If there really are lawyers, doctors, engineers, chiefs and people of high standing in Ghana having such unquestionable faith in this so called ordained man of God’s prophetic gifts, just what does this say about the credib ... read full comment
If there really are lawyers, doctors, engineers, chiefs and people of high standing in Ghana having such unquestionable faith in this so called ordained man of God’s prophetic gifts, just what does this say about the credibility of these pillars of the nation in the eyes of the developed world?
Shergar 7 years ago
Hey - way to go Lucky. You got dee words man!
Hey - way to go Lucky. You got dee words man!
Uri Netaker 7 years ago
Are fink he mean to say PILLOCKS
Are fink he mean to say PILLOCKS
Prat 7 years ago
You are a fool, are u more successful in life than the doctors and engineers that fellowship there. Such foolish comment coming from a hustler like u
You are a fool, are u more successful in life than the doctors and engineers that fellowship there. Such foolish comment coming from a hustler like u
********* 7 years ago
Twat, wisdom is not in the head of the successful alone! You adore riches, that is why these so called men of God take you for granted and dupe you. All he or she needs to do is to promise you riches and you will do everythin ... read full comment
Twat, wisdom is not in the head of the successful alone! You adore riches, that is why these so called men of God take you for granted and dupe you. All he or she needs to do is to promise you riches and you will do everything for them.
Think, think and think again before you come out to insult people with genuine concerns about the "painless sores" of the Ghanaian society!!
Uri Netaker 7 years ago
You display a rare and refreshing clarity of vision and associated clarity of thought.
What a shame it is a condition beyond the grasp of so many of the populace at large who simply prefer to wallow in the grey mists of co ... read full comment
You display a rare and refreshing clarity of vision and associated clarity of thought.
What a shame it is a condition beyond the grasp of so many of the populace at large who simply prefer to wallow in the grey mists of condescending dupedom.
No wonder these pin headed bottom feeders are snapped up by the sharper minded callous predators who so heartlessly prey on their exposed feebleness.
Ama 7 years ago
Herbalists call themselves doctors, some fake hungry men call themselves bishops, others reverend, people go to makola and are lawyers, there are engineers in Ghana who can't define engineer. People give titles to themselves, ... read full comment
Herbalists call themselves doctors, some fake hungry men call themselves bishops, others reverend, people go to makola and are lawyers, there are engineers in Ghana who can't define engineer. People give titles to themselves, no wonder we have to continuously prove ourselves with our transcript abroad. SAD.
Shergar 7 years ago
What an excellent assessment - so succinctly and clearly presented.
A most welcome contrast to the likes of the puerile gobbledegook rubbish proffered by the likes of 'Prat' above.
What an excellent assessment - so succinctly and clearly presented.
A most welcome contrast to the likes of the puerile gobbledegook rubbish proffered by the likes of 'Prat' above.
Musa Manchester 7 years ago
Only God can judge men. Anyone that comes in the name of God commands respect and should be respected. But if a man abuses his power ,he should be called to order. I pray that this man tone down his arrongance and know that h ... read full comment
Only God can judge men. Anyone that comes in the name of God commands respect and should be respected. But if a man abuses his power ,he should be called to order. I pray that this man tone down his arrongance and know that he is human and not an Angel as he claims.Because not everyone shares his views.May God help him
KOWUS, GERMANY 7 years ago
WHO IS A MAN OF GOD ? DIAMOND APPIAH IS JUST A CAMOUFLAGE GOSPEL MUSICIAN !YOU CAN GO TO BED WITH OBINIM WHO CARES !!! THAT IS THE REASON WHY I DON´T BUY SO CALL GOSPEL MUSIC. THEY ARE ALL AFTER MONEY
WHO IS A MAN OF GOD ? DIAMOND APPIAH IS JUST A CAMOUFLAGE GOSPEL MUSICIAN !YOU CAN GO TO BED WITH OBINIM WHO CARES !!! THAT IS THE REASON WHY I DON´T BUY SO CALL GOSPEL MUSIC. THEY ARE ALL AFTER MONEY
Pamela 7 years ago
Such stupid talk don't u know both obinim n diamond are married. She says he is a real man of God so if u don't understand go n jump off the ikoyi bridge in Lagos
Such stupid talk don't u know both obinim n diamond are married. She says he is a real man of God so if u don't understand go n jump off the ikoyi bridge in Lagos
manfo 7 years ago
did MARRIAGE prevent Obinim from extra marital affair with his junior pastor's wife? and Diamond Appiah also talking of David being a man after God's heart having affair with someone's wife. What do you make of that? I respec ... read full comment
did MARRIAGE prevent Obinim from extra marital affair with his junior pastor's wife? and Diamond Appiah also talking of David being a man after God's heart having affair with someone's wife. What do you make of that? I respects my pastor alot but if his life becomes suspicious i will open my eye. His life should be a reflection of what the Bible says so also must all Christians do same including myself
afua 7 years ago
Ms. Diamond it is nothing but jealousy. From Jon Benjamin to you know who. Jon Benjamin would prefer to see him as a shoe shineboy. But God's grace will not allow.
Ms. Diamond it is nothing but jealousy. From Jon Benjamin to you know who. Jon Benjamin would prefer to see him as a shoe shineboy. But God's grace will not allow.
GET THE BOOKS GRAND OCCULT MASTERS NO 7 years ago
People of high rank does not mean anything. ANY PASTOR WHOSE LEFT THE BODY AT NIGHT IS OCCULTPRACTICES CALLED ASCETRAL TRAVEL. PLEASE GET INTO CHRISTIAN BOOK STORE AND GET BOOKS LIKE "GRAND OCCULT MASTER NOW IN CHRIST" etc. I ... read full comment
People of high rank does not mean anything. ANY PASTOR WHOSE LEFT THE BODY AT NIGHT IS OCCULTPRACTICES CALLED ASCETRAL TRAVEL. PLEASE GET INTO CHRISTIAN BOOK STORE AND GET BOOKS LIKE "GRAND OCCULT MASTER NOW IN CHRIST" etc. It testimony of former human agent of DARKNESS. You will see the seven KINGDOMS OF DARKNESS, THEIR OPERATIONS, LOCATIONS, MISSION ETC. After reading you will know that the so-called pastors are from those kingdoms of darkness and are deceiving the masses and the people of high rank. Thank you
Kofi Usa 7 years ago
Shut up with ur nonsense. The devil came to steal, kill n destroy not heal, give deliverance to the oppressed n heal the sick .to u fools every pastor operating under the miracle Annointing is not from God.such stupid ignoran ... read full comment
Shut up with ur nonsense. The devil came to steal, kill n destroy not heal, give deliverance to the oppressed n heal the sick .to u fools every pastor operating under the miracle Annointing is not from God.such stupid ignorance.are they from ur mother or father? Since when did God appoint u as a judge? Or u think reading stupid occultic books makes u God or discerning right? U are a ffool.seek for salvation n stop living in ignorance
onesimus 7 years ago
Some idiots following the equally idiotic obinim.We have the bible to follow and the Holy Spirit as our guide and we will by the grace of God root out scumbags,Christianity is not the property pf obinim so ... read full comment
Some idiots following the equally idiotic obinim.We have the bible to follow and the Holy Spirit as our guide and we will by the grace of God root out scumbags,Christianity is not the property pf obinim so if he does not abide by doctrine he shd clear off
GREY RAYMOND 6 years ago
I don't know yy Ghanaians are leveling criticism on this man.
yy will dey bb judging a man of God.?
I don't know yy Ghanaians are leveling criticism on this man.
yy will dey bb judging a man of God.?
Kwabena Kasapreko. 7 years ago
HEY, GHANAIANS, LISTEN, CHRISTIANITY IS THE RELIGION, CULTURE AND PRACTICES OF A FOREIGN OR FOREIGN COUNTRIES. IF YOU LET A FOREIGN RELIGION TO COME AND DESTROY YOUR RELIGIONS, THEN ITS UP TO YOU.
HEY, GHANAIANS, LISTEN, CHRISTIANITY IS THE RELIGION, CULTURE AND PRACTICES OF A FOREIGN OR FOREIGN COUNTRIES. IF YOU LET A FOREIGN RELIGION TO COME AND DESTROY YOUR RELIGIONS, THEN ITS UP TO YOU.
Ghana Man 7 years ago
Kwabena mo ne ka. Well said. Colonial mentality.
Kwabena mo ne ka. Well said. Colonial mentality.
obi 7 years ago
all is drama
all is drama
spiritual 7 years ago
Diamond or Copper, whatever u call yourself shut up, do u know a man of God? I can see u are in bed with your so called bishop.
Diamond or Copper, whatever u call yourself shut up, do u know a man of God? I can see u are in bed with your so called bishop.
Jane 7 years ago
Is this woman an aspiring minister or the spokeswoman for Obinim? You'll think she would be telling the people why they need to vote for her & what she'll be doing for them if elected. But instead, she's always in the news id ... read full comment
Is this woman an aspiring minister or the spokeswoman for Obinim? You'll think she would be telling the people why they need to vote for her & what she'll be doing for them if elected. But instead, she's always in the news idolizing & defending Obinim. No wonder Ghana is at a standstill. No serious minded person in politics.
Apefa 7 years ago
So u think if she is sleeping with the pastor she will come out n defend the kingdom of christ everyday. Wot has Florence Obinim his wife done abt dis situation in public? You guys fool too much. Do u know this lady is even m ... read full comment
So u think if she is sleeping with the pastor she will come out n defend the kingdom of christ everyday. Wot has Florence Obinim his wife done abt dis situation in public? You guys fool too much. Do u know this lady is even married n the pastor too is married? sshe is making it n ur here fooling
eyeoftheSavior-AbidinginSalvation. 7 years ago
Instead of christianity. Why you worry about Obenim? If he is truely man of God, don't you think what is happening to him is much more a blessing than curse. The SaviorMesiahMediator awared his disciples that such shall befel ... read full comment
Instead of christianity. Why you worry about Obenim? If he is truely man of God, don't you think what is happening to him is much more a blessing than curse. The SaviorMesiahMediator awared his disciples that such shall befell them. It keeps you upright of yourself, maybe you are at the right path or not. It is call carrying your own cross.
eyeoftheSavior-AbidinginSalvation. 7 years ago
The salvation path of the Lord God. The domain of Christ Jesus ordinances or steps. Making sure the person is not being seduced into The universal deceptive churches of christ headed by some highestpriest.
The salvation path of the Lord God. The domain of Christ Jesus ordinances or steps. Making sure the person is not being seduced into The universal deceptive churches of christ headed by some highestpriest.
eyeoftheSavior-AbidinginSalvation. 7 years ago
Me in His Salvation armory cloth. The pentecoastals shall sing, "na ogyae wonyinaa, na wowhiwheme, oguama newura neme agyenkwa", meaning, the savior left all of them to look for me in His Salvation cheeribim and cheerobim.
Me in His Salvation armory cloth. The pentecoastals shall sing, "na ogyae wonyinaa, na wowhiwheme, oguama newura neme agyenkwa", meaning, the savior left all of them to look for me in His Salvation cheeribim and cheerobim.
eyeoftheSavior-AbidinginSalvation. 7 years ago
Want to attach themselves without salvation. They refuse to acknowledge that all clean things in Creator God has to come through SALVATION, yet, they want to consider relationship with the Creator, using vehicles and their ha ... read full comment
Want to attach themselves without salvation. They refuse to acknowledge that all clean things in Creator God has to come through SALVATION, yet, they want to consider relationship with the Creator, using vehicles and their handy artifacts. I wonder who gave them that religions.
eyeoftheSavior-AbidinginSalvation. 7 years ago
Is special, why? What about black clean clothe? Good and evil started from garden of aden. Old testament concepts. Israelites werent better than the rest of human beings. God allowed them to be prototype of His people on eart ... read full comment
Is special, why? What about black clean clothe? Good and evil started from garden of aden. Old testament concepts. Israelites werent better than the rest of human beings. God allowed them to be prototype of His people on earth to identify Creator God to human beings through His intereactions with the jews, bible clear understanding.
MR: OS 7 years ago
FUCKING BIBISHOP OOOOBINIMMMM:
FUCKING BIBISHOP OOOOBINIMMMM:
Ama 7 years ago
This daily garbage about Obinim need to cease. He's not a Christian but an ocultist who prey on the minds of dumb people like Diamond.
This daily garbage about Obinim need to cease. He's not a Christian but an ocultist who prey on the minds of dumb people like Diamond.
Pamela 7 years ago
Kwasiaaaa where did u see him practising occultism. Too many judges with no court rooms n common sense.shut ur stinking hole up.OBINIM is a man of God so go n drink poison if u don't get this. Are u even more intelligent or s ... read full comment
Kwasiaaaa where did u see him practising occultism. Too many judges with no court rooms n common sense.shut ur stinking hole up.OBINIM is a man of God so go n drink poison if u don't get this. Are u even more intelligent or successful than the Diamond u keep reading abt n insulting? She must be somebody to be constantly in the news
Diamond why? 7 years ago
Is Diamond the only Celebrity in Ghana , Everyday Diamond did or Diamond that eeeiiiii I wonder what will happen if she becomes a minister only mp mpo nie
Is Diamond the only Celebrity in Ghana , Everyday Diamond did or Diamond that eeeiiiii I wonder what will happen if she becomes a minister only mp mpo nie
Kofi 7 years ago
Please, go away with your sick man. He may be a blessing to himself not Ghana. Nonsense!
Please, go away with your sick man. He may be a blessing to himself not Ghana. Nonsense!
Ama 7 years ago
Hey Pamela, are you always so stupid or today is a special occasion? Keep talking, maybe someday you'll say something intelligent. Hypocrite people like yourself hates the truth and will defend harshly without proving anythin ... read full comment
Hey Pamela, are you always so stupid or today is a special occasion? Keep talking, maybe someday you'll say something intelligent. Hypocrite people like yourself hates the truth and will defend harshly without proving anything. Stop calling yourself a Christian because your foul mouth is saying otherwise.
GoodMan 7 years ago
DIAMOND WHEN YOU READ THE BIBLE VERY WELL YOU CAN EASILY NO THE DIFFRENECE.IF YOU CAN'T SEE IT YOURSELF THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL HELP TO IDENTIFY THE GOOD FROM THE BAD.YOU SHALL KNOW THEM FROM THEIR ACTIONS.
DIAMOND WHEN YOU READ THE BIBLE VERY WELL YOU CAN EASILY NO THE DIFFRENECE.IF YOU CAN'T SEE IT YOURSELF THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL HELP TO IDENTIFY THE GOOD FROM THE BAD.YOU SHALL KNOW THEM FROM THEIR ACTIONS.
NOBODY 7 years ago
This quack pastor and serpent bishop may have succeeded in stealing your mind, but he sure can't dupe most Ghanaians. This quack serpent Obinim 419 the snake oil seller is nothing but a crook using the bible and God's name to ... read full comment
This quack pastor and serpent bishop may have succeeded in stealing your mind, but he sure can't dupe most Ghanaians. This quack serpent Obinim 419 the snake oil seller is nothing but a crook using the bible and God's name to deceive and defraud his gullible followers. A religious quack like Obinim 419 is no blessing to Ghana, he's an embarrassment to Ghana. Clueless Diamond Appiah and quack Obinim 419 should keep their deceptions to themselves.
Here's a religious clown and fraudster who claims to be able to turn himself into a snake, and Diamond Appiah has the nerves to call this fraudster a blessing to Ghana. Both Diamond Appiah and Obinim 419 need to have their heads examined by Professor Okoampa-Ahoofe.
Titi 7 years ago
Hmm, people are now following men and calling them 'angels', 'prophets' instead of following God. Its mindbogging how any sane person will follow a crook like Obinim.
Hmm, people are now following men and calling them 'angels', 'prophets' instead of following God. Its mindbogging how any sane person will follow a crook like Obinim.
Bennet Boahen 7 years ago
what do you know?? pls shut up ok..
what do you know?? pls shut up ok..
Dr. Acquah. 7 years ago
These fake men of God!Even the Pope hasn`t claimed to have been spoken to by God or has had some visions!
These fake men of God!Even the Pope hasn`t claimed to have been spoken to by God or has had some visions!
Bennet Boahen 7 years ago
Dr Acquah
in fact, I pity for you..next time speak sense ok
Dr Acquah
in fact, I pity for you..next time speak sense ok
gyidie 7 years ago
This Diamond Appiah character, very closely! And you all know what I mean don't you? I have a feeling there's more to this vehement public defence of Bishop Obinim, than meets the eye.
This Diamond Appiah character, very closely! And you all know what I mean don't you? I have a feeling there's more to this vehement public defence of Bishop Obinim, than meets the eye.
ELLEN-UK 7 years ago
Diamond who expressed confidence in Bishop Dr. Daniel Obinim as her pastor and a good shepherd during the interview said before joining Gods Way Church, she had been a strong critic of him until she decided to “find out the ... read full comment
Diamond who expressed confidence in Bishop Dr. Daniel Obinim as her pastor and a good shepherd during the interview said before joining Gods Way Church, she had been a strong critic of him until she decided to “find out the truth”.DEAR DIAMOND,IT ONLY MAKE SENSE IF YOU RESPECT/ALLOW OTHERS OPINION ON HIM UNTIL THEY ALSO DECIDE TO FIND THE TRUTH,JUST AS YOU DID???
Riel 7 years ago
So typical of gullible church followers. They'll insult anybody who disagree with them while using Jesus name in the same sentence.
So typical of gullible church followers. They'll insult anybody who disagree with them while using Jesus name in the same sentence.
oneness 7 years ago
Tolstoy’s radical Christianity led him to a pacifistic, anarchistic political philosophy that rejected the state as incompatible with Christ’s teachings.
Leo Tolstoy is best known as among history’s greatest novelist ... read full comment
Tolstoy’s radical Christianity led him to a pacifistic, anarchistic political philosophy that rejected the state as incompatible with Christ’s teachings.
Leo Tolstoy is best known as among history’s greatest novelists, authoring monuments of literary fiction such as War and Peace and Anna Karenina; yet Tolstoy was also a thoughtful and discerning political thinker, sensitive to the plight of the oppressed and offering deep and essentially libertarian criticisms of government power. From his Christian beliefs, Tolstoy arrived at an anarchist political philosophy centered on the conscience of the individual, on the importance of independent action and moral judgment. For Tolstoy, governments were an instantiation of human fallibility, their powers necessarily based on the human individual’s propensity to abuse, subjugate, and enslave his fellow man. Born into aristocratic privilege, Tolstoy saw firsthand that the landholding nobility were simply glorified freeloaders, living dissolutely, parasites on the labor of those who tilled the soil, made things with their hands, and fed people. Tolstoy’s many largely unremembered nonfiction works are a unique blend of theological, political, and historical arguments. His political theory is inseparable from his spirituality; both embrace an individualistic stance that emphasizes the rational judgment of each person. But Tolstoy’s individualism is not egoistic. On the contrary, in his thought, reason demands a kind of asceticism, his definition of love entailing self-abnegation and renunciation. To force one to exert his talents in the service of others, however, is to void the virtue in service. Each individual must decide for himself whether he will heed “rational consciousness” and dedicate himself to higher values.
Thus is Tolstoy’s Christianity—his adherence to the teachings of Christ—decidedly not a product of faith, but of reason; rational choice, always guided by reason (as opposed to “the bestial personality”), is at the center of his thought. Tolstoy’s Christianity was controversial and explicitly unorthodox. He called “nonsense” traditional Christian tenets such as the divinity of Jesus, the Trinity, and the idea of salvation through faith. His beliefs are correspondingly anti-clericalist, based on the idea that “the churches have always been not merely alien but downright hostile to the teaching of Christ.” For Tolstoy, the various Christian sects as institutions are necessarily “anti-Christian,” having “yielded to the world” and its evil essence. Also at the center of Tolstoy’s Christianity is the individual, his spirit, and his conscience, each person enjoying direct access to God and possessing the ability to understand God’s laws. These laws are not foreign and arcane mysteries the proper understanding of which requires the mediation of an exalted few with sacerdotal training. Rather than pursuing spiritual enlightenment and absolution through ritualistic exercises and the search for the miraculous, Tolstoy believed that Christians ought to look within—that “the kingdom of God is within you.”
The consequence of Tolstoy’s radically anti-authoritarian creed (for which he was excommunicated from the Russian Orthodox Church) was a unique, though not entirely unprecedented, variety of anarchism. This Christian anarchism is redolent of its American counterpart, the nonresistance philosophy of radical abolitionists like William Lloyd Garrison. Indeed, Garrison’s son wrote to Tolstoy to remark on the similarities between Garrisonian nonresistance and Tolstoy’s philosophy of peace, appending to his letter the “Declaration of Non-resistance” (actually “Declaration of Sentiments”) that Garrison had written for his 1838 Peace Convention). In his 1894 tract The Kingdom of God Is Within You, Tolstoy quoted at length from both the Declaration and from the writings of another notable Christian nonresistant, Adin Ballou, to whom Tolstoy had written in admiration. Tolstoy followed Garrison and Ballou in the belief that all human governments were founded on principles contrary to those taught by Jesus, in particular, those expressed in Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount—the source of the nonresistance doctrine. For Tolstoy, Jesus’s admonitions to love your enemies and to resist not evil were “incompatible with violence, which forms an indispensable condition of power.” Unlike some professed anarchists, then, Tolstoy vehemently opposed violent forms of propaganda of the deed, denouncing political assassinations and lamenting “the mania for murder” that dominated his native Russia.
In an article for The Advocate of Peace, Tolstoy defended his philosophy of consistent nonviolence and argued that “the murder of kings, emperors, and rulers in general is senseless, since the state organization cannot be altered by such murders.” Tolstoy was, therefore, no spokesman for revolution, seeing the state itself as the enemy of humankind. He observes that while the principle of nonresistance “is most terrible and most dangerous for every despotism,” revolutionaries have throughout history preferred to combat evil with evil, to attempt the overthrow of power with violence. Tolstoy was similarly skeptical of attempts at practical political reform. As the eminent libertarian scholar Robert Higgs notes, “The Kingdom of God Is Within You contains many anticipations of ideas later developed in economics and public choice.” Tolstoy gives no sanctuary to romanticized or idealized notions of the political process. He writes, “[W]e all know how our laws are made. We have all been behind the scenes, we know that they are the product of covetousness, trickery, and party struggles; that there is not and cannot be any real justice in them.” To these unjust, cruel, artificial laws Tolstoy contrasts the laws of God, which prescribe love and compassion between all members of the human race. For Tolstoy, there can be no obligation to observe an edict that contradicts this most fundamental law. If a law offends one’s conscience or conflicts with Christ’s exhortations, he should simply ignore it, confident in his ability to distinguish right from wrong.
If Tolstoy was influenced by radical thinkers such as Garrison, Ballou, and Henry George, then his distinctive theory of nonresistance went on to inform the thought of the famed American lawyer Clarence Darrow, Gandhi, and countless others. Darrow, for his part, credited Tolstoy as the principal source of the ideas expressed in his remarkable book Resist Not Evil, the preface of which praises Tolstoy for “plac[ing] the doctrine of non-resistance upon a substantial basis.” Like Tolstoy, Darrow confronts the argument that nonresistance is simply impractical, a utopian idea that “can only be held by dreamers and theorists.” And also like Tolstoy, Darrow concludes that in fact it is the state, founded on false principles of war, conquest, and patriotism, that is impractical, that has wrought misery for the many throughout history. Though a lawyer, an officer of the court sworn to uphold the Constitution and defend the judicial system, Darrow nevertheless insists on the impossibility of a just judgment within the existing legal and political order. Tolstoy had likewise charged “learned jurists” and prosecutors with perpetuating a “parody of justice,” with concocting elaborate sophistries to “justify the violence of authority.” Both Tolstoy and Darrow believed that it was the state, the institutionalization of war and violence, that was to blame for most of the crimes and injustices in the world. The question of “how to be without a State” is, Tolstoy argues, directly inverse to the question that ought to drive our thinking about politics and government. Shifting the burden of proof, we might instead consider the practical effects of statism and its concomitants. For Tolstoy, then, the state does not deserve the benefit of the doubt; born of violent conquest, government has remained true to its brutal, iniquitous pedigree. “The champions of government,” Tolstoy observes,
assert that without it the wicked will oppress and outrage the good, and that the power of the government enables the good to resist the wicked. But in this assertion the champions of the existing order of things take for granted the very proposition they want to prove. When they say that except for the government the bad would oppress the good, they take it for granted that the good are those who at the present time are in possession of power, and the bad are those who in subjection to it. But this is just what wants proving.
Nothing is beyond the reach of Tolstoy’s penetrating radicalism, and he reserves especially scathing critiques for the subjects of war and the “savage superstition” of patriotism. In its categorical rejection of force and violence as means of ordering and administrating human society, Tolstoyan nonresistance must be regarded as a form of libertarianism. Outspoken in his opposition to warfare and militarism, however rationalized, the political writings of Tolstoy’s late life have often drawn the attention of the censors, beginning with the Russia of his own day and later in Nazi Germany. Even where they have been freely available, they have reposed in relative obscurity. But Tolstoy’s sagacious nonfiction has much to teach the contemporary libertarian, offering a bold indictment of politics itself and testing the platitudes of conventional wisdom. Tolstoy’s libertarian observations demonstrate that at least as much as it is an ideology or a political philosophy, anarchism is a temperament: a visceral resistance to authority, a heart for the enslaved and oppressed, a hatred of war. And this is the manner in which Tolstoy treats social and economic theory, not as cautious scholar, but as artist, sensitive rather than detached. Such an approach leads, perhaps, to what Higgs rightly calls a “curiously uneven command of different aspects of his subject.” On economics, for example, Tolstoy reveals a regrettable, if pardonable, ignorance, wrongly identifying trade and exchange with exploitation, profit motive with greed. Like other late nineteenth century anarchists, Tolstoy believed that the problems of political authority were fundamentally and inextricably connected to those of widespread poverty and economic exploitation. But he repeatedly confuses coercive economic privilege, which he rightly condemns, with honest commerce. Still, while Tolstoy could have benefitted from a lesson in elementary economics, he nevertheless demonstrates an understanding of the fact that it is state violence against which we must always strive. “Christianity,” he writes, “destroys the state.” Governmental authority, for Tolstoy, compels us to live a lie or a contradiction, to place the mere edicts of the powerful and cunning above the dictates of reason and conscience. Love and mutual respect, once fully understood and acted upon, would replace the criminal governments of the present with proper communities of equals. The lesson is one that has always been important to libertarians: The remedy for the political is not this candidate or that reform, but the simple recognition of the generally applicable moral principle to treat other people as you would want to be treated, respecting their dignity and autonomy.
Oscar 7 years ago
WISHFUL THINKING...YES....THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT IN THE END TIME MANY FALSE PROPHETS AND FALSE CHRISTS WILL ARISE, DECEIVING AND LEADING PEOPLE TO DAMNATION,IF POSSIBLE THE VERY ELECT, BUT GOD FORBID....SO WHY DO PEOPLE STAN ... read full comment
WISHFUL THINKING...YES....THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT IN THE END TIME MANY FALSE PROPHETS AND FALSE CHRISTS WILL ARISE, DECEIVING AND LEADING PEOPLE TO DAMNATION,IF POSSIBLE THE VERY ELECT, BUT GOD FORBID....SO WHY DO PEOPLE STAND UP IN DEFENCE OF CHALATANTS EVEN WHEN IT IS SO CLEAR THAT THOSE FAKE MEN OF GOD ARE NOT MEN OF GOD? WHEN THE BLIND LEAD THE BLIND ...WHAT HAPPENS? A BIG FALL INTO THE DITCH. STOP THESE IGNORANT DEFENCES BCOS THOSE DEFENDING ARE THE SAME BOAT WITH THE PEOPLE THEY ARE DEFENDING.
atia 7 years ago
Ghana abounds in stupid idiots!! diamond what?? another monkey!!
Ghana abounds in stupid idiots!! diamond what?? another monkey!!
james Gyimah Alhassan 7 years ago
i will forever follow the directions of Bishop Daniel Obinim, cos through him God is turning my life for excellence. open your eyes wide friends out there. abrosuooooo
i will forever follow the directions of Bishop Daniel Obinim, cos through him God is turning my life for excellence. open your eyes wide friends out there. abrosuooooo
GREY RAYMOND 6 years ago
I become happy when i see my church members!!!
I.G.W.C
I become happy when i see my church members!!!
I.G.W.C
Kk Donkor 7 years ago
Eeeiiii Ghana
Eeeiiii Ghana
Village Lass 7 years ago
What a sad day for Ghana that people like Diamond Appiah are given an audience to spew such nonsense and be published!!
Obinim is the epitome of how morality,truth,self respect has deterioted in the Ghanaian society today.
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What a sad day for Ghana that people like Diamond Appiah are given an audience to spew such nonsense and be published!!
Obinim is the epitome of how morality,truth,self respect has deterioted in the Ghanaian society today.
Every Tom,Dick or Harry is allowed to inflict upon us their ignorance day in,day out on TV and radio stations across the nation in the name of democracy and freedom of speech without fear of recourse.
Shame on each and every one of us for allowing such nonsense.
Nimo 7 years ago
She's right,we are too judge mental,alway trying to making folks look like us,who are we to judge?
She's right,we are too judge mental,alway trying to making folks look like us,who are we to judge?
Kwarteng 7 years ago
Diamond should know how to generalise things because if she belueves in Obinim that is her not Ghanaians because he (Obinim) can never be a blessing to Ghana
Diamond should know how to generalise things because if she belueves in Obinim that is her not Ghanaians because he (Obinim) can never be a blessing to Ghana
GAB 7 years ago
For the priest's lips should keep knowledge,and they should seek the law at his mouth:But you are departed out of the way;you have caused many to stumble at the law;ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of ho ... read full comment
For the priest's lips should keep knowledge,and they should seek the law at his mouth:But you are departed out of the way;you have caused many to stumble at the law;ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.Malachi 2:7-8
GAB 7 years ago
Snake is Satan,Dogs are Demons in the Holy Bible.If you can kill then Obinim is Satan messenger. John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that th ... read full comment
Snake is Satan,Dogs are Demons in the Holy Bible.If you can kill then Obinim is Satan messenger. John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
Basty 7 years ago
You all here speaking ill about the Angel of God "Angel Obinim", mark my word your punishments await you one by one. God hv mercy on ur souls.
You all here speaking ill about the Angel of God "Angel Obinim", mark my word your punishments await you one by one. God hv mercy on ur souls.
Mike 7 years ago
Magician and ocultic he is. Magical powers of Obinim is at work
Magician and ocultic he is. Magical powers of Obinim is at work
Albert. S 7 years ago
I don't have too much problem with Bis. Obinim. But just to say that he is too sure of his so called powers. Jesus though God n man never taunt ppl about his power. If he wants to be like Jesus, he needs to be humble. Jesus w ... read full comment
I don't have too much problem with Bis. Obinim. But just to say that he is too sure of his so called powers. Jesus though God n man never taunt ppl about his power. If he wants to be like Jesus, he needs to be humble. Jesus was, so is Elijah.
Mr. Green 7 years ago
So sad the we have such person in Ghana picking from the poor making him rich to behave stupidly.
So sad the we have such person in Ghana picking from the poor making him rich to behave stupidly.
If there really are lawyers, doctors, engineers, chiefs and people of high standing in Ghana having such unquestionable faith in this so called ordained man of God’s prophetic gifts, just what does this say about the credib ...
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Hey - way to go Lucky. You got dee words man!
Are fink he mean to say PILLOCKS
You are a fool, are u more successful in life than the doctors and engineers that fellowship there. Such foolish comment coming from a hustler like u
Twat, wisdom is not in the head of the successful alone! You adore riches, that is why these so called men of God take you for granted and dupe you. All he or she needs to do is to promise you riches and you will do everythin ...
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You display a rare and refreshing clarity of vision and associated clarity of thought.
What a shame it is a condition beyond the grasp of so many of the populace at large who simply prefer to wallow in the grey mists of co ...
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Herbalists call themselves doctors, some fake hungry men call themselves bishops, others reverend, people go to makola and are lawyers, there are engineers in Ghana who can't define engineer. People give titles to themselves, ...
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What an excellent assessment - so succinctly and clearly presented.
A most welcome contrast to the likes of the puerile gobbledegook rubbish proffered by the likes of 'Prat' above.
Only God can judge men. Anyone that comes in the name of God commands respect and should be respected. But if a man abuses his power ,he should be called to order. I pray that this man tone down his arrongance and know that h ...
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WHO IS A MAN OF GOD ? DIAMOND APPIAH IS JUST A CAMOUFLAGE GOSPEL MUSICIAN !YOU CAN GO TO BED WITH OBINIM WHO CARES !!! THAT IS THE REASON WHY I DON´T BUY SO CALL GOSPEL MUSIC. THEY ARE ALL AFTER MONEY
Such stupid talk don't u know both obinim n diamond are married. She says he is a real man of God so if u don't understand go n jump off the ikoyi bridge in Lagos
did MARRIAGE prevent Obinim from extra marital affair with his junior pastor's wife? and Diamond Appiah also talking of David being a man after God's heart having affair with someone's wife. What do you make of that? I respec ...
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Ms. Diamond it is nothing but jealousy. From Jon Benjamin to you know who. Jon Benjamin would prefer to see him as a shoe shineboy. But God's grace will not allow.
People of high rank does not mean anything. ANY PASTOR WHOSE LEFT THE BODY AT NIGHT IS OCCULTPRACTICES CALLED ASCETRAL TRAVEL. PLEASE GET INTO CHRISTIAN BOOK STORE AND GET BOOKS LIKE "GRAND OCCULT MASTER NOW IN CHRIST" etc. I ...
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Shut up with ur nonsense. The devil came to steal, kill n destroy not heal, give deliverance to the oppressed n heal the sick .to u fools every pastor operating under the miracle Annointing is not from God.such stupid ignoran ...
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Some idiots following the equally idiotic obinim.We have the bible to follow and the Holy Spirit as our guide and we will by the grace of God root out scumbags,Christianity is not the property pf obinim so ...
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I don't know yy Ghanaians are leveling criticism on this man.
yy will dey bb judging a man of God.?
HEY, GHANAIANS, LISTEN, CHRISTIANITY IS THE RELIGION, CULTURE AND PRACTICES OF A FOREIGN OR FOREIGN COUNTRIES. IF YOU LET A FOREIGN RELIGION TO COME AND DESTROY YOUR RELIGIONS, THEN ITS UP TO YOU.
Kwabena mo ne ka. Well said. Colonial mentality.
all is drama
Diamond or Copper, whatever u call yourself shut up, do u know a man of God? I can see u are in bed with your so called bishop.
Is this woman an aspiring minister or the spokeswoman for Obinim? You'll think she would be telling the people why they need to vote for her & what she'll be doing for them if elected. But instead, she's always in the news id ...
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So u think if she is sleeping with the pastor she will come out n defend the kingdom of christ everyday. Wot has Florence Obinim his wife done abt dis situation in public? You guys fool too much. Do u know this lady is even m ...
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Instead of christianity. Why you worry about Obenim? If he is truely man of God, don't you think what is happening to him is much more a blessing than curse. The SaviorMesiahMediator awared his disciples that such shall befel ...
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The salvation path of the Lord God. The domain of Christ Jesus ordinances or steps. Making sure the person is not being seduced into The universal deceptive churches of christ headed by some highestpriest.
Me in His Salvation armory cloth. The pentecoastals shall sing, "na ogyae wonyinaa, na wowhiwheme, oguama newura neme agyenkwa", meaning, the savior left all of them to look for me in His Salvation cheeribim and cheerobim.
Want to attach themselves without salvation. They refuse to acknowledge that all clean things in Creator God has to come through SALVATION, yet, they want to consider relationship with the Creator, using vehicles and their ha ...
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Is special, why? What about black clean clothe? Good and evil started from garden of aden. Old testament concepts. Israelites werent better than the rest of human beings. God allowed them to be prototype of His people on eart ...
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FUCKING BIBISHOP OOOOBINIMMMM:
This daily garbage about Obinim need to cease. He's not a Christian but an ocultist who prey on the minds of dumb people like Diamond.
Kwasiaaaa where did u see him practising occultism. Too many judges with no court rooms n common sense.shut ur stinking hole up.OBINIM is a man of God so go n drink poison if u don't get this. Are u even more intelligent or s ...
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Is Diamond the only Celebrity in Ghana , Everyday Diamond did or Diamond that eeeiiiii I wonder what will happen if she becomes a minister only mp mpo nie
Please, go away with your sick man. He may be a blessing to himself not Ghana. Nonsense!
Hey Pamela, are you always so stupid or today is a special occasion? Keep talking, maybe someday you'll say something intelligent. Hypocrite people like yourself hates the truth and will defend harshly without proving anythin ...
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DIAMOND WHEN YOU READ THE BIBLE VERY WELL YOU CAN EASILY NO THE DIFFRENECE.IF YOU CAN'T SEE IT YOURSELF THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL HELP TO IDENTIFY THE GOOD FROM THE BAD.YOU SHALL KNOW THEM FROM THEIR ACTIONS.
This quack pastor and serpent bishop may have succeeded in stealing your mind, but he sure can't dupe most Ghanaians. This quack serpent Obinim 419 the snake oil seller is nothing but a crook using the bible and God's name to ...
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Hmm, people are now following men and calling them 'angels', 'prophets' instead of following God. Its mindbogging how any sane person will follow a crook like Obinim.
what do you know?? pls shut up ok..
These fake men of God!Even the Pope hasn`t claimed to have been spoken to by God or has had some visions!
Dr Acquah
in fact, I pity for you..next time speak sense ok
This Diamond Appiah character, very closely! And you all know what I mean don't you? I have a feeling there's more to this vehement public defence of Bishop Obinim, than meets the eye.
Diamond who expressed confidence in Bishop Dr. Daniel Obinim as her pastor and a good shepherd during the interview said before joining Gods Way Church, she had been a strong critic of him until she decided to “find out the ...
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So typical of gullible church followers. They'll insult anybody who disagree with them while using Jesus name in the same sentence.
Tolstoy’s radical Christianity led him to a pacifistic, anarchistic political philosophy that rejected the state as incompatible with Christ’s teachings.
Leo Tolstoy is best known as among history’s greatest novelist ...
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WISHFUL THINKING...YES....THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT IN THE END TIME MANY FALSE PROPHETS AND FALSE CHRISTS WILL ARISE, DECEIVING AND LEADING PEOPLE TO DAMNATION,IF POSSIBLE THE VERY ELECT, BUT GOD FORBID....SO WHY DO PEOPLE STAN ...
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Ghana abounds in stupid idiots!! diamond what?? another monkey!!
i will forever follow the directions of Bishop Daniel Obinim, cos through him God is turning my life for excellence. open your eyes wide friends out there. abrosuooooo
I become happy when i see my church members!!!
I.G.W.C
Eeeiiii Ghana
What a sad day for Ghana that people like Diamond Appiah are given an audience to spew such nonsense and be published!!
Obinim is the epitome of how morality,truth,self respect has deterioted in the Ghanaian society today.
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She's right,we are too judge mental,alway trying to making folks look like us,who are we to judge?
Diamond should know how to generalise things because if she belueves in Obinim that is her not Ghanaians because he (Obinim) can never be a blessing to Ghana
For the priest's lips should keep knowledge,and they should seek the law at his mouth:But you are departed out of the way;you have caused many to stumble at the law;ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of ho ...
read full comment
Snake is Satan,Dogs are Demons in the Holy Bible.If you can kill then Obinim is Satan messenger. John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that th ...
read full comment
You all here speaking ill about the Angel of God "Angel Obinim", mark my word your punishments await you one by one. God hv mercy on ur souls.
Magician and ocultic he is. Magical powers of Obinim is at work
I don't have too much problem with Bis. Obinim. But just to say that he is too sure of his so called powers. Jesus though God n man never taunt ppl about his power. If he wants to be like Jesus, he needs to be humble. Jesus w ...
read full comment
So sad the we have such person in Ghana picking from the poor making him rich to behave stupidly.