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PaChukwudi44:
Atheistic Seun in action.Nothing was actually inserted.Jacob and Abraham did pay tithes but it was clearly voluntary

The story of Melchizedek is very fishy. He came from nowhere to collect Abraham's tithe, and was never heard from again. It's as if someone wanted the story to say that Abraham tithed, realised that there was no one he could tithe to, and invented Melchizedek just for this purpose.

As for the Jacob's vow to tithe, the writer avoided the need to create another Melchizedek by not explaining exactly how he paid the tithes.

The most important reason why you should not pay tithes is that there is no good evidence that a God who needs 10% of your salary exists.

The stories of Abraham and Jacob paying tithes were inserted into Genesis by the priests to convince the Israelites to pay tithes to them.

The priests who asked Israelites to pay tithes on animals and crops to them were no better than pastors who demand monetary tithes today.

Hmm. How have prices changed since 2014?

Source: https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-the-champio/1900-6416826/

mercy0008:
NO MY DEAR, FROM BIRTH MY PARENTS HAVE KNOWN SHE IS AN AS. MY MUM IS AS TOO. WE VE KNOWN THAT ALL THROUGH WHILE GROWING UP AND EVEN THROUGH MEDICALS BEFORE UNIVERSITY.

Maybe they just assumed she was AS because your mother was AS. Maybe the person who first tested her made a mistake.

Why did your sister request prayer for the change of her genotype, though? People with AS genotype are more resistant to malaria, you know.

PuntGenius:
Hmmm, did he not ask the holy spirit before setting up those committees or was he wrongly inspired?

Good question. The Holy Spirit either doesn't exist, or has an extremely poor track record of explaining the correct biblical doctrine to Christians.

mercy0008:
how did she get to know she was AS? Seriously? like you don't know your genotype?

Is it possible for someone to think that her genotype was AS when in fact her genotype was AA? If so, couldn't your sister have been mistaken?

harbjar:
Oh yeah.. Someone who believes 1+1+1=1 is coming to tell me about good arguments and evidence

No religion really makes sense. The only difference is how their followers react when this fact is pointed out. Muslims usually turn to violence.

bitchcrafts:
Muslims do fight back with words

I'm not talking about death threats and violent protests demanding the execution of people whose words or cartoons offended Muslims.

I would like to have a single cocoa tree in my compound someday, just for fun. It suits our climate in the South West.

Liberalism and morality are not opposed to each other. We only think they are because religion has given us a very warped view of morality. Liberals fight for the rights of the oppressed, such as the poor, the enslaved, victims of racism/sexism, (and gays). This is a very moral cause.

* * * In my view, the gay law is immoral and should be repealed.

harbjar:
The article was meant to be about Christianity and one of its denominations (deeper life) but you couldn't misa the chance to take that opportunity to attack Islam....
When the Muslims now try fighting back, then you scream "TERRORIST" and cry crocodile tears to world so as to see you as the peaceful one and the muslims as the bad ones

Why can't muslims fight back with words? Why must they kill? Is it because they don't have good arguments/evidence to support their views?

UbanmeUdie:




Apostle sir,


By all biblical and conventional standards, tithe is 10%.

Nothing more and nothing less!


30% increment is no longer tithe but a sacrifice or seed or an offering.


When God asked Noah to build an Ark, he gave him the fashion and measurements. When God asked Moses to build the Ark of Tabernacle, he was given a fashion and measurement.

They both kept absolutely to the dictates and instructions of God.

Therefore, over zealousness is not godliness. It is simply spiritual rascality.

1 Corinthians 14:40 says; "Let all things be done decently and in order".



On this; I am with Frz.

he is giving the tithe to himself, so he can even increase it to 90% without any effect on his life.

It’s a feature not a bug.

I am currently liking Pastor Kumuyi a little bit because of this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf-fmJkbRwI

The idea of the Abrahamic God developed over time. He started out as a god of war and over the centuries the Jews and Christians kept hyping him up:
Israel’s god of war.
The jealous god of Israel who tolerates no other gods.
The strongest god.
The ruler of all the other gods.
The only true God.
The creator of all things.
Who can do all things.
Who knows all things past, present and future.
Who is everywhere all at once.
Who loves everybody and wants them to go to heaven.

The contradictions in the Bible regarding the limitations of Gods powers and his nature testify of this evolution of the idea of God as conceived by men. (Jesus went through a similar evolution; He was not always considered to be co-equal with God)

The original writers of many of the stories in Genesis simply didn’t think that God was omnipresent and omniscient. They believed that God lived on a throne in the sky (“heavens”). And he had messengers (angels) who flew to the earth from the sky with their wings to deliver messages on his behalf. And he came down from the sky occasionally to instruct and bless the righteous men (not women). It’s a pity that modern Christians choose to read these dated fables as if they are historical facts.

mercy0008:
MY SISTER WAS AS, A PASTOR PRAYED FOR HER AND HER GENOTYPE CHANGED. ITS BEEN 2 YEARS NOW AND SHE IS STILL AA , I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT SOMEONE ELSE BUT MY OWN SISTER. PRAYER WORKS

How did she get to believe that she was AS before, and how did she get to know that she is now AA?
Can you post the before and after laboratory reports? Since she is your sister it won’t be difficult to get them.

In my view this thread is in poor taste. The problem he is facing is just one of the problems of old age. It can happen to anyone, sinner or saint.

Mediapace:
Lol gypsum ?

I have it but


What do you need chalks for ?

You wan commision secondary school ni ?

My garden. How much per kilo of the powder and the calcium carbonate? I guess it’s also available at Ojota chemical, yet I’d rather not go that far.

Hello,

I need 5-10 kilos each of gypsum powder and finely ground calcium carbonate powder. Where can I get them? I need the type that is used to make chalk (I’m not making chalk)

Thanks!

YOLO1:
But sir, I want to know your views about miracles and healing. What happens when a blind person suddenly regains his/her sight during prayers? Are this natural or spiritual. Can this be medically proven or explained by logic? Same goes for all other ailments that got healed during prayer

I don’t believe that prayer can cause a blind person to regain his sight. What seems to happen in crusades is that people who are partially blind are introduced as if they were totally blind and then people are amazed when they can see things that they could actually see before prayer. People who have bad legs but can still struggle to walk are placed on wheelchairs and people are amazed when they get up from the wheelchairs and force themselves to walk briefly after prayer. Have you noticed that people who are said to have been healed often look confused and tired instead of looking extremely happy about being able to do what they couldn’t do before?

Jochabed:
huh? the bible applies to everyone,not only to some people.

The verse about women wearing men's clothes is Deuteronomy 22:5.
If Christians are to obey that, they should also obey the following commandments from the same chapter:

"Do not plant two kinds of seed in your vineyard"
"Do not wear clothes of wool and linen woven together."
"Make tassels on the four corners of the cloak you wear."
"If a man is found sleeping with another man's wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die."

And from the next chapter (23):
"No one who has been emasculated by crushing or cutting may enter the assembly of the LORD."
"No one born of a forbidden marriage nor any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, not even in the tenth generation."
"You shall not charge interest to your countrymen: interest on money, food, or anything that may be loaned at interest." (NASB)

How many of the above commands do you think all Christians should obey?

Jochabed:
The bible says a woman should not put on a man's garment.

No, the part of the bible you're talking about only applies to Jewish women. It includes a lot of other rules that Christians don't follow.

MuttleyLaff:
Jesus said to Thomas,
"You believe because you've seen me.
Blessed are those who haven't seen me but believe."
- John 20:29

I believe that the story of doubting Thomas was fabricated to address people like me who could not believe in the resurrection of Jesus due to the lack of evidence. It simultaneously suggests that (1) the evidence actually existed, and (2) believing without the evidence is somehow better. What a clever way to avoid having to provide evidence for a highly unlikely claim.

“I can fly like a bird”

“I won’t believe you unless you fly in my presence.”

“Last year, I had a friend named Thomas who doubted my ability to fly, just as you do. He was so embarrassed when I flew in his presence, that he had to kill himself. He should have just believed me without asking for evidence. And so should you, by the way.”

sassyboochic:
Evidence that what??

That the things I need to believe in order to become a Christian are actually true.

My answer to the thread is that we celebrate Christmas, but we understand it differently. It is a time at the end of the year when we get to meet with the friends and family members and lovers that we don’t usually get to meet, and have a good time with them. It’s the end of year holiday. That’s all.

DangotePikin:
The devil is devising ways of reducing the influence of the church, but God pass them.

It is true that any reduction in tithe payment will reduce the power of Nigerian churches. This suggests that the power of Nigerian churches comes, not from the working of any Holy Spirit, but from their ability to extract loads of cash from their members every month. Money is necessary and sufficient to make a Nigerian church successful. Everything else is just branding.

BecaciaBarbie:
He is an Atheist, who is gonna return back to Christ soon....

I’m ready to return back to Christ this afternoon if you can provide me with the evidence.

The little charity that the churches do from time to time is not more than the CSR that purely for-profit corporations like Shell also do.

Would you accept the idea that it's wrong to criticize Shell when they pollute the Niger Delta because they use some of their profits for CSR?

Most of the corrupt ex-politicians that we often criticize also spend some of their money on charity. Does this make them any less corrupt?

Yes. For more details, watch the video below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCNvZqpa-7Q

LargeProfessor:
I was stumped when my friend showed it to me. I thought hard about it but I couldn't come up with a logical explanation for why the events in the video weren't supernatural. Eventually,I concluded that the video was doctored and my friend and I argued back and forth. When I got home,I was troubled. I would ask for proof whenever I'm told about supernatural events. Here was "proof" but I still wouldn't accept it. I actually dismissed it and claimed it was doctored without any proof!
To my fellow atheists,what do you think of the video and my attitude towards it?

There is no shame in not having an explanation for every phenomenon that is purported to be supernatural. It’s ok to say “I am not sure about what caused that to happen, but I don’t believe it's anything supernatural”. Then you can list the possibilities without necessarily claiming that a particular one is definitely true. For example, part of the video could have been played in reverse to make it look as if the tree was “fighting back”, or the tree probably just happened to have very strong and elastic roots, which bounced back after being bent. Have you noticed how palm trees bend when there's a very strong wind trying to push them over, and bounce back once the wind stops blowing?

Update: Here’s a YouTube comment explaining it: “Oak trees are among the deep-rooted deciduous trees . They develop strong taproots that penetrate so deep into the earth , that they can reach the ground water. There is no way somebody can uproot a oak tree like that - its not possible at all not even the strongest storm”

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