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in pursuit of completeness

[Bright @chibzbright]

@Loconteee The only thing we learnt from the betis match is strikers should score chances. Bets scored from a corner kick

[Bright @chibzbright]

@Loconteee Bro if that game is replayed 10 times, Madrid will win 9 out of the 10 times. All this analysis are unnecessary, the only problem was the players were not clinical in front of goal .

[DR WILLIAMS (MD) @williams___p]

DAY 1

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[dára sobaloju @darasoba]

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[Bright @chibzbright]

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[Osaretin Victor Asemota @asemota]

Yesterday morning, as I was getting ready to go to church, I heard people already singing at a church nearby. They were not singing happily, and there was a tone of despair in the voices. It made me start reflecting on Christianity as a whole.

Christianity started at a time when there was great oppression and injustice. The life and ultimate crucifixion of Jesus for committing no crime that was worth his death reflected how terrible things were at the time.

One of the greatest lessons of Christianity, which people often miss, is how the early Christians survived and thrived despite hostile conditions because they were a community. Christianity was fundamentally about community, not ritual or rites, or even church structures or clerical hierarchies. Community wasn't performative.

Christianity has drifted very far from those humble beginnings. However, one still gets glimpses of it from time to time, as many churches do actually help the less privileged in society. A church in North Carolina that I will always find a way to send money to was helping those with job troubles to pay their rent. That is what communities do for each other.

Jesus stressed this extended community nature of Christianity with the Parable of the Good Samaritan. Church wasn't about piety, as he clearly showed with his disdain for the Pharisees and the Jewish religious leaders of the time. It was those same people who were eventually responsible for his crucifixion as they saw their authority and hold on people threatened.

How did we end up misinterpreting everything written in black and white, then end up with the performative religious structures we have today? It is human nature. We somehow find a way to work against our best interests because of selfishness and pride. Our egos always need feeding.

As I was listening to the singing yesterday morning, I realized that the Roman Empire hijacked the Christian movement at a point for a very good reason. Someone on Reddit mentioned that the conversion to monotheism enabled the emperors to control religion across the empire more tightly.

Others argued that Christianity was also a primary reason for the empire's decline. Christians triumphed against their oppressors, and the Vatican forever remains a symbol of that victory. This, however, was also weaponized in many ways by the powerful, and the church had a troubled history until recent times.

We MUST go back to the communal roots of Christianity, and this is desperately needed in Africa with all of the oppression and violence against Christians happening today. It also makes more sense economically.

I was toying with an idea of faith-based ecumenical cooperatives that can help people meet the failed social contracts of government, an insurance against poverty, using the power of community.

I will share more of my thoughts about this over time. I have already seen crude versions of it, but they are too small. If there is anything Christianity has proven, it is that to fight oppression effectively, there is strength in numbers—"Vires In Numeris."

[Bright @chibzbright]

@lfc_lance Samuel Eto

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@TundeTASH @LearnConnect_ 18

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@TundeTASH 18

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@DunsinOyekan The Eagle 🦅

[POJU OYEMADE @pastorpoju]

One of the most powerful thoughts in my own opinion at the just concluded @theplatformng 2023. @MensaOtabil

A disciplined society built on the rule of law is the prime mover of all things.

[Bright @chibzbright]

@MichaelBensonn @espn Fraud...

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@lunogu100 @Buchi_Laba Wilder the most protected and packaged fraud

[Fin-Disu @Tyek000n]

I hold an unpopular opinion that chicken doesn't belong in soups.

[Bright @chibzbright]

@lifeofOliver_ @Wizarab10 Not even close. 2face is that better

[Eniola Akinkuotu @ENIBOY]

Just this morning look at this container leaning along Sawmill Dopemu, looking for who to kill just after yesterday’s tragedy where nine people including children were crushed at Ojuelegba. It’s clearly caused by govt failure to enforce its law that bars trucks from 6am to 9pm

[Eniola Akinkuotu @ENIBOY]

1/6 In 2016, Monica Onokah was mounting an Okada at FESTAC on her when a trailer fell on her, trapping her legs. When efforts to move the container failed, rescuers hacked her legs off with a machete in an attempt to free her. She bled to death before reaching hospital

[Bright @chibzbright]

@PEC_Concepts These trucks should not be moving during the day 😔

[Kenny | Accent Investing @AccentInvesting]

By the age of 30, you should be able to answer the following money questions: