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Music/RadioRe: KACH To Drop "DINO" Video by Standardcosting(m): 5:39pm On Dec 12, 2017
This one is beyond Jesus and western medicine
Foreign AffairsRe: Tragedy As Famous Chinese Daredevil Climber Plunges To Death From Skyscrapper by Standardcosting(m): 5:35pm On Dec 12, 2017
Jesus
Jobs/VacanciesRe: Guess Who Stopped By The Situation Room Today, Bola Lawal Of @scholarxedu , by Standardcosting(m):
npowerng:
Kindly ask your questions Or quote any question that has not been attended to.
Please there is a big problem here in Ilorin

Lists are being pasted dividing people across days, I guess to make the verification easier

But where the problem lies is majority can't find their names in their respective local government.

The whole process was so disorganized, I believe we live in a computer age. Producing the list on your website won't cost you anything.

Now they are saying we should travel to other local government areas to check our names

How will I cover 16 local governments in three days?

Sorry for being too blunt and emotional

But how is it possible that many of us reside and registered under a LGA and still can't find our names

I think I am beginning to doubt the credibility of the whole process

Or is the state ministry doing this on purpose?

Kindly come to our rescue
NYSCRe: Ebimobowei Joshua Agai Centre Of Attraction At Delta NYSC Camp (Photos) by Standardcosting(m): 5:07pm On Dec 12, 2017
You made zlich sens.e

South Beasterners are beas-ts.
BORNTOSUCKPUSSY:
Afonjas throwing their madness to their itsekiri brothers grin
PoliticsRe: FG Hands Over State House, Marina To Lagos State (Photos) by Standardcosting(m): 4:22pm On Dec 12, 2017
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CrimeRe: Road Union Member With 134 Wraps Of Indian Hemp Arrested In Lagos (Photos) by Standardcosting(m): 3:55pm On Dec 12, 2017
Kill
EducationRe: Photos From The Center Of Excellence Of A.B.U. Zaria by Standardcosting(m): 1:55pm On Dec 12, 2017
Like this is their greatest achievement in recent time!

Doesn't changed the fact they are academically backward.

Even 100 Schools of Excellence would still have a regressing effect.
RomanceRe: Ladies I Have A QUESTION: What Will You Do If You Had A PEN!S For A Day? by Standardcosting(m): 11:38am On Dec 12, 2017
Most of these gals are lez
PoliticsRe: Why FG Hasn’t Prosecuted Some Treasury Looters – Osinbajo by Standardcosting(m): 11:31am On Dec 12, 2017
PoliticsRe: Why FG Hasn’t Prosecuted Some Treasury Looters – Osinbajo by Standardcosting(m): 11:23am On Dec 12, 2017
[quote author=post=63195786]]Why FG hasn’t prosecuted some treasury looters – Osinbajo
Published December 11, 2017


Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday said a couple of “strategic advice” from independent sources, anti-corruption committees and special panels set up for the recovery of assets that were allegedly looted by previous government officials, had prevented the current administration from going forward with its desire to prosecute the looters.
/[/quote]Are you saying some of those looters are not among the present administration?
PoliticsRe: ‘No Northern Candidate Can Defeat President Buhari’ - APC Claims by Standardcosting(m): 10:54am On Dec 12, 2017
True talk
SportsRe: Cristiano Ronaldo Jr Jogging A Football (Photo) by Standardcosting(m): 10:51am On Dec 12, 2017
malware:
What will he jog before when his father is a footballer?
I wounder o

Maybe they want to see him fvcking, like his dad is into MJ.
CultureRe: 21 Ibadan Kings To Dethrone Olubadan by Standardcosting(m): 10:12am On Dec 12, 2017
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CultureRe: I Never Said Benin Owned Lagos – Oba Akiolu by Standardcosting(m): 10:11am On Dec 12, 2017
Keep kwayet
Christianity EtcRe: Pastor Nicolas Uagbor: "Daddy Freeze May Die Before Next Year". Freeze Replies by Standardcosting(m): 9:58am On Dec 12, 2017
MyVILLAGEpeople:
This is serious.

I will advice freeze to keep quiet and mind his business, instead of pock nosing.

The sheeples aren't complaining so what's all this fuzz about.

Is it your sheeple

Is it your money




Freeze better go and read your bible and see what happened to ignorant folks like you who maligned and lampooned MEN OF GOD
.

The consequences wasn't good at all.

Moses, David and Elisha is a case study..

Touch not my anointed and do my prophets no harm


Be Warned
Then stop listening to him

Let him pass his message.

Free the sheeple
Jobs/VacanciesRe: Job Interview Question Database: 19 Situational Job Interview Questions & Sample by Standardcosting(m): 9:36am On Dec 12, 2017
Bravo

David470
CelebritiesRe: Eniola Badmus, Obafemi Matins And Wizkid Hang Out Together (Photos) by Standardcosting(m): 8:48am On Dec 12, 2017
PulseWeb:
so every green and red bag is now Expensive Gucci bag

i fit take you to Aba market, u will see ORIGINAL Expensive Gucci bag cheesy cheesy grin grin grin
grin
CelebritiesRe: Eniola Badmus, Obafemi Matins And Wizkid Hang Out Together (Photos) by Standardcosting(m): 8:48am On Dec 12, 2017
tyson98:
Single @ 40
Go wife her
PoliticsRe: Please What Is Power Situation In Your Area? by Standardcosting(m): 8:43am On Dec 12, 2017
SalamRushdie:
The problem with this kind of thoightful thread is that FASHOLA paid goons will rush here and start spewing their 20 hours a day lies to derail the thread.
I don't believe this.

As much as I detest APC and PDP

Let's always say the truth

In my area, on the average light is on for at least 23hours a day

Areas that don't pay don't even receive as much as 4 hours in three days.
Jobs/VacanciesRe: Job Vacancies In A Growing LAW Firm by Standardcosting(m): 8:47pm On Dec 11, 2017
tundesunmi:
A young female(between the ages of 18yrs and 22yrs) is needed for employment as a secretary in a law firm around Akinbile after IITA, Moniya Ibadan.

Requirements
1) Must be computer literate
2)Should have SSCE or OND
3)Must be able to Communicate well in English

Salary
N7,000

Interested Applicant should call 08066333246 on or before December 31, 2017
Jesus
CrimeRe: Pastor Killed In Abeokuta, Ogun State By Unknown Person (Graphic Photos) by Standardcosting(m): 4:57pm On Dec 11, 2017
francizy:
Keep on deceiving yourself. It's what chronic and hypocritical tribal bigots like you are known for.
Certainly you are talking from experience!

Moronicc dumbassez like you will surely spew trash
Jobs/VacanciesRe: Do NOT Pay Anyone For Anything. Don't Pay For Files, Biro, Permits Or Whatever. by Standardcosting(m): 4:52pm On Dec 11, 2017
MatricNumber:
Oga stop making noise up and dan nairaland na.
What has it done wrong na?
Foreign AffairsRe: Explosion Rocks Bus Terminal In New York (photos) by Standardcosting(m): 4:36pm On Dec 11, 2017
qualityGod:
Islamabad angry
Christianaworse

Jeworst
CrimeRe: Pastor Killed In Abeokuta, Ogun State By Unknown Person (Graphic Photos) by Standardcosting(m): 4:32pm On Dec 11, 2017
I wonder why there's so much crime in Ogun state?

Well South BEastern states still rank higher in crime
PoliticsRe: Ijaw: "Edo Government Planning To Destroy Our Shrine, Deploy Soldiers" by Standardcosting(m): 4:23pm On Dec 11, 2017
What has those clay heads brought them?

Has any Ijaw become;

A President?

A vice-president?

A Dangote?

A Bill gate?

Given them paradise?

If they have achieved any these through those clays, then they have a point.
PoliticsRe: Walk Against Corruption In Abuja To Mark International Anti-Corruption Day by Standardcosting(m): 4:17pm On Dec 11, 2017
Despite being Abuja, some South BEasterners may still come and shout Afonja here!

Ban me as many times as you like

My opinion won't change!
Christianity EtcRe: Ten Surprising Similarities Between Judaism & Islam by Standardcosting(op): 12:21pm On Dec 10, 2017
7) Require male circumcision

In the Bible, Abraham was commanded by God to undergo circumcision, as a sign of the divine covenant established between them. This requirement was subsequently inherited by all of Abraham’s male descendants; accordingly, it has since remained an established practice throughout the long history of Judaism. According to the Torah (the first section of the Hebrew Bible), male Jewish newborns are to be circumcised on the eighth day after their birth. This occasion is commonly known as a bris (short for “covenant of circumcision”), and has the status of a religious ceremony. The actual procedure is performed by a trained Jewish specialist known as a mohel (“circumciser”), and a celebratory meal follows the ritual. Although it is not commanded by the Quran, male circumcision is mentioned approvingly in hadith collections (compiled sayings or deeds of the prophet Muhammad, looked up to by faithful Muslims as a reliable guide to understanding and behavior). Muhammad himself was circumcised, as were previous prophets going all the way back to Abraham. Consequently, male circumcision (known as khitan or tahara) has been a common standard practice — a virtual requirement — in Islam since its earliest days. Most Muslims consider the rite obligatory, and even those who may not still regard the practice as religiously meritorious and highly recommended.

Specific timing and associated customs regarding the rite of circumcision vary from Islamic culture to Islamic culture. In some area, boys traditionally undergo it as a puberty rite, or similar youthful rite of passage (for example, upon memorizing the Quran in its entirety); elsewhere, it may be performed shortly after birth, by a doctor in a modern hospital. While no particular age is specified for the rite, somewhere around the age of seven is a common and widespread practice. In contrast with their Judaic and Islamic cousins (all three being regarded as Abrahamic faiths), most Christians do not regard circumcision as a religious obligation.

cool Pray a set number of times each day

Of course, individuals may pray any time they want, as often as they want, and as many times as they want. But in both Judaism and Islam, there is also a fixed number of set times each day that the faithful are religiously required to engage in formal prayers. Any additional prayers beyond that essential baseline is optional, but this bare minimum is mandatory. Many with only a smattering of knowledge about Islam may at least be aware of the relatively well-known Muslim practice of praying five times each day. This prayer practice is one of the so-called “Five Pillars of Islam,” the observance of each of which is mandatory for all Muslims. Five times a day, every day, Muslims stop whatever else they may be doing in order to participate in their formal prayers. Wherever they may happen to be at the designated prayer times, they must find a suitable location (if nearby, a mosque is ideal, but not necessary). These five daily prayer times are obligatory; if one of them is missed due to unavoidable circumstances, it must be made up later. Wherever on the face of the earth that they may currently find themselves, Muslims worldwide are required at these five daily periods to face the direction of Mecca (in Saudi Arabia), and then perform the prescribed ritual prayers. Whatever language they may otherwise speak in their daily lives, these formal prayers are memorized and uttered in Arabic, the language of the Quran. These five prayer times are set, and specific: at dawn, noon, afternoon, sunset, and nightfall. Traditionally, a muezzin (a sort of Islamic town crier) would announce the call to prayer for the local community from atop a mosque’s high minaret (a tall tower or spire) at the onset of each appointed prayer time. Today, such modern conveniences as P.A. systems, automatic timers, and even online websites have supplemented or replaced the traditional muezzin‘s prayer call in many places around the globe.

Likewise, Jews also traditionally pray a fixed set of times each day. However, rather than numbering five, these Jewish formal daily prayers occur at only three times each day — at morning, afternoon, and evening. (A fourth daily prayer is added on sabbaths and holidays, and a fifth one for Yom Kippur, Judaism’s most sacred holy day.) Daily synagogue services are held corresponding to each of these three daily Jewish prayers. Of the four major contemporary branches of the Jewish faith, both Orthodox Judaism as well as Conservative Judaism regard the three daily prayers as mandatory; Reform Judaism and Reconstructionist Judaism both consider them optional, a matter of personal choice.

9) Observe religiously mandated dietary rules and regulations

Most people who know anything at all about Judaism have at least heard about the fact that observant Jews “keep kosher,” mainly meaning that they eat only “kosher foods.” Pork, for example, is avoided, because pork is “not kosher.” In a similar manner, Muslims are also required to eat only certain kinds of food (known as “halal” foods), and to avoid certain other kinds of food (“haram” foods). In the U.S., when passing through neighborhoods with a significant Jewish or Muslim population, one may often see signs in shop windows advertising themselves as “kosher butchers” or “halal grocers,” for instance. The term kosher means “ritually correct.” Jewish religious laws, derived from the Torah (the first section of the Hebrew Bible), mandate that both food selection and food preparation be “ritually correct.” In practice, this can get quite complicated, but observant Jews are religiously obligated to abide by all of the specific food laws –which are collectively known as the laws of kashrut (“correct,” “proper”) — that are enumerated in the Torah. Certain kinds of food are forbidden altogether, such as pork and shellfish, because they are “ritually impure.” Other kinds of food must be prepared in certain ways that are deemed “ritually correct”; for example, all blood must be drained from meat before it is cooked or eaten (kosher butchers can help with this), and meat and dairy products must not be intermixed or eaten together (so a hamburger is okay, but a cheeseburger is not kosher). Many Jewish households keep entire separate sets of pots, pans, utensils, sometimes even sinks and refrigerators, with one such set used exclusively for meat and the other for dairy, just to ensure no intermixing of the two occurs. Of course, not all Jews strictly follow all of these dietary laws; most Orthodox Jews do keep kosher, whereas many Reform Jews may be more lenient in the degree to which they adhere to the rules.

In Islam, there are also a number of religiously mandated dietary restrictions. The Quran expressly forbids both eating pork and drinking wine (a prohibition which Muslims understand extends to drinking any sort of alcoholic beverage). Islamic religious law has sifted further through the Quran and extracted additional guidelines, working out a basic division between types of foods which are classified as either halal (“permitted”) or haram (“forbidden”). Alcohol, pork, blood, improperly slaughtered animals, and a number of other types of food are classed as haram or impermissible. There are both similarities and differences between kosher and halal lists of foods. For example, both Jews and Muslims are forbidden to eat pork. On the other hand, Jews cannot eat shellfish, but most Muslims can (depending upon the specific sect); by contrast, Muslims cannot drink alcohol, but Jews can (so long as the beverage is kosher; some drinks may contain non-kosher ingredients).

10) Segregate men and women during worship services

Within Judaism, this practice of separately seating male and female worshippers varies by branch or denomination. In Orthodox synagogues, Jewish men and women sit in separate areas of their own (there is often an upstairs gallery for women), whereas in Reform synagogues the sexes are not separated from each other.

In Islam, segregation of the sexes during prayer also prevails, but specific customs vary from culture to culture and place to place. Often only Muslim men pray at mosques, while women are expected to pray at home; elsewhere, Muslim women may pray at a mosque, but generally do so either in the rear of the prayer hall (behind the men) or else in an altogether separate area of their own, sometimes hidden from view by a partition, or in an upstairs gallery or a different room.

There are, of course, numerous additional similarities between Judaism and Islam that could further extend this list. For both religions, a “day” technically begins or ends at sunset, rather than at midnight or at dawn. Each religion has its own unique lunar calendar, differing from the widely accepted standard Western or “Gregorian” calendar, and each numbering its years according to its own scheme. Observant Jewish and Muslim males both frequently wear, as an act of piety, somewhat similar skullcap-like head coverings — yarmulkes (the Yiddish term) or kippahs (the Hebrew term) for Jewish men, and the often somewhat larger kufi or taqiyah “prayer cap” for Muslim men. But hopefully a sufficient number of similarities has already been outlined to adequately underscore just how much in common Judaism and Islam actually share with each other. In some ways, the two faiths are perhaps not so radically different from each other as newcomers unfamiliar with either of them might have expected them to be.

NO WONDER THESE TWO WILL NEVER GET ALONG!
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Christianity EtcTen Surprising Similarities Between Judaism & Islam by Standardcosting(op): 12:20pm On Dec 10, 2017
Ten Surprising Similarities Between Judaism & Islam
Published on September 1, 2014
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1) Worship the same God

Both Judaism and Islam are staunchly monotheistic, believing in the existence of one — and only one — God. Many Americans understand that Jews and Christians worship the same God; however, they may be unaware that Muslims also worship that very same God.

Allah is not the personal name of some altogether separate and distinctly different deity (like Odin or Thor, or Zeus or Apollo, or Vishnu or Shiva); the term Allah does not specify some peculiar, foreign, alien, or uniquely Arabian god. Rather, Allah is merely — and quite literally — the Arabic word which means “God.” (Arab Christians, for example, refer quite naturally and unselfconsciously to their explicitly biblical God as “Allah,” since for them that unloaded term is nothing other than simply Arabic for “God.”). The Quran, Islam’s holy book, discusses Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Solomon, Jesus, and other biblical figures; in doing so, the Islamic scripture itself makes it abundantly clear that the God of Muhammad, and the God of Jesus, and the God of Israel are all the selfsame God. Since the Muslim God is also the Judeo-Christian God, Allah is in fact identical with — and not different from — the Hebrew God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Indeed, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are together regarded as “Abrahamic” religions, insofar as all three of them share common roots, which are traditionally traced back to the ancient Hebrew patriarch Abraham. (As founded by Muhammad in the 7th century AD, Islam was born in Arabia, and both Jews and Arabs are likewise classed as “Semitic” peoples; each group is traditionally regarded as descended from Shem, a son of Noah.).

2) Reject specifically Christian beliefs about Jesus

Christianity is likewise an Abrahamic monotheism, believing in the same single supreme God as its two Semitic cousins. However, the Christian faith also maintains certain uniquely characteristic religious claims about Jesus Christ, and this gives rise to another shared commonality between Judaism and Islam: they both flatly reject those uniquely Christian claims about Jesus. Such characteristically Christian beliefs as the divinity of Jesus, the resurrection of Jesus, and the unique role and status of Jesus as being a literal Son of God and a divine savior are all regarded by both Jews and Muslims alike as not only patently false, but even as downright blasphemous. Christianity maintains that Jesus is, in some sense, a divine incarnation of God himself — the second Person in a divine Trinity, consisting of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit — and hence coequal with, and even identical to, God himself. Judaism and Islam each see such radical claims as both nonsensical (in their view, God simply does not become incarnate as an individual human being), as well as idolatrous (by essentially equating a human being — in this case, Jesus — with the divine, making him coequal with or identical to God).

From the perspectives of both Judaism and Islam, such extreme beliefs about Jesus are seen as being utterly inconsistent with the sort of genuine, radical, and uncompromising monotheism upon which both Judaism and Islam absolutely insist, as non-negotiable core articles of faith. For Jews and Muslims alike, God is One, and not in any sense Three; for them, Christianity’s belief in the Trinity smacks of an unacceptable “tri-theism.” For their part, Muslims do regard Jesus as a very great prophet indeed, but as nothing more elevated or holy than that — a mere mortal, nothing more. Jews take an even dimmer view of the matter, seeing Jesus as at best a failed wannabe messiah, or at worst as a false prophet. In either case, for both Judaism and Islam alike, Jesus is no savior, is not divine, was never resurrected, and is not God incarnate (or the literal Son of God) in any sense whatsoever. Upon such matters, Jews and Muslims are in full agreement with each other.

3) Believe in angels

The religious worldviews of Judaism and Islam each make room for nonhuman heavenly denizens generally referred to as “angels,” supernatural beings created by God to serve as his messengers (or to otherwise perform divinely directed deeds).

Both the Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible) and the Talmud (rabbinic literature) are filled with accounts involving angelic activity of various sorts, including that of the angel Gabriel, the angel Michael, and others unnamed. Likewise, the Quran speaks of angels as God’s created messengers and functionaries, including Mikail (Michael), Israfil (Raphael), and many others; indeed, the very revelation of the Quran to Muhammad was itself facilitated by Jibril (Gabriel), the greatest member of the angelic hierarchy. Yet another similarity shared between Judaism and Islam is that both faiths sternly warn against regarding angels as objects of worship per se, or as themselves being on par with God; to do so would be to commit the sin of idolatry.

4) Believe in Prophets and Divine Relations

Judaism and Islam each accept the idea that God communicates directly to humanity through the agency of prophets, or human beings chosen by God to serve as “mouthpieces” through whom the divine will may be communicated to human communities. (Contrary to common colloquial use, the term “prophet” refers not to a foreteller of the future, but literally translated simply means “one who speaks for God.”)

For Judaism, Moses is the prophet par excellence, since it was to — and through — Moses that God revealed the Torah (“law,” “instruction,” “teaching”), the extensive body of binding commandments that serve as the basis for the divine covenant established between God and the Israelites at Mount Sinai. The first five books of the Bible, which contain this material, are collectively referred to as the Torah (or alternatively as “the five books of Moses”). The second or middle section of the Hebrew Bible, known as Nevi’im (“the Prophets”) contains accounts of such important subsequent prophets in later Israelite history as Elijah, Elisha, Ezekiel, Isaiah, and many others.

For Islam, Muhammad is the prophet through whom God revealed the Quran (“recitation”), the holy book which Muslims revere as the literal word of God and as the final divine revelation to be bequeathed to humankind; the prophet Muhammad is therefore regarded by Muslims as the last prophet through whom God will speak to humanity. Islam recognizes the reality and validity of previous divine revelations from God to other peoples in other times; the Quran recognizes Adam, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, David, Solomon, Elijah, Elisha, Ezekiel, Jesus, and other biblical figures (along with some additional, non-biblical figures) as true prophets through whom God spoke to his creation, even while it then goes on to add Muhammad as the final figure in that list, after whom prophecy and revelation come to a close.

Of course, for all they may share in common with regard to revelation and prophecy, there remain important differences among the three Abrahamic faiths. While Islam accepts the legitimacy of such previous divine revelations as those which resulted in the Jewish and the Christian scriptures, it maintains that those scriptures have become so distorted over the course of the intervening centuries that the Torah and the gospels, as they have come down to us (and as we have them now), no longer accurately reflect the actual content of those original formative revelations. This means that the Jewish and Christian scriptures as they now exist are no longer accurate or reliable, and insofar as Judaism and Christianity are based upon those scriptures, those religions have become riddled with errors. In the Muslim view, the revelation of the Quran served to correct all of those errors and distortions that had crept into those older scriptures (for example, clearing up the erroneous Christian view of Jesus as being an incarnation of God, or the Son of God, or a resurrected divine savior; Muslims believe Jesus was a great prophet or messenger of God, but certainly not God himself, or in any sense divine).

Of course, Judaism fully agrees with Islam that Jesus was not a divine savior, or God incarnate. On the other hand, Judaism disagrees with Islam’s core belief in Muhammad as being a genuine prophet, or in the Quran as representing an authentic divine revelation. Jews obviously reject the Islamic claim that the infallible Quran “corrects errors” that have crept into the Hebrew Bible. So, there certainly remain important, even non-negotiable theological matters upon which Jews and Muslims must simply “agree to disagree.” Nevertheless, at base, both Judaism and Islam believe in a God (the same God) who reveals himself to his human creations by speaking to them through the agency of human prophets. Chosen by God to serve as his “mouthpieces,” such prophets have, from time to time throughout history, delivered messages from God to entire human communities. For such communities — the Jews, for example, or the Muslims — these divine revelations have given rise to scriptures, which have come to be regarded by their respective communities as uniquely holy and authoritative , insofar as they are held to contain and express the very word and will of God.

5) Believe in the resurrection of the dead, in a day of judgement, and in heaven and hell

Christians share these beliefs as well, making them a commonality among all three Abrahamic religions. While the specific details (and particular interpretations thereof) may vary among individual sects, branches, and denominations, probably most Jews, Christians, and Muslims believe in some variant of this whole package or cluster of related religious ideas about the afterlife and the end of time (or the end of the world, at least as we know it). The generally accepted idea, which developed initially within Judaism and then was subsequently inherited by both Christianity and Islam (insofar as those two later faiths share Semitic theological roots), is that there will come a day when God will collectively raise from the dead every person who has ever lived, and then individually pronounce divine judgment upon every living soul. All who are deemed adequately righteous in God’s eyes — those who have sufficiently satisfied the necessary divine criteria (conceived variously by the different religions) — will enjoy eternal bliss in heaven. Conversely, all whom God deems unrighteous are judged and sentenced accordingly; those who are found irredeemably guilty of having failed to meet the divinely mandated minimum standards (conceived differently by different religions, but required for entry into paradise) will instead suffer eternal torment in hell.

Again, there are variant understandings of just precisely what all of that really means, or just exactly how it will all actually play out, among the three major Semitic religions (not to mention among their numerous internal subdivisions). But that basic kernel or core idea is present in some form within each of them, and plays an important role within their respective theologies. This entire cluster of beliefs about “last things” also sharply distinguishes the three Abrahamic faiths from other major world religions, which may maintain fundamentally and radically different beliefs of their own about the nature of the afterlife, or of ultimate human destiny (for example, Hindu, Buddhist, and Sikh beliefs in reincarnation).

6) Regard Jerusalem as a holy city

(Christians do too, of course.) It would be difficult to overstate the central importance for Judaism of the city of Jerusalem. The capital of Israel today and one of the world’s oldest cities, Jerusalem was originally established (according to biblical tradition) by King David as his capital city approximately three thousand years ago (circa 1000 B.C.). David’s son, King Solomon, established the first Temple there, making Jerusalem the religious center of the Jewish universe — a status which the ancient city continues to enjoy today, despite the Temple having been destroyed twice (the First Temple was destroyed in 586 B.C. by the Babylonians; the rebuilt Second Temple was subsequently destroyed by the Romans in 70 A.D). Even though the Temple remains a long-vanished thing of the past, Jerusalem today remains a city of profound religious history and meaning for Judaism. The Temple Mount (the original site of both Temples), with its famous Western or “Wailing” Wall (the ancient remains of a Temple courtyard wall) continues to attract pilgrims by the thousands, who come to pray — as they have for centuries — in the presence of what Jews still regard as the holiest place on Earth.

The city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia is, of course, the birthplace of the prophet Muhammad, and also the locus of the well-known Hajj or annual pilgrimage to Mecca (as one of the “Five Pillars” of Islam, it is religiously incumbent upon every Muslim who is able to do so to make the formal pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in one’s lifetime). It should therefore come as no surprise that, in Islam, Mecca is regarded as the holiest city. The nearby city of Medina, home to Muhammad’s tomb and a refuge to which Muhammad and his companions were forced to flee due to increasing persecution in Mecca — a watershed event in the birth of Islam, referred to as the Hijra (“flight,” “migration”) — is an optional addition to the Hajj which many Muslim pilgrims also undertake. Medina is therefore understandably revered as the second holiest city in Islam.

For Muslims, Jerusalem is also a sacred site; in fact, it ranks as Islam’s third holiest city, right after Mecca and Medina. Islam recognizes the validity of previous revelations from God to previous prophets throughout history, including biblical history, and Jerusalem figured prominently as a holy city to those earlier prophets.

Jerusalem also figures prominently in the story of Muhammad’s miraculous night journey and ascension, according to which the archangel Jibril (Gabriel) transported Muhammad first from Mecca to Jerusalem (for prayer), and then from Jerusalem to heaven (where he met and spoke with some of those previous prophets), all in a single night. Jerusalem was also the first qibla (“direction”) that Muslims were instructed to face during their prayers, until a later divine revelation received by Muhammad subsequently resulted in changing the direction faced for Islamic prayer from Jerusalem to Mecca. Today, the Temple Mount in Jerusalem is the sacred site not only of the Western (“Wailing”) Wall — the sole remaining remnant of Judaism’s Second Temple — but also of Islam’s al-Aqsa mosque, as well as its Dome of the Rock shrine.

Built upon the site of the long-vanished Jewish Temple — the “rock” of the shrine’s name being the Temple’s actual Foundation Stone (which Jews believe marks the site of the Temple’s Holy of Holies or inner sanctum, making it the holiest site in Judaism) — the Dome of the Rock is believed by Muslims to mark the spot in Jerusalem to which Muhammad had been transported during his miraculous night flight, and from which he subsequently ascended to heaven for a brief visit, as described previously. The nearby al-Aqsa mosque is Islam’s third holiest house of worship, after Mecca’s Grand Mosque (home of the Kaaba and focus of the Hajj pilgrimage) and Medina’s Mosque of the Prophet (home of Muhammad’s tomb).
Foreign AffairsWhatever Religion Rules Jerusalem Rules The World. by Standardcosting(op):
It is said that Jerusalemm is directly under paradise (In Location) Hearsay though

Even Muslims at inception were facing Jerusalem while observing their prayers, before they changed to Mecca.

To show you the spiritual (mysterious) importance of Jerusalem, even Muhammed (PBHH) he travelled to visit God didn't go from Mecca, he went through Jerusalem


It is just like doing everything possible to prevent the second coming of Christ or the coming of Antichrist... Nothing can be done to prevent these two from happening

Zionist now rules the world. Its no longer a secret

But they will be disgraced in the end!

Roman Catholic time has passed!

Ottoman Muslim time has passed!

We are now in a new phase

We should be expecting the major signs of the last hour.

Antichrist Loading.....
Jobs/VacanciesRe: Help With This Direction Frm Iyana Ipaja To Agbara, Ogun State by Standardcosting(m): 9:27pm On Jun 12, 2017
gsley:
Atan-Agbara Road, Doyin Medina Bus Stop, Agbara,Ogun State

help, we get interview there
Or take toll gate
from toll gate take atan,
from atan take agabra, drop at Doyin Medina busstop
Jobs/VacanciesKindly Help A Nairalander Verify This Company by Standardcosting(op): 9:20pm On Jun 12, 2017
Please who knows this company Kayode Jaiyeola and co.
I need to confirm the authenticity and genuineness of this company.
The caller says its an audit firm.
Can't remember applying
1st Floor, 5, Holy Saviour College Road, Off Osolo Way, By Mobil Filling Station, Osolo, Lagos.

Thank you
Dating And Meet-up ZoneRe: Why Did Bbmpin Deactivate? by Standardcosting(m): 12:03am On May 31, 2017
firstking01:
What's our business if he Deactivates or notundecided…People come everyday on nairaland and go, that's the trend since the inception of nairaland....blackett, missclassy, decker and co all came and today they are on extinction...so, it's no new thing.
I really miss the days of this missclassy. She can insult of Africa. I really wish I knew her personally.

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