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LaRoyalHighness: Yes my God speaks to me.



She is that still small voice within me.


Anytime I am quiet I hear her speak to me.


When she speaks, I don't listen, she leaves me.
When I am ready to listen, she is there for me.


Some people call her 'conscience'... I call her God'.

JMAN05: Paul and Barnabas never taught different doctrines. They were all guided by one headquarter in Jerusalem. True Christians are not divided even today.

Davland: Alwayz welcome Bro

Rossikki: Why don't you do a bit of research to answer your own questions? Aren't you educated or aren't you an African?

mcfynest: ok, your theory sounds convincing, but you didn't mention how these great feat wasnt passed to younger generations. was it memory loss or was it prophesy or its just like the lost city of Atlantis

Davland: Bro..VLA is real,they recruit for a financial institution i once worked for, Tell ur bro to be patient,it may be because of some in-house issues with VLA

biafranqueen: Yes I do get your drift many rivers one ocean

biafranqueen: My Dear I never lost faith pardon me but you misunderstood. I believe in a Higher Power that Higher Power God, Allah, Chukwu, Jehovah, Adonai whatever you want to call it has nothing to do with religion. Don't you get it The Christ is a way of being even though nothing like Jesus in the original bible right because J is not in Hebrew, Greek or Aramaic but the power that can be evoked by saying, or thinking the Blood of Jesus is real because it is the belief of the sayer that creates the power.

Rossikki: The same thing that will happen to Europe in future. Or America. No civilization remains on top forever. They reach a peak and then begin the inevitable decline. Human factors to do with complacency, greed, arrogance, infighting, etc always set in...plus even natural factors like environmental disasters and setbacks. In Africa for instance, the desertification of the once fertile and lush Sahara caused all sorts of problems for African civilization. It led to mass population dispersal, social upheaval, reduced soil fertility, fiercer competition for arable land and water leading to conflict, ethnic distrust, social fragmentation etc etc. The biggest threat to modern civilization today is nuclearization and environmental degradation. But just as soon as this civilization ends, another will emerge to replace it, however long it takes.

DikSin: Ever heard of "Simile"
As if they burned in a furnace - That is, his feet were so bright that they seemed to be like a beautiful metal glowing intensely in the midst of a furnace. Anyone who has looked upon the dazzling and almost insupportable brilliancy of metal in a furnace, can form an idea of the image here presented.

Copy & paste the above into google for more sensible reading.

Also try knw the difference between simile(s) & metaphor(s)

larrymoore: If Christians claim to all belong to one body of Christ why is this happening as contrary to One Christ, One Bible Religion… You know the Latin Catholic will not enter Syrian Catholic Church. These two will not enter Marthoma Church. These three will not enter Pentecost Church. These four will not enter Salvation Army Church. These five will not enter Seventh Day Adventist Church. These six will not enter Orthodox Church. These seven will not enter Jacobite church. Like this there are 146 castes in Kerala alone for Christianity, each will never share their churches for fellow Christians..! Wonderful..! One Christ, One Bible, One Jehova.... What a unity! The most disturbing part of this is that each of this segment of christianity has it own doctrine and belief, what a confused world!

biafranqueen: Will you ever stop being a low life I don't even believe in religion its all fake to me. Stop looking for my attention.

I will keep exposing miserable bigoted people like yourself and the one you're defending.
Obidiah777 is Yoruba and he claims to be a lost jew so who are you talking about when you say no identity jew. My ancestors have lived in Nnewi aka Aneado for centuries so you mistake me with your own family background.

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Guru Maraj Ji is a jesus but isn't the real Jesus Christ, Don't get it twisted oOo!

Rossikki: Maybe you should direct your question to Lady Flora Lugard, wife of Lord Lugard, the first British Governor-General of Nigeria:

Lady Lugard was a qualified historian and academic:

(Excerpts)

Her book, A Tropical Dependency: An Outline of the Ancient History of the Western Sudan With an Account of the Modern Settlement of Northern Nigeria (1900), is an extraordinary look at the history of Africa, which she gathered from countless sources, and one would imagine a great deal of it came from the British Library and from the archives of The Times of London, for whom she had for many years been the Foreign Political Correspondent. She had always been known to be an intensive researcher into her subject matter, and one wonders at the months and probably years she put into this undertaking, which became the reference work for so many future books on Africa. This book was first published 100 years ago showing with detail and descriptive power, the greatness that Africa once was. Lady Lugard argues that:

"When the history of Negroland comes to be written in detail, it may be found that the kingdoms lying towards the eastern end of Sudan (classical home of Ancient Ethiopians) were the home of races who inspired, rather than of races who received, the tradition of civilization associated for us with the name of ancient Egypt. For they cover on either side of the Upper Nile between the latitudes of ten degrees and seventeen degrees, territories in which are found monuments more ancient than the oldest Egyptian monuments. If this should prove to be the case and civilized world be forced to recognize in a black people the fount of its original enlightenment, it may happen that we shall have to revise entirely our view of the black races, and regard those who now exist as the decadent representatives of an almost forgotten era, rather than as the embryonic possibility of an era yet to come."

"The fame of the ancient Ethiopians (ancient Kushites) was widespread in ancient history. Herodotus described them as the most beautiful and long-lived of the human races, and before Herodotus, Homer, in even more flattering language, described them as the most just of men, the favorites of the gods. The annals of all the great early nations of Asia Minor are full of them. The Mosaic records allude to them frequently; but while they are described as the most powerful, the most just, and the most beautiful of the human race, they are constantly spoken of as Black, and there seems to be no other conclusion to be drawn than that at that remote period of history, the leading race of the Western World was a Black race."

Lady Lugard/Flora Shaw Lugard, Asa G. Hilliard, III, A Tropical Dependency: An Outline of the Ancient History of the Western Sudan With an Account of the Modern Settlement of Northern Nigeria (1900)

blackprowler: Which superiority? Over whom?

Ishilove: Please post links where I agreed with him on WW3, because I don't remember ever agreeing with him.

FOLYKAZE: I cant find Orisha Aje which Jesus claimed people of his days are worshipping here.

Neither you cant deny you worship Orisha Aje. . .

Continue this your confusion

FOLYKAZE: This does not explain how Historical Jesus fit into quantum theory of God

FOLYKAZE: So the bible have to tell me Money is Orisha Aje Shaluga?

DikSin: Don't bring Bros J into this, he's not an African!
Read your Bible well and face your face!

UyiIredia: It's a brilliant quote. Since I am a bit familiar with Ifa worship (the Edos copied it from the Yorubas) I can faintly recall the Orishas. I believe I have said my favorite one is Orunmila. If I were to be an \Ifa worshipper that would be my pick as my Dad before me.

FOLYKAZE: There is no reason draggling forms of spirituality or religion a person or group of people choose to embrace, all boils down to Orisha-bibo. We are all; firstly Aborisha, and secondly what we choose to believe or disbelieve.


The above statement came from a local priest who has been my spiritual tutor. He made the statement in an attempt to calm me down from bashing an evangelist who came to us preaching some months ago. From then till now, I frequently recite a short part of the quote, 'we are all firstly Aborisha', trying to find meaning to this very expression and asking questions on how geniune the expression is. Could it be a wishful thinking or basic fact? What/who is an Orisha? who is an Aborisha? And how can the thousands of religion and spirituality round up to Orisha-bibo. Can there be justification to the statement that every thing/person that exist are Aborisha? Can the atheists also be regarded as Aborisha?


Aborisha is defined as the person that worship an Orisha or simply the person that is engage in Orisha practise. Well actually, aborisha which is a Yoruba word when splitted would give us A (being) + bo (nourish) + Orisha (Deity) meaning an act of being nourishing deity or gods.

So much we know, Christians and Muslims would disregard any point that explain they worship, serve, venerate, exalt, honor or tie to orisha practise. There is no doubt their holy books and doctrines are against engagement with other gods or deities as an adherent of those religion except to Jehovah/Jesus or Allah/mohammad. So also the atheists who proclaim disbelieve in the existence of God, deities or supernatural beings; they will disregard being an Aborisha too. And here the problem arises. How can we align the claim 'we are all Aborisha' when other religion, disblief system oppose it when metered with their stands and convictions?

Translation of Yoruba words to English contain lot of difficulties. This also brought distortion, errors and misconceptions. Orisha can best be translated to God (god) but 'God' as a word does not describe to the best what Orisha is.

The term Orisha can be broken up into two parts; Ori, which means "head" or "consciousness," and sha, which means "selected." Therefore, an Orisha is a selected consciousness within the great consciousness which makes infinite possibilities known as ELEDUMARE. In Yoruba spirituality, everything in the universe is alive and conscious. This means there are many ORI including that of ours and much recognition is given to some SHA (selected ones), therefore engagement with Orisha practise can stand. As it is known, the ancient tends to view natural forces, elements and the consciousness as a person or Gods which give rises to Personification of water, human, trees, and every other entities around us as God or person.

How then can an atheist claim he disbelieve in the existence of God (Orisha which is consciousness view as God)? Can the theist conclude they do not recognise some consciousness?

We humans have Ori which can be venerated while it is been recognised by self (egoism) or others (as ancestors or mentors) therefore we are Orisha or Gods. Are we not worshipping, venerating, giving praises, or serving our parents, heroes, self, leaders, mentors and role-players?

Money (Idol) represent wealth (Orisha). The bible confirmed people worship it. It is the God of ages, we recognise it through our work, strive and will of expansing it. It is sacred cuz many had and can kill for it so we preserve it as holy idol. Are we not venerating money?

Nationalism, they said is Idolatory. The earth has it Ori and we serve our territory, town and country which are being recognised as a special/sacred entity. Need I stress on Flags and coat of arms we honour, the anthems we sing raining praises or the pledges to serve and loyal to?

As there are infinite ORI, we SHA many either been aware or not which bring us into Orisha system. Getting involve in it is Orisha practice. So we can say, christians, muslims and whichever religion we belong, we worship Orisha and engage in Orisha practice.

Of what relevance is 'bo', 'nourish' in Orisha system? What is nourishment? Can we even nourish non-living entity? Here I will employ a link to an article that explain more on what nourishment is, application of the word and different levels things can be nourished.

Nourishment (bo) is defined as act of giving and receiving (there are other applications included too) which I will take as INTERACTION WITH SELECTED (SHA) CONSCIOUSNESS (ORI).

Thus, we are all aborisha would mean we are all interacting with some selected consciousness aroung us. Been aware of this engagement in Orisha practise or involvement in worship of Orisha or not aware is not issue, what matters is we (a) nourish (bo) selected consciousness (orisha).

FOLYKAZE: Have you read Astrology in the Bible? I think from the subject, Jesus of astrology and msytism fit into quantum theory of God. But I can say the historical Jesus is no where to be found

Seun: Don't you get the same messages from Facebook? How often do you log in to Nairaland and why so often?

Seun: Take your dog with you whenever you're traveling, or secure the dog in a strong cage with heavy padlocks if you must leave the dog at home. If your current dog is stolen, you should buy an aggressive adult dog and let's see how they will steal it while fighting for their lives.

FOLYKAZE: Biafraqueen, Ishilove and the other jewels were consumed in Obadiah vomit causing them all to romance illusion.

And at the end of time, there was no worldwar. God has failed them with false prophesy.

PastorAIO: In actual history they have gotten them from a variety of sources (some of them spurious, like the beliefs in tithings as a means to wealth). But Initially they came from the Traditions handed down from the days of the Apostles.

There was christianity long before there was a bible. The books of the new testament were only written after there was christianity. The letters of Paul were written to already established Christian churches.