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•Police tear-gas, arrest Lagos, FCT demonstrators •Shops locked, markets, streets deserted over fear of violence •PDP, Reps kick as police defend attacks on pro-democracy protesters The protests held across the country on Saturday to mark Democracy Day were marred by low turnout, police resistance and arrests, especially in Lagos and the...The Advocate
The protests held across the country on Saturday to mark Democracy Day were marred by low turnout, police resistance and arrests, especially in Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory.
Church and taught to pray to god the father, i thought who what i pray to? in my mind, praying to the father to a male figure. that is how i identified who was praying to, i don't know how we go about it. do you agree? >> you are totally changing who god is, who jesus is. he honors himself as the father, as the holy spirit, not like there wasn't temptation in those days in judaism when the bible was put together, there were always other gods, diana and other things but they chose a god himself chose to be represented as a father and christianity has given more honor to challenge the culture th...
Persuade a world which in large parts is becoming more secular, to think about god, let alone believe in god again, i think you have to have a plausible and attractive account of who god is, why people should be interested in the question at all. i think he's made that very clear. indeed, he's gone out of his way to talk about dialogue with flon believers, not just other kinds of christians. i think at his core spiritual mission, he's done that. the other thing he's done is signaled a really radical change in priorities. yes, he is a pro life, anti-abortion pope. no, the church is not going to...
Church has become like the pharisees. his role is the role of jesus to say i'm not disputing necessarily all the doctrines. i'm just saying for attitude is wrong. >> this isn't a change in doctrine. this is not suddenly going to start having gay marriages in rome. this is a change in rhetoric? >> a return to the second vatican council. the second council really got rid of the papacy as an authoritarian church. it said the truth of the church is founded both in the people of the church and in history and scripture and the hierarchy. all of us together. in this conversation he had, he used the w...