WHO IS SERVING THE TRUE GOD?

Since it started, religion has become a potent force that everybody, excluding atheists have come to agree with. The thousands of religions scattered over the face of the earth makes one wonder who is serving the true God.

Religion has become a phenomena that unites the world in the short run, but divides it in the long run. But the question remains of who is serving the true God. Answers can only be sought if it can be established that men are indeed serving God. If men are serving God, how then can it be determined whether it is the true God.

The entity of God is the simplest but most mysterious of any of all understandings. Nobody seems to know when or how everybody began to spread the rumour, or the truth of the existence of a God. Is there a God,? or man had just been manipulated to believe that there is God, and that everyone should acknowledge and serve him.

Since it can't be substantially proved that there is a God, since nobody have seen him, the following arguments would be based on the assumption that there is a God.

Religion developed as a system whereby men tried and are trying to reach God. Men don't see God, but still and will continue to believe he exists. Religion is used as the medium or as the way to reach the creator. Some people believe that God and gods exist. While the God is assumed to be the supreme being, the gods are assumed to be intermediaries between them and the God. Many others believe that there are different gods having the same status, and they can worship anyone of them.

Others believe that God is the only one that exists and there are no gods who serve as intermediaries. They believe God can be worshipped directly. In all these, there seem not to be a general agreement that all the religions are serving the same God or god. Even though there will never come a time when the about 7 billion people on earth will come together under the umbrella of one religion, religion has still succeeded in unifying the world in her diversity.

If the God or god is an entity that can only be served in one way, then woe would be to mankind who don't know that only way. Man can only be safe, if the God or god can be reached by many means or ways. If God or god can be reached by only one way, it then means that only one or no religion is serving the true God or god.

This is because if the religions are serving the same God or god, then they will serve him in the same way. If God or god cannot be served the same way, it then means every religion is serving a different God or god. On the other hand, if God or god can be served in different ways, then all the religions are serving the same God or god, but in different ways. If you have enjoyed this post, please share. Thanks.

THE FAILURE OF THE WORLD SYSTEMS

 

Many times, I pause to think about the world systems and their failures. I think about all the agencies, governments and machineries that had been put in place, just with the sole aim of making the world work. Whether we are individuals or part of government machineries, we all would come to the bitter conclusion of the failure of the world systems.


If past and present happenings are anything to go by, then the world should understand clearly that we are living in perilious times. No lasting solution seems to have evolved from any of the world systems. The world is now in her highest point of conflicts, terrorism and economic distabilities. From the most organized terrorist organisations to the radical trade unions of each nation all contribute in giving life it's present shape.

The murky and unstable diplomacy by governments and organizations is also a very big factor contributing to the failure of the world system. There are high levels of unemployment everywhere, when before, it used to be the mark of underdeveloped and developing economies.

When the wrong handling of diplomacy led to the outbreak of world war I(1914-1917) a century ago with millions dying, several world governments came to put in place a system that would resolve conflicts, and prevent future war. The failure of this world system, under the League of Nations led again to the outbreak of world war II(1939-1945).

Today, the United Nations(UN) is the biggest world system put in place to bring sanity to a rabid world. Alas!!, it seems the world is getting hotter and more unbearable under their watch. If the major duties of the world systems are peace, cohesiveness and tolerance to be entrenched and working, they it should be known that failure of the world system is as glaring as the midday sun.

Even though the African Union(AU) is the biggest system in Africa, Africa is still one big heap of violence, extreme poverty, bloodshed and many failed states like Libya. The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation(NATO) is in the middle east, but there has never been peace there for a day. Terrorists are having a field day, rebels are fighting governments, and China is still fighting over Hongkong and Macau.

Many people are displaced all over the world on a daily basis, and the world systems seem to have their hands full, and can't do anything about these things. This is the failure of the world system and we all hope they don't eventually annihilate us from the face of the earth.

THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF LIFE

Jean Paul Satre and his existentialist theory, which was world famous in the 1940's believed, that life is meaningless and each person is alone and responsible for their own actions which make their character. Based on part of this theory, I present to you the causes and effects of life.

If life is believed to be totally meaningless, and there are no external forces that controls the affairs of men, can we then assume that man is a victim or a victor of his actions? Causes and effects are like inputs and output. The output is always a function of the input.

If man will determine the kind of life he will live, and there is no God, Satan or the spirits to influence the affairs of man, then it can be assumed that God is non-existent, and the world came to be on it's own. If there is a God that created the universe, we can assume that it's entity would want to influence, or would influence the world he created, and the affairs of man. No creator wouldn't want to do that.

Now, if the world just began by itself, and men are living and dying, will there be an end to the cycles and vanities of life? Or will the world continue into endless infinity, making true of it being without any meaning? Can we also assume that the world indeed has a creator who has decided to leave the affairs of man to man?

The causes and effects of life is that, if a man is rich, it is because of his decisions, which ultimately leads to his actions. And if a man is poor, it is still based on his decisions which leads to actions. The causes and effects of life means that if a man suddenly has stroke, it will be a result of the lifestyle he had lived. If someone has malaria, it will be because he allowed mosquito to bit him.

Causes and effects would be realistic all the times if we assume that the supernatural and spiritual are not real, making religion a useless venture. If we assume that there are external spiritual forces controlling or overseeing the affairs of man, then the causes and effects of life would be true more of the times, making religion a necessity.

Man may not find a way of explaining away what the supernatural really is, but many men will not deny the supernatural. If man then is assumed to be alone in a lonely world, where then does the supernatural come from? If we assume that the supernatural is unreal, then we should be able to explain what is making it unreal. And if we assume that the supernatural is real, then we should also be able to explain what is making it real.

We can then assume that the causes may not determine all the effects, and the effects may not determine all the causes. If you have enjoyed this post, please share. Thanks.

FOOD SHORTAGE : A CRITICAL VIEW

World food shortages is rising every year and poverty and diseases are ravaging mankind like never before. Poor countries seem to be getting poorer and rich countries seem not to be showing signs of trouble, even if they are in trouble.

Away from that is the issue of food shortage and abundance. Food shortages are generally presumed to be caused by conflicts, war, terrorism, natural disasters and others. Food abundance is generally believed to be a function of a peace, low inflation, food preservation and storage. But in a situation of stability, food shortage is usually still a mark of poor countries.

While a country like Nigeria has about 70% of her citizens as  agriculturers, a country like the U.S only has about 5% of it's citizens in the agricultural sector. The question is, what makes the difference in the two countries, that makes food abundant in one and short in the other.

A lot of times, bad storage facilities and mentality has been seen as the biggest challenge in countries far from food abundance. The argument is that, if food can be stored in abundance, then it will still be available when it is supposed to be scarce. If poor storage is said to be the biggest issue in food shortage, nobody seems to be talking about food preservation.

Places that have food in abundance always have it all throughout the year, even though they import most of those foods. Places that have food shortages would have scarcity of some foods even though they are the ones producing them. The argument now is what makes the difference.

If food can't be preserved, then there is no point trying to store them. A country without stable power supply would always have the problem of preservation which would eventually affect storage. Developed countries have power all year round, which makes presevation very easy. It is really hard to imagine that developed countries have food banks where they store their foods.

Adequate power supply, combined with the necessary technology will go a long way in solving the issue of food shortages. If you have enjoyed this post, please share. Thanks.

GUIDELINES FOR MAXIMUM SEO

To deal effectively with google and other search engines out there, these are some important things to do for maximum SEO, or search engine optimization.

1. Provide good content for your website or blog.

There is almost no substitute for a well researched content that will increase the search engine optimization of your page, blog, or website. For good and professional content, you don't have to be the best writer on earth, and you could pay people to do that for you. The web is full of individuals and sites that can write good and professional looking content for your website.

2. Avoid hidden links and texts.

Hidden links and texts may not be visible to the users of your site, but only to the search engines. The disadvantage though is that instead of reducing the ranking of your page for maximum SEO, it would actually decrease it. Search engines would eventually discover the trick as fraudulent.

3. Website map.

A site map is necessary to help users navigate a website very easily. If there are too many categories or links, it is advisable to divide them into different pages to avoid the frustration that comes from a clumsy site. Website maps should be precise and lead to current and well researched content.

4. Avoid cloaking.

Cloaking is done by some webmasters to manipulate search engines for better rankings. This is a scam as it covers the real pages and mislead users about the real content they will find on the site when they click on search results. Search engines, especially Google doesn't approve such, and could actually place a ban on the website, thereby affecting the site's search engine optimization.

5. Avoid images with hidden texts.

When explaining links, names and keywords that are important, images which have text hidden in them should not be used. The simple reason being that Google and most search engines would not acknowledge them. It is preferable to stick to text that is plain that Google would recognise easily.

6. Put your important information at the top.

When there are a lot of categories, links and directories on your website, put the more important ones at the top and not at the bottom. Due to the way Google's crawlers are built to perform their functions, they may presume that the more closer to the top the information is, then the more important it is. So, for maximum search engine optimization, place your important keywords higher up the content or article.

7. Don't send queries to Google.

Never send any query or queries to Google, especially if those queries are on autopilot. Google would discover this and this would impact negatively on the ranking of your website.

In general conclusions, don't cheat site users by giving them content that are not what they searched for. It is also bad to use fraudulent links network to increase the ranking of your website or blog for better search engine optimization. Long pages which are professional in appearance and contain rich information should be prefered above short pages with contents that are not relevant to the search queries.

With these Google guidelines for maximum seach engine optimization for your website or blog, your traffic is bound to increase. This would in turn increase the cash you can make on your blog or website. If you have enjoyed this post, please share. Thanks