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accused: christine , moslem,budda ,juju, or traditional religion etc in any one u find ur self, make good use of it. There is only one God in the whole universe and only one power, what ever name u choose to call him he is God.

how do you know this?

Coldfeet: Don't need to! Did anybody die for them? NO!!

You actually do

your original claim was baseless

OLAADEGBU: And this was from a year earlier. The population of Chinese Christians are said to be more than the total population of Nigeria put together.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT3TtcQF1Cw

you do realize China's population is 1.2 billion people right?

so even if the 100+ million christians in china figure is true (which I'm sure it's not) it would still only be roughly around 10% of their total population

if you were talking about supporting him (politically)....in terms of voting for him...understand that not supporting the President is indirectly supporting Mitt Romney.

1. Barack Obama is an American of Kenyan heritage...but an American nonetheless. He was elected to first and foremost protect and advance the interests of the nation and it's people so any African who expected him to serve the contintent's interests in the first place was misguided and naive.

2. Qaddaffi was a dictator...he killed and authorized killings. "you live by the sword....."

3. Somalians are not being killed... Al Shabaab (a terrorist group) who operates in Somalia are being targetted in those drone attacks.

4. Where is the proof that he supported Kabila? (BTW, Kabila is a dictator just like many African Presidents)

5. Gbagbo, was a dictator that was in power since 2002 before being overthrown. He refused to conceed defeat to Ouattara and was removed. Although Ouattara is a puppet IMO...he's no more or less a puppet than Gbagbo was.

6. Joseph Kony is a murderer who used child soldiers in his army. I did not like the Kony 2012 propaganda but I don't mind US military advisors sent teams to get that mofo

7. AFRICOM, always existed

8. Lastly, how many Africans truly supported Obama? Did they pay his college tuition? did they contribute to his campaigns financially?

does the exterior always look like this or did he design it specifically for upcoming halloween?

the only thing that looks weird is the lit up skull and the accompanying "punk palace" sign?

[quote author=ekt_bear]These Somalis sound like hausa-fulani to me, but much worse. lol.[/quote]basically!


[quote author=PAGAN 9JA]Somalis lack IQ and can be really st.upid. even the apes look like scholars in front of them. i remember i got into a fight with a Somali once. the way he acted was so undescribably foolish. by the end of the fight, he was half naked and making weird gestures. [/quote]did he call you a bantu? that seems to be their favorite word

Rossikk: Somalians are human beings. And fellow Africans no less. Stop the idiotic references to them 'breeding like rabbits' and such insulting, ignorant nonsense. The vast majority of Somalians are law abiding, and certainly not 'violent' and 'dirty'. Just as the vast majority of Nigerians are not '419' scammers and drug dealers.

Somalians are very xenophobic towards others. If they are going to dish it out, they need to be prepared to take it. People might start respecting them when they show respect to others.

Nigeria's economic progress means nothing if it does not trickle down to the average man and woman

It just looks good on paper

good to know that South Sudanese are vigilante and aware of the threat that Islamist Somalis pose...especially to a young, predominantly Christian, democratic country like South Sudan

there's no doubt in my mind that there is an alliance between North Sudan, The Arab world and Somalis to de-stabilize South Sudan

PhysicsQED: Thanks.

One of the reasons for suggesting using music to revitalize interest in indigenous religions is because of what I've seen just from looking at the Rastafari movement and the associated music. The main idea of the Rastafari movement - that one particular 20th century monarch of the Solomonic dynasty of Ethiopia is a deity - is something that would sound very strange to most people, but then again it's not really more bizarre than some of the specific claims in the Abrahamic religions which the Rastafari movement is tied to.

This is a movement which on the surface should never have had more than a few hundred adherents, being totally new and being in the western world surrounded by Christianity, but the quality of the music that often promotes the lifestyle and beliefs of the Rastafaris is so great that I wouldn't be surprised if more people became Rastas because of great reggae artists than because of the cannabis. They took the local reggae music and used it to promote their beliefs and to some extent they were successful. There may not be that many Rastafaris, but there are enough that one can say that their success is definitely out of proportion to the age of their movement and the amount of writings promoting their beliefs. The music really does seem to be a big factor.

great point

Music is definitely a promotional tool.

Bob Marley's is one of (if not the biggest) reason for the spread of Rastafari. His music exposed people to the ideology.

great discussion going on here

If I ever write a book it will be about how to reform ATR's in order to make them more susceptible for African people to embrace in the 21st century. ALL religions have gone through this revision stage and African traditions need a reformation movement because I believe that is the only way for them to survive and then thrive. I think Christians and Muslims truly fear an African religious reformation movement because as long as indigenous African religions remain "archaic" and "primitive" in the minds of the African masses they can continue to demonize and marginalize them.

Nebeuwa: Does that include the Coptic Church of Egypt and the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church? Both of those Christian denominations are as old as Christianity itself. Ethiopians and the Egyptian Copts were Christians even before Europe was converted to Christianity.

You posted this to try an make Christianity seem indigenous to the continent of Africa (which it's not)

A better question, would be where Egyptians and Ethiopians Christian before Armenians and populations of Western Asia?

tevinsolt: our traditional religions can be fascinating... but I believe in the only one and true God that created the heavens and the earth. God has sent Jesus to die for my sins and i have been reedeemed by the power in his blood. the veil that splitted into two at the temple when Jesus said it is finished confirms the essence of christianity which is God reaching for man. so that's why i will keep his commandments including you shall serve no other God before me.

This post is irrelevant to the thread. You want to proselytize rather than address the thread question.

tevinsolt: point of correction there's a difference between an Arabian and a Jewish man

not really

Jews can be Arabs

Arabs can be Jews

FXKing2012: Why shld a religion that promotes human sacrifice and the killing of twins not be replaced with one that teaches love? Thank God for Christianity.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crusades

love right?

binger: Christianity has come to stay..deal with it!what good did the ATR do us.Before the new religions came,wickedness like killing of twins,slavery,killing of albinos even before dey are 1 day old,amongst so many evils prevailed.What do you have now...Such things have become extinct and most importantly,we have received salvation and the promise of eternal life thru Christ Jesus

yea killing has become extinct in Nigeria lol

what planet do you live on?

a majority of the responses in this thread is indicative of the type of ignorance an idiocy rampant in and amongst Nigerians.

canadaik: Seriously?? you are defining juju on a scientific plane ? funny!
I personaly believe that the God i serve is stronger than any power of darkness (juju, witches and demonic powers) and please trust me, there is a spirit world and they do exist, and things happen! IMO be insured in the power of christs blood! period!

Your God is as fake as the Devil

smarten up

ayanle456: the only thing i took away from those pictures is that u guys have been always ugly and fat.

why are you here?

go back to the Somali forum

leave us alone

lakhadimar: Juan carlos has been ruling spain since the death of generalissimo franco in 1975, vladimar putin was the president & now prime minister of russia for the past 10yrs he also wants to re-contest & he might be in power till 2024. But no one is calling them a tyrant since they are europeans

King Carlos of Spain is a ceremonial head. Spain actually has a President/Prime Minister that is voted in.

Juan Carlos has no more power than the Oni of Ife or the Sultan of Sokoto

kola boof is good writer/author and should stop with the publicity stunts and the usage of vulgar language...it's not a good look

@shymmex

I wouldn't say we are a sub-tribe of the larger Yoruba group because that implies we are under you.

But we are related to you and were one at one point

But TODAY, Ewes move independently...but we acknowledge we are brothers with you.

shymmex: If there are two Yoruba sub-groups in Ghana - why do Ghanaians hate Nigerians??

They sure don't like us in the UK.. Only the fante people tolerate Nigerians..

I personally have nothing against Nigerians.

But I think some Ghanaians might dislike Nigerians due to reputation and perception. I know my parents told me that back in the day Ghanaians were expelled from Nigeria unfairly and some that remember that might not have a good view of you. But my parents don't have any problems..we have a Nigerian lawyer, close friends with Nigerians, shop at their stores,etc. But this is all in Canada. So I dunno how it is back home right now.

this going to be my last post for a couple of hours as I wanna go watch this game lol

https://i50.tinypic.com/29e0k14.jpg

as you can see there is a genetic similarity as well

those are only paternal/y-dna though

we are all brothers and sisters...some are more closely related than others

[quote author=eku_bear]Why is your language not mutually intelligible with Yoruba though if you only left 500 years ago?

That isn't a long period of time.[/quote]I'm not sure. I my Ewe is very minimal. I was born abroad.

But I am not making the claim that we are one in the same but moreso that we are related and I consider us the same..as culturally and spiritually there are a lot of similarities.

https://i46.tinypic.com/sazj2h.jpg

some Ewes might have Akan surnames as a result of this or recent mixing.

someone on the first page or in the other thread posted this link

but here's a screen cap from it:

https://i45.tinypic.com/5y1ja.jpg

Lastly, it needs to be understand that most West Africans are closely related to each other than people outside of WA

We are all paternally or Y-DNA E1B1A

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E1b1a

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E1b1a#Distribution

shymmex: That was why I created the thread for the guy to elaborate on his claims.. I know about the Ga people - but the ewe claim is a new thing to me.

Yea I don't want to speak for Ga's but according to my mother it's taught in schools that Ga originate in Ile-Ife.

Ga people are predominant in Greater Accra Region which is their homeland. But I'm not sure they are the majority anymore as there are other Ghanaian groups who overtime have relocated in Accra (the capital and main commercial city)

The thread title might be misleading to some people

In my original post I said we are related but I see us all as one people

Let me make it clear, TODAY we are own tribe/ethnic group but hundreds of years ago we did migrate from Yorubaland (Oyo) and we have borrowed some cultural elements.

[quote author=One_Naira]Wasn't the yewe dude that was already busted as a Nigerian pretending to be Ghanaian during the argument between him and dede1? Anyway, in NL Brixtonye was a white man from Britian. In NL anybody can be anybody
SMH. The f2king website embarrass me all the time to other Africans. There's a Ghanaian on this site, a f2king ashante/ewe man, that insult Nigerians and una just gave him a gun and ammo to do so. mschewww.[/quote]nah

they accused of being Nigerian because I knew a lot about the different ethnic rivalries and regions.

I'm Ghanaian.

I grew up with and have a lot of Nigerian friends though.

just looked at Nigeria's credit rating

It seems to be "stable" (I'm assuming that's good)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_credit_rating

If Nigeria were to disintegrate into 5 or 6 nation-states...what would happen with the national debt?

Would creditors just be out of luck?

Could this be one of the many reasons why the elites of the country are trying to force a unity that is not working?

This has nothing to do with West Africans (Ghanaians, Nigerians, Senegalese, etc.)

This is primarily Eritreans and Sudanese being deported for illegally being in the state of Israel.

This is not our issue.