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Re: Think Very Well Before Having Children – Mercy Johnson Advises by Mariangeles(f): 7:53pm On Nov 11, 2021
Kobojunkie:
"Exaggerated" you claim, yet never refuted you mean? undecided
Refute with what? More fake reports posted on the internet?

Are there homeless children? Yes
Are they up to 10 million? I don't believe.
Re: Think Very Well Before Having Children – Mercy Johnson Advises by Kobojunkie: 7:54pm On Nov 11, 2021
Mariangeles:
Refute with what? More fake reports posted on the internet?

Are there homeless children? Yes
Are they up to 10 million? I don't believe.
Refuted by the governments in question. undecided

Where it pertains social services, foreign organizations remain more informed than the Nigerian government and people on such issues. Go ask your government. undecided
Re: Think Very Well Before Having Children – Mercy Johnson Advises by Sterope(f): 8:15pm On Nov 11, 2021
Nigeria doesn't have a population explosion problem, it has an efficiency problem.

I am not contributing to the 'populatiom explosion problem' if I am able to cater for the NEEDS of MY kids. Meaning if I can handle my business that is my kids. If I am it relying on Nigerian government to pay their school fees or an uncle to feed them or beg an aunt to find them a N50k job. Mercy can afford to do that. Many of us can't.

Mercy can decide to have 20 children and each of those children can add value without taking from what is not available and underutilised resources.

We need to differentiate between those two concepts. I won't advocate for people who are financially and emotionally capable of raising more than two or four children not to do it.

By the way, I hope you know that the more less birthing = Less working age population = more aging population = Less resources = Less money available for Governance = an even sadder and poorer country.


Kobojunkie:
Nigeria currently has a population explosion problem with the number recorded as rising at about 5 Million each year. undecided

The worst kind of 'role model' for our women and children at this time are women who blatantly contribute to the explosion issue simply because they can afford it. undecided
Re: Think Very Well Before Having Children – Mercy Johnson Advises by Kobojunkie: 8:20pm On Nov 11, 2021
Sterope:
Nigeria doesn't have a population explosion problem, it has an efficiency problem.
I am not contributing to the 'populatiom explosion problem' if I am able to cater for the NEEDS of MY kids. Meaning if I can handle my business that is my kids. If I am it relying on Nigerian government to pay their school fees or an uncle to feed them or beg an aunt to find them a N50k job. Mercy can afford to do that. Many of us can't.
How did you arrive at the conclusion in bold please? undecided

Below is a statement made by the VP at a UN food systems summit in Feb of this year..
Nigeria's Vice President Yemi Osinbajo addressed on February 23 a UN Food Systems Summit organized by the Nigerian government in Abuja, the national capital. He was blunt about the country's food insecurity problem. He noted that Nigeria's population is growing much faster than the economy, limiting its ability to build resilient, sustainable food systems. The conference considered a variety of possible approaches to increasing food production. Their relevance to Nigeria's realities remains to be seen.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cfr.org/blog/nigerias-vice-president-speaks-plainly-population-and-food%3famp
Are you instead of the mind that he is wrong and the world with him? undecided
Re: Think Very Well Before Having Children – Mercy Johnson Advises by Sterope(f): 8:29pm On Nov 11, 2021
Maybe it is because when people talk about population, they also talk about resources. For a country like Nigeria where we barely utilise anything. I am choosing resource efficiency over population explosion.

Kobojunkie:
How did you arrive at the conclusion in bold please? undecided
Re: Think Very Well Before Having Children – Mercy Johnson Advises by Ifyjos(f): 8:29pm On Nov 11, 2021
That's the joy of motherhood if there not making you shout my sister check well something is wrong, may the good lord who gave them to us be with them always, direct them to the right paths that they will make us proud in Jesus name Amen
Re: Think Very Well Before Having Children – Mercy Johnson Advises by Kobojunkie: 8:30pm On Nov 11, 2021
Sterope:
Maybe it is because when people talk about population, they also talk about resources. For a country like Nigeria where we barely utilise anything. I am choosing resource efficiency over population explosion.
Barely utilize what exactly? undecided
Re: Think Very Well Before Having Children – Mercy Johnson Advises by Kobojunkie: 8:32pm On Nov 11, 2021
Ifyjos:
That's the joy of motherhood if there not making you shout my sister check well something is wrong, may the good lord who gave them to us be with them always, direct them to the right paths that they will make us proud in Jesus name Amen
The more than 10 million abandoned children out there were also joys of motherhood, right? undecided

And God is also the one who gave them, right? undecided
Re: Think Very Well Before Having Children – Mercy Johnson Advises by Ifyjos(f): 8:35pm On Nov 11, 2021
Kobojunkie:
The more than 10 million abandoned children out there were also joys of motherhood, right? undecided

And God is also the one who gave them, right? undecided
That's not my business , why don't you carry them to your house
Re: Think Very Well Before Having Children – Mercy Johnson Advises by Kobojunkie: 8:40pm On Nov 11, 2021
Ifyjos:
That's not my business , why don't you carry them to your house
Ofcourse, it is not your business.... the part where God the very same God decreed that you welcome them into your own Home, you conveniently ignore. All you want is to be able to fulfill your selfish desires - your so-called joy of motherhood, right? undecided
Re: Think Very Well Before Having Children – Mercy Johnson Advises by Sterope(f): 8:47pm On Nov 11, 2021
You can pray to God to soften all parents' hearts for them to adopt all these kids undecided.

I should be punished for their sins as well since I should be responsible for their actions.

I shouldn't have my own kids because some people decided not to be responsible.



Kobojunkie:
Ofcourse, it is not your business.... the part where God the very same God decreed that you welcome them into your own Home, you conveniently ignore. All you want is to be able to fulfill your selfish desires - your so-called joy of motherhood, right? undecided
Re: Think Very Well Before Having Children – Mercy Johnson Advises by Kobojunkie: 8:50pm On Nov 11, 2021
Sterope:
You can pray to God to soften all parents' hearts for them to adopt all these kids undecided.
I should be punished for their sins as well since I should be responsible for their actions.
I shouldn't have my own kids because some people decided not to be responsible.
Which kain exercise in futility be that one? undecided

God didn't say pray for such things... instead He commanded those who claim to believe in Him to welcome the homeless into their homes. undecided

You think of it as God punishing you for the sins of others, but God sees it instead as you obeying His commandments to you. So you decide... do you obey God or do you go your own way. undecided
Re: Think Very Well Before Having Children – Mercy Johnson Advises by Mariangeles(f): 8:50pm On Nov 11, 2021
Ifyjos:
That's not my business , why don't you carry them to your house
Kobojunkie:
Ofcourse, it is not your business.... the part where God the very same God decreed that you welcome them into your own Home, you conveniently ignore. All you want is to be able to fulfill your selfish desires - your so-called joy of motherhood, right? undecided
Sterope:
You can pray to God to soften all parents' hearts for them to adopt all these kids undecided.

I should be punished for their sins as well since I should be responsible for their actions.

I shouldn't have my own kids because some people decided not to be responsible.
grin
Re: Think Very Well Before Having Children – Mercy Johnson Advises by Sterope(f): 8:53pm On Nov 11, 2021
This is where I wonder what you are doing on Nairaland. That money is better spend on feeding homelesa kids.
Kobojunkie:
Which kain exercise in futility be that one? undecided

God didn't say pray for such things... instead He commanded those who claim to believe in Him to welcome the homeless into their homes. undecided

You think of it as God punishing you for the sins of others, but God sees it instead as you obeying His commandments to you. So you decide... do you obey God or do you go your own way. undecided
Re: Think Very Well Before Having Children – Mercy Johnson Advises by Kobojunkie: 8:55pm On Nov 11, 2021
Sterope:
This is where I wonder what you are doing on Nairaland. That money is better spend on feeding homelesa kids.
You are right ... the moment i am able to, I intend on doing exactly as God commands instead of living for self. undecided
Re: Think Very Well Before Having Children – Mercy Johnson Advises by Mariangeles(f): 9:00pm On Nov 11, 2021
Kobojunkie:
You are right ... the moment i am able to, I intend on doing exactly as God commands instead of living for self. undecided
You are what your signature says you know? The “aggressive” minority. undecided
Re: Think Very Well Before Having Children – Mercy Johnson Advises by Kobojunkie: 9:01pm On Nov 11, 2021
Mariangeles:
You are what your signature says you know? The “aggressive” minority. undecided
So? undecided
There isn't anything wrong with being part of the aggressive minority. If you weren't yourself existing in denial of the problems in the world, you would probably be standing right next to me in line.. undecided
Re: Think Very Well Before Having Children – Mercy Johnson Advises by Mariangeles(f): 9:03pm On Nov 11, 2021
Kobojunkie:
So? undecided
I once asked you what inspired it, and you failed to give me a straightforward answer.
You were referring to yourself?
Re: Think Very Well Before Having Children – Mercy Johnson Advises by Kobojunkie: 9:05pm On Nov 11, 2021
Mariangeles:
I once asked you what inspired it, and you failed to give me a straightforward answer.
You were referring to yourself?
I could have been even part of the aggressive ones even then, yes. And I still am a part of the agreesive minority even now. undecided
Re: Think Very Well Before Having Children – Mercy Johnson Advises by Sterope(f): 9:08pm On Nov 11, 2021
You don't need data. You should cancel your dtaa subscription. That is some families' feeding allowance..
Kobojunkie:
You are right ... the moment i am able to, I intend on doing exactly as God commands instead of living for self. undecided
Re: Think Very Well Before Having Children – Mercy Johnson Advises by Kobojunkie: 9:10pm On Nov 11, 2021
Sterope:
You don't need data. You should cancel your dtaa subscription. That is some families' feeding allowance..
How did you arrive at this conclusion that I don't need data subscription? undecided
Re: Think Very Well Before Having Children – Mercy Johnson Advises by Sterope(f): 9:10pm On Nov 11, 2021
Lol. Feeding is a need not an allowance.
Kobojunkie:
I don't have a data subscription. If it is a family's allowance that is fine, that family should take care of themselves. undecided
Re: Think Very Well Before Having Children – Mercy Johnson Advises by Kobojunkie: 9:11pm On Nov 11, 2021
Sterope:
Lol. Feeding is a need not an allowance.
Isn't data also a need in the world we now live in? undecided

Needs are not set in stone ...they change with time and we live today in a world where data is necessary for accessing real time potential live saving information. undecided

By the way, God didn't tell you to feed a family... His instructions are quite specific... you should check it out in Isaiah 58. undecided
Re: Think Very Well Before Having Children – Mercy Johnson Advises by Mariangeles(f): 9:23pm On Nov 11, 2021
Kobojunkie:
So? undecided
There isn't anything wrong with being part of the aggressive minority. If you weren't yourself existing in denial of the problems in the world, you would probably be standing right next to me in line.. undecided
No. As we cannot all believe in the same thing, at the same time.

Denial of world’s problems? undecided
In life, I believe we all have at least that one cause that we believe in, stand up and fight for.
We can’t all be part of every cause in life.
Re: Think Very Well Before Having Children – Mercy Johnson Advises by Mariangeles(f): 9:24pm On Nov 11, 2021
Kobojunkie:
I could have been even part of the aggressive ones even then, yes. And I still am a part of the agreesive minority even now. undecided
I know. cheesy
Re: Think Very Well Before Having Children – Mercy Johnson Advises by Kobojunkie: 9:32pm On Nov 11, 2021
Mariangeles:
1. No. As we cannot all believe in the same thing, at the same time.

2. Denial of world’s problems? undecided
In life, I believe we all have at least that one cause that we believe in, stand up and fight for.
We can’t all be part of every cause in life.
1. I don't get you. Being an aggressive member of a minority group does not mean we all believe in the same things. For instance, I wholeheartedly believe in Jesus Christ, the New Covenant and I am aggressive in my belief but I also understand that not everyone believes as I do so I don't go shoving Him at everyone.. I only started discussing God here because someone attempted to introduce a lie in His name, something that is typical of the small-minded. undecided

2. This isn't about being a part of some but not all. We are here discussing an issue which affects everyone in the world today and if care is not taken, in less than 10 years from now, life is bound to get so many times much harder to so many more people, kids included. We can no longer afford to be blind to it or pretend say no be our concern. undecided

If the rate of growth continues in Nigeria, the contribution is add another 50 million people to its count in the next 10 years, that is a 25% ballooning of the population. Can you not see how this is a problem that will impact all Nigerians, regardless of what their cause and stance is? undecided
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