@OP
I have had cause to mostly disagree with you on a number of times on your positions to several matters.

However on this one,you are so on point.

Well done sir.

Please keep it up.

Anyone advocating for churches to remain open in the light of this pandemic is evil,regardless of whatever the situation with non-Christians.

paxonel:
i'm a Christian let's say the truth. There are more cases of churches closed for flaunting the government sit at home order than mosques.

Infact, there were more pastors arrested than imams for this disobedience.

You are more like the devil's advocate and not a Christians. So closing churches and mosques means Nigeria is safe. You closed down Churches, mosques, schools, markets and businesses and yet, our youth played football every morning and night, our youth and elderly gathered together to discuss, drinks and party together. Who is decieving who? my friend, there is nothing like social distancing here in Nigeria but social gathering

alBHAGDADI:
I recently read that a very popular pastor in Nigeria spoke against the arrest of pastors who disobeyed the social distancing order by the government by holding services of more than 50 people. His argument is that the pastors were arrested just as Jesus and his disciples were arrested for doing what government warned against.

Op, that is not just his argument. You only picked part if what he said that will be easy for you to fist on.
You ignored what he said about the attitude of those who arrested them (What they were bragging about). U ignored what he said about the holy spirit and the fact that he's entire speech was about the attitude of those who arrest them.

The problem with some so called Christain is that they try too hard to prove that they are more Christian than the other. Even the Pharisees thought there were more Godly than Jesus Christ himself and condemn things Jesus does.

Being of different denominations doesn't give u any right to disapproves whatever the other does or says. We are branches of the same tree, we are brothers and sisters.

Inspite of the good message ur criticism is wrong because u only point toward half of what the "very popular pastor" was taking about and left out very important details that complement the points u highlighted

There were more pastors arrested than imams,because most times when the moslems gather the people in charge look the other way except obvious cases like the agege mosque,there are mosques around my area still opening.You people are just looking for unnecessary attention.LEAVE THE CHURCH ALONE,the church is not the reason for the world's woes,you people have made criticizing the church your day job.The church is not responsible for your misery.The meekness of the church of God is not weakness.STOP IT.

paxonel:
i'm a Christian let's say the truth. There are more cases of churches closed for flaunting the government sit at home order than mosques.

Infact, there were more pastors arrested than imams for this disobedience.

GreatResearcher:
Post a link or shutup

aboy watch your tongue.

Talk with your mates

Qur'an 4:59- O ye believe, obey God and obey the messenger and obey those in charge among you. That's the english translation from Arabic.

Agboriotejoye:

Can you paste it here pls. Need to show someone

Codes151:
aboy watch your tongue.
Talk with your mates

Shut the hell up

Moschinochimma:



Didn't you hear of what happened at Agege here in Lagos, that they chased off all the officers. I am not supporting the fact that churches should open...go to the north and do Ur findings.. anyway let's see things as one instead of behaving like religious fanatics...one love

picture he posted about the church was taken in the church.... your people are still going to mosque here. So! I expect the learned ones to help spread the message not be acting childish on internet. Religious houses should all take precaution whether Christian or Islam!

Don’t encourage one sided posts from Any religious riffraff. Let’s forget sentiments and spread the awareness. One love!

GreatResearcher:
Shut the hell up

youve read only 100 posts and posted some rubbish like (why Davido won’t marry chioma)

I’d advise you, if you want to stay here, make constructive arguments and stop being stupid..

NL is filled with vast people, religious backgrounds, experience. Etc.

What’s your mouth!
If the lockdown has made you join Nairaland, behave your self because when you get hungry, it’s us that may feed you.

Stay wise.

smeag0l:
Qur'an 4:59- O ye believe, obey God and obey the messenger and obey those in charge among you. That's the english translation from Arabic.

Those in charge among you? What if the person in charge is not among

mvem:
where in the north?

Niger state

Codes151:
youve read only 100 posts and posted some rubbish like (why Davido won’t marry chioma)

I’d advise you, if you want to stay here, make constructive arguments and stop being stupid..

NL is filled with vast people, religious backgrounds, experience. Etc.

What’s your mouth!
If the lockdown has made you join Nairaland, behave your self because when you get hungry, it’s us that may feed you.

Stay wise.

Are u this jobless? u even had to go try my post.

and the Muslims are still holding their Jummat services; this is ridiculous.

Iyiataata92:
OP, Churches have closed down while Mosques continue to hold services. Are you not still ok with that?
What more do you hold against Churches?

Tell him again, the rate of hypocrisy is too much in this country. I wanted to comment on the mosque that was talked about on Friday that was open, and op asked me if am a Muslim or not. I answered that I wasn't, he deleted me from the comment section. Now a non Christian comments and write against Christians and we claim we are not biased.

makjo900:



You see how stupid you black Christians are. You worship a god that doesn't look like you, you uploaded a picture of your god and his supposed angels and they all turned out to be white. Why did you change the picture? You guys are bunch of retards worshipping a god that doesn't even know and believe in your existence. A god given to you by the same people that raped, chained, killed, slaved etc your forefathers. Shame!!

look at this fool!
I guest to much excessive headslamming to you Arabian gods have make you not to reason well.

Does the Arab Muslim recognised you black Yoruba Muslim as genius Muslim.

Those your god look black to you too. Mumu!

Those your god even recognised you culture or heritage. I know your name will be one of those Arabian name. You people are so brain wash to see you are practicing other people culture, you are even allowed to have you tribe name. Nonsense

You god that is a rapist and an unrepented child molester.

That is why it encourage it follower to be paedophile!

Don't even let me start exposing your paedophile prophet Muhammad(your god)

I want ask you question?
At what age was Aisha before you prophet Muhammad(your god) married her.

.........little child Aisha must have gone through a lot in the hand of Muhammad prick

There is only two way you can became a Muslim in is world. 1. Born in to a Muslim home 2. Through jahadi(forceful convertion). No body in this right will wish to covert to Islam except (1) or (2) method above

Islam would have been a ghosted religion by now if not for it dead threat against many of it follower who want to leaving.

My gosh! What kind of powerless and defenceless god you service that asked it followers to behead and attack who criticise him.
Can't you see your god and religion is a SCAM!

IT EVEN CLAIM TO BE A RELIGION OF PISS

God why am I sharing same country with this kind of people. God why! Why! Why!

Don't mind them,these ones are not members of God's family,they are strangers.Always coming out to attack members of the family they claim to belong to. These ones are strangers,they are not true sons.When they want to start their Lamentations,they say things like"although I'm a Christian,I have to say the truth".Let me tell you,if claim to be part of the kingdom of God and you always come here to malign and attack the church of God including Pastors in the name of saying the truth,you are scattering and you are not of God.

Agboriotejoye:

Then you should have just advised Christians instead of attacking Pastors. When will you so-called Christians get sense that attacking pastors on SM brings Christianity into more disrepute. How many times have you seen imams being attacked on SM by Muslims? Right now, a lot of mosques conduct evening prayers in large groups all over the north. Have you seen any Muslim come out to castigate them?

Iyiataata92:
OP, Churches have closed down while Mosques continue to hold services. Are you not still ok with that?
What more do you hold against Churches?

Shout it loud

paxonel:
i'm a Christian let's say the truth. There are more cases of churches closed for flaunting the government sit at home order than mosques.

Infact, there were more pastors arrested than imams for this disobedience.

Do you know of any Imam arrested for flouting the social distancing order or stay at home order?

Iyiataata92:
OP, Churches have closed down while Mosques continue to hold services. Are you not still ok with that?
What more do you hold against Churches?

I can't stand their double standards. Their hypocrisy stinks!

Abi, he is not sincere,they just want to enjoy another round of jeering and mocking the church this early morning.If you don't have an ulterior motive,why not talk about the two,why single out the church.you people will soon get what you are looking for

DabuIIIT:


Abeg shattap there. If you are sincere,you should be concerned about both religions.

aigboeben:

Do you know of any Imam arrested for flouting the social distancing order or stay at home order?

infact, I'm yet to see one

Agboriotejoye:

Niger state

toh!...so both Churches and Mosques are closed ?

Johnsinia:
You are more like the devil's advocate and not a Christians. So closing churches and mosques means Nigeria is safe. You closed down Churches, mosques, schools, markets and businesses and yet, our youth played football every morning and night, our youth and elderly gathered together to discuss, drinks and party together. Who is decieving who? my friend, there is nothing like social distancing here in Nigeria but social gathering

the essence of the government to close down these institutions is it not for the yiuths to stay at home?
If the youths in your area are playing football rather than staying at home and by so doing they get the virus it's their fault, the government have warned that everyone should stay at home it's left for them to obey

bilulu:

You didn't see where it was posted here that a mosque in Bauchi was opened for prayers on Friday.

just like bishop oyedepos winners chapel opened in one of those Sundays?

This is illegal!

Iyiataata92:
OP, Churches have closed down while Mosques continue to hold services. Are you not still ok with that?
What more do you hold against Churches?

You are just too foolish not to call the attention of law enforcement agency.

Iyiataata92:
OP, Churches have closed down while Mosques continue to hold services. Are you not still ok with that?
What more do you hold against Churches?

I can tell u for free Christian flout this order than Muslim through my research, agege mosque in Lagos, central mosque in Adamawa and one mosque in kano.and all these mosques was shut down by government, infact some churches have been holding services since government shut down Lagos especially in those remote areas go to oke Aro,matogun,ijegun and see what am saying by yourself mind u I am a Christian,I know what I am saying so stop being stupid.

Ijawwomaninoyo:


Bauchi central mosque was occupied to the brim on Friday, check the news. After burning down Police Station with 7 vehicles in the North, how many arrests have been reported made talk less of confronting anybody.
It is the Southern ones that are obeying the law.

i say post a link.
You have your Google with you isn't it?

[quote author=alBHAGDADI post=88109655]I recently read that a very popular pastor in Nigeria spoke against the arrest of pastors who disobeyed the social distancing order by the government by holding services of more than 50 people. His argument is that the pastors were arrested just as Jesus and his disciples were arrested for doing what government warned against.

Both instances are quite different from each other. Jesus and his disciples were arrested by the government for upholding God's commandments and testimonies. These pastors on the other hand were arrested for disobeying the government who hasn't stopped them from upholding God's commandments.

The lockdown and social distancing order by the government is not a persecution of Christianity as some are trying to paint it. It is truly what it is - the protection of people which is by curbing the spread of COVID-19.

If some people say Christianity is persecuted because Churches aren't allowed to hold services in the regular manner, what about night clubs, sports stadiums, concert halls, restaurants, buses, schools etc? Can those ones also cry of persecution?

The government is simply trying to protect the citizens by ensuring that the number of people infected with COVID-19 doesn't increase. Perhaps, it's when people start dropping dead that stubborn folks will understand the government's effort.

Any pastor that tries to cramp his church with a crowd is wicked and should be arrested for endangering lives and aiding the spread of the virus.

Some may say "God will protect us, so we must have faith in that by gathering as usual". That is a wrong thing to say because it means you are tempting God. God steps in when there's nothing else you can do to protect yourself. But when you have measures or escape route and still decide to walk into evil because you think God will protect you, then you will be punished.

Proverbs 22:3
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

Don't tempt God, obey the government's guidelines towards battling this virus. It is not compulsory you gather in a build before you worship God. You can worship God individually at home because God is everywhere and can see you.

Proverbs 15:3
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.

The only time you can disobey government's order as a Christian is when they are telling you to disobey God's word. Shedrach, Meshach and Abednego were told by their government to bow before a statue. They refuse because it was against God's commandment.

Exodus 25:4-5
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

The three young man refused to obey the government's order because it goes against God's word. Then knew the punishment the government would visit then with. They knew God could deliver them from it because they couldn't deliver themselves. The only other way out of the punishment is by disobeying God. They didn't want that route so they trusted in God.

Daniel 3:17
17 If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king

Don't let any false pastor expose your life to danger of the virus. The worst thing is that when you get infected, same pastors who hold stage-managed miracles in large stadiums won't be able to perform a miracle to heal you because they are false prophets who don't know God.

Stay at home and stay away from conspiracy theories. Read the Bible.[/quote
good one

eguarojeona:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/coronavirus/385793-islamic-clerics-arrested-for-holding-jumat-service-amidst-coronavirus-lockdown.html&ved=2ahUKEwiux4TH7tDoAhUB9IUKHaERCAgQFjAAegQIBxAB&usg=AOvVaw3HA3SUeuhe6OTHNF7w_ISJ

ok!
But there are more Christian pastors arrested yes or no?

paxonel:
i say post a link.
You have your Google with you isn't it?

You no get data or GOOGLE no dey your phone? The burnt down Police Station with 7 vehicles and 2 motorcycles too?