reading books, how many theistic gods are you worshipping then, Because We have hundreds of “holy books”.
Quran
Bhagavad Gita
Tanakh
New Testament
Theogony
Etc

Christianity Etc › Re: Who's To Be Blamed For All The Bad Happenings??? God Or Satan? by Maynman: 5:29pm On Jul 30, 2023

Can you have the inside without the outside?

Christianity Etc › Re: What's Your Proof Of God And The Devil? by Maynman: 5:10pm On Jul 30, 2023

preciousee17:
Hey, have you ever experienced sleep paralysis?
Something don press you for night before?

Just deny at once or man up and say the truth.

Local people once thought epilepsy was caused by a god too.

Christianity Etc › Re: Easy $500 If You Can Show Where The LORD Said Jesus My Son In The Old Testament by Maynman: 4:55pm On Jul 30, 2023

All the surviving books of josephus is gotten from one of the early church fathers, Eusebius, a Known Forger.

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Christianity Etc › Re: Theos 101—The Concept of God. by Maynman(op): 4:49pm On Jul 30, 2023

kkins25:
Just like our concept of heaven and hell..
Dante Alighieri - Inferno.

The Beatific Vision.

Christianity Etc › Re: Theos 101—The Concept of God. by Maynman(op): 4:11pm On Jul 30, 2023*

In modern usage, the term "pagan" often carries a connotation of ethnocentrism, where any religion outside the mainstream(Christianity, Judaism, and Islam) is labeled as pagan. However, it is essential to recognize that all religions have traditional roots. The word "pagan" seems to imply a negative association with false gods.

Local religions sometimes get defined in contrast to privileged "world religions," portraying them as the opposite of what those world religions represent, rather than appreciating them as independent subjects worthy of exploration.

The label "pagan" is applied to various religious and metaphysical ideas from diverse cultures that differ from the Abrahamic religions. It is crucial to approach these ideas with understanding and respect for their distinct cultural backgrounds.
Besides, Pagan comes from a Latin word paganus, meaning villager, rustic, civilian, and itself comes from a pāgus which refers to a small unit of land in a rural district. It was a demeaning Latin term (like the word hick), that originally lacked a religious significance.
When Christianity came on board in the Roman Empire, those who practiced the old ways came to be called pagans.

It is crucial to stress right from the start that until the 20th century, people did not call themselves pagans to describe the religion they practised. The notion of paganism, as it is generally understood today, was created by the early Christian Church. It was a label that Christians applied to others, one of the antitheses that were central to the process of Christian self-definition. As such, throughout history it was generally used in a derogatory sense. — Owen Davies, Paganism: A Very Short Introduction, 2011.

https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-pagan-120163

Christianity Etc › Re: Two Creation Stories In The Book Of genesis by Maynman: 3:41pm On Jul 30, 2023

TheMadame:
Ok.
I will try and do a goggle search. I just thought it would be easier if you were to guide me to your source.

I don’t have any source, and I don’t want you to “believe” me, I’d rather you find out yourself and “know”.

Christianity Etc › Re: Two Creation Stories In The Book Of genesis by Maynman: 3:34pm On Jul 30, 2023

TheMadame:
Can you please elaborate on this 1. Priestley. 2. Yahwehist. and 3
Deuteronomy sources. Thanks.

You will have to do it yourself. It’s easy to learn jewish mythologies.

Family › Re: Are Physical Attributes So Important? by Maynman: 2:37pm On Jul 30, 2023

TheUnsure:
I need sensible contributions please, no trolls.

I met a man recently who likes me a lot, maybe even love sef. He’s really serious and he wants to marry me but I’m not really feeling the whole thing for a few reasons.

He’s probably a dream come true for some women, rich, caring, generous and there is a possibility of him becoming a king in some years (which I'm not really a fan of, royal families, royal issues). But my issue is that he has a wife already but they don’t have kids (the issue is from the wife) and he wants to marry me as second wife because he does not want to continue waiting after 10 years of marriage. And I know he would give me the world if I have kids with him.

My main problem is attraction, it is not there. He has a small stature and I’m naturally drawn to tall guys. I’m taller than he is and I just can’t get over that.
I know I would enjoy the relationship but I feel like I’m always going to be feeling like I settled. Please note, I’m a single mother of 2 in my early 30s and I’m not doing bad financially too. He’s been begging to be intimate and I’ve been responding with a firm No. I’m not interested in starting what I cannot finish. I know if I give in, I would grow to love him because he's actually a nice person but....

I told him No firmly last night that it can't work between us but this man has been relentless, I’m just wondering if I'm not making a mistake...

No insults please, sensible inputs. Thanks

You are not a body, you have a body.

Christianity Etc › Re: Sound The Alarm!!! Jesus Is Coming!!! by Maynman: 2:18pm On Jul 30, 2023

preciousee17:
The Messiah prophecied in the Old Testament is coming soon.

Gospel of Thomas.
Saying 113

(113) His disciples said to him: On what day will the kingdom come? <Jesus said:> It will not come while people watch for it; they will not say: Look, here it is, or: Look, there it is; but the kingdom of the father is spread out over the earth, and men do not see it.

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Christianity Etc › Re: Theos 101—The Concept of God. by Maynman(op): 12:24pm On Jul 30, 2023*

The word “God" is a very dangerous word, especially as understood in the Western world.

"No one is responsible for the fact that he exists at all, that he is constituted as he is, and that he happens to be in certain circumstances and in a particular environment. The fatality of his being cannot be divorced from the fatality of all that which has been and will be. This is not the result of an individual intention, of a will, of an aim, there is no attempt at attaining to any "ideal man," or "ideal happiness" or "ideal morality" with him, - it is absurd to wish him to be careering towards some sort of purpose. We invented the concept "purpose"; in reality purpose is altogether lacking. One is necessary, one is a piece of fate, one belongs to the whole, one is in the whole, -there is nothing that could judge, measure, compare, and condemn our existence, for that would mean judging, measuring, comparing and condemning the whole. But there is nothing outside the whole! The fact that no one shall any longer be made responsible, that the nature of existence may not be traced to a causa prima, that the world is an entity neither as a sensorium nor as a spirit-this alone is the great deliverance, -thus alone is the innocence of Becoming restored…... The concept "God" has been the greatest objection to existence hitherto.... We deny God, we deny responsibility in God: thus alone do we save the world. -" —Nietzsche, Twilight of the
Idols.

Christianity Etc › Re: Theos 101—The Concept of God. by Maynman(op): 12:00pm On Jul 30, 2023

Mythologies, such as Greek, Jewish, Arab, and Norse, have origins that trace back to the ancient Canaanites.

The term "myth" derives from Ancient Greek μυθολογία (muthología, “legend”) μυθολογέω (muthologéō, “I tell tales”), from μυθολόγος (muthológos, “legend”), from μῦθος (mûthos, “story”) +‎ λέγω (légō, “I say”).

Finnish folklorist Lauri Honko provides a widely-cited explanation of myth as a story of the gods, a religious account of the world's beginning, creation, and significant events. It showcases the exemplary deeds of the gods, leading to the formation of the world, nature, and culture with their respective order, which continues to endure. Myths also serve to express and uphold a society's religious values and norms, offer behavioral patterns to be followed, demonstrate the effectiveness of rituals in achieving practical goals, and establish the sanctity of cult practices.

The unquestioned validity of mythos can be contrasted with logos. The Greek word "logos" means "order," "word," and "reason."
It indicates a rational explanation in contrast to a mythological explanation.

The Stoics developed the notion of logos and conceived it as the principle that gave life and order to all beings in the universe. In their view, logos existed both in the human soul and the universe, and identified justice within the life of a man who lived according to this order of the universe.
https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Logos

Triplechoice, Workch.

Christianity Etc › Re: Theos 101—The Concept of God. by Maynman(op): 11:35am On Jul 30, 2023

The creation myth in Hesiod has long been held to have Eastern influences, such as the Hittite Song of Kumarbi and the Babylonian Enuma Elis.
As i said earlier, even the Greek alphabet is an adaptation of the Phoenician script.
This cultural crossover occurred in the eighth- and ninth-century.

Triplechoice, do you now know what “greek gods(theos)” mean?

Who are the Phoenicians?
It is essential to emphasize that Phoenicia, in Classical Greek terminology, denoted the region encompassing major Canaanite port towns. The Phoenicians, who lived from the Iron Age through the Roman period in the first millennium B.C.E., were descendants of the Canaanites from the Middle Bronze Age through the Late Bronze Age in the second millennium B.C.E.
While the Greeks referred to them as "Phoenicians," the people themselves identified as Canaanites or used the names of their principal cities.

What’s the connection between Isrealites, Arabs(Abrahamaic Religion) and Cannanites(Phoencians)?

The original pre-Israelite inhabitants were known as Canaanites. Recent DNA analysis of 93 bodies from archaeological sites in the southern Levant, the land of Canaan mentioned in the Bible, reveals that modern populations in the region are descendants of the ancient Canaanites. Both most modern Jewish groups and Arabic-speaking groups from the area exhibit at least half of their ancestry as Canaanite.

According to modern archaeological findings, the Israelites and their culture emerged from the Canaanite(Phonecians) peoples and their cultures. This development led to a distinct monolatristic—and later monotheistic—religion centered around the national god Yahweh.

The DNA analysis not only confirms the ancestral connection between the ancient Israelites and the Canaanites but also highlights that the Canaanite people, spread across different city-states in the southern Levant, maintained genetic cohesiveness over a span of 1,500 years.
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-near-eastern-world/jews-and-arabs-descended-from-canaanites/

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Christianity Etc › Re: Theos 101—The Concept of God. by Maynman(op): 11:18am On Jul 30, 2023*

Theogony— is the account of the origin and descent of the gods of Greece describing the beginnings of the universe and a violent pattern of divine intergenerational strife.
Theogony describes events leading to the kingship of Zeus and the reign of associated gods on Mount Olympos (or Olympus), this foundational Greek epic stemmed from myths of the Near East.

The works of Hesiod and Homer are the earliest surviving Greek texts, which means there are no other texts in the language with which to compare them. Moreover, the period of their composition, somewhere between 750 and 650 bce, is the seminal era in which elite societies acquired writing as a cultural resource, beginning to shift out of their status as a wholly oral culture. Around this time, the Greeks experienced increased contact with Semitic peoples in the Levant (eastern Mediterranean region), particularly in Phoenicia (a collection of city-states in today’s Syria and Lebanon). The contact was inspired by trade of goods, but cultural exchange occurred too. Around this time the Greek alphabet, an adaptation of the Phoenician script, first appeared in the form of abcederies (texts that teach the alphabet) and on engraved works of art.

https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/culture-magazines/theogony-birth-gods

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Christianity Etc › Re: Emancipating Yourself From The Grip Of Religion by Maynman: 11:11am On Jul 30, 2023

orisa37:
NIGERIANISM IS THE FAITH, HOPE PEACE AND LOVE. IT IS THE BLOOD SON AND WORD OF GOD.

Talk is Cheap.

Christianity Etc › Re: Christianity Is The Only Religion Of Peace by Maynman: 11:04am On Jul 30, 2023

Queenttoast01:
By redemption, GOD has called us to eternal glory which entitles us to timely settlement from every issue of concern- 1 Pet. 5:10

At new birth, the Prince of peace comes to dwell in our heart, which enables us to experience peace that passes all understanding - Isa. 9:6/Phi. 4:7

This is why being born again is our covenant access to a world of supernatural settlement. New birth is free GOD'S offer to anyone who comes for it. If you want your sins forgiven, you may want Jesus to come into your heart, you want to become a child of GOD and you want your name written in the book of life. Pray this simple prayer:

Lord Jesus, forgive me all my sins, I believe you died for me and on the third day you rose again to set me free from sins and satan and to give me eternal life. I therefore accept you today as my LORD and Saviour and I believe my sins are now forgiven, I am now saved and born again. Amen.

Christianity Etc › Re: God the father, son (Jesus Christ) & Holy Spirit is the only true God by Maynman: 11:03am On Jul 30, 2023

Queenttoast01:
By redemption, GOD has called us to eternal glory which entitles us to timely settlement from every issue of concern- 1 Pet. 5:10

At new birth, the Prince of peace comes to dwell in our heart, which enables us to experience peace that passes all understanding - Isa. 9:6/Phi. 4:7

This is why being born again is our covenant access to a world of supernatural settlement. New birth is free GOD'S offer to anyone who comes for it. If you want your sins forgiven, you may want Jesus to come into your heart, you want to become a child of GOD and you want your name written in the book of life. Pray this simple prayer:

Lord Jesus, forgive me all my sins, I believe you died for me and on the third day you rose again to set me free from sins and satan and to give me eternal life. I therefore accept you today as my LORD and Saviour and I believe my sins are now forgiven, I am now saved and born again. Amen.

Christianity Etc › Re: Two Creation Stories In The Book Of genesis by Maynman: 10:58am On Jul 30, 2023

TheMadame:
Please can someone enlighten on why there appear to be two creation stories?
Why God did not know that man~Adam and Eve would eat from the forbidden fruit,when they lacked the knowledge of good and bad. Or was it freewill at work?
I would appreciate answers from those who are more enlightened.
Thank you.

The stories are gotten from different sources hence the “doublet”.

Christianity Etc › Re: Christianity Is The Only Religion Of Peace by Maynman: 10:56am On Jul 30, 2023

Queenttoast01:
Hebrews chapter 1
King James Version

1God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 2Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; 3Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
4Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. 5For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son? 6And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him. 7And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire. 8But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. 9Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. 10And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: 11They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; 12And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. 13But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool? 14Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

Christianity Etc › Re: God the father, son (Jesus Christ) & Holy Spirit is the only true God by Maynman: 10:56am On Jul 30, 2023

Queenttoast01:
Hebrews chapter 1
King James Version

1God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 2Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; 3Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
4Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. 5For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son? 6And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him. 7And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire. 8But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. 9Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. 10And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: 11They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; 12And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. 13But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool? 14Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

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Christianity Etc › Re: Where Is The Kingdom Of God That Christ Promised His Saints? by Maynman: 10:13am On Jul 30, 2023

The kingdom is spread out upon the earth but men can’t see it.

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Christianity Etc › Re: Emancipating Yourself From The Grip Of Religion by Maynman: 10:13am On Jul 30, 2023

Yahweh Worshippers

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