₦airaland Forum

bakynes:
Its a city not a country, it doesnt have its own military, it doesnt have its own passport and other things a country owns. A Cardinal from Vatican city, Rome will still either carry an Italian passport nor another country's passport depending on where he is from.

Stop arguing blindly, the Vatican is a country and the pope is the head of state. There is a Vatican embassy in Nigeria and you are saying it's not a country.

ricky8996:
Were s North Korea

Exactly the country I was looking for till I saw ur comment. those guys don't believe in anything..

9jatatafo:
Really? Though I have watched a movie about that popular religious body in Rome and in was shocked about what was revealed

what is the name of the movie?

emmayodata:
What people forget to see abt Naija and religion is that, unlike most other countries, we face spiritual challenges.

Please share with us the spiritual challenges of which you speak, and my friend.

How do they afflict us alone of all nations? And how does Christianity improve things?

and probably the 9th with the most mumu people on the planet

Compare these countries with TI corruption index and world Bank development index. Very high in the former and very low on the latter. I submit that religiosity fertilize corruption and impede development. Opium!!

ricsman:
so what about the remaining 30%..... u dat isn't deceiving himself.... don't quote me if u can't educate somebody without exhibiting ITK.

lol@ "ITK",sincerely am so sorry if i hurt you.pls goole to see "the remaining 30%".lol

Religion goes with poverty, the poorest countries are religious the richest are not. Why dont we have miracles in Africa? We are most religious right.

ANTONINEUTRON:
What is d difference btween religious and godly

Emaculate question.religion means going to church/mosque,praying/fasting regularly,giving tithe/offering etc but godly means being honest,sincere,exibiting intergrity,truthful etc. Nigerians are VERY religous but highly ungodly!!! lol

Mavrick2012:
Emaculate question.religion means going to church/mosque,praying/fasting regularly,giving tithe/offering etc but godly means being honest,sincere,exibiting intergrity,truthful etc. Nigerians are VERY religous but highly ungodly!!! lol

Why does god have to be involved for people to exhibit any of the following?

Surely the countries with high atheist populations have many people who embody such qualities with zero belief or interest in gods.

Nonsense research
No Iran, india,Saudi Arabian,Brazil or UAE in first ten
Are this people for real??
On what basis were the country ranked
Cos naija no reach Saudi in terms of being over religious.

Mavrick2012:
Emaculate question.religion means going to church/mosque,praying/fasting regularly,giving tithe/offering etc but godly means being honest,sincere,exibiting intergrity,truthful etc. Nigerians are VERY religous but highly ungodly!!! lol

My broda, if u try to analyse religion, u'll get confused d mre!!
Just do wat u wanna do and leave d rest.

Mavrick2012:
lol@ "ITK",sincerely am so sorry if i hurt you.pls goole to see "the remaining 30%".lol

Christianity in China has a history going back to the 7th century during the Tang dynasty . Today, it comprises
Catholics , Protestants , and a small number of Orthodox Christians. Although its lineage in China is not as ancient as the institutional religions of
Taoism , Mahayana Buddhism and
Confucianism , [note 1] Christianity has existed in China since at least the seventh century and has gained influence over the past 200 years.[3][4]
In recent years, the number of Chinese Christians has increased significantly, particularly since the easing of restrictions on religious activity during
economic reforms in the late 1970s; Christians were 4 million before 1949 (3 million Catholics and 1 million Protestants). [5] Today, accurate data on Chinese Christians is hard to come by. [6] According to official figures, Christians are 26 million, which excludes children and unregistered churches. [7] On the other hand, some international Christian organizations estimate there are tens of millions more. [8]
In many parts of China, the practice of religion continues to be tightly controlled by government authorities. Chinese over the age of 18 are only permitted to join officially sanctioned Christian groups registered with the government-approved Protestant
Three-Self Church and China Christian Council , and Chinese Patriotic Catholic Church .[9] On the other hand, many Christians practice in informal networks and unregistered congregations, often described as
house churches or underground churches , the proliferation of which began in the 1950s when many Chinese Protestants and Catholics began to reject state-controlled structures purported to represent them. [10] Members of such groups are said to represent the "silent majority" of Chinese Christians and represent many diverse theological traditions.





Islam in China has existed through 1,400 years of continuous interaction with Chinese society. [2] Currently,
Muslims are a significant minority group in China. Hui Muslims are the majority Muslim group in China. The greatest concentration is in Xinjiang, with a significant Uyghur population. Lesser but significant populations reside in the regions of Ningxia ,
Gansu , and Qinghai . [3] Various sources estimate different numbers of adherents with some sources indicating that 1.5-4% of the total population in China are Muslims.[4] Of
China 's 55 officially recognized minority peoples, ten groups are predominantly Sunni Muslim .




China is officially an atheist state with one of the lowest percentages in the world of people who consider themselves religious.
[ Wikipedia “Religion in China” ]
Buddhism and Daoism (Taoism) are the most popular religions in China. However, there are also sizeable populations of Muslims (1-2%), and Christians (3-4%).
[ Wikipedia “Religion in China” ]
China has up to 300 million religious believers , according to a 2007 government-sponsored survey on spirituality and religion in China. The study disputed the long-standing official estimate of 100 million, a figure that has stood since the 1960’s. Buddhism, Taoism and Islam accounted for 67% of the believers.
[ The Washington Post “Poll Finds Surge of Religion Among Chinese” Feb. 8, 2007 ]

cheers!!!!!

7 countries from Africa, still they are the most backward Continent..

Rexyl:
True religion doesn't seek to kill but rather to save. Those killing themselves and others on religion are ignorant of what God requires of them. Satan is the author of all evils, while many have tried to associate themselves with religion and God. Christianity combines faith and work, diligence and wisdom, craftiness and intelligence even to design and discover, that is the reason why the Bible says if anyone lacks wisdom he must ask God for it. Those who might have rejected religion/faith/God in the recent times might be living in the danger and comfort of the perilous times of the last days, after they have reaped the good fruits of labour of their fore fathers who spent quality times with God, asking for peaceful and convenient times for the future generations. We shouldn't deceive ourselves, most churches in Nigeria today are praying for better future that will guarantee abundance of beautiful things. What if God finally grants the request and the generation witnessing it thinks it is by their power, and become overtaken by pride and arrogance. That's what has been described as the danger of convenient/comfortable time.

After known the truth about God in CHRISTIAN religion and you decide to follow your own way, nobody, even God will query you for your action. But whatever you choose and practice shall be revealed one day when God will test your work by fire and ask you to give account of how you spend your life. What if the work is burnt and the life spent is condemned. Having faith in God is not in any way problem to the others and the world. Those who lack understanding or being influenced to do evil by Satan are the problem, not religion or God.

pls educate yourself

please, we are now smart, religion is a disease, my freinds brother had the opportuinity to travel to the USA with a freind of his, but because he was a choir master in his church he didnt want to leave, he said he loved the church and wld miss alot of people, the church even told him not to go that they wld pay him allowance, fast forward, three years later, the othe guy that went cam back to nigeria and built a mansion for his parents, bought them good cars, established a company in nigeria, he is a millionaire now......my freinds foolish brother still lives on 60k naira monthly..... nigerians lets be wise, why cant adeboye or oyedepo pray for boko haram to go.....no they cant do that because prayer cant do what humans are meant to do.... what will defeat boko haram is good strategies and good amunitions plus great welfare for our soldiers, not your useless prayers, prayers we have all being praying since independence, over 50years now una don dey pray, nigeria has never had 2weeks of interrupted power supply since its excistence......foolish people still hallucinate.... i will argue it with anybody, religion is nigerias major problem....... when pastor says GOD BLESS YOU, GOD BLESS YOU....he has already bought 4 private jets, stupid followers still remain stupid

did I see Ghana dia? I don't trust the source. Even who religious grandiosity don help.

Kennedyiheme:
please, we are now smart, religion is a disease, my freinds brother had the opportuinity to travel to the USA with a freind of his, but because he was a choir master in his church he didnt want to leave, he said he loved the church and wld miss alot of people, the church even told him not to go that they wld pay him allowance, fast forward, three years later, the othe guy that went cam back to nigeria and built a mansion for his parents, bought them good cars, established a company in nigeria, he is a millionaire now......my freinds foolish brother still lives on 60k naira monthly..... nigerians lets be wise, why cant adeboye or oyedepo pray for boko haram to go.....no they cant do that because prayer cant do what humans are meant to do.... what will defeat boko haram is good strategies and good amunitions plus great welfare for our soldiers, not your useless prayers, prayers we have all being praying since independence, over 50years now una don dey pray, nigeria has never had 2weeks of interrupted power supply since its excistence......foolish people still hallucinate.... i will argue it with anybody, religion is nigerias major problem....... when pastor says GOD BLESS YOU, GOD BLESS YOU....he has already bought 4 private jets, stupid followers still remain stupid

bro it is uninterrupted power supply and ur words dey fear me. na pidgin or was it English ?but a good piece though

NonnyDot:
bro it is uninterrupted power supply and ur words dey fear me. na pidgin or was it English ?but a good piece though

yeah when typing something as long as that I care less about the spellings...I just hope your good spellings has made you money

Megaflex:
pls educate yourself

You are free to make your choice. It is up to you to believe in God or not. If you think his way is hard for you to follow try the way of the world and its emptiness, you will know the difference ONE DAY

Man when did you pray, fast and believe in God last, or you are taught in the knowledge of God? If your answer is no, you need to read beyond science and encyclopedia and add something higher and greater - something beyond vanity.

Rexyl:
You are free to make your choice. It is up to you to believe in God or not. If you think his way is hard for you to follow try the way of the world and its emptiness, you will know the difference ONE DAY

Man when did you pray, fast and believe in God last, or you are taught in the knowledge of God? If your answer is no, you need to read beyond science and encyclopedia and add something higher and greater - something beyond vanity.

yeah the same old boring talk, nigerians are getting wise, religion is a cause, people say there is hell....I can tell you the nigeria we live in is hell, there is no greater hell

I don't have problem with Religion however domination of religion over logical reasoning is absurd. Colonization of the concept of God has held Africans in shackles. We must wake up and redefine GOD. The colonialists concept of religion is fraud and a tool for imperialism. Sometimes I wonder if Jesus was a black deity, would the white ever kowtow before a black man. Africans need to wake up and ask fundamental question " Who is God ". Define your own God and progress.


Know me before you worship me - if you don't know me how do you want to worship me. - sacred hadith

TrajansKong:
Please share with us the spiritual challenges of which you speak, and my friend.

How do they afflict us alone of all nations? And how does Christianity improve things?

read it again, I didn't say Naija alone. Most developed courtries face physical challenges like bombing, drugs etc. but in a country like ours, you know the rest, except you don't live in this country.

Rexyl:
You are free to make your choice. It is up to you to believe in God or not. If you think his way is hard for you to follow try the way of the world and its emptiness, you will know the difference ONE DAY

Man when did you pray, fast and believe in God last, or you are taught in the knowledge of God? If your answer is no, you need to read beyond science and encyclopedia and add something higher and greater - something beyond vanity.

I believ in d creator and knw he/she exists. bt i dont believ in d gods contained in religious books. those books are written to condition d minds of those who are gullible, lyk yourself. I dont xpect u to reason wit my logic, jst believ wat u want. #peace

Megaflex:
I believ in d creator and knw he/she exists. bt i dont believ in d gods contained in religious books. those books are written to condition d minds of those who are gullible, lyk yourself. I dont xpect u to reason wit my logic, jst believ wat u want. #peace

anyway something makes me higher than your philosophy or thought. Life can't just exist without a medium, and how can you make comparison without a reference. You need resources that can inspire you whether documented or not, but the documented ones make it easier to navigate.

Rexyl:
anyway something makes me higher than your philosophy or thought. Life can't just exist without a medium, and how can you make comparison without a reference. You need resources that can inspire you whether documented or not, but the documented ones make it easier to navigate.

and u believ dat d bible is a documented source. have u seen any proof of existence of Abraham, Isaac or evn Jacob? or any proof of d wisest man dat eva lived, "Solomon"? d answer is NO, simply because they neva existed. Evn d Egyptians av more artifacts dan d xters written in bible. D whites knew wot they were doin wen they brought religion to Africa

emmayodata:
read it again, I didn't say Naija alone. Most developed courtries face physical challenges like bombing, drugs etc. but in a country like ours, you know the rest, except you don't live in this country.

How are these problems spiritual??

Please explain. Also. why don't these spiritual problems affect developed countries??

CANT HELP BUT LAUGH THEY ARE MORE THAN 5MILLION RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS IN NIGERIA BUT STILL CHIBOK GIRLS ARE STILL MISSING I CANT WALK A 5MINUTES WALK WITHOUT SEEING AT LEAST 3 CHURCH /MOSQUE ON THE WAY ITS SO SAD JARE

[quote author=ricsman post=45252439]sir,thanks for the analysis.But,pls check "CHINA" (in wikipedia),scroll down to "religion".Less than 4% are christians(mostly foreighners),less than 2% are muslims.In there u will see "over 61% are self confessed atheist".i think this is the bone of contension.take care

ANTONINEUTRON:
My broda, if u try to analyse religion, u'll get confused d mre!!
Just do wat u wanna do and leave d rest.

But sir,the problem is,the more you practice religion the more you fill you are doing the right thing,but it takes us no where.we have to realise that what we need is honesty,sincerity etc and not praying endlessly,giving tithes etc

cloudgoddess:
Why does god have to be involved for people to exhibit any of the following?

Surely the countries with high atheist populations have many people who embody such qualities with zero belief or interest in gods.

sir,we drifting the same direction,its just a matter of semantics.I dont define "god" as one bearded oyibo somewhere in the sky,NO.to me,"god/godly" is an attribute which encompasses:honesty,intergrity,truthfulness etc.see why i said chiness,japaness,swede and all those atheist nations are godly?lol

miky:
Religion goes with poverty, the poorest countries are religious the richest are not. Why dont we have miracles in Africa? We are most religious right.

Clown, show me one country that is rich.and not religeous