₦airaland Forum

Seun:
It is true that scientists have not figured out how life could come from nonliving matter. This doesn't invalidate evolution. [b]Enlightened religious people believe that God set the process in motion by creating the first life form and left the rest to evolution, [/b]which is a much better view.

Since when has what people believe got anything to do with whether it is fact. Enlightened people once believed the earth was flat that if you traveled too far you would fall off the earth. Now we know better.

Lennycool:
Its funny how every tom, dick and harry think they can just write DEBUNKED next to a scientifically established theory that has been studied for decades and claim they are right. If it's debunked as you say, you should submit your findings to the scientific community, and also provide an alternative to it.
Believing in the bible as a source of scientific truth will get humans no where.

How long something has been believed is not proof that it is fact. The bible has existed for millennia but you don't believe it, do you? You know there are scientific "facts" that were later proved wrong.

akintom:
Just the same way the composition of acts of God and that of terrorists are the same.

You are talking out of point. Stay on the subject.

Kalatium:
The origin of science begins with the origin of man, It's jst that the ancients don't have knowledge as modern science.

You are right. That's what I'd have expected him to say. It's harmful to misinform in the process driving home a point.

Seun:
No, this is not true. The earth is very rich in silicon (in the form of silica and silicates) which is essentially not present in the human body. The misconception that man is made from dust is understandable if we accept that the story was written by a man who didn't know any science.

Any science?

ifenes:
NO! Whoever told you that is only trying to manipulate you to part with your hard earned money.

Like pastors do when they tell you to pay tithe, right?

Lennycool:
Why would anyone chose to be gay in Nigeria were it can get you killed!
You theory that they were abused is unsupported by any evidence.

Homosexuals have been lynched from time ancient times. Nigeria own small. Still they couldn't stop them just like people take cocaine even though the penalties are severe.
Go to homosexual fora. For your health I hope you don't. Not the ones where they are defending themselves from the rest of humanity. The ones where they are hooking up, you'll here those stories. This is common.
Boys or girls hostels
priests with alter boys
Monks in monastries
Uncles or aunts molestation when they were minors
An older adult of same sex when they were boys or girls.
A rich benefactor such as the Almajiris and Alhaji relationships.
Abroad children from dysfunctional families who spent time in in boys homes.
These are the situation from which many homosexuals emerged.

jonbellion:
you are comparing a homosexual to an addict
Sooo you actually think they just decided to start at point in their lives like drugs

Many were abused as minors so the issue of choice does not come in for them. This includes those also who were abused by a fellow minor. Many of them don't say this anymore because now it's normal but they know its the truth. If you repeat anything long enough, people will believe it. Like the holy spirit crap. That's the way I see the 'they were born with it' defence. It's gaining acceptance because important people are saying it not because it is fact.

calliope:
Its really appalling reading all of remarks about homosexuality on here.. Thanks to a ban I couldn't comment until this moment. Isn't it unfair seun, just because I am a homosexual I get banned for defending myself against homophobes, while they go unscathed (ban -wise i mean )inspite the insults throw at me

For those who think being gay is choice? Lemme ask something.
Who chooses to be demeaned, Oppressed, condemned, hurt, and in most cases killed or Lynched? Why would anyone make that choice?! If you think been a gay is a choice feel free to turn yourselves into one right this moment

So much hate and bigotry has blinded so many they can't even make use of logical reasoning.. Keep wallowing in ignorance.

Addicts make those choices. I don't hate you. I hate misinformation.

Lennycool:
You're even taking us back. Homosexuality is not a choice for most people. Get that into your head. For you to be addicted to a drug you have to take it first. But imagine if you were born addicted to it.
By the way there is no comparison between homosexuality and drug addiction.

Be respectful when you talk to me. I have not been disrespectful to you. Where did you get your "most people" statistic from? Can you cite a source that has conducted a survey?

Lennycool:
Stealing is a social necessity for them, a way of escaping poverty or death. If Homosexuality was a choice non in nigeria would be gay, especially when the alternative was safer.
Why would a large percentage of our population risk their survival for something they can easily change?
In the end you believe what you want, you're free to hate, I see now that you've exhausted all your arguments. This conversation is over.

Addictions are hard to change.
People have died from porn addiction even though they knew it was ruining their lives.
People have died from alcohol addiction even though they new it was deadly.
people die from meth overdose even though they knew it was an inevitable eventuality.
People go days without eating, only constantly staying high because they have lost control of the power over their minds and bodies to drugs and then starve to death. It is not easy to change like every other addiction, but I know one wouldn't advise a person to start drug abuse because people can't stop it easily. If anything you would tell them not to start at all.

Seun:
Isn't it obvious to you that the difference between dating a man and dating a woman is much smaller than the difference between dating a person and dating an animal? I'm not commenting on the morality of bestiality; just observing that it's not at all comparable to homosexuality.

I can assure you the line will get thinner and thinner. In a few decades it will be one and the same.

stsinner:
A life was lost yet you claim it was better for everybody? How? Who saw his latter years? Even Obama & Putin were not angels in their childhood years

He was 23 years old not a child. We have no right to life if we are a threat to other people's existence. He threatened to kill his own mother and could have also killed the vigilante. If Obama and Putin were like him at that age they'd probably be dead too. Remember nobody killed him, he killed himself.

She couldn't manage him anymore, he couldn't manage himself, the world couldn't manage him. His demise is better for everyone. ADIEU

konos:
i have just seen my invite for in-class training. but does it mean that once you have been invited you are qualified for the loan, just waiting to complete necessary steps to get the money?

I think it means that you are qualified to submit your bankable business plan and access the loan. At this point the focus should be to put together a business plan, in line with what we've learnt from AMI, that will ensure you get all the money you need to run your business.

franksam2009:
Someone should please explain who the Eegun are

One of the indegenous tribes of Lagos. They are non Yorubas. They are also found in ogun state, Benin republic, Ghana and Togo. They call themselves Ogu but are called egun by Yorubas. They have similar culture to Yorubas but speak a different language.

bibinwaka:
cohorts 2 visit boi website to check if u qualified for d class training. have seen mine.

Has anyone in Abuja or Lagos received their invitation to the in-class training today? I am not referring to those who received theirs before courses closed o. I have a friend who finished his courses on the 4th and his grades where good but he has not been invited and his name is not on the list. Is there any likelihood the list will still be updated?
Jethrolite
ESUNAM
infotainment
nextofkeen
Olowozain
CaaseStudy
bibinwaka
ol2012
CuteTj

Jethrolite:
While I was hoping to be posted to Lagos where I have free accommodation, I was posted to Asaba where I have no known relative or friends. How exactly do they want me to meet up?

This is very annoying and I have written to them to express my displeasure.

Mine's in Benin where I reside. And it begins next monday. Please if you have until upper week before yours you have to plan for it o. It's the same delta state that you reside, abi?

We don receive our invitation for in-class training. Na to collect the money remain. E no go better for devil! lol

Amelian:
Wow, that's a concluding analysis
Smiles I understand what you mean..
My dear, it's well..
U are right I didn't really see it in that angle... Hmm nice one
Does your pm work?

Check your mail.

Amelian:
Anything worthwhile requires work, one cannot run away from adding extra efforts to. Make things work in life.. Be it farming, be it making of clothes, refining of pure gold, surgeries on patients, even maintaining of birth requires work. Everything in life requires work, if u want it to last long.
Then taking more than one can chew requires wisdom. As well in following what the heart needs.. Cause the heart can be tricked to fall in love and to trust. That's where one applies wisdom and watch out for potholes that could either destroy or mare one for life by trusting another.
Wisdom too is another tool, one must apply when Inlove ...oresle odikwa very risky , if the heart chooses a questionable character

I think women are often not honest with themselves and men when they say the heart chooses who it loves. The heart loves what the mind considers valuable. Women do consciously decide who they fall in love with. At the moment they are falling in love they might not be aware of it but long before then they had known the kind of person they would like to love. This is the reason why many women are often attracted to the same set of men because these men tick the same set of boxes. If the heart chose what it loves every man would have his fair amount of women attracted to him. But the reality is that a few men have access to most of the women while the rest have to scramble for what's left. There are the those at the top of the food chain and the rest are bottom feeders.

cloudgoddess

I personally wouldn't say "supposed to be".

It's good you spoke for yourself here. You don't have to leave nairaland to see what I am saying. Religious people often defend their faith by painting a picture of the ideal as opposed to what is prevalent.

This is based on the premise that talking about a topic frequently/with intensity is something only religiously motivated people do.

Religious, obsessive and insane people do. When a person goes on and on about something every single day, chirping like a bird, it can be sickening, repulsive and counterproductive. A little knowledge of psychology should tell us that you don't necessarily get a point across by repeating it every single day. Sometimes just showing people that you are a well rounded person having other interests could make a person want to listen to you when you talk. But if it's a divine command you are heeding you've got to do it like the lord says, right?

Science by it's very nature is the complete opposite though. Science welcomes change as long as it gets us closer to a good answer. It's a body of consistently transforming knowledge - not a rigid dogma.

Science can't be wrong. Scientists can be wrong. Whenever science was wrong there was something unscientific done by a "scientist". Because he is a human being he is prone to what everyone of us is prone to; bias, prejudice, glory seeking, groupthink and so on. Giving too much weight to what scientists say is like conferring on them infallibility like people do the Vatican and pope.

SemuhleB:
Nigerians tend to be funny. Like your sense of humour. Its 12.40pm so going to sleep now. See you around later

They say comedians are often sad people; maybe that explains the negativity. Sleep like a baby.

SemuhleB:
Lol you are an exemption. No he is a Southie

I was actually preparing to pop the question, but I guess the guy beat me to it. Tell me something you like about Nigerians. Having hung around this forum for some years, there's got to be something.

SemuhleB:
Nigerians are really negative people.

I am a positive Nigerian. I hope the guy you're marrying is a Nigerian.

Amelian:
The heart chooses whom to love and Sometimes gets what it yearns for? loving so many people at once is unrealistic.. It's better u call it lust after so many people. Not love many people at once.
If u love a particular person, it's not hard work.. Your actions simply flow with ease. It's easy.
But for a player, it's hard work.

Lusting is effortless but loving requires effort; it requires work. When the initial bliss of early romance wears off, what you have left is work. If the heart chooses who you love don't you think it can put you in a position where you'll take on more than you can handle?

Amelian:
Love is a feeling, you can't explain but with love u wouldn't want the other person to suffer. With love, you will always want to see your partner smile.. When he's sad about certain dissapointments, you are worried.. When he's happy, u will feel great joy seep into your body as he explains his achievements and joys to you. With love, you want to protect what u have.. With love, u ain't letting go but if you have to let go? If and only if, your partner desperately wants to let go, all because u want your 2nd half to be happy.. With love, no mountain is to high to climb.. With love your struggles, your pains is shared and become less to bear..
In fact, love is all that matters... As long as both of you are focused and working towards one goal.. The sky is the ultimate.
I love to be inlove

It looks like a lot of work loving someone. You can't expend that amount of energy on many persons at once. How do you choose who to love?

rosalieene:
Truth be told, you can't know a guy's true character till he has money.

Conversely, you can't know your woman's true character until you don't have money.

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EzeNri:
Only terrorists and their Jihadist sympathisers.

#WorldPeace

Stay off my mentions, stranger!

EzeNri:
#WorldPeace

Stay off my mention, stranger!

safarigirl:
In truth, most women want everything for nothing.

It's the attitude of entitlement while abandoning our responsibilities that's destroying our societies fast.