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k4kenny:
It has come to my understanding that most atheists and critics of religions only do so by criticizing the Christian perspective of God and what the bible says.

Your statement that God believes he was not created is weird. How can you tell what God believes? Anyways Islam has its own explanation of God and how the world came into being.

Science theorised that the universe was created by an expansion which lead to a big bang. This is also stated in the Qur'an. The question now is what lead to this big bang?. Newton's first law of motion states that an external force causes an effect on an object. Whatever force that caused the big bang is definitely outside of this universe.

Also note that whatever causes an effect has no resemblance to the effect it has caused. Let me explain better. When you blow a balloon, it expands. The expansion is as a result of the air pressure inside the balloon. The air(cause) has no resemblance whatsoever with the balloon's expansion (effect). In the same vein, the Creator of the universe bears no resemblance to any of the effects of His cause. Q112.4 states 'and there is nothing like unto Him'. Any religion that gives their 'god' a human identity is nothing but a sham.

I'll really urge the OP and others to please study Islam with a non biased mind. Forget about all this propaganda of Isis and Boko haram. It's all plot to cause chaos and divert people from the truth.

midnighter:
You have taken the Bible accounts out of context. Rather than using your own concept of morality to judge that of the people doing the warring and enslaving, you should take time to understand the environment, orientation and circumstances surrounding those Biblical events and what God was hoping to achieve by assisting them in their endeavours.

Are you being deliberately condescending? Your second paragraph is beside the point; I have never denied that traditional religion could be effective so no need to lecture me on that. Why dont you as well "go out and do your own research" instead of twisting the Bible to suit your spurious "arm-chair argument"

I dont see the point in you using the Old Testament as an argument against Christianity without considering the New Testament which forms the explanation and validation of the first part. How can a pastor who kills people be justified by the Bible? You are not making sense. Can a native doctor who poisons people be justified by any masquerade cult or Nze na Ozo society? So whats your point exactly

midnighter:
You dont get it. Its not a law thats above Him; its a condition that goes against His nature. Oil and water dont mix. God and sin dont mix.

I did not deny the presence of contradictions or errors. I do not deny that the idea of sacrifice is common in ancient mythology. That a text has been rendered incorrectly does not make it false. That an idea is popular or found elsewhere does not make it false.

The Bible contains several different genres of writing. Some of it has been taken by some as metaphor. That does not mean that it no longer applies.

midnighter:
Sins need to be punished. If you understand God as much as you claim to, you should understand that its against His nature to abide with sin. Forgiveness is not the point. He can forgive you but He still needs the sin to be paid for. Are you saying that your parents simply "forgave" you all the time when you were growing up, with no consequences?

You shouldnt use emotive language like "forgive" and "revenge" to try to distract away from the point.

Your second paragraph is not closely connected enough with what we were discussing for me to respond to it.

midnighter:
No lol I started responding but I had to think about what you wrote since it was quite sensitive.

Appleyard:
My brother, there is no way you can rig an election simply by putting ads on Facebook. This line of thinking is what makes the claim that the Russians rig the elections spurrous and dumb.

If putting up ads on behalf of another candidate is how you rig an election, then I must say the term rigging has lost its meaning, and its correlation with the word influence is crazier than we thought.

Here is the fact: there is no way you can influence the EC votes by so called ads without tampering with the swing states voting process or results itself. Since that wasn't what happened, it makes the claim even more illogical and stupid since you can't influence or rig the EC votes by running ads or exposing stuff about the opposition without same reflecting on the popular vote.

I will advise that you read up on Professor Allan Lichtman "13 key factors" that he has used to correctly predict the winner of five previous elections, including that of Trump in 2016, and you will understand better why Trump won, and why he would win again in 2020 (according to the professor key system).

Besides, it was obvious Trump was going to win because the Dems made him popular by making him their campaign issue instead of arguing more based on policies that touches directly on the citizens. Unfortunately, they're repeating same mistake again.

If Trump scales through this Impeachment brouhaha at the senate, the Dems can forget 2020 because they would have made Trump even more popular in the eyes of the ordinary man in the street whose kettle in this whole thing is what is the state of the economy and what is the job market prospect at the moment.

I'm sorry to say this: the Dems are already campaigning for Trump for 2020. If the senate doesn't bar him from contesting, it is game over for Democrats per the presidency.

Appleyard:
Please, let logic be your thinking cap. If the Russians interfared to swing the votes in favor of Trump, how come Hilary Clinton ended up winning the popular vote by more than 2 MILLIONS, and Trump only got elected through the backdoor created by the Electoral College? Does it make sense to you?

I doubt it does.

Snowale:
I think it's population increase, more people are seeking admission into the university, so those with very high scores are more and are recognized. The are hundreds of thousands of aspirant with less than 150 in JAMB

FuckAllTheMODs:
I dont know about his yahoo yahoo accusation but if it is about traffick and noise, then I guess you don't stay on the island or you have not made use of that route/road around that clubbing period, you won't be saying what you are saying if you do.
He should try to relocate his club to a more convenient place, that present location is kinda small and there is no car pack for the clubbers, just a small space by the side which is someone else's fromtage

RamseyBolton:
So someone into yahoo yahoo will shout out like Naira marley that they do it? If you know, you know.

RamseyBolton:
Shina Peller should not be a lawmaker. That guy used the Nigerian system to do yahoo yahoo. That silly club causing noise pollution and traffic issues should be closed down

Before you label me a hater, imagine a someone rushing to the hospital but being held up because clubbers gotta club. Nonsense

midnighter:
The original Slay Queen ...we salute you mami

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Love is all we want in our nation.

A nation where all men and women will love themselves as christ commanded us to do.

Let us all say no to hatred, negativity and all social vice.

This is the way forward to a New and better nation.

God bless Nigeria.

#PreachLoveNotHate

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