GrizzlyBear:
I had a discussion with an Atheist friend yesterday, and that discussion raised an interesting question.
My friend, confidently proposed, that there is hardly any fulled blooded, 100% Nigerian, living in Nigeria,( and I'll explain the meaning of this phrase later on), that is an atheist. And as a reply to that, I happily told him I knew lots of 100% Nigerians on Nairaland who are Atheists. But his reply to this surprised me. He said that non of the Atheists on NL are 100% Nigerians.

And this brings me to the description of what a 100% Nigerian is. A 100% Nigeria is an individual who was born in Nigeria, to 100% Nigerian parents, did his primary and secondary school in Nigeria, wrote jamb and waec in Nigeria, and did his Higher institutional learning in Nigeria. He doesn't have non Nigerian relatives and hasn't been outside Nigeria before, at least before he became an Atheist.

Is there anyone like this on Nairaland? I really want to prove my friend wrong.

NB: Atheist, as used in this context, is just a general term for those who don't sympathize with Theism. You could be an Atheist or Deist or Pantheist or whatever vague term or description you choose to use to classify your views on mankind's purpose in the universe, that doesn't fall under organized religion.

johnydon22:


I am a 100% Nigerian going by the definition of a 100% Nigerian you have above and i am an atheist.

so you have your answer now

hahn:

Same here @ op

Seun:
I'm also a 100% Nigerian atheist. When I deconverted, the only atheists I knew were Tai Solarin and Bill Gates. I only recently started watching and reading vocal atheists like Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris. There's so much to learn.

KingEbukaNaija:


Bill Gates is not an atheist . This is like the third time I'm telling you this . Its like you are repeating it to assure yourself He is one . He is not an atheist and will never be .

So are you a gnostic atheist ?

4kings:

Bill gate is an agnostic atheist, not a religious guy.

KingEbukaNaija:


Bill Gates is not an atheist of whatever type . Irreligiousity =! atheism . Having no religion does not make you an atheist . Bill Gate is most likely a deist . "It makes sense to believe in God" as he puts it .

KingEbukaNaija:

Bill Gates is not an atheist . This is like the third time I'm telling you this . Its like you are repeating it to assure yourself He is one . He is not an atheist and will never be.

So are you a gnostic atheist?

Seun:
He used to be nonreligious until he married his catholic wife. Now he talks with both sides of his mouth.

There is no real difference between the types of atheists. We all agree that there is virtually no good evidence for the existence of any God. The probability that any God exists is very very low, but not zero. Gnostic vs agnostic atheism is a matter of style, not substance. Even Richard Dawkins won't say he's 100% sure.

GrizzlyBear:
I had a discussion with an Atheist friend yesterday, and that discussion raised an interesting question.
My friend, confidently proposed, that there is hardly any fulled blooded, 100% Nigerian, living in Nigeria,( and I'll explain the meaning of this phrase later on), that is an atheist. And as a reply to that, I happily told him I knew lots of 100% Nigerians on Nairaland who are Atheists. But his reply to this surprised me. He said that non of the Atheists on NL are 100% Nigerians.

And this brings me to the description of what a 100% Nigerian is. A 100% Nigeria is an individual who was born in Nigeria, to 100% Nigerian parents, did his primary and secondary school in Nigeria, wrote jamb and waec in Nigeria, and did his Higher institutional learning in Nigeria. He doesn't have non Nigerian relatives and hasn't been outside Nigeria before, at least before he became an Atheist.

Is there anyone like this on Nairaland? I really want to prove my friend wrong.

NB: Atheist, as used in this context, is just a general term for those who don't sympathize with Theism. You could be an Atheist or Deist or Pantheist or whatever vague term or description you choose to use to classify your views on mankind's purpose in the universe, that doesn't fall under organized religion.

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johnydon22:


I am a 100% Nigerian going by the definition of a 100% Nigerian you have above and i am an atheist.

so you have your answer now