₦airaland Forum

ItsawrapOutfit:
Are pastors the judge or the regular LLB judges?

jidxin:
I still. dont understand wat u guys refers to as zoo.... are you animals?

alBHAGDADI:
Such disputes are already being settled in churches and by the elders. Why set up a court?
The people that brought Christianity here, do they have such court in their own country?

The Lord's people are the elders of the church. The people that will be appointed judges in the proposed Christian courts will be under the jurisdiction of the Government. So, they no longer belong to Christ, but only paying lips service.

mindfreaks:
@op you are an arrogant illitrates and ignorant writer, go and study Islamic shari'a court system and learn how other faith are treated educatively before making false assertion.... read and study for wisdom don't just write rubish..

Ranchhoddas:
Na only animals dey for zoo?

victorazy:
Oga sorry o! But I don't think ur a christian because u quote Bible verses u don't really know the meaning or interpretation (no offense)
Stop this argument because is diminishing ur image and personality. Christians needs the court and using the God's law in the bible as moral standard not as ordinary law as u tamed or understood it.

victorazy:
They are not from other faith but christians, no be so?
Ofcus everything revolves round government to ensure sanity and orderliness in the society.

jidxin:
yes bros

Ranchhoddas:
Really. You don go zoo before?

alBHAGDADI:
What us God's law in the Bible? Is it the mosaic law which says an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, stone prostitutes and fornicators, kill stubborn children etc? Is that what you want them to follow? Below is how Christ ordered us.

Mathew 5:38-48

38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘AN EYE FOR AN EYE, AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH.’ 39 “But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also. 40 “If anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, let him have your coat also. 41 “Whoever forces you to go one mile, go with him two.
42 “Give to him who asks of you, and do not turn away from him who wants to borrow from you.
43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘YOU
SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR and hate your enemy.’ 44 “But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. 46 “For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? 47 “If you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? 48 “Therefore you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

jidxin:
its going to be like a customary court....not exclusively 4 BL judges...but just like the khadis of sharia crt nd customary crt a person learned in biblical doctrines a renowned author a theologian pasrors etc will be qualified

alBHAGDADI:
Why Christians should reject the bill for a Christian court in Nigeria

1. It is Satan's approach

Christians setting up a court for themselves is equivalent to dumping God's provided way of doing things and adopting Satan's approach. God has made it clear that we should settle our disputes in the church and it should be done by the elders.

1 Corinthians 1:6
If any of you has a dispute with another, do you dare to take it before the ungodly for judgment instead of before the Lord's people?

2. Its result won't help christianity

The result of Nigeria having a Christian court won't help the christian course it might pose to want to help. It's the same way Christian churches build universities that are of no help to Christianity but a business venture that the poor cannot partake in. We've all seen the huge mistake of Christian churches owning schools. The call for a Christian court, by a few, is almost like calling for Christians to have their own Armed Forces. Christianity does not operate like the world does.

3. We never clamoured for it

I can't seem to see where Christians clamoured for a Christian court, the equivalent of a Muslim Sharia court. Then why is a certain house of representative, Hon. Gyang Dung, pushing this bill in the National Assembly? Have we told him that we are fed up of God's own approach to doing things and now want to set up our own worldly way

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5. The court will be useless in Nigeria

It will be useless in the South because true Christians are ordered to forgive each other and not strive against each other. This will make the courts have less cases to settle. What about in the North? We are already seeing churches getting burnt in the North. Such courts will hold no value over there cos the illiterate Northerners won't mind discarding whatever judgment it issues as long as it doesn't favour their fellow Muslim. But if their Sharia court should have access to the south, a northerner based in the south will prefer to take a case against a Christian to Sharia courts instead of a secular court. The sad part is that the case will go through proceedings without interference, unlike in the north where an angry illiterate mob can disrupt proceedings of a Christian court just as we see them burn churches who worship on Fridays.

6. Our clamour is for the abolishment of religious courts

This is what Hon Gyang Dung should be pushing in the National Assembly. The current Sharia courts do not favour people of other religion when they are dragged to it. This could be attributed to a word in their Quran which says Muslims are to be kind with one another but harsh or severe to the unbelievers.

Quran 48:29
Mohammed is the messenger of Allah and those with him are HARSH against the DISBELIEVERS but MERCIFUL among THEMSELVES.

But I can assure you that Muslims will get fair justice if dragged to the proposed Christian court, cos Christians are God's children who should be like God who show no partiality.

English Standard Version
Romans 2:11
"For God shows no partiality."


Every Christian should rise up against this bill cos it doesn't represent Christianity but a dark force with an aim of luring Christians away from their God provided standard.

jidxin:
it is named zoo because we can find animals inside...or ve u seen a zoo without ar least 1 animal?

victorazy:
Sorry sir, but is obvious u don't even know "the law of God" the bible itself is the book of law. Just pray to God He will open ur eyes to see them not these Moses laws ur quoting her.

alBHAGDADI:
You do t get the point. We already have elders in church doing such duties. Setting up a Christian court goes against those elders as supported by the Bible. It goes against the Bible cos it can't be found in it a single verse that supports it.

Pidgin2:
We need Christian court, we do 100% any attempt to stop it is satanic.

Ranchhoddas:
Are there no animals around you? Abi na until dem begin make animal sounds before you recognize animal behaviour?

Ranchhoddas:
Are there no animals around you? Abi na until dem begin make animal sounds before you recognize animal behaviour?

Chylo:
By the constitution, Christians CANNOT be tried under sharia law. Let me know if you have heard of such a case.

victorazy:
There is no Elders' forum or anything like that again I know in christiandom, what we have now is individual court (pastor) who delivers judgements based on personal view, paspective or personal assumption and this sometimes has instigated chaos in verious homes. We need proper Christian court.

alBHAGDADI:
The verses I quoted tells us to FORGIVE each other, not drag each other to a court. That is the law of God under the new testament of grace. But the old testament of mosaic law allowed people to drag themselves to a court.


.We are no longer under the mosaic law.

Kenmatt:
Why do most of you beg that your post should be moved to a front page? When a post is wealthy and a front page worthy, you don't need to plead with any mod to shift it to a front page.

alBHAGDADI:
It is not about what you need, but about what the Bible says. In this case, the Bible has give. the church elders the authority to attend to such matters.

Who are the church elders? They include pastors, prophets, evangelists, ministers etc. So, if your pastor is deciding o. such issues in your church, then he is right cos he hasn't gone against the tenets of Christianity and the bible.

victorazy:
Now your getting me.
This is why we need the court to interprete the law to others and that's what the court is there to do, to set standard based on this your point not from the parish pastor's ideology.

jidxin:
I think u re a chimp....obviously u re nd u excaped frm d real zoo I think u re a chimp....obviously u re nd u excaped frm d real zoo

alBHAGDADI:
The verses I quoted tells us to FORGIVE each other, not drag each other to a court. That is the law of God under the new testament of grace. But the old testament of mosaic law allowed people to drag themselves to a court.


.We are no longer under the mosaic law.

Pidgin2:
We need Christian court, we do 100% any attempt to stop it is satanic.

Ranchhoddas:
Yes you are right. But a chimp is smarter than an orang-utan.