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dason4life:
Maybe you should take some lessons on Government and Public Administration.
Even the President's Budget is subjected to "their" approval.

So what is the way forward?

If Buhari is helpless about these set of thieves does it mean there is no way out for Nigeria and Nigerians?

spyder880: I am fully transparent on costs, but sometimes where the costs are still not complete or clear due to ongoing calculation, I delay the release of figures to avoid misleading anyone. Welcome Sir.

The tank stand in the PH mansion cost N450k to do, all materials and labour with standing the tank, the plastic tank is excluded from this cost.

Yeah! 450K? I never imagined in my wildest dream that the tank stand will be this expensive. So we are looking at 1M by the time you add the cost of drilling the borehole!

Building a house in Naija no be beans o o

Wetindey my guy? Nothing do you.

SugaryBelle: My booty is too big,i don't want to distract worshipers.

Any proof? Thou shall not lie.

Demain_man: Maybe KUMUYI can do more research and answer this one too as he did the Christmas day.

I will also like his opinion on this one. Watchnight celebration or whatever name we call it is not biblical. It should not be celebrated period.

Why is new year eve/new year celebrated specially by born again christians

A little bit of history of new year celebration and it's pagan origin. By participating in this type of celebration, Born again christians are only supporting the continuation of this particular PAGAN celebration!! BORN AGAIN CHRISTIANS THINK! THINK!! THINK!!!

http://www.simpletoremember.com/articles/a/newyearshistory/

In 46 B.C.E. the Roman emperor Julius Caesar first established January 1 as New Year’s day. Janus was the Roman god of doors and gates, and had two faces, one looking forward and one back. Caesar felt that the month named after this god (“January”) would be the appropriate “door” to the year. Caesar celebrated the first January 1 New Year by ordering the violent routing of revolutionary Jewish forces in the Galilee. Eyewitnesses say blood flowed in the streets. In later years, Roman pagans observed the New Year by engaging in drunken orgies—a ritual they believed constituted a personal re-enacting of the chaotic world that existed before the cosmos was ordered by the gods.

As Christianity spread, pagan holidays were either incorporated into the Christian calendar or abandoned altogether. By the early medieval period most of Christian Europe regarded Annunciation Day (March 25) as the beginning of the year. (According to Catholic tradition, Annunciation Day commemorates the angel Gabriel’s announcement to Mary that she would be impregnated by G-d and conceive a son to be called Jesus.)

After William the Conqueror (AKA “William the Bastard” and “William of Normandy”) became King of England on December 25, 1066, he decreed that the English return to the date established by the Roman pagans, January 1. This move ensured that the commemoration of Jesus’ birthday (December 25) would align with William’s coronation, and the commemoration of Jesus’ circumcision (January 1) would start the new year - thus rooting the English and Christian calendars and his own Coronation). William’s innovation was eventually rejected, and England rejoined the rest of the Christian world and returned to celebrating New Years Day on March 25.

About five hundred years later, in 1582, Pope Gregory XIII (AKA “Ugo Boncompagni”, 1502-1585) abandoned the traditional Julian calendar. By the Julian reckoning, the solar year comprised 365.25 days, and the intercalation of a “leap day” every four years was intended to maintain correspondence between the calendar and the seasons. Really, however there was a slight inaccuracy in the Julian measurement (the solar year is actually 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds = 365.2422 days). This slight inaccuracy caused the Julian calendar to slip behind the seasons about one day per century. Although this regression had amounted to 14 days by Pope Gregory’s time, he based his reform on restoration of the vernal equinox, then falling on March 11, to the date had 1,257 years earlier when Council of Nicaea was convened (March 21, 325 C.E.). Pope Gregory made the correction by advancing the calendar 10 days. The change was made the day after October 4, 1582, and that following day was established as October 15, 1582. The Gregorian calendar differs from the Julian in three ways: (1) No century year is a leap year unless it is exactly divisible by 400 (e.g., 1600, 2000, etc.); (2) Years divisible by 4000 are common (not leap) years; and (3) once again the New Year would begin with the date set by the early pagans, the first day of the month of Janus - January 1.

On New Years Day 1577 Pope Gregory XIII decreed that all Roman Jews, under pain of death, must listen attentively to the compulsory Catholic conversion sermon given in Roman synagogues after Friday night services. On New Years Day 1578 Gregory signed into law a tax forcing Jews to pay for the support of a “House of Conversion” to convert Jews to Christianity. On New Years 1581 Gregory ordered his troops to confiscate all sacred literature from the Roman Jewish community. Thousands of Jews were murdered in the campaign.

Throughout the medieval and post-medieval periods, January 1 - supposedly the day on which Jesus’ circumcision initiated the reign of Christianity and the death of Judaism - was reserved for anti-Jewish activities: synagogue and book burnings, public tortures, and simple murder.

The Israeli term for New Year’s night celebrations, “Sylvester,” was the name of the “Saint” and Roman Pope who reigned during the Council of Nicaea (325 C.E.). The year before the Council of Nicaea convened, Sylvester convinced Constantine to prohibit Jews from living in Jerusalem. At the Council of Nicaea, Sylvester arranged for the passage of a host of viciously anti-Semitic legislation. All Catholic “Saints” are awarded a day on which Christians celebrate and pay tribute to that Saint’s memory. December 31 is Saint Sylvester Day - hence celebrations on the night of December 31 are dedicated to Sylvester’s memory.

nutty_hnic: Is it scriptural to post on nairaland?

I beg, this question is for my born again brethren and not for the unbelievers please

Kei144: Col. 2:16 Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day.
Col. 2:17 These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ.
Col. 2:20 Since you died with Christ to the basic principles of this world, why, as though you still belonged to it, do you submit to its rules:
Col. 2:21 “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”?
Col. 2:22 These are all destined to perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings.
Col. 2:23 Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their false humility and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence.

Great quotes. Does it mean we can specially celebrate New years eve or not.?I mean as born again Christians. Did Jesus celebrate Watchnight on 31st of December in the bible?

Yes, I think everyday we sleep and wake up is wortt celebrating. So as born again christians, why must we then make new years eve so special when Jesus Christ who we claim to be like did not tell us to do so. I believe it is paganism to celebrate this day.

PAGAN 9JA:
Heres the story (before you twisted it) :

Agung Bawa, assistant security manager at the Bali Hyatt hotel in the Sanur area of the Indonesian island said the man had spotted the snake crossing a road

The victim, 59-year-old Ambar Arianto Mulyo, succeeded in catching it and managed to grab hold of the snake's head and tail.

The snake struck near a luxury hotel in the Sanur area
But the python then wrapped itself around his neck, strangling him, before escaping into nearby bushes.





So heres what happened in points:

- A snake was minding its own business and crossing the road.

-This security dude tries to act like a boss. Instead of minding his own business, he sets about to trouble the snake and catches it.

-This obviously infuriates the snake who strangles him in self-defence. After all, the man could harm it. or in some cases, eat it.



So whos fault is it? Obviously the humans.



And again, this is not a harmless African Rock Python. This is some South-East Asian variety.


Lastly, these are very rare cases.

What do you mean before he twisted it? Did you open the webpage URL he gave at all?

Many atimes our Born Again Christians have often retorted to 'Jesus did not celebrate his birthday', so we should not celebrate it.
Now, my question is, Did Jesus celebrate the 'crossover' night or the 'watchnight' as some will call it? Why are the churches always filled to the brim on this day? Did this celebration have any bible origin? for example, Did the Apostles celebrate it? Any takers please?

Gombs: @quivah

Why was peter with a sword?

When folks tried to kill Jesus, who smuggled him outta the crowd and averted the intended murder?

Was Jesus in a shady business or a politician when folks wanna take his life?

Who is the pope running from that he has military guards (special ones from switzerland)?

Answer these questions, if u can't I'd know u have a feverish need for a lexis and structure text book...

Santa would get u one

@Gombs, One question for you sir, Where then were these his body guards when Jesus was captured, tried and Nailed to the cross? Did they mobilise to fight back or they just disperse under superior fire power? I smh for nigeria christians.

I think dem say Jesus na blackman, This guy na white o!

Na wa for this man o. This how 99.9% of Nigerians behave. They can never be trusted with money. The next thing now he will run to his pastor claiming his problem is spiritual. I smh for you.

We are all but a product in the eyes of God.

We did not beg him to create us neither were we there when he decided he was going to create us.

We don't know when we are going to expire(die) since he did not tell us when we were getting produced.

He already knows what direction we will take while on this earth ( we are robotic)

So why bother about where we will end up?

He is free to take his product back anytime he wants and free to do with it anything he wants. I can't bother myself about the spiritual things. I don't have the strenght for that.

To make the matter worst his book (Bible) is too complex to understand hence we have millions of sects with different intepretations. Which one are we to believe then?

JECU: @Oilsubsidy dis u r name follow,abeg u go give me small money from d oil subsidy make I follow enjoy before Efcc go come.see ur onw miracle dey land with DHL cargo plane,u knw dhl delivery na express n u knw wat dat means.thanks dear,devil has done enough so its pay back time.God never created us to stay without children but those useless demon will go n reprogramme wat God have in stock for his children.its well with all of us

Thanks. The devil is a liar. It shall be well with you In Jesus Name!

3) something between God and man is radically wrong.

If this is the answer to all the problems, What is God waiting for then? No be him be Oga @ the top? Who is man to challenge him? let him do something I beg?

If he want to destroy the world let him do so sharp sharp.

Is like he enjoys all this ugly events in this world. I think he does enjoy it!

By the way: Religion in Nigeria is a natural disaster

JECU: @Goldenbaby hmmmmm dis one u dey talk say u self need d pregnancy hormone,if u talk sharperly sharperly wetin me go come talk,shapest shapest ha!! Which kind english be dis,abeg all join.babe wait ooo dis one u dey plan to MIA after .........haahahaha abeg u go show me how u dey design dat certificate cos I go design ur own dis year.I knw talk anything ooooo.abeg make I run before Golden go catch me.I dey come back

@JECU, I dey enjoy your post well, well. Just hang in there your miracle don land finish. Amen.

Joshthefirst: God's omniscience and freewill are exclusive(parallel). You are going to hell because you choose to do so. Gods omniscience is exclusive to the matter. How does the fact that he knows your final choice downgrade freewill?

I don't know how it is difficult to understand that God knows that your going to hell is ASSURED BY YOUR OWN CHOICE. Your "backsliding eventually" will not happen because he knows your choice, your choice is independent of his foreknowledge

How is this difficult to understand? Smh.

oohhh. Are you saying that he knows that you are going to hell by your own choice but he doesn't affect those choices? I understand you now.

But then again he knows you are going to hell anyway (bottomline). You will end up in hell!!

Where is the freewill then?

rationalmind: Lol bros, I no get power again. I don tire. I will keep disagreeing with you n u'll keep disagreeing with me. The msgs will go on n on. I don rest.

You can never win an argument with a brainwashed or religious mind. With religion, reason goes out the window. Why do you think Al queda people do what they do?

Joshthefirst: okay sir, let's put it another way.
I doubt this will work though.


Try to imagine yourself as an eternal judge who knows the end from the beginning.

Let's say I am a man, you know me. I claim to profess christ, but in secret, I commit sin, you know that I will continue to commit sin and be condemned as a result.
Now answer these questions:

1. Does your foreknowledge of my choices influence my choices?

2. Does justice not require you as a judge to warn me through all possible means to not continue in my path?

How you answer the first will determine how you answer the second.

O'l boy, na wa for you o o. It is plain obvious that whoever engages you in this christianity and God argument is merely wasting their time because your mind is already made up and can never be changed.

Ques: Your teacher already know you will fail exam no matter how you try because he is 'all knowing'. Can you do anything about it?

Ques: If God had already pencilled you down for hell becos he knows the end from the beginning, of what use is the freewill then? You are going to hell no matter what!

If God knows that your going to hell is assured, your being a christian today does not mean a thing because you will backslide eventually and still end up in hell in any case because he knew that is where you will end up.

You will never find the apostles of tithe on this thread

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All this pastors no go kill person. One minute they are translating verses in the bible literally, the next minute they are using their 'Spiritual' inner understanding to translate it.

How can someone say a man whose sperm gave birth to a child is not the father? How can you say GOD did not recognise Ishmael as Abraham son? No be GOD dey give PICKIN again?

The same bible said "Before ye were born, i already knew thee"

@OP, How can you comfortably watch those model pen1s on display with your wife? Do you have a 12inches JT like those guys? If not, don't you think that your madam may feel like taking one of them soon?

What you are doing is you are sowing the seed of divorce and it will happen sooner than later if you continue on this path.

She deserve it? Women don suffer!
You did not propose to her because you 'deserve it'?
You did not propose to her because you are madly in love with her?

ONLY BECAUSE SHE DESERVE IT? YOU BE HER GOD?

You can attend 'Brabus 101' for the next class if you want

https://www.nairaland.com/1338637/chateau-ile-oluji-construction-journal/9

You can attend 'Brabus 101' for the next class if you want

@Oga Jites, Do you know how much you have spent so far on this your MQ? I will like to know because i plan to do something similar in due course. Rgds

Ok. I will get in touch. Rgds

@Tope wealth, Are this items new products or used. I am very interested,