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romme2u:
Well u are about to be SCAMMED (with those jargons ).

if ur andriod app requires data that needs to be updated frequently, u need a space on google cloud (a service provided by google for android apps) which will serve as a data store for ur application. this data store is generally called backend where ur application can connect to access and store data. In simple terms, it is just like hosting a site where u pay webhost companies to host ur website. since u are not tech-savvy i won't go into details.

The developer should acquire that service for u as part of the deal without throwing those jargons around. i hope i have been able to simply it or maybe someone else would do better explanation.

so basically, u will pay google to host the application data (backend) and the developer's fee.

If you know nothing about dev, you better remain quiet... Why would you label something you know little about as Scam?

macof:
lol. ..no Jesus is an alien

Senseless

am0sn0nyu:
And how should that be the concern of the Itsekiri, Ijaw, Birom, Cantonese people including yours and mine and the rest who aren't Jews, when Yeshua was explicitly referring to his Jewish people, are you lots daft or what, they even tagged us with a label that's demeaning in their Hebrew language 'Gentiles' and them their lord's chosen (Jehovah's favorite class of human), doesn't that alone conflicts with yet another claim that their Yahweh (Jehovah) is a god who loves all human, fVck it where the hell is Folykaze, please come explain to my unthinking negroes that your breakdown of how sheep/lambs is the totem of Israel and how it was clearly declared Yahweh (Jehovah) is only for the nation of Israel. There is this quite voluminous book titled 'Genesis' A Brief History of Israel written by a reputable Jewish historian/theologian named John Bright. If you read it, you will be amazed at the amount of times where the Jews (Israelite) are uncertain of their origin as regards to their traditional account, there are many statements in that book which can be underscored with words like 'unsure', 'probability', 'uncertainty', 'perhaps' and you lots are readily glad to model your worldview and origin with the Jews and Arabs by identifying with whatever uniquely defines their identity among other unique identity of the human race. What happened to what uniquely defines us negros among other unique races of the world ? Beats me how my people aren't stupefied and begin to change course so we may start restoring and recovering Africa.

Funny enough, the most developed country in the world have more people who believe in Jehovah than not. Your point is point less.
You quote from an unknown book. I quote from the most widely distributed book in the world which has been there, is here, and will continue to be here. Get smart

Lilbrown007:
Thats not sacrificing thats lending or borrowing

And your brain doesn't tell you that lending can be a form of sacrifice?

"give up (something valued) for the sake of other consideration"

macof:
can you be so sure this thing your pastor told you is reality and not fairytale?

can a man live 2000years ago and still be alive? can a man dead for about 2000yrs come back in a '2nd coming"?
If yes pls give me a sufficiently logical explanation

Well, us He a man?

Jamesrock:
by his virtue of being d second person in d trinity....JESUS is also GOD

How is Jesus the second person in d trinity? Where is it in the Bible? Why do u people believe what is not in the Bible? You need to stop the blaspheny. Matthew 4:10...Jesus says its only Jehovah you must worship... What is wrong with all of you?

theDEVILisHERE:
Of course it is not science

Science is supposed to be the study of finding things
but it actually is the study of a system which other people have found, doctored and structured for people to follow so as to use it to form the basis of their thoughts, ideas and methods

Where i'm from??
It is written in my moniker

That's if you can find the place
(i my self is still yet to find the place tho)

Your "cluelessness" is second to none

sonOfLucifer:
I would, if I lived in a better society. Where beliefs are treated as beliefs not facts. Where religion has little influence in matter of politics, policies and law. Where Christians and Muslims keep killing each other, yet the atheists and pagans are going to hell.
Maybe you'd love to trade places.

I know where I stand.... And its not on that your list.... Try again

Slickest:
Captain!!!!
E don do now!!!
Clearly u don't understand what sacrifice means...
According 2 ur scenarios, u made a sacrifice, and its ur and their utilities, not ur lappy or bed....(I.e u sacrificed d enjoyment u ar supposed 2 get 4rm sleeping on ur bed 4dat nyt, same goes 4 ur lappy....from d defination, "LOSS" or "GIVE UP" must be involved....

So in other words, Jesus sacrificed his life and got it back, hmmmmm, Easter friday, Easter sunday, Easter monday...hmmmmm

















Why dem no just tok say "we needed back to back break na!!!"

Maybe English is your problem...." Give up" or na, does it have to be permanent to be a sacrifice? Its a "yes" or "no" thing

sonOfLucifer:
I believe if there's a God, giving us a brain wasn't just for design purposes. The brain is to be functional.

I believe our senses can be easily fooled, how much more faith?

I believe more mysteries lie in nature than our head can ever process.

I believe these mysteries should inspire awe, rather than dread.. Curiosity rather than worship.

Is there a beginning or an end? That I do not know. We're just a chapter in history. One day, everyone on this thread and viewing it (Christian, Atheist, Muslim whatever) will be dead.


I also realise beliefs are not facts. Someone's belief is another's bullshit. Including mine.

So you believe in nothing. You need to let people's belief be. Stop confusing yourself

sonOfLucifer:
Tbh, I don't understand it well enough to say I 'believe' in it. Just never had real interest to look into it. Anyways, people denied God even before the Big Bang theory was postulated, so I wonder why you think it is an alternative to the Bible's story of creation.

What do you believe in?

theDEVILisHERE:
This is not science

Science is controlled information also used to spread misinformation
No much different from religion

This is about understanding a complex system from the basics

To understand a complex system you have to start by understanding the basics

And what are the basics of life and existence in general??

They are right there in front of you! (ie: if can see whats in front of you, and i mean SEE!)
not in some phantom heavenly planet
or some Dawning inspired scientific mumbo jumbo

So the basic of life and existence in general is not science? Where are you from?

victorazy:
God is Jesus and Jesus is God "I and my father are One"

Jesus is God in form of man and God is God in form of Father and Holy ghost is God in form of spirit.

This is something you don't understand with canal reasoning or thinking.

Excuse me sir... Jesus is not God.... john 10:30 does not mean that Jesus and God are one and the same just as John 17:21 does not mean that Jesus is one and the same with his disciples...... Take a look at John 14:28

sonOfLucifer:
How can it be known if it can not be tested?

You believe in the Big Bang, I suppose

sonOfLucifer:
Not much. I admit I'm ignorant and make no claims to any. Others choose to worship their ignorance and call it God.

You had to modify my question to remove the basic idea.... Tells me all I need to know about you.... I call this "sleek ignorance"

musKeeto:
In summary, Jesus' sacrifice was the pain and anguish leading he suffered leading up to his death, since he never really lost His life. At best, it was a hibernation. How is that a more worthy sacrifice than his disciples who paid the ultimate price of death and stayed dead?

Getting resurrected means you never 'died' . In fact, this forms a core part of Christian theology on death. Death is viewed as a form of temporary sleep. Like Sleeping Beauty, The Prince of Peace shall come in all of his glory and his kiss shall awaken thee. SELAH.

As I earlier said, the livestock sacrificed in the Old Testament never had the option of resurrection. Either ways, your arguments takes the gloss off the 419 of Calvary. One doesn't need to be divine to suffer pain and anguish.

"getting resurrected means you never died".... How unintelligent can one be? Gosh!!

sonOfLucifer:
But God can? Why add more mystery to mystery.. How much do you know about nature to determine it's unable to produce life without help from any external interference?

How much do you know about nature to determined that there isnt a Supreme Being who designed it?
Tell me about the second law of thermodynamics and how it relates to creation....

GooseBaba:
Hahaha..... Don't be delirious. Where did I tell you I worship anything. So to acknowledge your identity is now a bad thing.. ;DSee the results of indoctrination. What is enlightenment if I may ask?

Who is Yahweh to the Israelites...? He is their traditional god. The stories in the bible is their traditional stories/history. And here you are, a bonified gentile speaking on behalf of an isrealite deity.

And yes, we hear of miracles. Just like we hear of muhammad ascending to the sky. No big deal..

"the traditional story of Israel" said that
1. the Earth was hanging on nothing.
2. The Earth is a circle
3. Talked about the water circle of the earth


All of these..... Tens of Centuries before science even began having wrong ideas.

You need to be Smart and think for yourself

theDEVILisHERE:
Of course not

It was created
But not by those entities you people are praying to

But everything (and i mean EVERYTHING) started from nothing

You are a creation and also a creator

A creator is not greater than his/her creation cause he/she just harnessed energy to create
cause everything is ENERGY!
and everything is EVERYTHING

The very science that has misled you says that something cannot come out of nothing

Atlantian:
It is all lies and control statements. Jesus never resurrected. No one goes into space with this body. Oxygen is not there at high altitude. How can his body survive without oxygen. I doubt the resurrection story 100%.

And who told you that He ascended with a fleshly body? You doubt out of sheer ignorance

sonOfLucifer:
No one knows when he was born, killed. Resurrected. We just make.things up and everybody follows. What matters is the celebration.

Jesus was killed on Nisan 14 of the Jewish calendar... This year the corresponding on our calendar date was on March 23

shine12:
Sir, you said Grace is a snare, that means Grace is a trap {a deceptive trap sort of]. Please I beseech you sir, cancel that definition of Grace from your mind, Grace is not a trap. Jesus did not condemn that adulterous woman and He also never tolerated her adultery, let me give you my expressive thought here Sir, that woman could have gone away without ever committing adultery again because she received grace and she could have also gone away still struggling with the sin even though she received a sort of grace. The difference is as far as She has a true and sincere desire to overcome that adultery, She will receive the grace one day (It could be instant or it could take time, God knows why some people change suddenly from a particular sin and why it takes some people to toil and toil with the same sin for over 5 yrs before changing), the other side of the coin is if she goes on sinning without a true desire to change, the grace will expire one day by maybe means of Her dying in the sin or her just totally backslidden and reaching a point of no return.
In the case of the Mosaic Law, She would have been automatically condemned without even needing to have any desire to change once she was caught, but with Grace, She will eventually be healed and overcome the sin if She has the desire. Afterall, scriptures says you will seek me and find me when you do with all your heart, therefore, Gods grace is not what you look for like a ten Naira note you lost in a dark room or on a field(you don’t look for it with sweat over a long time), but it’s what you look for like a 1 million naira cheque that dropped from your wallet, you will never leave that room until you find that cheque, so when I say Grace, I by no way mean you’re fine, your sin is covered, chill and keep on sinning, but rather it’s what we can receive if we diligently and truthfully seek for Grace in any area.
The Law could never make people righteous with God, no matter how much tithe or Sabbath you obey, Christ fulfilling the law is simply “Christ came to fulfil the demands of the law by attaining a righteousness that no man who lived before Him could attain". Now we can be perfect even as our Lord is perfect because we now have an example to follow, we have a high Priest (Hebrews 8:1) seated in heaven, We have a priest who learned obedience by the things he suffered (Hebrews 5:. The question every Christian should ask is what will God have me do now or what will Christ do in this situation and not simply acting coldly and dry.

Again, it should be of note that the birth of John the Baptist was also proclaimed and enjoyed like the one of Jesus.... Why don't you start celebrating John the Baptist? Of course there'll be happiness when a baby is born..... But, did the Christians continue observing the birth? No. We're they commanded to? No. Should we deviate from the model of the early Christians? Definitely not

Olumyco:
Get dis right abt Christmas. We r not celebrating the day Jesus was born but the significance attached to His birth. The Angels, Shepherds and the Wise Men did not celebrate the day Jesus was born like our normal birthday but celebtated it by rejoicing and worshipping because the person who will deliver the whole human race in the world from eternal damnation has been born.
That was why the host of heaven (Angels) sang in Luke 2 : 14 - "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men".

There is difference between celebrating the "day" (birthday of Jesus) and celebrating the significance, purpose and value of the Birth of Jesus.
Jesus was not just born into the World as at d time Mary gave birth to Him but He had existed right from the inception of the World. The day He came is of no value to us but His purpose of coming. That is why d issue of the date is nothing as regards Christmas. We r not celebrating "day" but "significance".

Then what U called happiness cheaply is more than that. The events that happened dat time were more of happiness. I can put it dis way: happiness + worship + deliverance + evangelism.

U will av to change d way U view Christmas. The Angels took it up (i.e the significance of the birth of Jesus) so that the news could spread by appearing to d Shepherds. God himself took it up by putting a star in the heavenlies to spread the news. The Shepherds themselves spread the news according to Luke 2:17. The Apostles too in the subsequent times spread the news about the birth of Jesus. Check their preachings and you will see how the news abt His birth was spread.

So like I said we humans are social beings and that anytin dat spread the good news abt Christ easily key in into Christianity. So the then Chrsitians took it up and formed and event around it to spread the news abt the significance of the birth of Jesus which is called Christmas. Nothing has changed but method. It is still desame celebration just like dat of the Angels, shepherds and d wise men. We av only upgraded it to be a formal celebration having different tins in it like beautifications and so on which is just branding.

U might want to contest dis but av U considered dat d way we conduct Church services 2day is totally different from how the apostles of that time conducted their services. The way we do baptisimal service today is different from d way it was conducted by d apostles den. But looking at d purpose it has not changed but d method had bin upgraded in our own time.

The way Christmas was celebrated thru out d Bible was more of spreading the news abt his birth which leads to salvation but today we have bin able 2 to upgrade it into a more elaborate celebration which still fulfil d spreading of the news abt Jesus birth, worshipping Christ and by surrendering one's life to Him.

We have a basis in the Bible. We shud be more concerned today abt how people will get saved thru thru d progragation of the Gospel in which Christmas celebration is just a part.

The basis of Jesus' coming to earth is not what is celebrated as Christmas. In fact, the only celebration about Jesus that Christians are asked to do is the remembrance of his death. Luke 22:19,20.....If you want to celebrate the significance of Jesus' coming to earth, that is the only celebration you should observe

You really should get hold of the Catholic encyclopedia.... The true origin of Christmas is not ascribed to the Bible.... In fact, they wrote that it's first occurrence was in Egypt. Christmas is not a Bible teaching

Olumyco:
Many issues here require theological and philosophical approach. Not half knowledge. They r deep tins and need to b dug out.

I will like to react to the issue of Christmas.


First of all, there is a record of the first Christmas celebrated in Bethlehem by the Angels, the shepherds and the wise men.

Luke 2:1-7, Mathew 2:1-12 ..........


I know many will contend this but it is a fact for those who understand Christianity, celebration and how bible documents events.

Three tins to be understood

*Christianity
*Celebration
*Bible documentation of Events

Christianity is like a profession dat u go abt to advertise to others so as to make them join the profession. Christianity is characterized with evangelism - spreading the good news - Christ birth, cruxificion, death and resurrection. This is the hub of Christianity. The whole tin can be called in one world to be GOSPEL.
So anytin dat will help spread the Gospel keys in into the system as long as it Is not carnal. Christmas helps to spread d news abt d birth of Jesus.

The Celebration issue comes in dis way. How do U celebrate a big person or someone U love?

Now the Angels appeared to d Shepherds and sang Glory be to God In the Highest. Meaning they rejoiced because Jesus was born. The Shepherd acted based on what the first Angel dat appeared told them and when they found Jesus at the manger they worshipped Him.

Now imagine, God put a bright star in the sky as regards d birth of Jesus which the wise men saw and led them to Bethlehem to see Jesus.
These wise men presented Jesus with GIFTS.

Some pple might be saying dat all dis happened at d time time of the birth of Jesus but av U considered the years it took the wise men travelling from the east to get to Jerusalem and from Jerusalem to Bethlehem? It would av taken them more than a year. There were no cars or any fast means. You could imagine d believe and d determination of dese wise men. despite d fact dat d birth of Jesus had past, despite d fact that d shepherds had visited Jesus a long tym ago and so on, they were still able to find Jesus and CELEBRATED HIM.
By Celebrating Him, they bowed/worship Jesus and they presented Him with gifts.

Also the Shepherds after they have seen the Babe Jesus propagated the news so that all could hear. LUKE 2:17

Now this was the first record of the commemoration of the birth of Jesus.

The greatest celebration of Jesus is by GIVING ONE'S LIFE TO HIM. That is by getting saved.

Pls the celebration of the Birth of Christ is very important to us as Christians. It has a lot of benefit when it done right. The problem with many Christians today is dat they don't know dat Christmas is more than eating, wining and dining. It Is a time to reflect, rededicate and worship Christ. The other parts of d celebration like beautification, boxing, programs are spices and packages that makes the celebration rich. To me it just a brand. Many tins av brands.

Also many pple here r talking abt paganism......... going by history. There r many approaches to it.
Now we need to understand Christianity. Let's look at dis. If a pastor goes to where the Ogun worshippers r gathered and he preached to them and many of them get saved and the king now order dat today will no longer be used for the worship of Ogun but for the worship of The GOD ALMIGHTY. And because we are social beings by design, everybody agreed to b using dat day to commemorate d time Christianity enters into their town every year......... So with dis, is the process of d CHANG OF PURPOSE wrong her? Or what effect would d former worship have on the new worship?

In Africa b4 d advent of Christianity in our continent we were given to idolatry and instruments like gangan "talking drum", bata etc were used to worship gods but now when we received d light we had a change of purpose and today some of these instruments like gangan r used in our Christian worship.
If we want 2 base many tins on history without considering CHANGE OF PURPOSE then Christianity will b difficult 2 practice in Africa.

Besides, d so called the worship of Saturnalia is done on Dec 17 to 23 according 2 Julian calendar. There r many calenders and d festival had witnessed many modification by various emperor. B4 it used 2 b a one day celebration which is always on Dec 17 b4 Julius Ceaser added 2 days to it and from there to 5 days and so on ......... These pple den did not know Christ and were just doing what dey like but suddenly the flood of Christianity wipe off dier festival and grounded Christmas. Just as the ministry of Paul overcame d worship of d Diana god which made dat blacksmith to loose his business of making and selling the carved images of Diana.

No matter what anyone says celebrating Christmas is not a sin it Is how we celebrate it - in holiness

Then as regards Bible documentation, there r some events / analysis in d Bible dat we don't find their exact word in d Bible but yet they exist...........

If we study our Bible very well there r words to describe some events dat r not written in d Bible and we Christians looks 4 d appropriate word dat fits d event.
because some pple might say d word Christmas or celebration of Jesus birth is not in d Bible but thank God my analysis above solves dat. All d events dat surrounds d Birth of Jesus describes d word Christmas.
There r examples of dis kind of a tin like d word "Trinity" is not in d Bible but we av events in d Bible dat describes it.

Also there is no word like rapture in d Bible but we av events dat describe it and so on.

Well, we r all free to choose what we believe but my own Believe is dat Christmas is right and there is no where in d Bible that it is said to b wrong and dat it is a sin.

Thanks

Those Scriptures u cited gives no hint as to Christmas celebration. There was happiness around as to the birth of a newborn. That's not new. After that, how many Christians celebrated that event in subsequent years?

jagojunior:
Please, quit deceiving the gullible. Christmas means Christ mass, listen to this "There are many different traditions and theories as to why Christmas is celebrated on December 25th. A very early Christian tradition said that the day when Mary was told that she would have a very special baby , Jesus (called the Annunciation) was on March 25th - and it's still celebrated today on the 25th March. Nine months after the 25th March is the 25th December! March 25th was also the day some early Christians thought the world had been made, and also the day that Jesus died on when he was an adult".

Please, stop the talk on Christmas already, you can go ahead with others, like the decision and decree by emperor Constantine which gave birth to Sunday as a day set aside for workers to rest and celebrate the Sun god which has been wrongly chosen by Christian as the Sabbath day commanded by God in the ten commandments to be kept holy. On Christmas, I fault you brother.

A simple question to you is: Where in the Bible did anyone celebrate Christmas?

To all of you that are defending the worship of Mary: Why have you bluntly refused to obey The Bible's COMMAND?

Jesus himself said that worship should go to God ALONE. it's in the Bible... Luke 4:8..Its simple and clear. Worship God ALONE

halexito:
You're too much my brother. Just what I wanted to say! God owns all days. Forget about Mars, it's just a planet. Who do people celebrate on 25th of December? Mars?! We celebrate the birth of the son of God. So. Simple!

Read Isaiah 1:13,14

winner01:
Forget constantine or rome. God created all days. Jesus can be celebrated anyday even if it clashes with the islamic Eid festivals. 25, 31, 1 anyday is okay for me. Personally, i stay at home and eat turkey on the 25th, i can shift that to 27th. Its not like it means anything, the main point and focus is to serve and praise God.

1. Nowhere in Bible record is the celebration of Christmas found. Are you not worried that a celebration that was not mentioned in the Bible and has associations with pagans is being celebrated? You need to be open minded about this.

2. It means something. Read Isaiah 1:14

thesicilian:
On the issue of tithes, a lot of people might disagree with you as you have already anticipated.
First tithing did not begin with Jacob, it began with Abraham, when he gave tithes to Melchizedek the priest of the Most High. (Genesis 14:20)
And we're somewhat bound to follow the acts of our great patriarch if we are to enjoy his blessings as ''seeds of Abram''

But the new testament views on tithing are issues of continuing research to me, one would think that for such an important issue as tithing (as our pastors make it out to be), the New Testament Bible would be pretty clear on its stand but this is not the case

Actually, the Bible sheds some light.

A tenth part of your earnings is no longer required by God. Of course he expects you to contribute ANYTHING YOUR RESOLVE IN YOUR HEART for his work (maybe to take care of properties and all that). See what Paul said at 2 Cor 9:7

malvisguy212:
@. I agree with everything you said except christmas, the day of christ birth may be unknown, but First, a person who was born on February 29 (leap year) only celebrate his birthday after 4 years, is it sinful to chose another day to celebrate it ? Or if your birthday fall on saturday (saturn) will you celebrate it ? In 1 corinthians 8 paul is saying we should not in anyway aknowlegde this pagan gods exist.

Is there any record of Christmas celebration in the Bible?

HonPhoebe:
If nt 4 d discrimination on HND and unnecessary strike ASUP likes embarkin on. I wudnt hv written dz jamb. I jst hope sumfin z done abt dz. Asin vry fast.

I advice that you diligently complete your current programme. You can build from there. More power to your elbow