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Ibkhaleel:
Is the entire Bible truely the word of GOD?

No credible Biblical scholar on this earth will claim that the Bible was written by Jesus himself. They all agree that the Bible was written after the departure of Jesus peace be upon him by his followers. So, if the authors of the Bible were people other than Jesus, then did they have Jesus or the Holy Spirit in them guiding their hands and dictating to them word for word what to write? As it happens, once again the answer is no. Who says so? The majority of today's credible Christian scholars do.


The lie of 1 John 5:7 verse. It was later discovered to be a man made corruption inserted into the Bible.

The credible Bible scholars did talk about the reliability of the manuscripts discovered. No one ever claimed Jesus wrote the Bible himself.
The Christians believe in the Bible because of Jesus and do not believe in Jesus because of the Bible.

1 Corinthians 15:3-8 is a formula used by Paul to talk about traditions and creeds passed down to them as was obtainable during that time. Mark was probably written just a few years after Jesus’ death and resurrection.

Kajaard:
Don't mind them. Very confused people.

If the Bible said the disciples were fishermen and you think this boat could belong to the disciples and not Jesus, that is still validation of the Bible claims.

Bacteriologist:
The Spiderman comics also features New York and London. That does not make Spiderman a real figure.

The Harry Potter book as well contains some real life locations but we all agree it is fiction.


Your book may contain actual locations and books, but that does not necessarily mean the stories and claims about the locations and objects are true.


The Bible is a book that has been edited, translated, re-edited and re-translated so many f*ckin times. It is a book filled with myths, contradictions and other sorts of superstitious nonsense. Discovering some boat out of the blue changes nothing.

Let's take a look at conradictions for example:

The central message of the Christian Bible is same and consistent.
Those objections you made do not in any way counter the Bible claims. Editions still have same messages.

Historians and archeologists keep searching for data to corroborate Bible claims. That is what is happening. Unless you have other yardstick for confirming historical claims.

LordReed:
So basically there is no way you can show that the Bible is wrong?

The Christian believer already has his/her faith anchored on God through Jesus Christ. Some were born into Christian homes and learnt with questions and doubts as they grew up.
Some heard the message and believed by faith.

However intellectual basis for beliefs and affirmation of the Bible claims is for skeptics mainly, even though a Christian whose faith is already anchored in God could learn the academic basis for their beliefs for evangelism and engagements.
Cheers

Nbotee:
What exactly proves it's d exact same boat? The Bible clearly recorded some of d disciples were fishermen and as such its clear there were going to b lots of boats in the area

So the boat still confirmed the Biblical narrative either way

HellVictorinho:
You will never understand like this



You were not required to consider my post as anything else




In other words, you were not required to see any sense in it


Who is entertaining you?



You just ask stupid questions and come to unnecessary conclusions because I don't give you what you want




Your conclusions don't make you special



So, whether it's a deflection or something derailing
I don't think I owe you shit



So keep repeating your vomit till you die!!!




I know you never understood


If you understood,you would have seen that your questions have no meaning




How can a respectable person ask me to answer what is meaningless??




You have come to conclusions such as the truth being different from reality, reality having limits, things beyond my senses existing and science being something that says Bla Bla Bla



You have your own definitions


If you consider science as something that involves the senses ,then asking what it says concerning what is beyond the senses is an achievement!!


Congratulations!!!



If you consider science as anything else,
Then tell your children it's a legacy



I am not promising to make sense to you


Neither am I promising to consider your mockery as valid(it's not comedy)



I expect the same thing you said before or nothing



Mr Vain Repetitions



Who needs your speech

Good. You can’t answer any of those questions even if you choose to try. Not that you don’t want to answer them.

You are way out of your depth here. Respectfully I already said you blab like a mad man. You don’t know what science is. You were never a scientist. You just hide under science student stuff to make spurious and stupid claims you can’t defend.
Go and rest. Find other people to impress with your hog-wash and bogus claims.

HellVictorinho:
Wetin dey worry you??



You keep repeating the same thing like a....



Are you trying to compose a song??



Can't you see that the onus is on you to determine how the supernatural can exist?




If you don't see the supernatural as impossible despite your inability to determine how it is possible,then you can start celebrating!!!




It's an achievement, right




Until you understand I have no claim about the supernatural except that nobody can determine how it is true or real,you will keep dropping empty lines!!!



In other words, you will keep vomitting waste!!!!

Just to be straightforward with you: my saying you were confusing me with your confusion was a mild euphemism. I wasn’t confused. Rather it was a respectful way of saying you were saying rubbish.

You claimed there is only a truth realm and I asked you to tell us more about the truth realm and how it answers our question on humans being the highest physical beings in the universe or otherwise.

You craftily deflected and had been yarning sawdust since. Later you said you weren’t surprised since your days as a science student. I asked you to say how science made any statement on supernatural phenomena. You went mute.

You said you don’t believe in supernatural phenomena. I asked you whether all forms of reality can be explained by materialism or naturalism alone. You went mute.
I asked how we can use empirical data to determine reality of logic or revelations or NDEs or consciousness or beauty or maths. You have been mumbling what I don’t know. I feel you are either entertaining us or you are a troll or you are way out of your depth.

dingbang:
The bank is regulated and follows standard of procedure when recruiting.

Hahaha!

There is actually no regulation on how banks do their recruitment aside from the extant regulations in the system. The normal issues border around background checks against financial/fraud indictments in the past, BSc/HND issues for most commercial banks and Grades ( some take minimum of 2.1 while others consider 2.2).

N100m is too small for you to dictate to a full fledged commercial bank; unless you are talking about the new banks just springing up.

Besides, such persons if and when recruited will likely be sent to marketing or sales or business development to go and hustle and bring in more.

Dollar rates will definitely drop next week.
Speculators that bought last week for hoarding and future re-sell might be worst hit unless they use the funds to fund their personal needs.

HellVictorinho:
Which claim did I make??



I will sue you for lying if you don't state it!!!!!



500 million dollars will be involved in this court case!!!




What is your proof that I made a claim about science saying Bla Bla Bla

Derailing isn’t good for you.

For starters, I need you to show me a single thing science has to say about supernatural and non-material phenomena. If you as a science student who is never amazed by these claims do not have an empirical data to support your claims, then you need to keep quiet.

I haven’t heard from you on whether all forms of reality ( that word is a big problem for you though) can be reduced to what the 5 senses can perceive. You have been rambling around. Can your 5 senses empirically analyze the logic, your mind, your consciousness, beauty, morality?

Many have supernatural experiences and special revelations. Many experience miracles in their daily affairs. Many have near-death experiences that do not squeeze into the scientific crucible for empirical analysis. Whether you believe this or not is your tea of cup, but your non-belief don’t render them impossible.

HellVictorinho:
You have shown your inability to distinguish between questioning and countering!!!!




You are the one confused by me!!!



You confessed the other time that I have confused you and you will remain confused until you stop thinking I am arguing with you



Your questions showed you believe in the supernatural



Then I asked you to determine how anything beyond my senses can exist



But you keep dropping the same vomit




I said you will accuse me of Bla Bla Bla and you did



You are predictable to me



I can predict you




I have entered your mind and I can see it is occupied by certain things such as an imaginary enemy in Hell Victorinho


Soon
You may call me a troll



If you can't demonstrate how anything can exist beyond my senses,then go back to your hole.




Mr All Forms Of Reality


You are the Professor of Reality



I struggle with it because you set it up against me


Oops


You are God!



You have made reality something for me to struggle with



I give up



Have mercy on me in the name of Jesus!



It is a command!



You have not seen anything



The madness just started

I await your response on what science told you about supernatural and non-material phenomena.
You made bogus claims about science that is laughable. You hid behind same to blab.
Pls point out a single Scientifc data that supports your claim.

If you can’t, then just keep quiet pls.

HellVictorinho:
It is not my truth


You are the one struggling with reality or existence


How can someone whose intention is to keep repeating the same thing for no reason understand what he or she is being told?


You have been repeating the same thing like some people I regret ever coming across on Nairaland!!!!


Anyway, the truth doesn't have to explain anything supernatural because you never determined how anything beyond my senses can exist!!!!



It's all about definitions here



It's not a matter of someone saw Bla Bla Bla and they told him Bla Bla Bla towards writing the Quran or the Bible



When you discover something accidentally as an observer, you are expected to demonstrate how it exists unless you never really discovered anything.




If you claim it is higher life,then demonstrate how it is higher life.




Define higher intelligence




To hell with the UFO'S!!



Some goddamn objects move around baselessly and you call it higher intelligence


Well, I was never amazed as a science student in secondary school and I will never be amazed as an observer not even by myself

If the bullshit being displayed by certain things below the oceans or seas or outside the Milky Way or anywhere those UFO'S come from is amazing to you,then that's your supernatural cup of wine.




Some people claim to have seen Jesus


Some claim to have been to Heaven and Hell


Some claim other things

I know you don't believe all claims


But the ones you accidentally believe don't make you special



As for those who claim understanding ,they are not unique for that


It is philosophically a disaster for a human being to feel special because of anything


What sort of catastrophic manifestation is that?



They refer to someone as a troll thereby claiming to know his intention




The accusations are in vain



You will never gain anything by repeating yourself to me

You are confused!
And now you are hiding behind science to talk rubbish. What do you know about science? Are you the only one with a science background?
Does science make any claims about supernatural phenomena? People like you just like saying what they understood little about.
Can you point me to a single scientific write-up with a claim or counter-claim about supernatural phenomena? You can’t. Even if I give you till the end of this year, you can’t demonstrate that to me. Pls keep your false scientific claims to yourself.

The fact that you don’t understand anything and cannot explain it, doesn’t change the fact that it exists.

Again, do you think all forms of reality( I know you struggle so much with the word “reality”) can be reduced to material and nature?
Provide a simple answer and demonstrate it or keep quiet with your false claims.

HellVictorinho:
First,there is no creature with intelligence

In other words, intelligent things have no creator


There is no region with things that have demonstrated superior intelligence (you have to consider what I see as intelligence-the property of a living thing to show awareness towards specific things or the property of a living thing to distinguish one thing from the other)

I am saying this because I also consider life as something that is shown by things of Earth that carry out certain activities towards the display of intelligence or the opposite of intelligence.


When I say things of Earth,I mean things that come into existence through the Earth

The opposite of intelligence is the inability to distinguish one thing from the other despite being exposed to them

At least, you have seen humans that can't distinguish what is good for them from what is bad for them at all_not even food when it is available or/and fit for consumption


There's no difference between the realm of the truth and the realm of reality or existence



If an activity is unknown to you,then how did you know it is real?


If it is beyond your senses,then how did you it is real?


What do you see as an explanation?



Whatever that happens in reality or whatever that really happens is just a demonstration of the ability of ageless indivisible objects to combine in different ways to which there's no limit




That is my explanation of what is real or true

You like complicating things.

What is truth? How does your truth explain whether humans are the highest beings in all known worlds ( I see you are struggling with realms of existence and reality) or whether there are creatures aside humans who are higher?

How does your explain supernatural experiences beyond the 5 material senses?

Do you assume anything that cannot be explained by matter and space doesn’t and cannot exist?

Do you think all explanations of reality can be brought down to empirical analysis? Are they phenomena that escape empirical analysis?

Again, what does your truth say about supernatural experiences shared by some people? And do you think there is a possibility of UFOs? Is there a possibility of spirits and ghosts existence?

NwekeUG:
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Muhammad Kabir Orjiegbulam shared photos from Chief Abdulazeez's burial with the caption;


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See accolades.
The man is well lettered.
I remember Oliver De Coque’s high-life vividly where he mentioned this man as Nnukwu mmonwu.
May his soul rest in peace.

HellVictorinho:
Well,my dictionary defines a realm as a domain or a region


There's nothing like all realms of reality

If we are to consider reality as a realm or a region,then it doesn't make sense to consider reality as that which is limited



If you say 'all realms',it means you consider reality as a region which is limited



What is the supernatural?

I asked you a simple question: is there any realm known to humans as at date, where any other known material creature is higher than humans?

When you say truth realm, can you use that to explain the happenings in the universe materially or supernaturally known to humans?

I talked about realms of existence and reality, and you talk about realms of truth. Pls how does realm of truth explain the physical activities of humans and the possibilities of the existence of realms of activities unknown to humans but real?

Super-natural is anything beyond nature ( not explicable with the 5 known senses).

HellVictorinho:
There's only one realm and there's no limit to it


That realm is the truth itself

It is reality or what has no limit



There is no limit to what is real


As for more intelligent beings


I don't think the appearance of UFO'S determines more intelligent beings



It only determines more to reality


We are yet to confirm whether the UFO'S were created or not



Some people keep saying there could be this

There could be that



Well, I don't think anything that has no logical definition stands any chance of existing


In other words, such can't exist


A logical definition shows how something can exist



Which definition of the supernatural shows how it can exist

Hahaha!

You ended up confusing me.
I also didn’t understand what you meant by the realm of truth. Is that the truth?
Does that answer questions about all realms of reality where material, immaterial and supernatural phenomena exist?

Flouting the golden rule?
That’s hypocritical.

2rez:
Maybe bruh . U see, some innovations or inventions portray indirect kolomentality aka gyroscopic brainwaves. I am not just understanding. I am not...

Lol!

Unless there are scarcity of arable lands and fields, the yield here cannot equal that of a plain larger arable field.
And the stress in navigating the little spaces here cannot compare to the ease of using uniform contraption or machines to plow fields and plant or water or tend to crops at the same time and with minimal labor and financial cost.

Of course, the idea might be to display innovation which is great!

7victor:
Human beings think that they are the highest and the wisest beings ever created, apart from Angels.

Just like an ants may think they are the wisest and strongest beings ever.

Ants in your room do not know you exist. They do not know you are the owner of the room, because they cannot see you.


If you kill an ant in your room, other ants may not know that a human being killed it.

They may see the books in your room as mountains.

That is what is going on with human beings.

We see mountains, but those mountains could be the books of higher beings, just like the books in your room are mountains to ants.


Also the way ants do not see us, that is the way we don't see higher beings.

They could be passing in our front but we cannot see them although they see us.


If you kill an ant, other ants could misinterprete it to mean something else, the same way we say thunder killed a person not knowing what is really happening.


God is so great that He has created so many beings of different dimensions, intelligence and power.


There are different dimensions existing in the same place.

Where you are currently staying which is your house, could be market in another dimension.

Still in another dimension,it could be the home of other beings.


There are interlocking dimensions all through the universe.

If your eyes could open to other dimensions that is at the place where you are staying, you may be surprised to see that there are other beings there, who are in place you are staying, but in different dimensions.

They themselves do not also know that other beings exist in the same place, but in different dimensions.

In all known reality for now, humans are at the epicenter of all. No known being ( aside from God/the God-head and angels/demons) stand in a different higher realm.

So as much as we may theories about what is out there for now, humans practically are still topping. Until any other being conquers the earth and take humans hostage, this assumption stands.
Cheers

2rez:
Did covid 19 affect their plantation ground or were they banned from cultivating on the ground? Wetin dey occur

I had same question on mind too?
Is this better than planting same in their normal fields?

Let’s see how this pans out.
Maybe it could help reduce the pressure on naira due to speculations.

TurnNewLeaf:
we dey use pit toilet for my side.
snakes full their, anytime I enter na to Waka with bitter cola, chew am and spread around, the scent go chase them commot kpatakpata

Yes. That’s true. The scent doesn’t kill them. It rather irritates and weaken them into inaction.
While growing up in the village, our parents would make beads of bitter cola and put around the waists of children. With that we could play around home and bushes and do our farm work in peace. You only have to worry about monkeys and other wild animals and worry less about snakes.

I even heard that one could sit close to a snake with bitter cola in ones pocket, and that the snake won’t move until you leave the location with the bitter cola. I didn’t confirm that sha.

It’s a snake.
Find a way to kill them or throw fresh bitter cola cut into bits around the bush.
It won’t kill them but the smell makes them weak and uncomfortable. Snakes avoid such locations.

Interesting

Validated:
Bro, I am not a god, that is why it is called "prediction", not prophesy. But anyone who heeded the orediction then would be thanking God now. You will see that the govt is doing everything to stop the free fall, unfortunately, it is not yielding desirable results.. They started by restricting cash deposits into dom accounts, just after my post. Then, they stopped BDC from Fx bidding, now they have closed abokifx com acct, so that people do not know the state of affairs. This last move is clearly a sign of panicky measure. No cordinated plan, but reacting to the moment , so bound to backfire.
At N575/$, the Naira is steadily heading home. My latest numbers are based on flash information. On the case for redenomination;
right now, Naira is on no hold bar. Every Nigerian knowledgeable of forex has pratically lost confidence on the Naira. Again, the quantum of money in circulation is abysmally high, so a redenomination will subconciuosly relax the hyper inflation and cool the temple. Then expunge all currency notes over N50. Then, you have some value on your hand. If we keeo doing the same thing and think that it will work, sorry. Thereafter, economic policies can begin to make sense. The current situation appears hopeless.
Finally, this is not CBN governor's making, the govt have borrowed about N15T from the CBN, ask yoursekf where CBN got that money. The answer is most likely what Gov Ibaseki said ... printing money.

The CBN will pull off a stunt that will make it crash.
Either they complete the currency swap with China and make importers by-pass dollars which they don’t actually need or they reverse their decision on BDCs as a temporary measure.

They could also defend the naira by increasing Form Q, LC, Form A and PTA allocations to Commercial banks for onward delivery to customers. Just watch out. The free-fall cannot just continue. They must be cooking something behind now

Kobojunkie:
1. I am afraid that is not what I think but instead what those of you who pretend you can have one foot in Jesus Christ and the other foot in the world think.

2. Jesus Christ said that you should let your light shine so the world can see it. He also said you should die to self(opinions as well) in order to become of Him. So when you refuse to use to die to self and believe it is ok to argue based on your opinions that which Jesus Christ commanded that you judge by by standard He alone has given, you assume it is possible to live for self and for Jesus Christ at the same time... ofcourse that is not possible but that is what many so-called Christians attempt to do... live a dichotomised existence.

You err.
You need to go back and study the scriptures to understand what it means to be an ambassador of Christ in the world of human beings.

Please stop thinking Christians are spirits floating around the universe. Christians are humans who are mandated by scriptures in Genesis 1 to dominate the earth and conquer in every territory, spiritual dominion inclusive.

The kind of message you preach leads to lazy Christianity who trust so much on faith and spirit and leave out work and diligence.

Stop twisting the scriptures to suit your narrative. Jesus lived here amongst humans, touched human lives and preached to humans. He wanted humans to be born of the water and of spirit but not to be transformed into spirits.
He related with human republicans and those considered as immoral. He reached out to them and showed mercy and kindness. He paid tax to a human govt and encouraged human disciples when they were weak. He said the Holy Spirit would come to guide and help and comfort HUMANS and help them live the life God desired. The Holy Spirit wasn’t coming to turn Christians into spirits.

Please don’t keep your followers in bondage with claimed special knowledge of what it means to live a God-filled lifestyle. Encourage your followers to live a Christ-centered live exhibiting the fruit of the spirit which happens gradually overtime.

Don’t dilute the Bible please.

Kobojunkie:
1. A Christian would not do that as a Christian because that government that has absolutely nothing to do with the Kingdom of God. Such a person can do so as a citizen of the country but not as a Christian.

Same logic applies to the one who is a parent and also happens to be all Christian. The same applies to all the cases you mention. When you bring up the fact that you belong to God, you are meant to judge righteously and if you don't, you sin against God..

2. God’s Law is God's standard. And Jesus Christ is God's Law and standard in the Kingdom of God and His teachings and commandments is the standard of which I continue to refer to - the one He expects you to live by as one who has made a Covenant with God through Him to do just that.

3. Jesus Christ is God's standard given to individuals who believe in Him...not for of humanity to abide by.

Humans have opinions but when it comes to those who belong to Jesus Christ, they are meant to die to self/ego even their opinions submitted to the Will of God.

4. Jesus Christ sent you out to preach the Gospel of the Kingdom of God to those who will hear you, not for you to use His name in your personal squabbles against others who do not believe as you do. What you end up happening is you use God’s name for that which is not even of God, which is exactly what happened here on this thread with so-called Christians trying to claim God is on their side/supports their opinion in this when that is actually far from God's Truth.

My brother/sister, I think this is where the conflict lies: your understanding of the scriptures and it’s application to our contemporary world is different from mine.

You think there is a dichotomised world where a Christian is separately a human and another world where the Christian is a non-human but just a Christian. That is a utopian kind of thinking as it doesn’t exist.

I will advise you go back and study the scriptures well on what God’s standard is and how Christians ought to live and relate with individuals in their environment. A Christian is a human whose human identity doesn’t change at conversion. Conversion is an inward thing. The Christian still lives among humans and is also a human and is meant to carry out God’s mandate among fellow humans.

Jesus said to let one’s light shine among MEN.
Please let’s not misinterpret the scriptures to suit what we think it is.

We are humans and became Christians and should act like human Christians who are aware of their physical environment and helping out and contributing but noting this physical realm is not all there is to it.

A Christian who is a human can actively participate in what is happening in their country and politics, criticize and contribute as a human christian. Jesus said to pray “ thy will be done on EARTH as it is done in HEAVEN”. So a Christian can do all of those . They aren’t sins.

Cheers Sir/Ma

Kobojunkie:
1. To judge righteously is to judge all by God's standard and not standards created by men or even personal standards(opinions).

2. When you are dealing with someone who is an unbeliever, what does bringing God and Christianity do for the discussion particularly the standards of the world is not the same standard God holds Christians to?

3. It isn't only when a Christian condemns a person to hell that that he or she is said to have judged unrighteously. Any judgement that is not according to standards set by God is said to be unrighteous.

In that case if a Christian criticizes our govt for insecurity, do you think they have judged and sinned?

If a Christian parent tells his/her misbehaving ward about their waywardness and scold them to change for the better, have they judged and sinned?

If a Christian corrects a thieving staff and admonishes them not to do that again as consequences could follow, have they judged and sinned?

If a Christian tells someone that certain actions could damage their health and warn them to stop for their own good, have they judged and sinned?

No!

Again, can you pls break down in simple terms what you mean by God’s standards?

Don’t you think God’s standards would be executed by humans made in the likeness of God? Is there any other creature known to us that is higher than humans in execution of God’s mandate on earth? Or in the universe?
So, yes, humans can respond to issues, criticize and drop opinions. That is no sin.

Why do you think an unbeliever should impose their opinions on a Christians whereas a Christian should not state the position of their faith and convictions to the unbeliever?

Kobojunkie:
1. A person who happens to be a Christian can indeed criticize as any anonymous individual can - we are humans and we have opinions on issues too, but the moment you bring up the fact that you are Christian or you bring God into the discussion, then you are required to judge righteously.

2. The mistake made in that came when they dragged God and Christianity into that muck. Not saying God sees it the same way because God expects all those who belong to Him to live in continual submission to and obedience of His teachings and commandments all of the times.

Great!

Please how do you mean by judge righteously?

No 2. They aren’t wrong in bringing God and Christianity into it. For anyone who believes in God and the Bible, there is nothing wrong in that. The Bible condemns homosexual acts but God created and loves everyone.
But for a non-Christian and for anyone who doesn’t believe in the Bible, this has nothing to do with them. That is just where the conflict lies.

And again, a homosexual has no right to condemn straight people and think a straight person should not voice their opinions too. That is not the judgement Jesus said not to do. At least the Christian hasn’t condemned the person to eternal damnation beyond redemption. Only God/Jesus Christ can x-ray intents and do that.

pocohantas:
You are trying so hard to be offensive and I have told you not to mistake me for your sister. I don’t have yahoo boys in my circle. Except he disguises, I can’t think of what we would be doing or discussing together.

Water and oil doesn’t mix…

If it is about the money, which I LOVE, yahoo boys do not even rival some legit hardworking men. What exactly do yahoo boys buy for their green-wig-wearing-gfs? iPhone, organic cream and small handbags. Is that what you want to use and razzle a 43yrs old woman like me in 2021? Guy, behave well abeg.

Lol!
You are brunt but funny too

Kobojunkie:
But according to Jesus Christ, Christians are meant to not judge based on their personal opinion but are instead to judge righteously, this based on Jesus Christ's teachings and commandments to them.

Lol! This is nice and smart. Thanks for pointing that out.

However pointing out the ills to someone for correction isn’t same as judging the person.
A Christian can criticize and correct as encouraged by the Bible.

By the way, my idea was just on a homosexual being critical of the sexual orientation of a straight person and even hating on straight persons but turning around to say a straight person had no right to comment on his/her sexual orientation. It looks a bit hypocritical.

9jah:
We've all learned by now that apes are our closest living relatives in the animal kingdom, but you likely didn't know how close! We've created a list to show you exactly which animals are more like brothers, and which are only cousins on the evolutionary family tree.

1. Chimpanzees
Researchers determined back in 2005 that chimpanzees share somewhere between 98.6 and 99 percent of our DNA. They're closer to humans than they are to gorillas! Remarkably, female chimps also share a reproductive cycle similar to that of humans, with most reaching sexual maturity just before or during their teenage years. They also have a gestation period for about 8 months.


2. Bonobos

It wasn't until 2012 that we learned bonobos vary only slight from chimps. In fact, the two share 99.6 percent of their DNA. That means they're almost as close to humans on the genome sequence as chimpanzees are. Researchers believe the three of us separated on the evolutional path between 4 and 7 million years ago. Bonobos, the most emotional of all apes, regulate emotions the same way we do.

3. Gorillas

Though appearances might suggest otherwise, we're also closer in relation to gorillas than gorillas are to chimps. We share 98 percent of our genetic sequence with these majestic fellas. Scientists believe humans and our gorilla brethren diverged from a common ancestor around 10 million years ago. Fun fact: they also found that certain shared genes in our DNA cause diseases like dementia in humans, but not in gorillas.


4. Orangutans

A little further down the family tree lie the loveable orangutans who share 97 percent of their DNA with humans. It turns out male orangutans like to offer effusive displays of "tough-guy" syndrome by leaping around and breaking things before a fight. It's classic "come at me, bro" showmanship. Much like humans males, we think.

5. Gibbons

Gibbons, while belonging to the Hominoidea family like the apes featured above, are actually considered lesser apes. About 4 million years ago, these guys developed arms and shoulders that now allow them to swing through trees effortlessly. One fascinating study determined gibbons use at least 26 sounds resembling songs that the first humans used 1.8 million years ago.


6. Monkeys

A large number of species fit the definition of monkey – over 260 at last count. Researchers found last year that many aspects of our brain that control our thought processes are similar to those of monkeys. In fact, some of the most similar regions include areas that cause OCD and substance abuse.

7. Lemurs

You might've heard these guys like to move it, move it, but did you also know they're primates just like us? Okay, not just like us exactly, but close enough that we likely evolved from the same ancestor, along with lorises and aye-ayes. Unfortunately, more than 70 percent of all lemur species are currently endangered with humans being one of the biggest culprits in their demise.


8. Cats

You probably thought dogs were a little closer on the evolutionary scale, since they're supposedly our best friends. It turns out that cats actually share 90 percent of our genes. They might have also purposely inserted themselves into our homes. Evidence suggests these guys self-domesticated over 10,000 years ago by helping farmers in order to get a little extra protection and food.

9. Cows

That's right, we're related to cows. Research has shown that we share more genomes with these beautiful, big girls than we do with rodents, even though we share a more recent ancestor with mice. They think it's because rodents and smaller animals in general reproduce more rapidly leading to faster evolution.
By Ben Kerns

Great and educative ! Thanks for sharing.

However 98% similarity in DNA doesn’t mean they are 98 humans.

We also share DNAs with banana, strawberries, potatoes and cows. Even though those are around 20-40%, that do not qualify them to be 20-30% humans.

Cheers.