Ihedinobi: @cyrexx, interesting story. I think I see why you insist you were once a Christian. However, your story may also be betraying why you're wrong about that.

Logicboy03:

Mtchew! Better focus on your twin bro, Anony who was delusional in calling himself a former atheist when he was actually a rapetheist!

Ihedinobi:

Why are you so obsessed with Anony?

Image123: I remember solemnly warning muskeet to desist from the path to backsliding but he didn't heed. each individual makes his own decision of spiritual life and death, and has no one else to blame on the last day.

Logicboy03:


I dunno....

tush12: Most of d pple here cite as their reasons for atheism, d actions of others. I don't know y pple can't be held accountable 4 their misdeeds. I feel God gave us all free will and we will be judged by how we lived our lives not by how many times we go to church. No one has all d answers so its funny wen I see some ignoramus telling me categorically dat God doesn't exist and yet he won't xplain how he got here or prove his claims with science or logic. We can't ever truly understand d universe so to each his own. And pls try to respect people's opinion. However, I would rather believe dat God exists. D world is depressing enuf. No one should take away my hope.

Ihedinobi: Just finished the thread. MusKeeto, that was quite a story. You sort of fit my expectations. Maybe, when I wake up in the morning, I'll comment on your story.....if that's allowed, that is.

Logicboy03:


I dunno....

Ihedinobi:

Ok. I think though that you find yourself forced to reexamine your position everytime you remember him. That's a good thing.

Logicboy03:

Cocaine gives people hope

Anti-depressants make people happy and give them hope

Religion gives you hope




Yes it does. U r quite entertaining. I like encountering pple like u. Seen most of ur posts. Hope u knw u can't change anyone. Its a personal decision regardless of how much time u spend posting ur contrary opinions. Ur beliefs are ur biz just as mine is my biz. Seems like religion or lack of it makes no diff in ur life. U r still disrespectful of oda pple n their opinions. Who wud hav thunk it? An atheist A***.

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musKeeto:
Thank you for realising I made my decision. I don't blame anyone. I've taken full responsibilities of my actions. Whatever will be, will be.

I'll desist from abusing or mocking you just to honor this thread. Please don't be a .....

Image123:
you tried blaming God, then Christians who you felt were below, then the whole of religion. At the end, it's your choice. I warned you.

Image123:
you tried blaming God, then Christians who you felt were below, then the whole of religion. At the end, it's your choice. I warned you.

tush12: Most of d pple here cite as their reasons for atheism, d actions of others. I don't know y pple can't be held accountable 4 their misdeeds. I feel God gave us all free will and we will be judged by how we lived our lives not by how many times we go to church. No one has all d answers so its funny wen I see some ignoramus telling me categorically dat God doesn't exist and yet he won't xplain how he got here or prove his claims with science or logic. We can't ever truly understand d universe so to each his own. And pls try to respect people's opinion. However, I would rather believe dat God exists. D world is depressing enuf. No one should take away my hope.

tush12: @ 2good. I'm not responsible for what people choose 2 blive in. D pple I called ignorant are those dat are trying 2 sway me to their way of thinking. I can't prove God exists but they can't prove he doesn't so why should I chose not to believe. If its not broken why fix it. I don't knw y u are taking my views personal. I am not a church prefect so I don't have d names of defectors. Please what eva rocks ur boat is ur biz. I no send. If u feel like an ignoramus, its not my fault. Ask urself y u feel so insecure in ur convictions dat u have 2 attack me 2 affirm ur beliefs. Leave me out of ur personal conflicts in d future

2good: Food for thought.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RXmkftK0Sw

musKeeto:
Hypocrite. Liar. Puffed up akara. That's what you've been. That's what you remain. I sincerely hope the 'holy spirit' you claim lives in you opens your eyes to your uselessness..

Well, at least there is evidence.

This was a topic I opened during that period : www.nairaland.com/794217/one-believe-christ-not-christianity

I envy you guys who are able to look beyond all the ills of the world and focus on the Cross. That's good. You're a good soldier of Christ. May the good Lord keep you.
I couldn't continue to be a hypocrite.

And I never, ever, blamed my actions on external forces.

On a sidenote:
What's worse is those who claim to
truly believe in the faith see this,
see the hypocrisy of their own
pastors and fellow members.. BUT
SAY NOTHING!! How can you
comfortably worship God in the
same "house" with people who
clearly do not have any respect for
your "Lord"? Doesn't that make
you a hypocrite too?!! - Kails, NL 2013

Goshen, Anony, davidylan... Few christians on NL that do not hesitate to point out doctrines that do not stand up to scriptural standards. You, on the other hand, are just a chameleon lurking in the background. At least we know where JoAgbaje stands.

Mom wiped OAU Ile-Ife off my jamb form without my knowing and inserted the name of one of the private Christian universities. Summer break's over and I resume classes with lots of anger in my heart. As expected, it's almost a repeat of my secondary school if not worse. It didn't take long. I became an atheist without realizing it. The Bible, and religion as a whole, meant nothing to me.

End of the first semester and I return home for the Xmas holidays worse than what I was when I left. A deep hatred for pastors. A deep hatred for church. A deep hatred for religion. A week later, I lost my siblings and friends in the Sosoliso plane crash....

See prayer and fasting for God to show up in my room and push me away from darkness.

I was at my wit's end and couldn't stand the restrictions and hypocrisy any longer. I moved back home and registered at an institute for a diploma in software engineering.

Two months later, some questions began to rise up in my mind. By this time, I had seen more temples, shrines and gods than I had seen while growing up in Nigeria. I began to feel an emptiness in reading the Word. I felt there had to be something deeper, more meaningful, a greater purpose to Christianity, something it offers that no other religion can offer. I still believed in the fallacy that Christianity is morality; it isn't. People can be honest, truthful, kind without ever meeting or knowing Jesus and have a functioning and developing system that's favorable to them without Christianity. They may miss heaven, but earth will be fun. Same can't be said of Nigeria. But I digress

The major hospitals in the city have a lot of African patients, majority of whom are Nigerians. Our problems are financing their solutions.. yet almost all Nigerians look down upon the Indians for worshiping cows and all other kind of animals. This makes no sense whatsoever.

Does God hate development? Has religion IMPROVED our lives in Nigeria? Will it ever do so? The more I read, the more I realised I'd begun to lose faith in the Bible. If people live by the precepts the Bible upholds, especially Christ's words, the world would be a better place.

Months of confusion over if 'tongues' still exist or not. Fasting and praying to 'acquire' these tongues. That was all over. I'd hit one TRUTH. It's all in the MIND. Our mind's very powerful, our thoughts are as real as we want them to be.

Image123:
Woahhh, gentleman atheist abi na agnostic. Seems i have a way of messing up your whole being. Wetin i carry, wetin you throw?

Atheist:-D:
1. Your conversion story
I was born xtian. Baptised as Catholic, then as an Anglican and then as a Mormon.

2. Experiences in the church/mosque

Catholic church:
slightly odd doctrine (confessing, papal authority, excommunication etc).
Communal and less emphasis on finances etc. Helpful and supportive. Lots of charity work. Poor evangelists and not patient with questions.

Mormon church:
Really odd doctrine (Christ in america, book of mormon etc)
Slightly cult like
Dubious history
Very friendly, nice, intelligent and patient, brilliant at evangelizing and question answering.

Anglican faith:
Similar to Catholic church, patient with questions, lots of charity works.

Pentecostal churches:
Deeper life, mountain of fire, redeemed, winners chapel, rhema and about a cpl others.

All different in focus but similar in messages. Focus too much on prosperity. Too much internal politics and hierarchal issues (this is in all churches but witnessed easier in pentecostals).


3. Duration as believer

26 years

4. When and why you began to lose faith.
After 20 years. It just happened. Too much knowledge and lack ability to close my eyes and forcefully believe in something I felt didnt exist. It took 6 yrs to fully realise I was atheist. I just accepted my fate.

5. Your deconversion story.