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Computers / Re: How Expensive Is Your Internet Service Access? by tony4244(m): 1:47pm On Sep 02, 2012
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Food / Why Do Girls Burn Beans???!!! by tony4244(m): 4:14pm On Aug 21, 2012
I'V NOTICED THAT MOST GIRLS ESPECIALLY YOUNG GIRLS MAKE IT A HABIT OF BURNING BEANS THEY COOK. AND THAT SPOILS THE TASTE BADLY. I STAYED IN HOSTEL IN UNIVERSITY AND I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT GUYS COOK BEANS BETTER THAN GIRLS. EVEN AFTER MY UNIVERSITY, MOST GIRLS THAT I'V MET THAT COOK FOR ME ALWAYS BURN THE FOOD. I JUST DONT KNOW THEIR PROBLEM. IN MY WHOLE LIFE ONLY MY MUM AND MY GIRLFRND COOK BEANS WELL. EVEN MY SISTER DOSENT COOK IT WELL, MY OTHER FRNDS THAT ARE GIRLS, THE SAME TIN. KILODE?
Family / If You Feel Like Talking About Anything At All... Call Me by tony4244(m): 8:52pm On Jul 13, 2012
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Literature / Re: Port-Harcourt Named World Book Capital 2014 by tony4244(m): 8:28pm On Jul 12, 2012
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Computers / Mtn Back Again Scamming Customers by tony4244(m): 7:23pm On Jul 11, 2012
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Religion / Idol Worship In Today's World by tony4244(m): 5:27pm On May 25, 2012
WELL, I FOUND THIS ONLINE AND HAD TO SHARE.

Baal worship in the Roman Catholic Churches

After the flood of Noah, it wasn’t long til Cush came. He was noah’s grandson . . . . this was the guy satan was waiting for. Cush married the most beautiful woman on earth. Her name was Semiramis. She became the queen of Babylon. She was the pits, . . . no woman ever was more rotten than she was! Later in Rome, they called her Venus (The mother of all evil). Cush and Semiramis had a son. They named him Nimrod (also known as Tammuz in Ezekiel 8:14). Jesus wasn’t born on Dec 25th,but Nimrod was and that’s who’s birthday the pagan world celebrates. It is also Baal worship. Nimrod was just as evil as his mother. Nimrod was a master Warlock (male witch). Under his direction, astrology was developed. He also laid the groundwork for both white and black witchcraft (which is both sides to the same satanic coin). He was called Molech. Sacrifices to Molech were not uncommon.When he grew up he married his mother. Satan used Nimrod and his mother to set up his occult religion called Baal worship. All false religions of the world today can be traced back to Baal worship. This satanic religion began in secret with the most terrible of occult practices, the sacrificing of babies. (2 Chron 33:6) When Shem, who was Nimrod’s great uncle, found out what Nimrod was doing, he killed Nimrod for his crimes against GOD. Shem cut Nimrod’s body into pieces and sent them to different cities as a warning to others messing with the occult. Semiramis had a brainstorm. If she played it right . . . .she could brainwash the people into believing Nimrod was a god they should love . . . .instead of remembering him as a monster. Semiramis was crafty, satan worship went underground. But there was a price to pay for joining it. They had to tell her priests everything they ever did wrong. It was called confessional. After telling all . . . .the people were scared to death that the priest might expose them. This way, Semiramis controlled them with an iron fist.Semiramis gave the word that Nimrod was now a ‘god’, the sun god, “Baal.” They bought it! Then she became the “Queen of heaven”. She won the hearts of the people. Soon, statues appeared of Semiramis holding her husband/son Nimrod . . . . the sun god. She had pulled it off. Baal worship was off and running! (1 Kings 18). In Egypt, Semiramis was called Isis, The Queen of Heaven. Her husband/Son *O Siris, most frequently called Horus, was the sun god. The religion spread world wide. In China she was called Shing Moo (Holy mother of China) . . . . .in ancient Phoenecia she was called Ashtoreth. She was known as Diana in asia Minor. The Cross was also created by Semiramis, the ‘Queen of Heaven’, in remembrance of her son, Tammuz (the sun god,Baal,Nimrod). On Tammuz’ cross is an idol of a dead ‘Jesus’. This religious object is adored and prayed to by Roman Catholics. The crucifix is the real heart of the occult. In God’s sight, it is a cursed thing. (Deut 7:26) Behind the crucifix are strong demonic forces giving out tremendous power, as depicted in the vampire movies.

Here’s how satan used Constantine. How could Constantine gain support of both the Christians and the pagans (the worshippers of Baal)? Constantine worshipped Sol (the sun god) and he already had the backing of the pagans. Here’s how he pulled it off. Tradition tells us that Constantine and his troops saw a sign of the cross in the sky. The cross Constantine described and had put on all of his soldiers shields was the Egyptian Ankh. The Egyptian Ankh is a symbol for the sun god. Constantine won the battle and marched into Rome and shook the world by saying . . . .”I am a Christian!” He gave a decree of tolerance giving total religious freedom and heat was off the followers of Jesus.
Historically speaking, Constantine was the first pope of Rome and wasn’t Apostle Peter because Apostle Peter was married and never went to Rome. Constantine wanted 50 bibles made up. Satan got into the act. The city of Alexandria was satan’s territory. Egypt, the land of Isis (Queen of Heaven) and Horus (sun god), at that time was the seat of Baal worship. The symbols like Pyramid, Ankh, all seeing eye of Horus, statues of Isis and the sun god (which is the same statue of Mary and baby Jesus in the RCC), and the Obelisk are all symbols of Baal and important to all those in the occult and found in Masonry. In the Roman Catholic church when you see the little wafer with IHS on it, well, . . . . . it represents the Egyptian trinity : Isis, Horus, Seb. Egypt is a type of the world in the bible. God would not allow Israel (exod 15) or HIS Son, Jesus (Matt 2), to stay there. In the city of Alexandria, they formed a school of religion and philosophy, but they had a problem. A great student, Origen, became head of this school. He messed up the scriptures . . . . he didn’t believe Jesus was Almighty God. Origen was an Arian . . . .today he would be called a Jehovah’s witness . . . .he believed Jesus was a lesser GOD. Origen, 184A.D.-254 A.D. was mightily used by satan to corrupt bible manuscripts. They didn’t believe in a real heaven or hell, nor did they believe the bible was the word of GOD. They started to make changes. Constantine (who secretly worshipped the sun god) ordered a man named Eusebius (the Bishop of Caesarea) to make him 50 bibles. Eusebius had a choice of using greek manuscripts from Alexandria or from Antioch (where the true scriptures were being copied and kept). . . . to make up his 50 greek bibles. Eusebius was not a real Christian. He believed the same way Origen did. There was no way he would touch those perfectly preserved manuscripts of the written WORD from Antioch . . . . .so he used the corrupted manuscripts of Egypt to make his bibles for the Roman Catholic Church. Out of the 50 bibles made out of them came the Latin Vulgate (satan’s bible).
The Latin Vulgate bible became the official bible for the Roman Catholics, all others were outlawed. When you go to a Catholic church and hear the catholic priest citing from the Latin vulgate, you are actually hearing the corrupted scriptures from Egypt! Great changes were taking place. Satan has defiled the true way of Christianity mixing pagan ways with true Christian ways. The pagans were allowed to bring their statues and idols of Semiramis(queen of Heaven) and Nimrod (Baal,the sun god) into the church. The names were changed to the Virgin Mary, “Queen of Heaven” and little baby Jesus. Baal worship, started by Semiramis and Nimrod, had successfully moved into the Roman Catholic Institution. The Bible forbids the worship of the Queen of Heaven, in the 7th and 44th chapters of Jeremiah. The confessionals were set up like they had in Babylon.The priests had the people under their control again. The WORD of GOD was kept from the people. The stronger the popes got, the deeper the world sank into the dark ages. Millions went to hell and satan was delighted. The Vatican is NOT run by the white pope which you see, but is run by an unseen man, a black pope, he is satan’s right hand man. Satan’s seat is in the Vatican of the RCC.

Rev 2:13 I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, [even] where Satan's seat [is]: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas [was] my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.

Rev2:14 But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.

Rev2:15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.

The Roman catholic churches use vain repititions and claim the are sacrificing the very body of Jesus over 200 thousand times a day world-wide.

Matt 6:7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen [do]: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

Matt 15:19 But in vain they do worship me, teaching [for] doctrines the commandments of men.

Satan used the Roman Catholic Institition to persecute and try to wipe out the true believers and the true teachings of Jesus. Satan ,using a combination of Jewish and pagan religious rites, developed the Roman Catholic Mass, which keepsn repeating Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross over and over again. The Lord’s supper was replaced by a deadly counterfeit.

Religion doesn’t save ONLY Jesus can. It’s not about religion ,but about RELATIONSHIP with the Most High God.
John14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

There is still time for Roman Catholics to come out of Baal worship. As long as Roman Catholics are still in Baal worship, they will never truly know what it’s like to worship Father God in spirit and in truth.

John4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.

When you truly worship the Father in spirit and in truth and praise HIM from the bottom of your heart, it opens the floodgates of heaven ushering in the presence of the Holy Spirit! It is an awesome experience and hard to describe, but I have noticed after a few worship songs at church the Holy Spirit comes into the building and the glory of GOD falls like a curtain! It’s like being in a thick cloud of warm, fuzzy, warmth and pure love! You absolutely know HE’s there without a shadow of a doubt, and when you close your eyes, you feel as if HE is standing right in front of you! If you are still in the Roman Catholic Church, come out of her and be separate. Seek the Lord for yourself and forget the spoon fed dogma and religion you have been man taught all your life. HE (the Lord) will truly reveal HIMSELF to you, and I guarantee, it’s not like anything you have ever experienced before. You will know when HE (Holy Spirit) shows up! Without a doubt, you will know! And this can be done anywhere, even at home. Praise the Lord!

******THE MORALE OF THE STORY IS WE SHOULD BE CAREFUL ABOUT THE RELIGIONS AND CHURCHES WE FOLLOW. NOT EVERYTHING THEY DO OR SAY IS FROM GOD. WE SHOULD TRY TO DISCOVER GOD OURSELVES BY OBEYING HIS FIRST COMMANDMENTS, AND ASKING HIM FOR GUIDANCE, THAT IS THE ONLY WAY TO BE SAFE*****

******I WATCHED A VIDEO THE OTHER DAY WHERE PASTOR CHRIS OYAKILOME TOLD HIS CHURCH MEMBERS THAT ISAAC ISNT THE SON OF ABRAHAM, AND THEN HE CHANGED THE TOPIC, I WAS LIKE, WHERE DID THAT COME FROM*** LETS BE CAREFUL
Nairaland / General / Re: Is This How Our Soldiers Are Trained? by tony4244(m): 6:30pm On May 17, 2012
THIS ARE NOT NIGERIAN SOLDIERS. THAT IS NOT OUR UNIFORM.
Religion / Re: The Power Of Atheists! by tony4244(m): 5:59pm On May 16, 2012
WELL, ALL THOSE CLAIMING TO BE ATHEISTS. I JUST PRAY YOU START BELIEVING SOON BEFORE GOD PUNISHES YOU FOR HEARING THE WORD AND NOT BELIEVING. YOU ARE NO DIFFERENT FROM THE IDOL WORSHIPPERS OF OLD TIME ISRAEL, ROME AND GREESE. AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT GOD DID TO ALL OF THEM. HE DESTROYED THEIR CITIES AND REDICULED THEIR SO CALLED gods. SO PLEASE FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR SOUL REPENT AND BELIEVE IN GOD AND FOLLOW HIS COMMANDMENTS. IT IS NOT COMPULSORY TO FOLLOW A RELIGION BUT YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW GOD'S COMMANDMENTS AND WORSHIP HIM.
Religion / The Only Reason To Fight In Islam (boko Haram Take Note) by tony4244(m): 5:49pm On May 16, 2012
The Command of War in Islam
www.cpsglobal.org
10/11/2011
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Certain verses of the Qur'an give the command to do battle (22:39). Here are a few points on this subject that we learn from our study of the Qur'an.



The first point is that to initiate aggression or armed confrontation is absolutely forbidden for Muslims. That is why the Qur'an clearly states: Fight in the cause of God those who fight against you, but do not transgress (2:190).



Islam allows only a defensive war. That is, when aggression is resorted to by others, Muslims may engage in war only in self-defence. The initiation of hostilities is not permitted for Muslims. Combat may be engaged in only when "they (the opponents) were the first to commence hostilities against you." (Qur'an, 9:13)



Furthermore, even in the face of aggression, Muslims are not immediately to wage a defensive war. Instead they are to employ all possible means to prevent a carnage from taking place. They are to resort to fighting only when it becomes totally unavoidable. All the battles that took place during the life of the Prophet provide practical examples of this principle. For instance, during the campaign of Ahzab, the Prophet attempted to avoid the battle by digging a trench, and thus successfully averted war. If, on the occasion of Hunain, the Prophet had to engage in battle, it was because it had become inevitable.



There was another kind of war, according to the Qur'an, which was temporarily desirable. That was the struggle to end religious persecution (fitna) (2:193).



In this verse 'fitna refers to that coercive system which reaches the extremes of religious persecution. Prevalent all over the world in ancient times, this system had effectively closed the doors to all kinds of spiritual and material progress for man. Therefore, God commanded His devotees to put an end to the kings' and emperors' reign of terror in order to usher in an age of freedom in which man might receive all kinds of spiritual and material benefits.



This task was undertaken internally within Arabia during the life of the Prophet of Islam. Afterwards, the Sassanid and Byzantine empires were dismantled by divine succour during the period of the rightly-¬guided caliphs. Consequently, the coercive political system ended at the international level, and thus began an age of intellectual freedom.



In this connection we find a very authentic tradition recorded in Sahih al-Bukhari. When, after the caliphate of Ali ibn Abi Talib, Abdullah ibn Zubayr and the Umayyads engaged themselves in political confrontation, Abdullah ibn Umar (son of the second Caliph) and the senior-most surviving companion of the Prophet kept himself aloof from this battle. A group of people came to him and, referring to the verse (2:193), which commanded the believers to do battle in order to put an end to persecution, asked him why he was not willing to join the battle, Abdullah ibn Umar replied that ‘fitna’ did not refer to their political confrontation, but referred rather to religious persecution, which they had already brought to an end. (Fathul Bari, 8/160).



This makes it clear that the war putting an end to persecution was a temporary war, of limited duration, which had already been concluded during the period of the rightly guided caliphs. Now justifying the waging of war by citing this verse is not at all acceptable. This verse will apply only if the same conditions prevail in the world once again.



Biographers of the Prophet have put the number of war campaigns at 80. When a reader goes through these biographies, he receives the impression that the Prophet of Islam during his 23-year prophetic period waged wars at least four times a year. But this impression is entirely baseless. The fact is that the Prophet of Islam in his entire prophetic period fought only three battles. All the other incidents, called ghazwa, or military expeditions, are in fact, examples of avoidance of battle, rather than of involvement in battle.



For instance, the incident of al-Ahzab has been called a battle in the books of seerah. Whereas in reality, on this occasion, 12,000 armed tribesmen of Arabia came to the border of Madinah in order to wage war, but the Prophet and his companions did not allow the battle to take place by digging a trench, which acted as a buffer between the Muslims and the aggressors. The same is the case with all those incidents, called ghazwa, or battles. Whenever the Prophet's opponents wanted to involve him in battle, the Prophet managed to defuse the situation by adopting one strategy or another.

There are three occasions when the Prophet entered the field of armed combat – at Badr, Uhud and Hunain. But as proven by events, fighting had become inevitable on all these occasions. The Prophet had no choice but to do battle with the aggressors. Furthermore, each of these military engagements lasted for only half a day, beginning at noon and ending by sunset. Therefore, it would not be wrong to say that the Prophet in his entire life took up arms only for one and a half days. That is to say, of the entire 23-year prophetic period, except for one and a half days, the Prophet observed the principle of non-violence.

While giving the command of battle to the Prophet and his companions, the Qur'an clearly states that it was the other party, which had commenced hostilities (9:13). This verse gives conclusive evidence that there is only defensive war in Islam. It is absolutely unlawful for the believers to wage an offensive war. The Islamic method is entirely based on the principle of non-violence. Islam does not allow for violence in any circumstance except that of unavoidable defense.
Religion / True Meaning Of Muslim Jihad Mean (boko Haram Take Note!!) by tony4244(m): 5:44pm On May 16, 2012
What Does Jihad Mean?
Dr. Jamal Badawi
9/6/2011
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The Qur’anic Arabic term Jihad has been commonly mistranslated as “Holy War”. The original Qur’an is in Arabic, not English.

The Arabic equivalent of the English expression “Holy War” is “ Harb Muqaddasah”, an expression which is not found anywhere in the Qur’an or in the authentic sayings of the Prophet of Islam. Even when the Qur’an speaks about defensive war, it never glorifies it or calls it “Holy”, but as something which is inherently hated [2:216-217]. However, as a last resort, it may be better [than doing nothing in the face of aggression or oppression]. Furthermore, the term “Holy War” means, lexically, a fight on behalf of one religion against the other [s]. There is no verse in the Qur’an that condones fighting any peaceful non-Muslim on the sole ground that he/she is a non-Muslim. The Qur’an prohibits compulsion in religion [2:256] and even allows some form of interfaith marriage. For example, a Muslim male may marry a Jewish or Christian woman [5:5]. It may be argued, from religious perspectives that the expression “Holy War” is a contradiction of terms as there is nothing “Holy” about war and its results; bloodshed, destruction and human suffering. It may be a lesser evil, but not holy in itself.

It may be useful then to find out the meaning of “Jihad” in both its literal and religious meanings. Jihad is an Arabic term derived from the root “JHD” which means, literally, to strive or exert effort. The term Jihad and other similar terms derived from the same root are used in the Qur’an [the Muslim holy book] and in Hadeeth [sayings of Muhammad, Prophet of Islam] in three contexts. Firstly, it is used in the context of prayers, doing righteous deeds and self-purification; inward Jihad or struggle against evil inclinations within oneself [Qur’an, 22:77-78; 29:4-7]. Secondly, it is used in the context of social Jihad, or striving for truth, justice and goodness in one’s relationship with other humans. Examples of this usage include the payment of charity to the needy [49:15] and striving to persuade those who reject God’s prophets by referring to the arguments presented in the Qur’an [25:51-52]. Thirdly, it is used in the context of the battlefield, which is often called, more specifically, Qital, which means fighting. That later form; the combative Jihad, is allowed in the Qur’an for legitimate self-defense in the face of unprovoked aggression or in resisting severe oppression, on religious or other grounds [2:190-194]. No other verse in the Qur’an, when placed in its proper textual and historical context, permit fighting others on the basis of their faith, ethnicity or nationality [60:8-9]. The Qur’an recognizes plurality in human societies, including religious plurality, as part of God’s plan in creation [10:19; 11:118-119]. It calls for peaceful and respectful dialogue, not forced conversion whether through war or other forms of coercion [3:64, 16:125, and 29:46].

Combative Jihad is not only restricted in terms of what may or may not justify it, it is also strictly regulated. Prophet Muhammad taught how to behave in the battlefield. As an “hated act”, war should not be resorted to if other peaceful and just means may stop aggression or oppression. Intentions must be pure and no selfish personal or nationalistic agenda should be the driving force. There must be a declaration of war by a legitimate authority after due consultation. No non-combatants should be hurt. All must refrain from looting and unnecessary destruction. Prisoners of war and the injured must be treated humanely.

It should be noted, in the long history of Muslim people, there were times when such conditions and rules were adhered to and other times where there were violations in differing degrees. There were also some misinterpretations of the concept by some scholars, possibly influenced by the circumstances of the world in which they lived. The fact remains, however, that Islamic teachings are not to be driven by either what some Muslims did or are doing today, nor by misinterpretations, past or present. It is a duty of Muslim scholars to clarify these issues to both Muslims and Non-Muslims alike. Some are already doing that in the pursuit of the true Qur’anic vision of a peaceful and just society and world.

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