When I was Muslim, I never asked who built the golden calf. I just knew it was a sin in the desert.
Then I read both accounts and one detail stopped me cold.
In the Bible, the man who builds the golden calf is AARON. Moses’ own brother. The first high priest. Exodus 32:4.
He gathers the gold, melts it, shapes the idol. And when Moses confronts him, he gives the weakest excuse in scripture: “I threw the gold in the fire and out came this calf.” As if it made itself.
Bro. The Bible just put the worst sin in the camp in the hands of the holiest man in the camp.
You would NEVER write that if you were protecting your prophets.
Now read the Quran. Surah 20. Aaron is cleared. Innocent. He tried to stop it. The blame goes to a mystery man called “al-Samiri.” The Samaritan. Surah 20:85.
You know what shook me? The Bible incriminates its own high priest.
The Quran writes him an alibi and invents a villain.
One reads like an honest record. The other like damage control.
And there’s a second problem with that villain. “The Samaritan.” But Samaritans didn’t exist in Moses’ time.
The city of Samaria wasn’t founded until about 500 years later, under King Omri. 1 Kings 16:24.
It’s like putting a Texan at the Last Supper.
Now, some Muslim scholars push back — they say “Samiri” means something else. I’ll be fair, that argument exists. But their own classical commentators read it as “the Samaritan” for centuries.
The defense only works by re-translating away from how the tradition always understood it.
I used to say the Bible was corrupted. But the Bible is honest enough to say the high priest built the idol.
Only a book honest about how bad we are could point me to a Savior real enough to fix it.
The Bible never flattered Aaron. It didn’t flatter me either. It just told me the truth, and handed me Jesus.
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One of the consistent principles of leadership is the willingness to make ultimate sacrifices and take risks. A true leader does not make excuses or complain; he shows up, sacrifices, and provides solutions, especially in difficult times.
While I do not advocate for our President to expose himself to monumental risks, I cannot accept the excuse that bad roads prevented him from reaching Yelwata in Benue State—especially after he had already made it to the state. This visit happened days after the massacre, with enough time to plan appropriately.
But let’s ask the fundamental question: Who is responsible for fixing the roads if not state and the federal governments? If the Commander-in-Chief cannot reach a part of his own country due to bad roads, what hope is there for the ordinary Nigerian who plies those same routes every day?
Leadership is not about comfort; it is about sacrifice. It is about standing with your people, especially in moments of pain and tragedy. You cannot abandon your citizens in their hour of need. You don’t offer excuses when action is required.
Even if we accept that the roads were truly impassable—which they are not, as presidential aides and staff managed to navigate them—what happened to the use of helicopters? Are we saying a nation that boasts of a presidential air fleet could not airlift the President to Yelwata to condole with grieving citizens?
The people of Benue did not need protocol or explanations. They needed empathy. They needed presence. The roads may be bad, but what is worse is the institutional neglect that brought us to this point.
A New Nigeria cannot—and will not—be built on excuses. It will be built on the sacrifices, courage, and responsibility of true leaders.
A New Nigeria is POssible.
-PO
Shaming people into action.
In the story of Elijah and Elisha, we see the manipulative power of shaming a person into taking steps they clearly know are wrong.
It was when Elijah had been carried away, and Elisha returned with a double portion. The people urged Elisha to send a search party to find Elijah peradventure he had actually been dropped on a mountain or valley somewhere.
Elisha clearly knew the Lord had taken Elijah, and he told them no need to send a search party out, but they shamed him into making a decision he knew wasn't right.
2 Kings 2:17
"And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days but found him not"
Today, we confront this tactic where people are bullied and shamed into acting contrary to their convictions. It is important to pray the Pauline prayer that ye may be strengthened with might in your inner man.
Ephesians 3:16
"That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man."
Psalm 18:32
"It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect."
Going forward, all my energy and focus is on selling my principal @peterobi.
No more argument, in fact U have already won the argument even before we started.🤷🏼♂️.
Someone is already the president and he is after my life, the results of his achievements so far is everywhere.🤷🏼♂️
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
The see finish don do!
We cannot continue to be slaves in our own country.
Our individual opposing is not as powerful as our collective opposition can be.
#LetsBeTheOppositionWeWantToSee#ThePeoplesOpposition
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