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| Esu Odara Is Not ''Devil'' by Nobody: 3:38pm On Mar 21, 2018*. Modified: 9:54am On Mar 23, 2018 |
Contrary to a thread of Pastor Oyedepo preaching near Esu Odara shrine which made FP earlier today, it would surprise many Yorubas and Yoruba-speaking folks that Esu Odara isn't what they call ''Devil''. It's sad, disappointing and unfortunate that some Africans do not fully understand their own language and culture. In the Yoruba pantheon of elemental deities called Orisa, there is one who remains a mystery to people in spite of man's inquisitiveness and desire to understand him. Reviled, respected, misunderstood, maligned, praised, trusted, feared, railed against by christian preachers, supplicated on bended knee by Yoruba babalawo priests of Ifa and traditional believers seeking his aid, Esu has the last laugh as all humans dance to his beat of life.https://farinadeolokun.com/enter-ile-ifa/esu-elegbara-sacred-child-of-heaven/ Lalasticlala Seun Mynd44 |
| Re: Esu Odara Is Not ''Devil'' by FOLYKAZE(m): 7:45pm On Mar 21, 2018 |
The updated Yoruba bible have replacement of Esu as Sátánì. The error is well known, even many Christians want to use that misconception to antagonize Yoruba spiritual system. Only the ignorant folks and frauds who stands on the pulpit to spew barefaced lie on their sheeples would say Esu is devil or Satan. The error was from Ajayi Crowther, a brainwashed slave who knows nothing about Orisa system. A rational person would try to identify Satan and Esu separately, and also compare and contrast their nature and characteristics. Esu of the Orisa system is not anti-God. This figure has never contested or challenged the authority of Eledumare. As we know, Esu is the right man of Eledumare. Esu is the messenger of Eledumare. Esu is stands at the doorstep of heavens and the keeper of all the Ashe in the universe. This nature is non comparable with Satan mean Adversary. Satan is an opponent, opposite, and rival of Yahweh. Satan challenged the authority of Yahweh and wished he can sit on the throne. He waged a war against Yahweh which he was defeated and barnished into the earth. The coupist, revisionist and reformist took their inspiration from Satan. And who knows, maybe Yahweh is a hell of tyrant dictator. So well who is the Devil. Firstly, devil is the personification of evil. It is an evil and erring entity. Yoruba people call Devil ẹni burúkú. If I am going to argue, neither Satan or Esu is devil. My case would be centred on what evil is, how and who perpetrate evil. Evil refers that which is unpleasant to the total well being of humankind, or that which works against the welfare of humankind. It manifests itself in human experience as suffering, pain, moral wickedness, and the wrong that human beings do to one another. One will agree that evil is harmful to mankind or bad morally. While there is no record that Esu has done any harm to anybody. The effects of Esu trickery is to trigger challenges that can elevate one spiritually. Satan didnt cause any harm to anyone in the bible. The ignoramus only blame Satan or Esu for their ills. Yahweh or the Christian God is the devil. Isaiah 45:7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things. Amos 3:6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it? Lamentation 3:38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good? It is Yahweh who created evil and calamities. It is Yahweh who ordered evil things to happen. Therefore, he is the devil. |
| Re: Esu Odara Is Not ''Devil'' by CuteMadridista: 7:51pm On Mar 21, 2018 |
FOLYKAZE:This is why OtemAtum calls Yahweh Satan |
| Re: Esu Odara Is Not ''Devil'' by OtemAtum: 8:02pm On Mar 21, 2018 |
CuteMadridista:I call him Satan because according to the Doctufos history, Satan means enemy of humanity and Yahweh was and is an arch-enemy of humanity. The Highest Consciousness also calls him same in the Doctufos. Satan doesn't necessarily mean 'the devil' but an arch-enemy which Yahweh is qualified as. |
| Re: Esu Odara Is Not ''Devil'' by CuteMadridista: 8:05pm On Mar 21, 2018 |
OtemAtum:I observe you rarely call Yahweh Satan like before, why the change? |
| Re: Esu Odara Is Not ''Devil'' by OtemAtum: 8:10pm On Mar 21, 2018 |
CuteMadridista:I think I still did that today. I do it mostly when Christians are telling me that I am working for Satan. I quickly let them know that I don't work for Satan(Yahweh). I'll post a screenshot of something like that. |
| Re: Esu Odara Is Not ''Devil'' by FOLYKAZE(m): 8:11pm On Mar 21, 2018 |
CuteMadridista:He is right. Can you help us list the numbers of people killed directly and indirectly by Yahweh? For the record, Satan didn't kill anyone in the bible. If killing is evil, base on our moral standard, Yahweh is the devil |
| Re: Esu Odara Is Not ''Devil'' by CuteMadridista: 8:13pm On Mar 21, 2018 |
FOLYKAZE:Christians would say Yahweh created everything so he has the right to kill what it created. just playing the devil's, oopss, advocate here |
| Re: Esu Odara Is Not ''Devil'' by OtemAtum: 8:14pm On Mar 21, 2018 |
Cutemadridista, observe this screenshot
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| Re: Esu Odara Is Not ''Devil'' by FOLYKAZE(m): 8:26pm On Mar 21, 2018 |
CuteMadridista:That attempt is very poor. So parents havs rights to kill their children because they bore them? A man has right to rape a woman because he has paid her bride prize? |
| Re: Esu Odara Is Not ''Devil'' by MuttleyLaff: 9:17pm On Mar 21, 2018*. Modified: 10:58pm On Mar 21, 2018 |
CuteMadridista:No truer words than this. However putting is appropriately, it is called judgment This prerogative, is for God only. FOLYKAZE:Satan kills, contrary to what you think. If you doubt, I can list you a modest number of people killed directly and indirectly by Satan FOLYKAZE:Of course Satan killed in the bible Satan did then and still does to date, albeit, must be said that, not without God allowing Satan to Whatever, Satan can't steal, Satan will kill and if Satan can't kill, Satan will opt to destroy. FOLYKAZE:This says it all, by the way, we are not basing it on our own moral standard, besides what you call killing, again repeating, is actually judgement FOLYKAZE:Children are a gift from the LORD; they are a reward from Him. - Psalms 127:3 Giving birth, doesn't relinquish who, really had, and has rights, over the kids. The parents are custodians, given the responsibility of taking care of and protecting their child(ren). They are still answerable to God, and will give account and explanations to God, how they fared, as regards, being trusted with the kids. We've heard it said, a man who finds a wife, finds good, and obtains favour from God So what's with all this remark, about right to kill a child because of giving birth to them and/or right to rape a woman because you paid dowry? You are doing a telling sign of strawman with your those parents' and man's rights. vaxx, I see you, just you know, I haven't forgotten "our" thread |
| Re: Esu Odara Is Not ''Devil'' by FOLYKAZE(m): 11:19pm On Mar 21, 2018*. Modified: 12:39am On Mar 22, 2018 |
MuttleyLaff:Oh please can you help us with the numbers of people Satan killed. MuttleyLaff:The red colored statement of yours further shows that the act of killing wasn't done by Satan but Yahweh. That, who order killing is also a murderer. MuttleyLaff:And please stop making things up. You need to show how Satan steals, how he killed, how he destroyed. MuttleyLaff:You are actually depicting your God as a blood thirsty beast who derived joy in the killing unborn children and little innocent adolescent who does not understand the law, concept of sin and general way of life. Maybe it is a judgement to you, when the blood thirsty God ordered his foot soldiers to smash babies head on a rock, and remove foetus with a sword. And I ask, what are the sins of children which cause of their death is God? That is not moral standard. It is judgement huh? What is God judging a day old baby for? What are the sins of baby that died? If I were to define Judgment, I would say it is a way of making a decision. However, this decision can either be just or unjust. When the decision of God is unjust, it practically mean he is evil and the he is the devil. This makes me remember a story from John 9. It is a story about a boy that was born without an eye. From the day he was born, till he met Jesus, this boy cannot sight anything. And when Jesus was asked, what exactly the sin of the young man is. He answered in John 9:3 Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. Neither the boy or his parents has sinned. So why the hell did God makes him suffer and lost in total darkness? Ya, it is judgement, according to you. So I asked my dear.,what is the sin, basis and reason why God make this boy blind? Jesus answered it....He wants to glorify Himself with the suffering, pains, agony and anguish of been in darkness since birth. That God of yours dude is a sadist. He enjoys making people suffer for no just cause. And you were mentioning judgement when there is no justice, uprightness and fairness. There is no wrongdoing, what is your God judging? MuttleyLaff:Oh! God's gift is very unpleasant when one divorce his wife. Maybe God doesn't know the right partner for a supposed husband. The selection of gifts from God, especially in a case of raping, fornication and adulery explains that your God has a bad choices. Many' unwanted' children have been given birth to from inactions of their parents which could be rape, fornication and adultery. Would you regard these kids as gift from God? If yes, God bless the sinners. Law against sin has been invalidatedHosea 2:4 "Upon her children I have no pity, because they are children of whoredom" Deuteronomy 23:2 "those born of an illicit union shall not be admitted to the assembly of the LORD. Even to the tenth generation, none of their descendants shall be admitted to the assembly of the LORD." And the Holy Lord BLESSED illicit union of two grown up adults with a child. This child, according to you, is a GIFT from God. It doesn't matter if he is a product of rape, adultery or fornication, the child is a GIFT. But the God turns around to reject and throw out this precious GIFT of his from his fold. This God must be crazy. MuttleyLaff:A woman is a subject of a man just like a man is a subject to God. Atleast that is how the bible made us understand. As the case may be, a Christian that supports killing of mankind by a God should be able to support raping of a wife by husband. Afterall, we are God own property just like my wife is my property. |
| Re: Esu Odara Is Not ''Devil'' by MuttleyLaff: 2:54am On Mar 22, 2018*. Modified: 8:36am On Mar 22, 2018 |
FOLYKAZE:10You have always protected him and his family and everything he owns. You bless everything he does, and you have given him enough cattle to fill the whole country. 11But now suppose you take away everything he has—he will curse you to your face!” 12 “All right,” the Lord said to Satan, “everything he has is in your power, but you must not hurt Job himself.” So Satan left. - Job 1:10-12 Modestly, seven sons, three daughters and a number of other people in the household, which possibly are at least 50 servants FOLYKAZE:...he was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies. - John 8:44 People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw a boomerang Make a wild guess, who from above, in print, is called a murderer, a murderer from the beginning? Read 1 John 3:8 below, the situation problem, the works of this murderer, is what God came to put an end to FOLYKAZE:The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was revealed: to destroy the works of the devil. - 1 John 3:8 I dont have a need to make things up The Devil, aka Satan's track record, is doing a "good" job at speaking on Satan's behalf Right from the beginning, Satan has been at it FOLYKAZE:When you go find out you what Olodumare really and properly means, you'll have the answer to your "What" queries FOLYKAZE:Mr Moralising FOLYKAZE, make no mistake about it. God is Good, God is ever Just God's decisions are not only Just but in addition, are always sensible. FOLYKAZE:A response like this vindicates me, when I said your explanation of Olodumare is wack FOLYKAZE:Keep on enjoying your strawman Keep it to yourself, as I am not interested in it FOLYKAZE:Going on another of your major illogical detours, are you again |
| Re: Esu Odara Is Not ''Devil'' by FOLYKAZE(m): 11:51am On Mar 22, 2018 |
MuttleyLaff:Your argument holds no water. It has no substance and explodes even before you present it. Do a quick check on the red emboldened sentence in the verse you posted. Satan was ordained to kill, destroy and set on ruin everything he had by Yahweh. He couldn't have done it if Yahweh had not granted him the chance to. This line of argument is akin to the pro-gun motion which holds that gun doesn't kill, people do the killing. This is right and fair If we are going to apply the above logic to this argument, Yahweh is the culprit here because he deliberately ordained Satan to kill and destroy. Yahweh in this case is somewhat like a Politician that sends Assassins to kill people. On who's order is the Assassin operating, the politician. On who's order is Satan operating, God. Therefore, Yahweh is the wicked culprit here. This case is not happening just once. On several occasions, Yahweh has sent his ANGELS to annihilate the whole city. 1 Chronicles 21:15 and Isaiah 37:36 and lot more. MuttleyLaff:You are only making n accusation here without presenting facts on how Satan lied, killed and destroyed on his own volition. You just don't say because you detest and unjustly want to hang Satan, you backup your point with verifiable evidence. Murder mean deliberately killing of someone. Has Satan deliberately killed anyone? Isn't the act of killing carried out on the order of Yahweh? MuttleyLaff:Hogwash. Yahweh caused evil. Therefore he is the devil. MuttleyLaff:You tell us what justice it's in the killing of babies, making children suffer even without committing any sin. MuttleyLaff:Another horseshiit. A good tree does not produce a bad fruit. Only a bad tree produces bad fruit. Out of Yahweh emanated evil, therefore, he is not good but evil. MuttleyLaff:Throw in the towel now that you know your God is a blood thirsty tyrant that kills people with an unjust cause. For one, he made a young man live in darkness almost for half of his lifetime without committing any sin but this God want to glorify himself by making people suffer. What a sadist God you worship. Well, Eledumare is Deistic. And he doesnt watch how you bang your wife or if you hits her from the backside. Why should any God pokenose into the affair of men? MuttleyLaff:You wont see that line of argument because you have long been blinded from seeing the truth. At a point you were supporting God killing innocent children under the tag unjust 'judgement'. If God can kill his creature, why shouldn't husband rape his wife? |
| Re: Esu Odara Is Not ''Devil'' by Emmanystone: 12:21am On Mar 23, 2018 |
MuttleyLaff:But, why does those who don't believe in the existence of satan dedend him so? Or, is Satan Esu? |
| Re: Esu Odara Is Not ''Devil'' by FOLYKAZE(m): 12:35pm On Mar 23, 2018 |
Emmanystone:We are arguing on a premises base on the bible account. It doesn't validate the existence of sky daddy and his antagonist. |
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