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Tim Lewis Period 3 Outcasts and Oracles. This is the well known oracle from The Matrix trilogy. She used her profectic visions to give advice to different people much like the oracles in Nigeria.

1. Oracles have existed in many different cultures throughout time 2. Oracles are believed to be a person or a counsel that gives advice, and a prophetic opinion 3. China, Egypt, Greece, Tibet, India, Nigeria, Mesoamerica, and Scandinavia – All vastly different countries have some history with “oracles.” 4. Oracles were often entwined with some concept of religion 5. An outcast is somebody who was kicked out of a place or society. 6. Gays and Lesbians are considered outcasts to the Nigerian Church 7. According to a new law, gay marriage has been banned and is now illegal. Anybody caught in a same – sex marriage, or assisting in one is automatically sentenced to five years in prison. 8. Archbishop Peter Akinola, condemned the consecration of the Rev. V. Gene Robinson as an openly gay bishop as a "satanic attack on the Church of God." 9. Nigerian oracles were usually female priestesses who would dwell in remote places secluded from more urban areas. 10. Homosexuality is often considered a western import inferring that being gay was more of a dieses than a preference This flag is commonly known as a symbol for gay pride. Something punishable by law in Nigeria.