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the tendency of people and governments to protect their own interests—is man-made. The Bible writer Solomon put it this way: “Man has dominated man to his injury.”—Ecclesiastes 8:9.


All this I have seen, and there was an applying of my heart to every work that has been done under the sun, [during] the time that man has dominated man to his injury.

: “The days of our years are seventy years; and if because of special mightiness they are eighty years . . . It must quickly pass by, and away we fly.” (Psalm 90:10)

[quote author=Wizard_of_Oz]Wow, i never knew this.. Then again im not catholic. Thnx4d info.
PS: so not even adultery is grounds for divorce??[/quote]This may be helpful anyway
http://softskillmentor-vincent..com/2012/06/divorce-learning-from-school-of.html

Na wa!

The obvious reason for the action is 2 Timothy chapter 3 verse 1 to 5

Whats the difference:
1. Buildings destroyed lives lost and money carted away by desperately greedy persons
2. Fake drugs sold, sick people die, living loved once helpless. Pregnant women die with their unborn children
3. Weak structures erected, they collapse killing many because one contractor wants more money after sharing the
better part of the contract sum with those that awarded the contract.
4. Many unemployed youths seeking for job, people who say they represent them live fat, share money and opportunities
among themselves and their relatives, constituency projects not done, medical facilities collapse, their poor sick
ones die of neglect and no way to get cured. Every day tens of thousands die as a result of excruciating pain and
neglect.
5. People get missing and are never found because they have been used for rituals.
6. The money meant for everyone is stolen by a few endangering the lives of all who would have benefited if the money
was properly utilized.
7. Every now and them peoples beg for one to five million naira for medical treatment abroad on national TV and many
who can not beg eventually die in the midst of plenty and in a place where one man or a few persons share billions
of naira.

Whats the difference? Its all evil and there is a reward

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Deliverance from a world of darkness eminent

slap1: Must your replies be in this bland, dramatized form? It's becoming boring, honestly!

I enjoy the guys style. Up you Redmosquito

Una dey talk plenty grammer hear oh!
What is even the issue, that an error was corrected.
Abegi! make I dey go look for job for people.

So what happens to our underground water freely drank by all via borehole water. The land fills that are filled with PVC's. What next?
I think we should invest in research to make PVC safe.

kulboy: Prof S.T Wara..My x-dean...How art the mighty fallen...from Dean of Engineering to a Lecturer in a Federal university in ogun state ...Karma is A B'itc'h...

The office of the Dean of any Faculty is not held by a professor for as long as. It is usually rotational,Held for number of years , say 4 years and then another Professor is appointed just as the office of the HOD.

henryrek: Please let us leave this family alone and not be responsible for destroying their marriage and the future of their children.

An old man once told me that any bad news no matter how bad lasts on the lips of people for 8 days, if its not that a bad news, he said it will last for 4 days.
I watched how sad stories are told and die out with in the period. This Nigeria, the story will soon die down not to worry.
If the husband and wife know themselves, they surely know if its true or not.
Let the husband investigate the wife's line, spend what ever it will cost him to prove it's false and publish it.
That is one sure way to end the story for life.

Otherwise, my old friend may be wrong in this case. Remember Tigar Woods

Psalm 37:9-11

ebamma: Garri on my mind

Please visit the thread below for more and lets be focused here
https://www.nairaland.com/1088436/ijebu-garri-yellow-garri-which/1

Need for Deliverance from a world of darkness

Callotti: ^^^^
That your Ogboni-Okija Christian juju nor go work. Go and hypnotize one daft Nairalander with all that jazz.
*yawns*
Next thread please!

I understand your concerns, religion has caused a lot of atrocities. Well give the Bible another chance and find out what it really teaches.
Candid opinion anyways.

Callotti: He is lucky to be alive!
Jungle justice!!!!

Ah Callotti, I missed our last discussion on the dead driver of the governor's wife and the role of God human affairs and his existence.
How are you today?

Callotti: ^^^
Get thee behind thyself.
I don't read such nonsense!
When you can use your brains, gimme a holla.
I don't deal with scriptural regurgitates!
Thanks!

How come u paraphrased a part of it.
Well, it is normal but consider these facts please

A BOOK OF PRACTICAL WISDOM
Because the Bible is inspired of God, it is “beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight.” (2 Timothy 3:16) Yes, the Bible is a practical book. It reflects a keen understanding of human nature. No wonder, for its Author, Jehovah God, is the Creator! He understands our thinking and emotions better than we do. Furthermore, Jehovah knows what we need in order to be happy. He also knows what pathways we should avoid.
Consider Jesus’ speech called the Sermon on the Mount, recorded in Matthew chapters 5 to 7. In this masterpiece of teaching, Jesus spoke on a number of topics, including the way to find true happiness, how to settle disputes, how to pray, and how to have the proper view of material things. Jesus’ words are just as powerful and practical today as they were when he spoke them.
Some Bible principles deal with family life, work habits, and relationships with others. The Bible’s principles apply to all people, and its counsel is always beneficial. The wisdom found in the Bible is summarized by God’s words through the prophet Isaiah: “I, Jehovah, am your God, the One teaching you to benefit yourself.”—Isaiah 48:17.

A BOOK OF PROPHECY
The Bible contains numerous prophecies, many of which have already been fulfilled. Consider an example. Through the prophet Isaiah, who lived in the eighth century B.C.E., Jehovah foretold that the city of Babylon would be destroyed. (Isaiah 13:19; 14:22, 23) Details were given to show just how this would happen. Invading armies would dry up Babylon’s river and march into the city without a battle. That is not all. Isaiah’s prophecy even named the king who would conquer Babylon—Cyrus.—Isaiah 44:27–45:2.
Some 200 years later—on the night of October 5/6, 539 B.C.E.—an army encamped near Babylon. Who was its commander? A Persian king named Cyrus. The stage was thus set for the fulfillment of an amazing prophecy. But would the army of Cyrus invade Babylon without a battle, as foretold?
The Babylonians were holding a festival that night and felt secure behind their massive city walls. Meanwhile, Cyrus cleverly diverted the water of the river that flowed through the city. Soon the water was shallow enough for his men to cross the riverbed and approach the walls of the city. But how would Cyrus’ army get past Babylon’s walls? For some reason, on that night the doors to the city were carelessly left open!
Regarding Babylon, it was foretold: “She will never be inhabited, nor will she reside for generation after generation. And there the Arab will not pitch his tent, and no shepherds will let their flocks lie down there.” (Isaiah 13:20) This prophecy did more than predict a city’s fall. It showed that Babylon would be desolated permanently. You can see evidence of the fulfillment of these words. The uninhabited site of ancient Babylon—about 50 miles [80 km] south of Baghdad, Iraq—is proof that what Jehovah spoke through Isaiah has been fulfilled: “I will sweep her with the broom of annihilation.”—Isaiah 14:22, 23.
Considering how the Bible is a book of reliable prophecy is faith strengthening, is it not? After all, if Jehovah God has fulfilled his past promises, we have every reason to be confident that he will also fulfill his promise of a paradise earth. (Numbers 23:19) Indeed, we have “hope of the everlasting life which God, who cannot lie, promised before times long lasting.”—Titus 1:2.

Callotti: With God, all things are possible jare.
Please, stop reading THAT YOUR BIBLE selectively!
If your God did not want this man to die in this fashion. . .it would not happen.
He is omniscient abi?

Did your God not make both the live-wire and the 'carelessness' of which you refer to?
He created the world and saw 'that all was goooood' then went to rest on the 6th day.
Incompetent OAF!
See as una dey die left, right and center. . . praising his omni-incompetence?
Apologies!

sorry, if you may have been deceived, but why not try reading the scriptures once again.
Even Job in Job chapter 1 verse 21 blamed God for the loss of his children, he was wrong. The devil was responsible. [/b]He, Job was only faced with the issue of integrity as to the sovereign of the universe.
The almighty God created us with free will. He did not make us as robots, we have the option of listening to him and worshiping him or not and facing the consequences.
[b]would you blame a kitten knife manufacturer if it is used to commit murder?
He is dynamic in power, He is a God of wisdom, love and justice.
With Him all things are possible when the interfere with His purpose for man which will soon be realized.
What happened to the man is simply ignorance on his part on managing accidents, and possibly lack of safety knowledge. and of course
(Ecclesiastes 9:11) I returned to see under the sun that the swift do not have the race, nor the mighty ones the battle, nor do the wise also have the food, nor do the understanding ones also have the riches, nor do even those having knowledge have the favor; because time and unforeseen occurrence befall them all. . .

Callotti: Hope nor be 'ritual' o?
R.I.P
The will of GOD again!
Praise his HOLY NAME!
What a MARCIFOO GOD!!!!

Never the will of God, read James chapter 1 verse 13 to 15

Simply put, it is the carelessness of those responsible and it shows that every staff of government house needs a training in safety as a very basic necessity.
So please contact RSUST Consultancy unit for the training.

They were all good, but chidi......ok

See those handsome boys and the gal. Beautiful kids.
The boys in tie and Dino in casual wear. Hum!

Na wao!
Hepatitis B on the increase.

It isn't only the rich that are prone to corrupt practices.

lacicrips: Sure these guys don't participate on the Nairaland forums too?

is it 13 laptops or 39 laptops on nairaland?

Tayerulz: I'm so interested in the full history of Jesus while he was on earth...why would his youthful years be excluded? Those years were obviously the most important as it would let us know if he actually follows scientific proves of exhibiting some particular characters at the puberty/youthful ages...(Reasonable replies please)

The brevity of the record concerning his early years is because Jesus had not yet been anointed by the almighty God as “the Christ” (Mt 16:16) and had not commenced carrying out the divine assignment awaiting him. His childhood and the growing-up process, like his birth, were necessary, though incidental, means to an end. As Jesus later stated to Roman Governor Pilate: “For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth.”—Joh 18:37.

ghazzal: yes. but but if it proves that it contradicts, will your view become open, will you search elsewhere?...pls think very well b4 you answer

Good to know you are still on line.
Did you read my posts on proof of creator-ship and the beginning of creation?
I always have an open mind, but, not the type that is dogmatic and fails to see reason.
There is no way you, or anyone can proof that the bible is contradictory. The problem most times is that verses are read in isolation and with bias.
So proceed with your doubts or questions and I will endavour to provide you with answers.

ghazzal: 1st....... God created man in chapter 1
2nd....... Then God formed man from the dust
3rd....... Then God breathed into man and man came alive

my Q. which man was breathed into. is it 1st-the man created in chapter 1 or 2nd the man formed from dust. i would think the man formed from dust(could be Gap theort too)but what happened to the man created in chapter 1. was he destroyed or is can you explain a logical relationship btw the man in 1 and 2.

also, is it a mistake that God created man before he realised that there is need for the floor to be tilled. God i believe and i think you also believe is a perfect planner

“And God went on to say: ‘Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness, and let them have in subjection the fish of the sea and the flying creatures of the heavens and the domestic animals and all the earth and every moving animal that is moving upon the earth.’ And God proceeded to create the man in his image, in God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.”—Genesis 1:26, 27.
Chapter 2 of Genesis apparently adds some details. However, it is not, as you have concluded, another account of creation in conflict with that of chapter 1. It just takes up at a point in the third “day,” after dry land appeared but before land plants were created, adding details that were pertinent to the arrival of humans—Adam the living soul, his garden home, Eden, and the woman Eve, his wife.—Genesis 2:5-9, 15-18, 21, 22.

Law and Order
From personal experience, you likely know that all things tend toward disorder. As any homeowner has observed, when left to themselves, things tend to break down or disintegrate. Scientists refer to this tendency as “the second law of thermodynamics.” We can see this law at work daily. If left alone, a new automobile or bicycle will become scrap. Abandon a building and it will become a ruin. What about the universe? The law applies there too. So you might think that the order throughout the universe should give way to complete disorder.
However, this does not seem to be happening to the universe, as Professor of Mathematics Roger Penrose discovered when he studied the state of disorderliness (or, entropy) of the observable universe. A logical way to interpret such findings is to conclude that the universe started off in an ordered state and is still highly organized. Astrophysicist Alan Lightman noted that scientists “find it mysterious that the universe was created in such a highly ordered condition.” He added that “any successful theory of cosmology should ultimately explain this entropy problem”—why the universe has not become chaotic.
In fact, our existence is contrary to this recognized law. So why is it that we are alive here on earth? As previously noted, that is a basic question that we should want answered.

To the above precision, you can add the fact that the earth rotates on its axis once a day, the right speed to produce moderate temperatures. Venus takes 243 days to rotate. Just think if the earth took as long! We could not survive the extreme temperatures resulting from such long days and nights.
Another vital detail is our earth’s path around the sun. Comets have a wide elliptic path. Thankfully, this is not so with the earth. Its orbit is almost circular. Again, this prevents us from experiencing death-dealing extremes of temperature.
Nor should we ignore the location of our solar system. Were it nearer the center of the Milky Way galaxy, the gravitational effect of neighboring stars would distort the orbit of the earth. In contrast, were it situated at the very edge of our galaxy, the night sky would be all but devoid of stars. Starlight is not essential to life, but does it not add great beauty to our night sky? And based on current concepts of the universe, scientists have calculated that at the edges of the Milky Way, there would not have been enough of the needed chemical elements to form a solar system like ours.

No planet like earth has been found elsewhere in the universe. True, some scientists point to indirect evidence that certain stars have orbiting them objects that are hundreds of times larger than the earth. Our earth, though, is just the right size for our existence. In what sense? If earth were slightly larger, its gravity would be stronger and hydrogen, a light gas, would collect, being unable to escape the earth’s gravity. Thus, the atmosphere would be inhospitable to life. On the other hand, if our earth were slightly smaller, life-sustaining oxygen would escape and surface water would evaporate. In either case, we could not live.
The earth is also at an ideal distance from the sun, a factor vital for life to thrive. Astronomer John Barrow and mathematician Frank Tipler studied “the ratio of the Earth’s radius and distance from the Sun.” They concluded that human life would not exist “were this ratio slightly different from what it is observed to be.” Professor David L. Block notes: “Calculations show that had the earth been situated only 5 per cent closer to the sun, a runaway greenhouse effect [overheating of the earth] would have occurred about 4 000 million years ago. If, on the other hand, the earth were placed only 1 per cent further from the sun, runaway glaciation [huge sheets of ice covering much of the globe] would have occurred some 2 000 million years ago.”—Our Universe: Accident or Design?

More could be said, but you likely understand the point. There is an amazing degree of fine-tuning in these four fundamental forces. “All around us, we seem to see evidence that nature got it just right,” wrote Professor Paul Davies. Yes, the precise tuning of the fundamental forces has made possible the existence and operation of our sun, our delightful planet with its life-sustaining water, our atmosphere so vital for life, and a vast array of precious chemical elements on earth. But ask yourself, ‘Why such precise tuning, and from where?’
Earth’s Ideal Features
Our existence requires precision in other respects as well. Consider the earth’s measurements and its position relative to the rest of our solar system. The Bible book of Job contains these humbling questions: “Where did you happen to be when I founded the earth? . . . Who set its measurements, in case you know?” (Job 38:4, 5) As never before, those questions beg for answers. Why? Because of the amazing things that have been discovered about our earth—including its size and its position in our solar system.