₦airaland Forum

ifeanyi83:
Again i ask...where is the NLC and TUC?....

some reasonable ones there have found out the mistake they did four years ago by protesting against subsidy. they will not like to repeat it again. let the oil marketers go and die, we have found out that they are the real problems of nigeria

he isn't selfish and weekend just like every other oil makerters

is he right?

[quote author=Damlesky post=19273821][/quote]it obvious that Christians believes that bible does not mean what it says rather it says what Christians mean

BeeBeeOoh:
but, u be armed robber nah??..abeg bring that man to court.. Onye Oshi!!

why court? instead just tile 10kg of cocaine on his bobos and export him to indonesia. i think their court knows how to pass judgement

eliment:
you are useless as your post, there is nothing that happens in a country without the hand of the President. Yes quote me and I'll let you know how

''Mr i know all'' tell the whole world how johnathan cuased fuel scarcity

paxonel:
God does not deal with how people feels or their emotions.
His promises are sure.
If he tells you he has given you eternal life, he has given you.
He is the one to detect how you will go about living that eternal life. Infact, when he christian dies he is not conscious of himself again. Whatever happens from there is God

no problem my dear and when other religion dies. he go straight to your own hell fire right?

OrlandoOwoh:
GEJ will end up making Buhari a hero. Baba is going to address the problem in his first week as President.

are you a fool, we are looking for a solution to this subsidy fraud and you are here talking of incoming fraudsters

zaragoza:
Weren't past administrations paying subsidy? why is it an issue with this present government?

fool

buzquet:
I bought 30ltrs of fuel yestaday for 13k!!!!!!!! Na thunder go fire Jonathan n his crew in Jesus name!!!!!!!!!

concluded it with his religious bigotry. '''in jesus name'''' this is why we refer to them as the most wicked human beings existing on earth

NoMoreTrolling:
I am ready to buy fuel initially at 150 naira per liter for this subsidy to go far, far away.

Infact, up it to 180 per liter with no scarcity ever again in the history of the country and I'll pay. At least we could still be productive and ration things out.

With subsidy removed though, I don't even think prices will get that high.

Bottom line, remove subsidy NOW!!

No more this person is owing that to this person, nmba, no!

Just import the fuel and we will pay full price untill the refineries start working abeg, too much shakara, mtcheww!

you guys will later appologise to GEJ, this was why those useless idiots persuaded us to go for protest on fuel subsidy removal

i saw nigeria

nice guy

publicenemy:
To all you guys talking about superstitions, the earlier you start believing in these things the better for you because life is filled with mysterious and inexplicable phenomenons.

Between june,july and august 2014 I constantly had this dream that I broke all or sometimes many teeth in my mouth. I would wake at night after having these dreams and instead of praying to rebuke what ever it is I would go back to sleep. It continued for 3 months until the 10th of october when I had an accident and broke both bones in my left arm,I spent over N500k treating my self and the physical,psychological distress it caused me almost made me commit suicide.infact I literally prayed every night for God to take my life in my sleep.

All I had to do was pray for just one of those nights... Just one night... Just one but the believe that its all superstition coupled with laziness stopped me. So my Nairaland brothers and sisters, it will take nothing from you to go on ur knees for just 2 minutes and pray to God whether you believe in him or not...just say any kind of prayer after having any dream that makes you wake up scared. You never know it may just save ur life. If you believe there is a devil or any kind of spiritual forces or even magic then you should believe there is a God.
I am not a reeligous person, I don't go to church..minfact right now am layin in my bed as I type this... But when am in trouble especially spiritual situations that I know I can't deal with.. Omo...if I dey pray, today you go think say na my last prayer.

oga, na me shop am. che na you say i need serious deliverance? abeg come deliver me and tell me what you are delivering from. is it from been unhealthy or been deluded like you? the issue with Nigerians is that they hardly see something as occurring naturally, just assume that you dreaming of where you want to urinate, some people might be stronger to resist urinating on their bed there by waking up immediately without concluding the dream, same thing applies to eating because it has to do with taking in something by yourself, not a reflex action, so majority of people will find it hard to eat in the dream because it is not a reflex action. so some will eventually wake up immediately they want to eat so there by concluding it is demonic to eat in dream. the same group of people will go to bed and bed wet, why because ejaculation is not something you can control, it is a reflex action once you are arouse. some mind may be dreaming of where he is making love, why you bed wet is because you cant control ejaculation not like urinating where you can seize it up.
so my fellow Nigerians if you choose to be possessed, it is for your pocket but as for me, i see everything as occurring naturally

please Nigerians. we are still waiting

signs of being jobless

ITbomb:
Marketers say that government still owe them outstanding payments for the fuel they have been importing, Aunty Ngozi brought out a balance sheet and told them that all payments had been made.
So the marketers said that this government must pay for this month and next month before they go

APC said that subsidy is a fraud, that nothing like that exist, so Ngozi said that since they have paid more than half of legitimate payment for the month, APC government would have to come and handle what they had said does not exist.

thank you very much my brother. the problem there is that right now i am not in Nigeria, we have a lot of Nigerians today who argue so much on the cause of Nigeria hardship situation, i am a different kind of a person that always wants to know much about something not just like a market woman who will just believes what she wishes to hear. i will like the moderators to push this to front page so as to have the more opinions of other Nigerians who knows much well concerning this current situation. it is high time we discover the cause of our problems and who are the people causing such terrible situations for Nigerians

ent time warriors. una no dey tire? every year you people are evolving new ideas ansd imaginations, from obama care to Illuminati, and then to BVN, who knows what next. may be na sim card or even ATM or even nigeria naira

paxonel:
we are saved from death.
imagine life without death,
It is called everlasting life.
John 3:16, For God so love the world,whosever believe should have everlasting life.
it's a beautiful thing.
Some people say they will soon get tired of life.Because of this, God has designed eternal life in such a way that we live aboundantly (continous life after death ) without we ourselves being conscious of what has been happening

go and ask a 90 years old man or women if he or she is not already tired of this world not to talk of eternity. i dont think you know what eternity is all about

UncleSnr:
Where were you before you were born?

stop arguing with this people, they are just brainless

Osirimononaye:
Lol, when Atheist Die, where are they going to

and this is what you theist will be doing in heaven, clubbing day and night, flexing, even like going to club with this kind of babe wey me carry dey waka pass this post

just passing by. i will be back when Nigerians recover from their senses and free themselves from religious bigotries

we all are here to learn something new which we don't really know much about.
if there is anyone here who can briefly explain to the whole Nigerians and also some Nigerians in diaspora the cause of fuel scarcity and who are the real problems of Nigeria so that we can know whom to blame instead of making some baseless blames on someone or group of people
tell us so that we all can learn. the solution to a problem is to first get the root of the problem

can some one just open up and tell the whole world the cause of this fuel scarcity instead of putting ignorance blame on another people

eliment:
This is what Gej government has reduced Nigeria to
He and is cronies have crippled everything in this country just to make Nigerians pay for rejecting them and make take off really difficult for the new government. No light, no fuel, no security. Nothing is working

Gej, God is watching you, you sure will pay for all this hardship Nigerians are passing through now..

You will be remembered as the worst president in the history of Nigeria

oga. dont just travel out without you brain. i have seen many stupid post on nairaland but this one tops it all,
do you think that GEJ will just prefer to punish nigerians or tanige his image and left we nigerians with fuel scarcity. this is the right time for you to use your brain and figure out those people that GEJ use to call ''CABALS'' use your brain for once. this oil importers are dancing on our ignorance and foolishness

everybody on instagram sharing pics. while me and my babe just dey go club tonight. see you all later tomorrow

the kind posts wey dey make front page this time around. make i just carry my baby dey go jareh, weekend clubbing in my mind

Dcaliphate:
he is probably teaching her religion ' as in the days of old' when adam and eve were still in Eden

you mean Eden Harzard

kill them all, its better to have 10 million reasonable Nigerians in the whole country than having 180 million fools and disgusting people

if you only know that the same useless and foolish Nigerians still go along with this their cultism to another countries. go to senegal and see for yourself

Sanchez01:
Sorry to say you're a bit ignorant. Noah's ark was not just "any size."

[b]The Design of the Ark

A. The Designer was God Himself. We do not need to assume Noah knew anything about ship-building. The instructions for design are given in Gen. 6:14ff.

B. Construction Materials

The Bible says the Ark was to be built of "gopher wood". "Gopher" is the actual Hebrew word. In early English translations the meaning of the word was unknown so it was left untranslated. The NIV translates it "cypress wood", however, this is only a guess. It was undoubtedly translated this way due to the fact that cypress wood is highly resistant to rot. What this material was is still a mystery. It could have been a pre-flood wood with which we are not familiar.

It is almost certain that Noah did not construct a standard wooden ship of the kind we are familiar. According to nautical engineers the longest wooden vessel ever built was 360 feet in length and was not seaworthy. Because of the wave action of the sea only wooden ships shorter than this will be seaworthy. Therefore, we must conclude that Noah used some other method of construction to overcome this problem.

C. The Design.

1. The Biblical word for Ark is "tebah". It is used 28 times in the OT and is only used of Noah's Ark and for the container in which Moses was hidden among the bulrushes. Because of a similar Egyptian word meaning "box", and the ultimate purpose of the Ark, we believe the Ark was not like a streamlined vessel designed to easily glide through the water. More likely it was shaped like a rectangular barge which floated rather low in the water. From the story in the Bible, it also would appear that Noah had no control over the vessel. He, and it contents were at the total mercy of God.

2. The Ark had three stories with only one door. The phrase in Gen. 6:16, "Make a roof for it and finish the Ark to within 18 inches of the top." is problematic in that the words used are obscure. Most commentators believe it means leave an 18 inch space at the top that is open all around the vessel. This then would be for ventilation, and when water entered it would drain out somewhere below, similar to the vents in cars.

3. The Ark was to be coated inside and out with pitch.

Again the Hebrew word for "pitch" is obscure. It was more likely some resinous material used not only to waterproof the vessel but also to prevent decay. If Noah was 480 years old when God told him to build an Ark and 600 when the Flood came, it is reasonable to assume that the construction of the Ark took place during this 120 year period (See Gen. 6:3 along with I Pet. 3:20). The need for this preservative was essential. It is also possible that things did not decay as rapidly in the pre-flood atmosphere.

4. The phrase in the NIV (6:14) "make rooms" is also problematic in that the word is obscure. The Hebrew is "qnm". Since Hebrew did not have any vowels when it was written, scholars speculate that the word could be either "qinnim" or "qanim". The former would mean either "rooms" or "nest", and the later, "reeds". Most English translations translate as in the former. However, some of the better and more recent commentaries, believe it should be translated "reeds" since the context is building materials. If in reality it is "reeds", then somehow reeds were part of the construction material. Large boats are still made from reeds and are very seaworthy. The Egyptians still use reeds for caulking their wooden ships.

III. The Size of the Ark

(When considering its size it obviously was not the backyard effort of a primitive river-dweller!)

A. It is given in cubits as being 300 cubits long by 50 cubits wide and 30 cubits high. A cubit in the OT was generally about 17.5 inches. However, an Egyptian royal cubit measured about 20.5 inches. Since Moses was educated in Egypt we must allow for the possibility that the longer measurement was meant here. The Ark, therefore, could have measured from 437 feet to 512 feet in length! It was not until the late 19th century that a ship anywhere near this size was built.

B. It's Ratio

The Ark had a ratio (length x width x height) of 30 x 5 x 3. According to ship-builders, this ratio represents an advanced knowledge of ship-building since it is the optimum design for stability in rough seas. The Ark, as designed by God, was virtually impossible to capsize! It would have to have been tilted over 90 degrees in order to capsize.

C. Its Volume.

With the shorter cubit the Ark would have an internal volume of 1,518,750 cubic feet, or the equivalent of 569 standard railroad boxcars. If the average sized animal was the size of a sheep it means the Ark could hold over 125,000 sheep. (Assuming the shape of the Ark to be rectangular there would have been over 100,000 sq. ft of floor space!)[/b]
I needed to put the bolded that way to establish the fact that it is not just any boat.

''no man ever believes that the bible means what it says; he is always convinced that it says what he means

Sanchez01:
Sorry to say you're a bit ignorant. Noah's ark was not just "any size."

[b]The Design of the Ark

A. The Designer was God Himself. We do not need to assume Noah knew anything about ship-building. The instructions for design are given in Gen. 6:14ff.

B. Construction Materials

The Bible says the Ark was to be built of "gopher wood". "Gopher" is the actual Hebrew word. In early English translations the meaning of the word was unknown so it was left untranslated. The NIV translates it "cypress wood", however, this is only a guess. It was undoubtedly translated this way due to the fact that cypress wood is highly resistant to rot. What this material was is still a mystery. It could have been a pre-flood wood with which we are not familiar.

It is almost certain that Noah did not construct a standard wooden ship of the kind we are familiar. According to nautical engineers the longest wooden vessel ever built was 360 feet in length and was not seaworthy. Because of the wave action of the sea only wooden ships shorter than this will be seaworthy. Therefore, we must conclude that Noah used some other method of construction to overcome this problem.

C. The Design.

1. The Biblical word for Ark is "tebah". It is used 28 times in the OT and is only used of Noah's Ark and for the container in which Moses was hidden among the bulrushes. Because of a similar Egyptian word meaning "box", and the ultimate purpose of the Ark, we believe the Ark was not like a streamlined vessel designed to easily glide through the water. More likely it was shaped like a rectangular barge which floated rather low in the water. From the story in the Bible, it also would appear that Noah had no control over the vessel. He, and it contents were at the total mercy of God.

2. The Ark had three stories with only one door. The phrase in Gen. 6:16, "Make a roof for it and finish the Ark to within 18 inches of the top." is problematic in that the words used are obscure. Most commentators believe it means leave an 18 inch space at the top that is open all around the vessel. This then would be for ventilation, and when water entered it would drain out somewhere below, similar to the vents in cars.

3. The Ark was to be coated inside and out with pitch.

Again the Hebrew word for "pitch" is obscure. It was more likely some resinous material used not only to waterproof the vessel but also to prevent decay. If Noah was 480 years old when God told him to build an Ark and 600 when the Flood came, it is reasonable to assume that the construction of the Ark took place during this 120 year period (See Gen. 6:3 along with I Pet. 3:20). The need for this preservative was essential. It is also possible that things did not decay as rapidly in the pre-flood atmosphere.

4. The phrase in the NIV (6:14) "make rooms" is also problematic in that the word is obscure. The Hebrew is "qnm". Since Hebrew did not have any vowels when it was written, scholars speculate that the word could be either "qinnim" or "qanim". The former would mean either "rooms" or "nest", and the later, "reeds". Most English translations translate as in the former. However, some of the better and more recent commentaries, believe it should be translated "reeds" since the context is building materials. If in reality it is "reeds", then somehow reeds were part of the construction material. Large boats are still made from reeds and are very seaworthy. The Egyptians still use reeds for caulking their wooden ships.

III. The Size of the Ark

(When considering its size it obviously was not the backyard effort of a primitive river-dweller!)

A. It is given in cubits as being 300 cubits long by 50 cubits wide and 30 cubits high. A cubit in the OT was generally about 17.5 inches. However, an Egyptian royal cubit measured about 20.5 inches. Since Moses was educated in Egypt we must allow for the possibility that the longer measurement was meant here. The Ark, therefore, could have measured from 437 feet to 512 feet in length! It was not until the late 19th century that a ship anywhere near this size was built.

B. It's Ratio

The Ark had a ratio (length x width x height) of 30 x 5 x 3. According to ship-builders, this ratio represents an advanced knowledge of ship-building since it is the optimum design for stability in rough seas. The Ark, as designed by God, was virtually impossible to capsize! It would have to have been tilted over 90 degrees in order to capsize.

C. Its Volume.

With the shorter cubit the Ark would have an internal volume of 1,518,750 cubic feet, or the equivalent of 569 standard railroad boxcars. If the average sized animal was the size of a sheep it means the Ark could hold over 125,000 sheep. (Assuming the shape of the Ark to be rectangular there would have been over 100,000 sq. ft of floor space!)[/b]
I needed to put the bolded that way to establish the fact that it is not just any boat.

na so talk cheap