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MrPresident1:
My people, I want to formally acknowledge that no man can inow the day or hour that Jesus will come . But my acknowledgement comes from a position of knowledge and not ignorance.

All the prophecies regarding the coming of Christ has been fulfilled, we are now in the stage of waiting for the last and final action from God to institute His kingdom right here on earth.

It will not take long anymore, then next stage is judgment...

It’s been 2000 years bro. 50 generations of Christians including the first converts of the apostles thought Jesus would return within their lifetimes and were disappointed. It is presumptuous to believe that he will return in your lifetime. Jesus is as likely to return as any other dead person.

You are sacrificing the full enjoyment of the life you know for an afterlife that is described in a book collection that is internally inconsistent and riddled with scientific and logical errors, just because you happen to have been raised to believe in it. Please be advised that this is not wise. A bird in hand (real life) is worth more than a story about two thousand birds in the bush (eternal life).

Checking in.

You should pray long enough to say each prayer just once. If God exists, he has a very good memory, so you don’t need to repeat yourself.

LotusFan:
Guess you have not watched Botched or Dr.91210.

She doesn't look comfortable.

Why is she standing naked in front of those men and allowing people to snap pictures?

She doesn’t look great in those pics because of a poor (I.e unflattering) choice of attire, hair-do and make-up. She probably doesn’t wear much make-up normally, so she’s more likely to make mistakes. She is definitely attractive biologically.

Happy Boxing Day to you too!

But do they actually have enough fuel?

yaksnet:
Very confused set of human beings

What makes you believe that we all celebrate Christmas?

Concerning the Dawkins pic, Christmas trees have nothing to do with Christ, you know.

awesomeJ:
Abraham ... truly may not have handled the Hagar's situation perfectly but that's just cos being human, he never claimed to be perfect. He remains the greatest model of faith. If you find one shortcoming on Aliko's part, does that change the fact that he remains one of the greatest business minds Africa has ever had?

It depends on the shortcoming. If you learned that Aliko tried to slaughter his own son with a knife and burn his body for a ritual, and slept with an underaged house girl and got her pregnant because he was desperate for a heir, and after his wife also had a son and got jealous, he sent the house girl and the son she bore him, his own blood, away to live as beggars and likely die of starvation or rape and murder on the streets, would you still see him as a role model?

babythug:
Just harvested these!

I was inspired by yourself and jidestroud....

The tomatoes didn't quite survive or even make it! I understand the plants are to be staked? I'd appreciate any advice and tips

Merry Christmas to you and Jidestroud

That looks like an unripe scotch bonnet or habanero pepper. What do you plan to cook with it?

I’m very sorry to have to say the following on this thread:

“The Abraham character of Genesis *married his half-sister and, twice, *pretended that they were not married and allowed other men to take her home for marriage. He thought God wanted him to slaughter his son like a ram and roast his body as a human sacrifice to God, and was ready to do it. He had sex with his wife’s female slave and got a son through her, then he sent her away with their innocent son to die in the hot desert when his wife got jealous. You should think twice about promoting such a character as a role model.”

* Corrections have been made to this post.

tolarola:
In all fairness to the genuine pastors out there, how many of us really seek God as much as they do? There are many here who can praise and worship for hours but when it comes to prayer, you can't last for more than 10 minutes.

If God existed, why would he enjoy listening to his children begging him to do things for them repeatedly for more than 10 minutes? I can’t stand more than 30 seconds of that shit. I fail to understand how God would not only tolerate it, but actually enjoy it to the point of deliberately not answering most of his childrens’ prayers so he could continue to listen to their endless begging.

Even fasting, before noon, you run as fast as your legs can carry you to the nearest eatery to the share the grace.

If God existed, I fail to see why it would please him to see his children voluntarily starving themselves of the sustenance he so graciously provided them. What manner of parent would enjoy watching their kids starve? What manner of parent would favor children who regularly starved themselves in order to get their way?

Instead of cursing them out, give your life to Christ and study the bible passionately.

We believe the Bible because these men told us that it is the word of God. If they are not truthful, how can we be sure that the Bible is the word of God as they said, and not what it objectively looks like?

Ranchhoddas:
I don't know how you guys do it. I find it difficult (sadistic even) to see real-life unfortunate situations as avenues to mock the religious.

Unless the OP repeats what he said here to the bereaved parties, it won’t hurt them. He questioned their behavior, but I don’t think he mocked them.

I’d like to have the medical explanation for the death of the lady, so it won’t have to happen to me or anyone I know.

uyigideon:
The Bible tell us that the street of heaven is made of gold.

Gold is a terrible material for paving a street. It’s too soft. If they existed, the streets of heaven would be riddled with enormous potholes.

danvon:
Use the King James Bible next time

The KJV is an outdated* version of the bible. Its writers didn't have access to the more reliable, older manuscripts that have been discovered since.

how can Nebuchadnezzar ascend into heaven?

The passage is a poetic work which uses hyperbole. When R. Kelly sings "I believe I can fly" do you believe he can literally fly like a pigeon?

The word was Hell not Sheol

The word used in the original Hebrew is Sheol. This word basically means grave. The NIV diplomatically translates it as "realm of the dead".

Here's the continuation of the passage:

“Those who see you will gaze at you, They will ponder over you, saying,
‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble, Who shook kingdoms,
Who made the world like a wilderness, And overthrew its cities,
Who did not allow his prisoners to go home?’

“All the kings of the nations lie in glory, Each in his own tomb.
“But you have been cast out of your tomb Like a rejected branch,
Clothed with the slain who are pierced with a sword,
Who go down to the stones of the pit like a trampled corpse.

“You will not be united with them in burial, Because you have ruined your country, You have slain your people.

May the offspring of evildoers not be mentioned forever.

“Prepare for his sons a place of slaughter. Because of the iniquity of their fathers.
They must not arise and take possession of the earth. And fill the face of the world with cities.”

“I will rise up against them,” declares the Lord of hosts, “and will cut off from Babylon name and survivors, offspring and posterity,” declares the Lord. “I will also make it a possession for the hedgehog and swamps of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction,” declares the Lord of hosts.

This doesn't sound like the Christian Satan at all, does it?

danvon:
Isaiah 14:12-15 even the op admitted it

This?

Isaiah 14, From Verse 3(NASB):

And it will be in the day when the Lord gives you rest from your pain and turmoil and harsh service in which you have been enslaved, that you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon, and say,

“How the oppressor has ceased, And how fury has ceased!
“The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked, The scepter of rulers
Which used to strike the peoples in fury with unceasing strokes,
Which subdued the nations in anger with unrestrained persecution.
“The whole earth is at rest and is quiet; They break forth into shouts of joy.

“Even the cypress trees rejoice over you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying,
‘Since you were laid low, no tree cutter comes up against us.’
“Sheol from beneath is excited over you to meet you when you come;
It arouses for you the spirits of the dead, all the leaders of the earth;
It raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones.

“They will all respond and say to you,
‘Even you have been made weak as we, You have become like us.
‘Your pomp and the music of your harps have been brought down to Sheol;
Maggots are spread out as your bed beneath you; And worms are your covering.’

“How you have fallen from heaven, O star of the morning, son of the dawn!
You have been cut down to the earth, you who have weakened the nations!

“But you said in your heart, ‘I will ascend to heaven;
I will raise my throne above the stars of God,
And I will sit on the mount of assembly In the recesses of the north.
‘I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.’

“Nevertheless you will be thrust down to Sheol, To the recesses of the pit.

The King Of Babylon defeated the Israelites and many other nations and enslaved their people. This entire passage is saying, "Babylon will be destroyed, their King will be killed, and Israel and the other nations they enslaved will be freed." It's not about Satan. Sheol means grave.

danvon:
Verdict Passed: "Christians got their Idea from the Old Testament"... LA fin

Please quote the verses.

Ken4Christ:
People Pastors are getting blessed doing it.

Fixed that for you.

The gospels say that Jesus said it is more “blessed” (beneficial) to give than to receive. This is not always true. It is generally true if you have more money than you need. In that case, giving the excess money becomes beneficial to you because it feels good to see your money change the lives of people who need and deserve it. Another type of beneficial giving is “strategic giving” - giving to people who might be willing and able to help you in the future.

Blindly dashing 10% of your income to a rich man who doesn’t even know your name, with no idea about how it will be spent, is just crazy.

Their choir was disappointing last time I checked (years ago), though.

For 10% of your income it would be reasonable to expect world class entertainment.

Update: They have improved.

AfroSamurai:
Excuse me? Did I read you right?

Nairaland is meant to be a feminist forum. Not anti-male, but proudly feminist.

Evaberry:
They use our tithe and offering to send their kids Abroad while we stay here in Nigeria and suffer ASUU strike, fuel scarcity and what have u.

Many pastors deserve to go to jail.

Pastor Adeyemi is one of the better pastors. At least he teaches his members useful secular lessons that can help them in life - lessons on topics like financial planning, entrepreneurship, leadership, and relationships, sprinkled with bible verses - before collecting their tithes. 10% of your income is a steep price for the information he provides, most of which is probably available for free online, but at least it is useful.

vaca1:
Nice write up. The one that pains me a lot is how they mock our women "Olympus has fallen" as if their mama, girlfriend, wife , sisters, daughter's own will never fall.

I apologize for this. I have instructed lalasticlala not to post topics using such crass titles many times. We are supposed to be a feminist forum.

They are already punished. Why couldn't the OP link to the source of his story instead of posting a meme image?

Bump.

Happy birthday.

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.