Saturday, March 5, 2011
Princewill Njong: I've been away for so long; great to be back!
Princewill Njong: I've been away for so long; great to be back!: "How time flies; and how much a day means in a world of politics. In Tunisia, Ben Ali announced that he will not be standing for reelection, ..."
I've been away for so long; great to be back!
How time flies; and how much a day means in a world of politics. In Tunisia, Ben Ali announced that he will not be standing for reelection, but the pressure grew unbearable overnight and he fled power the next day. Mubarak tried in Egypt to show that he was the tough guy and to portray protesters as US and western tools; guess what happened a day after his last and desperate show of defiance: he resigned. Gadhafi has hung on so far; doing every thing he can to survive; even spilling "rivers of blood" in Saif Gadhafi's words. How long will this "delusional" ruthless dictator shed his people's blood, how many streams of blood will Gadhafi and his son's shed before they realise power and leadership is given and not taken and confiscated? How many more rambling intervies and speeches doe Gadhafi want to give before he goes? Anyway, he has very limited options for exile because not even other fucking dictators will think it wise to host him; not even Hugo Chavez.
Hey, I learned some policrites wore our dear flag in Douala and carried posters with nonsense like "nous some tous les Tunisiens". Who do they want to deceive? As cunningly intelligent as they are, they would want to use and spill the blood of Cameroonians for the wrong reason:their ulterior motives. By the way, if they are not comfortable with our Cameroon the way it is, they should either effect change (if they can) peacefully or go create their own country. We won't allow them hijack our country! Besides, Biya is not yet 30 in power, when he reaches 30, we'll consider supporting those who think they can incite revolts in Cameroon. For they moment, we'd rather prefer a bad situation ; a worse one is not an option.
Hey, I learned some policrites wore our dear flag in Douala and carried posters with nonsense like "nous some tous les Tunisiens". Who do they want to deceive? As cunningly intelligent as they are, they would want to use and spill the blood of Cameroonians for the wrong reason:their ulterior motives. By the way, if they are not comfortable with our Cameroon the way it is, they should either effect change (if they can) peacefully or go create their own country. We won't allow them hijack our country! Besides, Biya is not yet 30 in power, when he reaches 30, we'll consider supporting those who think they can incite revolts in Cameroon. For they moment, we'd rather prefer a bad situation ; a worse one is not an option.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Princewill Njong: I respect ALL churches irrespective of doctrines
Princewill Njong: I respect ALL churches irrespective of doctrines: "Thanks for your post TJ. I am sorry if the way I expressed my views in my last post makes you misinterpret my feelings towards Witnesses. I ..."
I respect ALL churches irrespective of doctrines
Thanks for your post TJ. I am sorry if the way I expressed my views in my last post makes you misinterpret my feelings towards Witnesses. I do not in any way disrespect any church, even if I disagree with its doctrine and neither do Witnesses sound odd to me. The truth is, to me, no one is absolutely certain when it comes to questions of redemption, it is guess work and no church can claim sole ownership of the truth.
That said, I'll rephrase my questions because your answers are not as clear as I'd love: Do you worship Jesus Christ? It appears you don't believe that humans have a soul which goes either to heaven or to hell after a person's death: Do sinners pay for their sins? If they do, is it while alive or after death, and how? During the resurrection as you say sinners will rise, will they be judged? and then what? What will happen to those found righteous, both resurrected and living? Do you believe in some abstract supernatural habitat called "heaven" or "hell"? If I get satisfactory responses to these questions, I promise you won't be getting any further questions from me on this subject matter. Take care TJ, expecting to read from you.
That said, I'll rephrase my questions because your answers are not as clear as I'd love: Do you worship Jesus Christ? It appears you don't believe that humans have a soul which goes either to heaven or to hell after a person's death: Do sinners pay for their sins? If they do, is it while alive or after death, and how? During the resurrection as you say sinners will rise, will they be judged? and then what? What will happen to those found righteous, both resurrected and living? Do you believe in some abstract supernatural habitat called "heaven" or "hell"? If I get satisfactory responses to these questions, I promise you won't be getting any further questions from me on this subject matter. Take care TJ, expecting to read from you.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Princewill Njong: The nature of the world
Princewill Njong: The nature of the world: "Thanks TJ, thanks for your post and safe trip wish. I must say I'm so waoed by how 'superstitiously' suspicious Witnesses are of every..."
Princewill Njong: Glad to be back
Princewill Njong: Glad to be back: "My trip to Kekem, and then Jumbe in the Mongo Division was nothing short of an rated R-movie. I left Yaounde on the 2nd of January at 7am an..."
The nature of the world
Thanks TJ, thanks for your post and safe trip wish. I must say I'm so waoed by how "superstitiously" suspicious Witnesses are of everything. Remember, even the world we live in has a superstitious and violent history, but we're trying to give it an "alternative" meaning; the cloths and shoes we wear may have been produced by slave labour, yet we try to give our use of them an "alternative" essence; if you wear jewelry, their raw material may just be from some of the blood fields in Africa (if you've heard about "blood diamonds"); the greatest invention of recent history, the internet, is used by many for unspeakable immorality, superstitions and evil, yet you're using it for an alternative purpose, even creation is shrouded in superstitions, it just depends on which you choose as "good" or "bad" superstitions...these are the choices the world makes to be convenient for habitation and aspiration...Yet I must say cynical superstitions that Witnesses seem to tag to everything just make me wonder if they would not rather seek another planet that's void of such "superstitions", "pagan" practices; a "sanctimonious" world. I am a liberal and respects everybody's reasoning or belief. I also believe that the world and everything on it is absurd; we simply give the absurdity a logical commonsense, an alternative essence, reason why the world is habitable. This is my viewpoint about religion and spirituality: I believe in God and his only begotten son and in the trinity (however liberal this belief may be) and do not believe in radical and extremist religious doctrine, spirituality matters more to me ("spirituality" to me may be far from what you consider it to be). That said, I would love that you give me simple answers to the following questions:
1-Who is Jesus Christ and what does he represent to you?
2-Do you allow only some bible verses to interpret themselves to you and then you interpret other verses for the bible?
3-What happens to people after they die (sinners and righteous, if any, alike)?
Many Thanks TJ. Forgive my frankness, yet I have to be. I should be very satisfied with a direct and precise response.
1-Who is Jesus Christ and what does he represent to you?
2-Do you allow only some bible verses to interpret themselves to you and then you interpret other verses for the bible?
3-What happens to people after they die (sinners and righteous, if any, alike)?
Many Thanks TJ. Forgive my frankness, yet I have to be. I should be very satisfied with a direct and precise response.
Glad to be back
My trip to Kekem, and then Jumbe in the Mongo Division was nothing short of an rated R-movie. I left Yaounde on the 2nd of January at 7am and reached Kekem at 3:30pm where I left my niece. I left Kekem 30 minutes later and reached Jumbe only 2 hours 30 minutes later because I took a terrible bus...Luckily for me, my brother had arranged my stuff and started transporting them to the road before I arrived, so I reached and just said hello to a few friends and was again on the road. Though it was difficult for me to get a car for Bafang from where I would get a transit bus to Yaounde, I finally got one at about 8:30pm. Leaving Jumbe at this time and hoping to catch an 11pm bus at Bafang was risky because it was the end of the holiday and consequently so many people would be traveling. Secondly, I had a very big cupboard and food and few drivers would be willing to take me...to spare you the prosaic details, my cupboard and food was transported to Yaounde on a different bus and I followed later at midnight on another. I may not be great at narrating dramatic events, but the journey was quite eventful...still feeling so tired
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Princewill Njong: The worth of Jesus' sacrifice
Princewill Njong: The worth of Jesus' sacrifice: "Thanks for your quick response TJ. You didn't reply my happy New Year wish; do I suppose you don't mark the beginning of the new year, and w..."
The worth of Jesus' sacrifice
Thanks for your quick response TJ. You didn't reply my happy New Year wish; do I suppose you don't mark the beginning of the new year, and why, if I may?
While I find your argument in favour of the theory of collective resurrection in the second coming (if that's what you mean) as opposed to the theory of life after death in heaven or hell interesting and attractive (because I'd rather think about how to live rightly on earth than bother about the afterhere which is not so certain), my opinion on Jesus' status vis-vis Adam and the worth of His sacrifice is this: Though Jesus and Adam are invariably referred to the second and first Adam respectively, Jesus (the second Adam) was an extraordinary MAN; GOD who came in human form to reside amongst human beings whereas Adam was simply the first ordinary man ever created. The bible makes Jesus' Godly status clear when it says "I and the father are one" (Jesus speaking) (please help me find the bible verse if you can). In addition, if you believe in the Trinity you'd see that the inclusion of "son" amplifies Jesus' extraordinary status. Secondly, Adam sinned, reason why we're here today, at risk of penury, but Jesus did not sin, rather, he bore the sin and shame of the first Adam and his succeeding generations and atoned them ALL on Calvary.
As for the value of Jesus' death, he did not die simply to buy back what Adam lost, he came and died to show mankind the light to God. Jesus' himself declared "I am the way and the light, no one comes to the father except through me" (again you'll have to help me find the verse, not really a bible savvy). You'd remember that there was no middleman or necessity for sacrifice during Adam's stay in the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve did not know suffering and in Eden, they lived the live God had wanted for man, until they sinned. Adam's sin to me, started the shedding of blood, as seen in the first animal killed to make clothing for them, whereas Jesus came to stop the shedding of animal blood for sacrifice because he was the ultimate sacrificial lamb. In essence, I am saying that the act of sinning and the (re)action (of atonement) are not proportionate: the worth of Jesus' sacrifice was worth more and by far accomplished more than just atoning for our sins. Thanks TJ, I should be interested in reading your thoughts on this. I am traveling for two days and I'm not going with my laptop, will be able to reply to any further posts on my blog only when I return, on Monday, 3rd January 2011.
While I find your argument in favour of the theory of collective resurrection in the second coming (if that's what you mean) as opposed to the theory of life after death in heaven or hell interesting and attractive (because I'd rather think about how to live rightly on earth than bother about the afterhere which is not so certain), my opinion on Jesus' status vis-vis Adam and the worth of His sacrifice is this: Though Jesus and Adam are invariably referred to the second and first Adam respectively, Jesus (the second Adam) was an extraordinary MAN; GOD who came in human form to reside amongst human beings whereas Adam was simply the first ordinary man ever created. The bible makes Jesus' Godly status clear when it says "I and the father are one" (Jesus speaking) (please help me find the bible verse if you can). In addition, if you believe in the Trinity you'd see that the inclusion of "son" amplifies Jesus' extraordinary status. Secondly, Adam sinned, reason why we're here today, at risk of penury, but Jesus did not sin, rather, he bore the sin and shame of the first Adam and his succeeding generations and atoned them ALL on Calvary.
As for the value of Jesus' death, he did not die simply to buy back what Adam lost, he came and died to show mankind the light to God. Jesus' himself declared "I am the way and the light, no one comes to the father except through me" (again you'll have to help me find the verse, not really a bible savvy). You'd remember that there was no middleman or necessity for sacrifice during Adam's stay in the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve did not know suffering and in Eden, they lived the live God had wanted for man, until they sinned. Adam's sin to me, started the shedding of blood, as seen in the first animal killed to make clothing for them, whereas Jesus came to stop the shedding of animal blood for sacrifice because he was the ultimate sacrificial lamb. In essence, I am saying that the act of sinning and the (re)action (of atonement) are not proportionate: the worth of Jesus' sacrifice was worth more and by far accomplished more than just atoning for our sins. Thanks TJ, I should be interested in reading your thoughts on this. I am traveling for two days and I'm not going with my laptop, will be able to reply to any further posts on my blog only when I return, on Monday, 3rd January 2011.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Princewill Njong: New Year Resolutions
Princewill Njong: New Year Resolutions: "2010 was fairly good to me; I defended my MA, got admitted into the PhD program and started my thesis. Above all, my relationship with my gi..."
New Year Resolutions
2010 was fairly good to me; I defended my MA, got admitted into the PhD program and started my thesis. Above all, my relationship with my girlfriend got stronger and grew to a better level.Though I might not have achieved all the more important things I wanted to achieve, I ended the year positive and cheerful, and thanked God for all answered and unanswered prayers! Just as I ended 2010, I'll start 2011 by thanking God for such a beautiful life He's given me, and for a new year. As He guides and guards me through the challenges of the year, I will think about him everyday and thank Him for successes and apparent difficulties.
In 2010, I was really wasteful with money and resources. In 2011, I intend to follow my girlfriend's advice and cut my spending by putting a cap on how much I can spend in a week. I will also rigidly regulate how much and how often I spend on luxury stuff, especially cloths.
Secondly, I intend to significantly progress with my thesis and look for a scholarship in Europe or the US to go and complete my PhD studies.
I will also work hard to get a meaningful job in one of the ministries
Furthermore, I will work harder toward my relationship with my girlfriend and hope that 2011 takes us to where we want to be.
In addition, I will listen more and say little. I especially will complete my transition from being a reactive person to a responsive person. I've learned through out the years that reacting is negative and responding in positive. In 2011, I'll strive to always respond rather than react to situations.
In trying to do the above and more, I'll compromise the compromisable, but will give away not even an atom of my values I consider nonnegotiable. I will always do what I judge is right according to the situation at hand, and will never budge on what I believe, not even in the face of an irrational majority.
Above all, I will keep the charm greasy, and get hotter, if I was hot in 2010. If you're looking for a hot gentle guy in 2010, well, you've got one coming your way. Hope you can handle me!
In 2010, I was really wasteful with money and resources. In 2011, I intend to follow my girlfriend's advice and cut my spending by putting a cap on how much I can spend in a week. I will also rigidly regulate how much and how often I spend on luxury stuff, especially cloths.
Secondly, I intend to significantly progress with my thesis and look for a scholarship in Europe or the US to go and complete my PhD studies.
I will also work hard to get a meaningful job in one of the ministries
Furthermore, I will work harder toward my relationship with my girlfriend and hope that 2011 takes us to where we want to be.
In addition, I will listen more and say little. I especially will complete my transition from being a reactive person to a responsive person. I've learned through out the years that reacting is negative and responding in positive. In 2011, I'll strive to always respond rather than react to situations.
In trying to do the above and more, I'll compromise the compromisable, but will give away not even an atom of my values I consider nonnegotiable. I will always do what I judge is right according to the situation at hand, and will never budge on what I believe, not even in the face of an irrational majority.
Above all, I will keep the charm greasy, and get hotter, if I was hot in 2010. If you're looking for a hot gentle guy in 2010, well, you've got one coming your way. Hope you can handle me!
Princewill Njong: I need more clarification
Princewill Njong: I need more clarification: "Hey TJ, Happy New Year! Forgive me for my tardy reply. I was away from my blog for a few days busy with other things and trying to make prop..."
I need more clarification
Hey TJ, Happy New Year! Forgive me for my tardy reply. I was away from my blog for a few days busy with other things and trying to make proper sense of your post. If I understand you well, you're saying that we can actually live that perfect life Jesus atoned for us here on earth; that there is no hell or some form of life after our time here on earth. I may not have understood you well, you know, you're getting more and more into church theology which somehow deprives me of understanding. I'd be glad to learn more. Thanks a million, happy and prosperous new year; that is, if you recognize it!
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