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naijaFrank: We all agree that Christianity accepted slavery and even played a part in encouraging the trade.

Now the big question is --- Why do Africans follow this faith without questioning its introduction and motive? especially after our exposure to its barbaric influence on our continent. If a man gives me the bible in the morning and swears by it yet he comes to my home the next day to steal my child to be used as a slave in a far away place. Shouldn't i question the validity of the bible he offered just a day before?

Wouldn't it be fair to say that the contents of the bible are man-made and serves a human purpose namely profiteering?

I dare to say that the bible and its contents are fabricated by men to serve men and there is nothing holy about it.

Excellent exposure.
I totally agree with you ...
I sense a certain inferiority complex unfounded; contempt for the very roots, overvaluation of Europe ... '
With these premises, and without self generated contradictions like that.
Some interesting facts can be found here.
https://www.nairaland.com/941433/greatest-genocide-human-history

My greetings!

odumchi: Orange and red are the typical colors of beads and necklaces in Eastern Nigeria. In the olden days, only wealthy people could afford them and they were usually worn as status symbols. That attitude to necklaces and beads is still present today, although they aren't as much of a status symbol today as they were before since, nowadays, they are more affordable.

Thank you for your clear explanation dear friend.
I figured it was no coincidence!
As always you are very kind, and I apologize for my questions, but learn about the traditions is something exciting.
Thank you!

I can be wrong, but ...
The terrible thing of all this is that I do not think that hunger is the reason.

"Ministry paystithingordie!".

really I admire the creativity of the Pastors!

When I think that the Jewish-Christian god demanded human sacrifices demanded that parents kill their children as an offering ... and sacrificed his son ...
Sorry for you, with my utmost respect, but ... I feel a certain repulsion ...

Fire does not burn, a hell that no one knows, angels with wings and feathers, a god who plays the harp ...

All this seems a matter of Christians, right?
Fear not hell, if hell really exists, is saturated, it is full of pastors and prophets.

ariyokunle: Dnt u tink dis shld nt cause much insults-if they dnt get results from it,they wld ve stoped tithing-dnt u tink wat u blive wld work for u (Romans 10:10) Live ur belive.

I believe I can not!.
Someone writes English worse than me ...
(Do not be offended ... is just a joke)

Atheist?

The slave trade caused havoc in Africa, which even today are felt. For four centuries this continent was the scene of wars and "raids" by the capture of slaves. Millions of Africans were exported to distant lands, as many millions died in forced marches to the coast and in warehouses waiting to be shipped.

This forced exodus of millions of people caused the decrease of vegetative growth of the African population, as men and women of childbearing age were sold.

Some researchers even say that between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries the continent lost more than a hundred millions of men and women. Several African regions were almost totally depopulated. The researcher André Gunder Frank in his book The World Accumulation 1492-1789 puts the figure at 13,750,000 slaves brought to America between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, to which the researcher Enrique Peregalli add 25% for deaths on the way and a 25% more deaths in Africa because of the wars of capture, which makes a total of 20,625,000 Africans lost to the continent in that period ().

Similarly, it is estimated that during this period only from the coast of Angola to the ports of São Tomé and America were transported three million slaves. This explains why the most populated areas in the fifteenth century as the Congo, Ndongo and Quissana, in the seventeenth century were already depopulated.

Also, many people, the danger of slavery, abandoned their original areas, taking refuge in the interior regions, helping to depopulation.
In 1830, the Arabs were the main slave traders. Many boats Arab pangaios (), from different ports in northern Mozambique hauling large number of slaves to the Comoros and Madagascar. In the mid-nineteenth century, these traffickers change tissues by slaves. Ibo Island happened to be frequented by the Arabs of Zanzibar, Kilwa, Mombasa and especially those of the Comoros.

Since 1854, the slave trade to the French islands was renamed "free labor export." This was due to the traffic ban and control of the British in the Indian Ocean. In practice, this trade ended only in 1902.

As a measure of the extent of trafficking, serves the following table indicates the number of slaves shipped only from Mozambique to the Indian Ocean islands between 1720 and 1902 ():

Period Number of slaves

1720-1799 125,306

1800-1854 255,000

1855-1902 115,133


Total 495,439

Another example is the city of Zanzibar, one of the more evident that the slave trade. As of 1811, Zanzibar was exporting 6 to 10 thousand slaves per year. From 1839 it became a real center of the slave trade in the east coast of Africa. It is estimated that were sold between 40 and 45 thousand slaves per year.
Source: http://www.monografias.com/trabajos6/escla/escla.shtml

Raw.:
^Respect is reciprocal

You, you enter the forum to say that sex is sin, that all evil is the fault of Satan, that if we do not obey the word of Christ go to hell ...

Romans 12.10
Romans 9.17
Not only for sex is going to hell ...
Repent!
Or maybe Satan is who is leading you?
You're a bad Christian!

Deep Sight: ^^^ Are you expecting a sensible response? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

A sensible response to Enigma? No, it is absolutely impossible dear friend ...

Dear friend Odumchi.
I note that in many pictures and many people, predominantly necklaces (and other ornaments) orange and made ​​from the same material. Is it a coincidence? Either that means anything?

Dear friend Italo:
Are you married?
If you are, I guess I never had sex with his wife right?
Excuse me ... that I Smile... but I think even you believe in what he said.

"And if a man smite his servant or his maid with a rod, and he die under his hand, shall be punished: But if it shall last for a day or two, will not be punished because his money is. (2)" - Exodus 21 :20-21.

"So your servant and your maid to have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you: of them shall ye buy slaves and siervas.También you will buy for the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, and that the lineage of them are born in your land, who are with you, which shall be a possession. "Leviticus 25:44-45-

emöfine2: Can a being that is deemed perfect be perfectly conveyed by beings that are imperfect?

As humans we make mistakes, our beliefs fluctuate and often times we are biased I thus wonder is man befitting enough to relay a "perfect" god(s)?

My respects dear friend!
An excellent pose.
Firstly, not all priests of all religions are representatives of God. Not all of them are intermediaries between men and God, not all speak for represent God.
I think it is ridiculous that a man assumes the role of representative of god on earth. That does not withstand scrutiny.
Best wishes!

@Ghydyon: Mehn d world is coming to an end....

@Tomzman: Only God knows what the world is turning into these days.Hmm the end is near!!!

@Raw Your pagan gods are not only gay, but blind and deaf and lame

Be welcome to the Christian church, where there is love of neighbor and respect.
Alleluia!

logicboy: I give up. I dont think this is going anywhere. I think it is better to debate on one particular issue at a time. Right now, it is just you saying yes and me saying no.

I think I will satart threads on

-Riba
-Islam and slavery
-Islam and polygamy

One topic at a time

Islam and violence against women?

ijawkid: And then david too is d father of God...

Abii

Because Jesus is davids son as the scripture says.....

Catholics are crazy set of idolaters!!!!....


Madness!!...

Just keep worshiping mary and wait for Jesus's anger when d end comes...

Perfect answer.
It's amazing the selectivity with which some read the Bible ...
So forget when the Bible speaks of Jesus' brothers, to highlight the character "virgin" Mary ...
Supposedly, before the appearance of the angel, Mary and Joseph despite being married had not had se.x ever ...
Irony!

charlesssssss: A word written/spoken goes b4 us. I dont talk or argue much but one thing i know, self-righteousness, and good works or ur blasphemous words can not stop Gods judgement to all who forsake him. U can go and read journey to hell by sister josefa menendez to have an incite abt hell. May God almighty have mercy on you.

Thanks for the prayer dear brother ...
Please do not forget your request for me to release these feathers and the horrible sound of the harp ...
My greetings to Josefa Mendez ... she is the daughter of Mr. Mendez.

Kay 17: God is the Father of the Son Jesus, right? And the three form God?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Council_of_Nicaea
Here it is clearly explained. In 325 A.D. born a new concept of God, much more modern, aerodynamic model for the most demanding.

PA1982: Are you circumcised, Ishiusah?
Do you eat pork?

Ishiusah did not like the picture, that picture disturbed his mind all day!. I think the image is illustrative and appropriate. There is no pornography at all.

Deep Sight have you more pictures?

TheShopKeeper: From time immemorial, our traditional cultures has always been religious oriented, which makes it very easy for them to believe in God.
It will be highly impossible for the 'poster' to let them believe otherwise.

Perhaps I have misunderstood.
But you say that culture has always been "religiously oriented" ... not just that encouraged not believe in god ... but maintained in a culture "religiously oriented" ...
It seems contradictory ... can you explain?

OLAADEGBU: I may have to spoil your lovely dogma here. James as referred to in James 1:1 is the Lord's step brother as other verses confirm. James is called "the Lord’s brother" (Galatians 1:19), and is apparently the one mentioned in Mark 6:3 and Matthew 13:55 as the first of four "brethren" of Jesus who were sons of Mary. There is nowhere mentioned that he was a relative or cousin as you have been indoctrinated.

Holy God!
I must be possessed by Satan ... I will turn to Christianity, to Islam! Something happens, I must be crazy!
For the first time I agree with you ...
I will go to the psychologist!
I swear I will pay the tithe, but oh lord! help me!

Ubenedictus: i think you got it totally wrong, the word there is a greek word aldophus it does not imply biological sibling it simply means a relative. The jews are like african and they call their relatives 'brother'. Pls get it right

Good joke ... I can not stop laughing!
Excellent sense of humor!

italo: What is it that makes you feel that it is impossible for a married couple to abstain from sex with each other?(Report Post) (Quote Post) Like

I already have explained to you, but you you worried for my English.
You have a problem of analysis?
You ask why?
possibilities:
1. Joseph was g.ay, did not like women and therefore did not have se.x with Mary.
2. Mary was fri.gid and did not want to have se.x with a man.
3. Mary was a les.bian, did not like men.
I rule out other possibilities such as lack of love and desire, as ultimately married.
Married then what? To watch cartoons on TV?
Use you brain a bit and you'll upgrade your analytical performance.

@Logicboy Thank you very much for supporting my English.
A hug!

italo: "Gay", "powerless", "frigid", "disrespectful"

What dictionary are you using?

What schools did you attend?

Excuse me if my English is not good.
Actually I went to a Christian school.

solidbroda: oloriburuku

Are you Yoruba? I loved the term ... But do not fight, you need not go so right?
Iwa Pele ...
Alaafia ni oré mi!

BERNIMOORE: @ptolomeus


your quote above starts with 'christians say' which shows that you are not one, sorry the site is meant for christians, so, ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooout pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease. now!

1. I'm not Christian, or Islamic nor am I an atheist. You want to know more about me? Is my telephone number?. I clarify that I am heterosexual.
2. It is a forum of religion, and is not exclusive. So I did not keep quiet, or I'm going, let alone going to be you who take me.
3. I exercise the right to free speech, I do it with respect. And I will continue to do as often as I want.
4. Are you a fan who does not accept any kind of criticism? You solve that problem, instead of wanting to make rules for others.
5. Are you upset with my comment? Then you argue, you expose your point of view., Or shut up!
You have been very rude.

toba: stop lying against the man and saying whats not true. The Argentine prophecy was made couple of months ago and not in January.

Im not Joshua's fan but we should say the truth always

Joshua said if surgically operated the president of Argentina she would die. The president was operated on 6 January 2012 and has a great health today (5 months)
This proves that Joshua is a phony.
Fortunately he was expelled from Cameroon and Zambewe ...
Take care you call somebody a liar, you run the risk of being ridiculed like this.
Or do you defend Joshua because you're a faker like him?

Kay 17: there is a fundamental problem here; what is the authority to say the bible is the word of god?

Christians say the Bible is the Word of God. The Bible is a collection of stories collected and selected on the whims of the church.
I do not say that the Bible is the word of god, the Christians say.
In fact, Jesus did not form any woman apostle ...
or if he did?

I do not try to answer the questions posed to PAGAN 9JA brother. But I response to your comment, I disagree with the Christian idea that there is absolute good and absolute evil.
Christianity comes from Judaism, but the Christian God, considered the absolute good, is the same as the Jewish God, who unleashed wars, plagues, swore and demanded evils, human sacrifices ... Its real the concept of absolute good of the Christian God?
In fact, often what is good or bad is relative.
Orisa is not God. Roughly speaking, Orisa is an emanation of the one god and creator. Unlike Christianity, which is not known exactly where did the absolute wrong, good and evil are present in nature and in man. Rain can be wonderful, but can also be destructive ...
If we say that Orisa , our destination, and is guarded by the energy of Orisa, why not ask for help to Orisa?
and of course praise Ori.
I believe in all religions, communication with the deities, made one way or another, is essential.
My respects.