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How Is Religion Not A Form Of Mental Illness At Times? by Nobody: 6:13am On Dec 07, 2013 |
Seriously? Let us examine the evidence 1) We have our resident Hell activist, Mr Olaadegbu- a christian that keeps posting testimonies about hell as if he has been to hell to verify these stories. Not only that, the guy keeps quoting constantly debunked creationist websites and people- (evolutionvsGod, Ray Comfort, answers in genesis) 2) We have people claiming that Mandela is in hell https://www.nairaland.com/1546130/mandela-hell-fire-well-what-these 3) We have our very own tithe collector on Nairaland- Mr Joagbaje, claiming that a) Real christians do not fall sick https://www.nairaland.com/599451/pastor-chris-oyakhilome-don-t b) Demons can send texts https://www.nairaland.com/1469553/demons-send-sms-those-experience 4) We have Jehovah witnesses preferring a sick patient to die than to receive blood transfusion http://www.economist.com/blogs/erasmus/2013/08/jehovahs-witnesses-and-blood http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2400938/Jehovahs-Witness-wife-died-refusing-blood-transfusion-jailed-13-years-child-sex-abuse-covered-religions-elders.html 5)We have our very own prophet of doom here on Nairaland- Obadiah777 (only 111 away from 666). Obadiah gleefully waits for the world to be destroyed with very epic scenarios. a) He sees supernatural plagues of bloody rivers (ignoring the red dye that explains a natural event) https://www.nairaland.com/1543983/rivers-turn-blood-red-lebanon-china b) He sees some people getting nuked and some races becoming slaves after the armageddon https://www.nairaland.com/1451323/obadiah-777-how-relate-ideas#18330905 ======================================================================================= Imagine if an atheist did some of these things- the atheist would have been quickly branded as "crazy", "militant" or "dangerous". However, when it comes to religion, it becomes a matter of "let us respect their beliefs" Joagbaje is a top pastor in Nigeria Obadiah777 is a mod on Africa's biggest website Jehovah's witness is a recognized christian denomination smh ^^^^ 12 Likes |
Re: How Is Religion Not A Form Of Mental Illness At Times? by shadydeals: 6:32am On Dec 07, 2013 |
so what's ur point, that they are crazy? mteeew. 1 Like |
Re: How Is Religion Not A Form Of Mental Illness At Times? by Nobody: 6:49am On Dec 07, 2013 |
shadydeals: so what's ur point, that they are crazy? mteeew. You believe those actions were a result of rational thinking? 5 Likes |
Re: How Is Religion Not A Form Of Mental Illness At Times? by shadydeals: 7:22am On Dec 07, 2013 |
Logicboy03:And you believe it's madness to express one's beliefs or faith? |
Re: How Is Religion Not A Form Of Mental Illness At Times? by shadydeals: 7:27am On Dec 07, 2013 |
That u cal urself logicboy does not make u more logical or more rational. |
Re: How Is Religion Not A Form Of Mental Illness At Times? by FOLYKAZE(m): 8:11am On Dec 07, 2013 |
shadydeals: so what's ur point, that they are crazy? mteeew. That is called 'kolo mentality' in the spiritual underground. |
Re: How Is Religion Not A Form Of Mental Illness At Times? by FOLYKAZE(m): 8:15am On Dec 07, 2013 |
shadydeals: And you believe it's madness to express one's beliefs or faith? It is madness when you express fantasy in your mind rather than experiencing it in reality. A mad man dance around in rag....they even mock you when you put on clean clothes because they are mad. Hell preacher only imagine how Hell is. From there they deduce hell temperature, numbers of prison there, people there and their messages yet they have not been to Hell once. Only in the heart......that is madness 5 Likes |
Re: How Is Religion Not A Form Of Mental Illness At Times? by Nobody: 9:05am On Dec 07, 2013 |
shadydeals: And you believe it's madness to express one's beliefs or faith? If I believe that I can fly and it is a part of my faith.......wouldnt that be madness? 2 Likes |
Re: How Is Religion Not A Form Of Mental Illness At Times? by Oduduwaboy(m): 9:17am On Dec 07, 2013 |
Logicboy03: *smiling*.....religion is anti-reason. If i remember well, one of the definitions of schizophrenia includes living in ones delusions as if they were real ..... Religion involves every type of delusions e.g mansions in heaven, golden streets,eternal loafing in heaven , hell fire, armagedon ,72 virgin etc So i agree with your hypothesis . Religion is madness . 6 Likes |
Re: How Is Religion Not A Form Of Mental Illness At Times? by Nobody: 9:35am On Dec 07, 2013 |
Oduduwaboy: lol.....some modern "religions" (more like philosophies eg religious humanism, new age paganism) are not madness. However, the Abrahamic religions contains some archaic thinking that should be classified as madness in this present day |
Re: How Is Religion Not A Form Of Mental Illness At Times? by macof(m): 1:44pm On Dec 07, 2013 |
Religion If only anyone has truly seen God |
Re: How Is Religion Not A Form Of Mental Illness At Times? by Oduduwaboy(m): 2:10pm On Dec 07, 2013 |
Logicboy03:totally agree with you . |
Re: How Is Religion Not A Form Of Mental Illness At Times? by mumumugu(m): 2:29pm On Dec 07, 2013 |
Is religion responsible for my mental state or is it a cure for my madness? |
Re: How Is Religion Not A Form Of Mental Illness At Times? by Oduduwaboy(m): 2:51pm On Dec 07, 2013 |
macof: Religion yeaaaaah....! if only he will let us have first hand experiences of himself rather than through dishonest men of god . 1 Like |
Re: How Is Religion Not A Form Of Mental Illness At Times? by Nobody: 3:13pm On Dec 07, 2013 |
mumumugu: Is religion responsible for my mental state or is it a cure for my madness? You were always a mumu....so no worries |
Re: How Is Religion Not A Form Of Mental Illness At Times? by Nobody: 3:15pm On Dec 07, 2013 |
Oduduwaboy: |
Re: How Is Religion Not A Form Of Mental Illness At Times? by raptureready: 3:53pm On Dec 07, 2013 |
@op your topic says "religion", but your post looks a heck of a lot more like a thinly veiled poke at christianity... Is christianity the only religion? Y r u fellas always hurling barbs at us? Na because se we tell una say una de go hellfire? |
Re: How Is Religion Not A Form Of Mental Illness At Times? by Nobody: 4:07pm On Dec 07, 2013 |
rapture_ready: @op your topic says "religion", but your post looks a heck of a lot more like a thinly veiled poke at christianity... Lol... I just had a lot of xtian examples at The time |
Re: How Is Religion Not A Form Of Mental Illness At Times? by raptureready: 5:23pm On Dec 07, 2013 |
Logicboy03: Ya, right. Like una fit go try islamists, make dem issue fatwa 4 ur head, 4wad ur contact details give boko haram... In other news, how are you preparing for hellfire? |
Re: How Is Religion Not A Form Of Mental Illness At Times? by Nobody: 5:25pm On Dec 07, 2013 |
rapture_ready: Cant prepare for hell fire......it doesnt exist |
Re: How Is Religion Not A Form Of Mental Illness At Times? by raptureready: 5:44pm On Dec 07, 2013 |
Logicboy03: You'd really would rather find out the hard way, wouldn't you? Hmm... |
Re: How Is Religion Not A Form Of Mental Illness At Times? by Joshthefirst(m): 5:47pm On Dec 07, 2013 |
Another epileptic thread coming from someone who believes non-directed random motions brought about intelligence and life and organization of the cosmos, who believes his cousin is a bonobo. And you say religious people are mentally diseased. |
Re: How Is Religion Not A Form Of Mental Illness At Times? by Nobody: 6:00pm On Dec 07, 2013 |
Joshthefirst: Another epileptic thread coming from someone who believes non-directed random motions brought about intelligence and life and organization of the cosmos, who believes his cousin is a bonobo. 1) Who told you that I believe the crap in bold? 2)Bonobos are our cousins? You high, bro? |
Re: How Is Religion Not A Form Of Mental Illness At Times? by raptureready: 6:50pm On Dec 07, 2013 |
Logicboy03: 2)Bonobos are our cousins? You high, bro? Well according to the evolution theory, they are the closest species to the human species. Initial genetic studies characterised the DNA of chimpanzees and bonobos as being as much as 98% (99.4% in one study) identical to that of Homo sapiens.[18] Later studies showed that chimpanzees and bonobos are more closely related to humans than to gorillas.[19] In the crucial Nature paper reporting on initial genome comparisons, researchers identified 35 million single-nucleotide changes, five million insertion or deletion events, and a number of chromosomal rearrangements which constituted the genetic differences between the two Pan species and humans, covering 98% of the same genes.[20] Weird that you don't seem to know this Logicboy03: You don't believe religion or science, which one you dey? |
Re: How Is Religion Not A Form Of Mental Illness At Times? by Nobody: 6:53pm On Dec 07, 2013 |
rapture_ready: Guy.....Evolution tells us that all animals are related..some more closely than others...now how does that translate into bonobos being our cousins because that is an entirely different statement. You and Joshthefirst minsterprete and misunderstand science and then put your ignorance on science as the atheist position. |
Re: How Is Religion Not A Form Of Mental Illness At Times? by raptureready: 7:19pm On Dec 07, 2013 |
Logicboy03: Actually, YOU misinterpreted what @joshthefirst was saying. The phrase about bonobos being "our cousins" is not a "different statement". You don't have to take my word for it. Let's ask google... Web Images News Extraordinary images that show just how similar we are to our ... 4 Sep 2013... images detail the remarkable similarities between humans and our closest living relatives, bonobos. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-24... Meet your cousin: the bonobo | Africa Geographic Magazine Blog 25 Nov 2013 ... Bonobos are our closest living relatives along with chimpanzees, find out some interesting facts about ... blog.africageographic.com/africa-ge... Bonobo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ... biologists like Jeremy Griffith to suggest that bonobos may be a living example of our distant human ancestors. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonobo Researchers complete the genome of our promiscuous cousins | Ars ... 13 Jun 2012 ... Bonobos are a species within a species. ... complete the genome of our promiscuous cousins. arstechnica.com/science/2012/06/res... WWF - Bonobo Bonobos, arguably our closest relatives, live only in the Congo Basin rainforests of central Democratic Republic of the ... www.panda.org/../bonobo/ Bonobo Handshake: What Makes Our Chimp-like Cousins So ... 4 Sep 2007 ... What's it like to work with relatives who think sex is like a handshake, who organize orgies with the ... www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/... Bonobos - Our Wise Cousins - acceLAWrate VIDEO - www.accelawrate.com The bonobo, the chimp's sexpot cousin, gets its genome mapped (+ ... 13 Jun 2012 ... Bonobos are apes that are as closely related to humans as ... [Animal Code: Our Favorite Genomes]. www.csmonitor.com/ Science/2012/0613... Bonobo Handshake: Learning from our cousins in Congo | North ... In the midst of the war-torn Congo, there exists a peaceful society in which females are in charge, war is nonexistent, ... naturalsciences.org/programs-events... Bonobos Join Chimps as Closest Human Relatives | Science/AAAS ... 13 Jun 2012 ... Chimpanzees now have to share the distinction of being our closest living relative in the animal ... news.sciencemag.org/plants-animals/... Next page ยป For an atheist, your scientific knowledge is quite poor. @MrTroll and your other buds will be ashamed of you... Logicboy03: And you've got the guts to call somebody else "ignorant"... Just because we are christians doesn't mean we've got an inferior understanding of science. Many great scientists of time past, and even some of present are christians. |
Re: How Is Religion Not A Form Of Mental Illness At Times? by Nobody: 7:24pm On Dec 07, 2013 |
rapture_ready: blah blah blah You miss the point. Joshthefirst was using "cousins" in literal sense. Why? Because if it were metaphorical, it wouldnt be mentally ridiculous to him The scientists use tthe word "cousins" in a non-literal way to mean that we are closely related to bonobo since they have a very c lose dna to our common ancestor |
Re: How Is Religion Not A Form Of Mental Illness At Times? by raptureready: 7:34pm On Dec 07, 2013 |
Logicboy03: Again, you still miss the point. His literal use of "his cousin" was actually meant as an insult, not a claim that humans and bonobos were born by the same grandparents. You guys would just rather believe the most possible worst 'bout christians. |
Re: How Is Religion Not A Form Of Mental Illness At Times? by Nobody: 7:35pm On Dec 07, 2013 |
rapture_ready: You just choose not to accept it |
Re: How Is Religion Not A Form Of Mental Illness At Times? by raptureready: 8:04pm On Dec 07, 2013 |
rationalmind: Oh we accept it all right. Just not all of it. For example, we don't need some flawed hypothesis to tell us how the universe or man came about... |
Re: How Is Religion Not A Form Of Mental Illness At Times? by Nobody: 8:08pm On Dec 07, 2013 |
rapture_ready: But ure ready to accept a less plausible hypothesis. |
Re: How Is Religion Not A Form Of Mental Illness At Times? by raptureready: 8:53pm On Dec 07, 2013 |
rationalmind: The story in genesis 1 is a heck of a lot more plausible than the big bang theory. An intelligent creator creates the universe vs it appeared out of nowhere as a point mass singularity of zero volume and infinite density spinning furiously and then at some point it decides to explode and create a bunch of humans... |
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