Religion is the most effective divisive tool created by man.

Religion puts humans in an illusional state

Religion is jargon

well said

its called blind faith. The masses are blinded by thier faith and their beliefs

pls explain

madamkoko:

please explain

you talking to me?

you answered my question. guess you modified the post.

MADAMKOKO                                


What are you saying??

Religion is Jargon??

More like a

Scam

Con

Rip-off.

Okija_juju:

MADAMKOKO                                


What are you saying??

Religion is Jargon??

More like a

Scam

Con

Rip-off.

Are you serious? I hope not. I can see you doing great things unto the Lord. Chukwu gozie gi.

L O L.

onyinye2:

Are you serious?

Damn right I am.

GOD dont exist, Christianity is a Jewish religion.

Okija_juju:

Damn right I am.
GOD don't exist, Christianity is a Jewish religion.

WHAT!!! how can you say that God doesn't exist?

onyinye2:

WHAT!!! how can you say that God doesn't exist?

Hehehehehe, let him believe what he wants to believe, abi, it's a free world, he has the right to his own beliefs

i think there is a God, just many many fake followers

ibkaye:

Hehehehehe, let him believe what he wants to believe, abi, it's a free world, he has the right to his own beliefs

yeah and u get the right to your own beliefs too

Religion.

If i say music is my religion wat would that mean.

Kai!, you guys have to understand this Word.

Dont let use of english put you in a tight corner

manmustwac:

its called blind faith. The masses are blinded by their faith and their beliefs

I am sure you must have a reason for saying this. enlighten me

Cayon:

I am sure you must have a reason for saying this. enlighten me

The masses go to church on sundays they pay their tithes speak in tongues pray to thier God read thier bible sing and dance they all happy like they don get some kind of buzz from the service but in reality nothing has changed. Thier lives remains the same. They go home still finding it hard to put 2 square meals a day on the table and to pay thier bills. But they still cling on to thier faith and beliefs that oneday e go better. When in reality things are just getting worse.

manmustwac:

The masses go to church on sundays they pay their tithes speak in tongues pray to their God read their bible sing and dance they all happy like they don get some kind of buzz from the service but in reality nothing has changed. Thier lives remains the same. They go home still finding it hard to put 2 square meals a day on the table and to pay their bills. But they still cling on to their faith and beliefs that oneday e go better. When in reality things are just getting worse.

It is a real bitch.

They go to church, get bossed around by illiterate ushers, get told how to ive their lives by some dude who calls himself a pastor, they collect their money from them, pray for their problems and sorrows, tell them to go home and expect something positive, and when nothing happens they tell you it was "the will of God".
They threaten them with eternal damnation, spiritual deprivation, poverty, e.t.c.

They go to church, get bossed around by illiterate ushers, get told how to ive their lives by some dude who calls himself a pastor, they collect their money from them, pray for their problems and sorrows, tell them to go home and expect something positive, and when nothing happens they tell you it was "the will of God".
They threaten them with eternal damnation, spiritual deprivation, poverty, e.t.c.

heheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheehehehehehehehe.

starting price for prayer : N50,000

there is a serious problem of conscience when it takes 95000 threads to say the same thing - that God doesnt exist.

Questions for the average athiest -

1. Why is he so enamoured by the God of the bible? I havent seen anyone struggling so hard to prove that "religions" (100% of the time the focus is on christianity really . . . "religion" is merely a cloak to make the it sound like it a universal claim) like Islam, hinduism, scientology are scams.

2. If indeed God does not exist, why the need to rehash it 100 times?

The point of this thread is not to argue whether or not god exists but to say that Religion is Jargon and a divisive tool of oppression and suppression.

madamkoko:

The point of this thread is not to argue whether or not god exists but to say that Religion is Jargon and a divisive tool of oppression and suppression.

1. this is thread number 54,658 saying exactly the same thing . . . what else is new?

2. Where are the threads crying about islam, hinduism, sikhism as tools or oppression and suppression? why is the emphasis so embarassingly lopsided when it comes to christianity?

3. I ask for the upteenth time, if "religion is jargon" why are you expending so much energy to say so? To soothe your own conscience?

Religion does not only involve a conversation regarding xtianity. Based on definition, religion is not xtianity.

Its extremely easy to be amused by xtianity because of the negative and selfish manner in which the so-called leaders have portrayed themselves.

You might think its repetitive BUT its an interesting conversation. Xtianity is very prevalent in Nigeria, because of the level of oppression and suppession. Its deeply ingrained in the society, although there are more muslims than xtians.

Churches in Nigeria are a multi-million dollar industry.

i find this a most confusing post that makes no sense at all.

madamkoko:

Religion does not only involve a conversation regarding xtianity. Based on definition, religion is not xtianity.

But 100% of the anti-religion posts here are focused on christianity . . . why?

madamkoko:

Its extremely easy to be amused by xtianity because of the negative and selfish manner in which the so-called leaders have portrayed themselves.

Infact the vast majority of Nigerian leaders have been muslim.

madamkoko:

You might think its repetitive BUT its an interesting conversation. Xtianity is very prevalent in Nigeria, because of the level of oppression and suppession. Its deeply ingrained in the society, although there are more muslims than xtians.

50% of the population of Nigeria is muslim, 40% is christian and you say "christianity is VERY prevalent"?
Christianity is prevalent "because of the level of oppression and suppression"? Are we to then assume that the muslims and traditionalists suffer NO oppression and suppression?

What "suppression and oppression"? Are Darfur or Somalia christian nations?

madamkoko:

Churches in Nigeria are a multi-million dollar industry.

So are churches in Korea, the UK or the USA. Mosques in Saudi Arabia, the UK, the US are also multi-million dollar industries . . . the church of scientology boasts the rich and powerful in the US as members . . .

so what really is ur point?

Infact the vast majority of Nigerian leaders have been muslim.

Leaders, I was referring to pastors. Not Nigerian leaders.

I clearly state that there are more there are more muslims than xtians. It clear I said this, so do not throw numbers that I am already aware of in the equation.

Although there are more muslims than xtians, Christianity is prevalent in Nigeria. There is a church on every street corner as there are many different, types of denomenations and doctrines. Hence, making people question the authenticity of this bogus religion.

Religion is Jargon. You might want to RE-read my posts clearly and RE- analyze them carefully.

@topic
religion is not jargon,you cant look at a couple of pentecostal pastors and then use it to sum up religion as a whole,
the whole essence of religion is loving your neighbour as yourself which is the backbone of a christian as i know it,having only one GOD so that loyalities are not divided, and going to church is about learning and gaining more knowledge so as to understand what you are practicing,also in a sinful world where there are enuff temptations you need spiritual guideance/fortification finish!!
all the rest,the trappings are just that,even the tithes which has been a controversial thing for a long time if applied in a proper old school christian way wouldnt cause any controversies

good point.

And another reason why Religion is not Jargon is that Jargon is a specialised language used within certain disciplines that is not in common usage outside. For instance there is Medical jargon, there is Legal jargon, there is also Musical Jargon. If I say to you make the notes in the 2nd bar staccato rather than legato and sustain the diminuendo all the way to the Da Capo, you would probably have no idea what I'm talking about but a trained musician would. That is musical jargon.

Jargon is terminology that relates to a specific activity, profession or group. Much like slang it develops as a kind of shorthand, to quickly express ideas that are frequently discussed between members of a group. In many cases a standard term may be given a more precise or specialized usage among practitioners of a field. In many cases this may cause a barrier to communication as many may not understand.

from here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jargon

Since we all know what religion means it follows that religion cannot be jargon. So as Gamine says

Dont let use of english put you in a tight corner

Or perhaps the misuse of english. To conclude, [size=14pt]Religion is not Jargon[/size][font=Lucida Sans Unicode][/font]

Better Point!