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buffalowings:
God know I can't marry a religious fanatic

If you go to church apart from Sundays then you have no business with me


Instead of working to make their contribution to making the economy grow, they will be spending hours idle asking for a non-existent manna from heaven

Going to church more than once a week marks the onset of mental illness, a benign form.

I have a female friend who finds one Church activity to attend almost every day.

She thinks that all her life problems end at church.
I don't know how to tell her that she might be mentally ill, and should seek professional psychological help.

herald9:


Who knows, it might be a source of power in heaven- food and electricity..
Maybe that's why God needs worshippers in the first place, to power heavenly generators.

Imagine they're even planning to join him there...
They'll sing till their butt burst

Lol.
Now it makes sense.

HungerBAD:
Sobering.

As a supporter of Buhari and the APC, i read this article with an unbiased mind, and there is a lot of home truth in it. Truth is, and after i just read this article is that we have a serious problem in the APC.

We need to get our acts together, and come back as a family.

This is not looking good.

C'mon. APC was never a family.
ACN was, but not a APC.

ACN was a party of progressives with absolutely nothing in common with the other party of neo-feudalists that it merged with.

The chickens are simply coming home to roost.

grodt999:
What a load of typical black african rubbish...
Prayers never changed anyone's life, there is no evidence of it.
What saves lives is commonsense, and ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT!

Don't mind them.

Instead of encourage rational thinking, they are busy tightening the yoke on black women, their inexhaustible resource for filthy lucre.

Black women are the most mentally enslaved on Earth.

Lol.

If a Christian has to mutter all these to him/herself every morning, then that person is obviously not a Christian.

If a Christian needs all that positive reinforcement every morning just to cope, then it should be obvious that Jesus supposedly died for nothing.

Lol.

herald9:
Hmmmm

With the amount of praises and worship this God dey chop per day in Nigeria only, excluding the ones offered by billions of his angels per second....

He must be a very fat man now.

If only praise and worship was a source of power, we would be exporting power to the whole world.

Isn't it ironic that praise and worship of invisible skydaddy only gives us endless invisible electric power ?

onetrack:
OP as a doubter you are on step two of recovery:

Church goer----->Doubter----->Deist---->Skeptic---->Agnostic---->Atheist

Some people don't make it all the way to the last step but any progress is good progress.

That's why I say that atheism is not a rejection , but an ACCEPTANCE, an acceptance of reality.
And it takes a long process to come to that acceptance.
Many never make it that far.
But, it is not compulsory that they do.

Unshackling oneself from the bandage of religious beliefs is good enough.

Mcowubaba:
We are just alike now...
Exactly the same thoughts...
Nigerian Pastors are leading more people into condemnation than righteousness.
I have explored/toured various Churches (Orthodox, pentecostal, spiritual, etc) all the same Money Money Money.....
Sow a seed, Sow a seed, First Fruit, Second Fruit, last Fruit, Basket of blessings, harvest etc. Are this Pastors are Farmers

Ignorance of history is one of the things that keep Africans glued to these throw-away relics of European pasts.

It only ignorant, badly educated Africans that still believe that religion is a force for good.
History tells us the exact opposite.

The history of Christianity is so shameful that the Europeans hardly talk about, let alone take Church and religion seriously in their day to day lives.

The history of Islam, cantankerous, bloody, to say the least.

Mangoes CANNOT grow from Desert Cactus tree.

The modern day practice of Christianity must of necessity be true to its origins, its DNA.

IbnSultaan:
Those playing politics & saying recession is only in Nigeria, just pick up your phone now & google 'oil-exporting countries in recession'
Countries in Recession Right now:

1. Nigeria

2. Canada

3. Ecuador

4. Venezuela
5 Brazil
Russia economy in trouble also

Canada is not in a recession.
Russian economy is not in any trouble. In fact, the Russian Ruble has regained all of its losses from last year.

Venezuela's problem is unique because it runsa socialist economic system.

Sure, oil prices are affecting Brazil, but the citizens are far from hunger.

Stop trying to console yourself that because other students in your class scored an 'F' , therefore an 'F' is not so bad.
An 'F' is an 'F'.

rexlims:
@op, I feel u. presently I am in dis state of mind where I dont see d Importance of going to church, studying d bible and lots more. I try to reason every actions and inactions from a logical point of view.
my wife, parents and siblings are all worried at dis change of attitude. I try to explain to them dat I love God. but doubt cos I dnt go to church. I dnt hv much but I hv equally accepted dat I cant hv evrytin in dis world as a person. I hv been to so many churches but it is d same msg- tithe, seed sowing, u nt prospering cos u are nt paying tithe etc. it makes me start thinking if God is to b paid before he blesses sum one.

From the beginning, to the present, with God, all scams are possible.

It makes you wonder, if the religion, the belief and worship of God, is a tool for every conceivable scam and other evils, then obviously, the perpetrators of such scams would know within themselves that the very notion of God is itself a scam.

In other words, the perpetrators of religious scams, from Prophets, pastors, imams, priests, gurus, etc, are the worst forms of atheists, because knowing that there is no skydaddy, they use pretences to scam the needy and gullible public.

Therefore, we can't just ignore the scams and focus directly on belief in God.
The scams are directly connected and speak soooo much about the belief in God and the very notion of the existence of God.

KingEbukasBlog:
. . Because you don't understand some tenants of Christianity does not mean God does not exist .
.

Lol.
See the arrogance!

Because he doesn't understand some tenants of Christianity ?

And we assume that you do ?

Op.
You don't have to become anything.
You don't have to belong to any labels.

The fact that you are exercising healthy skepticism about your beliefs are good enough.

The more you ask questions, the more you are likely to get answers.

No one is going to punish or throw you into a an eternal barbecue for simply exercising your rational thinking faculties.

skyface00:
Hmmmmmm not again

if you don't bug them, they generally won't bug you and they'll take huge pains to avoid you even seeing them if they can. They're not the most dangerous predator on the block - WE are. Far more snakes are killed by humans than the other way around.

They sense you coming from your footsteps and hightail it before you even catch sight of them,

For any ecosystem to function there needs to be a flow of energy. Without it, nothing, not even humans, would survive.

The urge to kill snakes is an evolutionarily honed impulse.
I do wish that in this modern Age, reason and common sense would let us leave these these creatures alone.
Snakes don't invade human habitats.
We invade theirs.

This impulse to kill every wild creature we see, just for the fun of it , must be curtailed.

kolaish:
why not look for a church that suits your style. There are so many denominations out there that will not drain your pocket, and take u for who you are. Beside worship, which is the aim of the church, my church seeks to improve members standard of living as well. A family church that I always looks forward to attending everytime where EVERYBODY IS SOMEBODY.

I always tell my friends, what you can't find in one Church, you will definitely not find in another Church. Churches, especially the Nigerian types, exist for the same reasons.

Once you begin to see through the mirage in one Church, it means that the rational part of your brain is agitating for freedom and sovereignty.

Ranchhoddas:
Whoever has the secret to hitting it big in sports betting should tell me now because I need money badly. Make I no go enter crime.

Lol.

Winners Chapel is called " Winners Chapel" for a reason.

I suggest you subscribe.

onatisi:
The day Nigerians start asking political aspirants sensible and intelligent questions about their plans and policies and stop asking them about which tribe,religion, party they belong to and stop asking for 2 kongos of rice and 500 naira ,that is the day Nigeria will start having sensible leaders.

You sir, are the prophet of our times.

But unlike religious prophets, you are inspired , not by magic and spiri spiri, but by rational observation of FACTS.
People have eyes, but they just can't seem to SEE.

yorubasmustprosper:
"But things and times have changed. It is now sour grapes time. Except for profiteers and/or pretenders who would not tell our President the gospel truth, things are falling apart. "

This is where I stopped reading Dele cry baby trash...
This man and instability reminds me of Zuma meme..

Until your zombism is completely cleansed of the smaller iota of 'blame Jonathan syndrome' we cannot reserve wailers form for you..

Buhari is a MASTER failure and until you recites this like Almajuri in Islamic schools(moving ur head from front to back), you remain a hypocrite that can't be trusted..

BTW: I observed where you politely accused Buhari of Human Rights Abuses...You are right there too..


Dele-de-Human-kpogh-kpough¡¡

I couldn't have said better.

Dele Momudu, who parades himself as part-time journalist, part-time Tinubu's boy, and part-time celebrity magazine publisher, speaks with, not just two sides of his mouth, but four.

If as a journalist, he had done some serious due diligence, some investigative work, it would have been easy to have seen that Buhari had nothing to offer, had no vision of what he wanted to do, and certainly no knowledge of the complexity of modern statecraft in a multicultural society.

Like his hero Buhari, Dele Momudu is today blaming everyone else but himself and his ilk for this monumental tragedy of misplaced trust.

gift01:
Girls(and guys) should learn Never to look down on anyone. Guys should also learn to package themselves even with the meagre cash u have. Freshness is key

Yeah.
Try packaging your stomach infrastructure with 1-0-1 or 0-1-0 meal plans, then see how it turns out.

deji15:
Una men.. Your issues are many. You have jumped from TSA to Nepotism (I would assume that because your kinsman has not been made a DG is the real reason for your bad belle), to your poor comprehension skills. There appears to be no cure for your affliction.

See what I mean?
I made reference to NEPOTISM only after you made reference to the so-called WAR against corruption.
Infact , you insinuated that I was bring back our corruption.

Only disingenuous people would look the other way in the face of blatant NEPOTISM, and then with the same mouth, claim to be fighting CORRUPTION.

You don't seem to get it , do you?

Your sentiments, or should I say, embarrassment at the mediocre stewardship of Buhari is clouding your reasoning.

989900:
Rubbish excuse from the loan defaulter, the TSA exposed you guys' fraud. The banks are the cesspit of corruption in this country. How many loans were given to SMEs with the non implementation? What happened to the reduced CRR, that already over compensated for the gov't/free money withdrawal.

The TSA is stipulated by the 1999 constitution, have a problem with it, seek for amendment, senator.

No doubts, banks are the cesspool of corruption.
There is no corruption case that doesn't involve a bank or two.
The entire system is corrupt.

So,was the TSA hurriedly implemented to punish the banks?

This goes to the crux of my argument.

Let me repeat, do you apply a jackhammer to the pesky fly perched on your Scrotum ?

If you do, you lose your family jewels

We must learn how to achieve strategic objectives without punishing everyone or without bringing the entire house down.

deji15:
I did not fail my exams and it is not for you to tell people who disagree with you that they lack comprehension problem.

Lol.
People who have comprehension problems usually fail their exams because they attempt to answer questions before they understand the questions.

Your first response to my thread betrays you as one who either has poor comprehension skills or someone who lets petty sentiments override his reasoning.

deji15:
That is your opinion which many Nigerians do not share.

I am assuming you want to write "deceive" instead of "decieve"...

Yeah.
Nepotism is just a word, a figment of my imagination, just like Recession,. Right?

deji15:
In summary:
We cannot build an economy where corruption is the working Capital - PMB

And you can't decieve Nigerians that you're fighting corruption when NEPOTISM is the working capital of the President.

deji15:
Guys, don't stress yourself over a wailing wailer. The OP must be one of the graduate from the PDP School Of Corruption and what he is simply trying to say is: BRING BACK OUR CORRUPTION!

In summary:
We cannot build an economy where corruption is the working Capital - PMB

If that was all you understood from all my posts in this thread, then obviously,..

You need to go to comprehension school.

This is why you all fail your exams, and why we perpetually have difficulty addressing simple issues of economics and governance.

Standing5:
You have a good point but you exergerated its degree of effect. TSA effect is negligible and is merely being exergerated by people who oppose the current admin for either political or economic reason.

No sir.
The effect is not being exaggerated at all.

In fact, the destructive effects are mathematically predictable.

Most people don't how banks operate , how they leverage deposits, how they create money, and how their credit- creating abiabilities fuel and expand economic activities.

Because banks are highly leveraged, suddenly and forcefully removing N3tr , 4-5℅ of GDP from the banking system is a lunatic act that has mathematically predictable destructive consequences.

The structural damage to the economy will take decades to undo. Mark my words.

oduastates:
Nothing to steal anymore Bruce. All those who used to keep government money in fixed deposits and pocketing the interest while staff salaries are left unpaid .

Government money goes to the government account.
The banks should do what banks elsewhere do.

1 Develop products that they can sell to their customers.
2 Invest in start ups and take a stake in the business.
3 invest in critical infrastructure and collect tolls.
e.g build housing or take stakes in building firms.

Monthly mortgage payment are like tolls. Likewise
A Student loans
B Road tolls
C Toll bridges
D Water.

If an when government need them for a programme(e.g to distribute bursaries, farmer's loans) , they will be called upon

Lol.

This guy doesn't understand the real role of banks in an economy.

Banks leverage deposits to create money and credit , that in turn, stimulate and expand the economic activities.

The amount of deposits the banking system has is directly proportional to the amount of money and credit they create to fuel economic expansion.

Draining 4-5℅ of GDP from the banking system at once , for any reasons whatsoever, is unheard of, talkless of doing it in a monoproduct economy at a time economic contraction.

Hhhmm.


https://www.nairaland.com/3130801/tsa-how-buhari-nuked-nigerian

greatgod2012:
You dey mind them

They have their ulterior motives for refusing to open the schools. Their ulterior motive is that they don't want their subjects liberated through education so that they won't be challenged by them. Good education liberates, they prefers their subjects shouting "ranka dede" to them each time the subjects are given peanuts instead of them to be educated and be like their children.

God dey sha!

They are dying of embarrassment that GEJ built for the poor, something that NO northern leader or head of state had ever done nor even advocated for, including Buhari, who prefers to be the champion of uneducated cattle herders.

What an irony.

Dear GEJ,
your legacies for themselves.

Your legacies are a constant source of bowel movements for the hypocrites.

Aufbauh:
Orji Kalu is spot on! How can i conclude on a man who have barely spent a year and a half out of a 4years mandate?....mbanu! So unfair and not in my philosophy of life.
It is like concluding on your football team after trailing an opposition with an hour left to play.

Yes,there maybe good grounds for criticism but not outright feeling of hopelessness and learned helplessness as been expressed by naysayers. Such to me is ill conceived and mischievous targeted to score a cheap point.

First of all, Kalu is just campaigning for his EFCC relief. So no sensible person should take that thief seriously.

Secondly, the government, from day one has had no direction.
In fact, their directionlessness , and their warped priorities were boldly encapsulated in the paper charade they called the 2016 budget.

Whither the budget of hope now ?

LordCzar202:
Do you see all those old buffoons in the pictures.... If the change started with them, this dead country won't be in this predicament. The question of reason is why are they still in the picture instead of the young and vibrant next generation. Answer is that its just another propaganda.

Everything that resulted to what you mentioned are as a result of the actions and inactions of all these men, who have been at the helm in different capacities and are still there not wanting to bulge. Screw them all and their change... Nigeria should burn for all I care so we could build something better from its ashes.

You hit the nail on the head.

Just looking at those buffoons in the pictures, does anyone see the possibility of change ?

If Buhari can't change, then who can ?

modelmike7:
. . . . Nigeria. will be great. again.

Interesting.

So, Nigeria was once great?

Kindly tell us during which era was Nigeria great.

Hagm0nd:
Well done bro

I Hail