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Re: Every Nigerian Atheist Should Be Outspoken by MerryMonody: 8:22am On Sep 30, 2016 |
PastorAIO: Herein lies the problem my friend. We mirror the methods of their evangelical pursuits. They are elitist, thus we become elitist. They are insultive, angered when their fragile egos are bruised. Being the fallible humans we are, we also descend to this. When two kids are screaming at each other no sense would be made. The elitism would burn the tongues, the anger would block the ears. Then of what use is it all? |
Re: Every Nigerian Atheist Should Be Outspoken by Mayhorz(m): 7:36am On Oct 04, 2016 |
All of You Guyz Kommenting on Diz Thread...i mean d so-called atheists...U not Believing in Christ dosent Mean he isn't in Existence..It only means No Matter of Evidence could change your Mind..Now,thats where u need Help |
Re: Every Nigerian Atheist Should Be Outspoken by Mojuven: 12:01pm On Oct 18, 2016 |
A piece done by an athetist to show u..............weda der is or not.
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Re: Every Nigerian Atheist Should Be Outspoken by styless(f): 1:09am On Nov 10, 2016 |
Seun osewa atheist too. Daniel nkado atheist I don't understand at all 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Every Nigerian Atheist Should Be Outspoken by DangotePikin: 1:57pm On Nov 18, 2016 |
For me disclosing your belief in athesiem doesn't make good business sense. Some religious fanatics can choose to leave Nairaland because of it. |
Re: Every Nigerian Atheist Should Be Outspoken by uzoexcel(m): 2:41pm On Nov 18, 2016 |
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Re: Every Nigerian Atheist Should Be Outspoken by hopefulLandlord: 3:26pm On Nov 18, 2016 |
DangotePikin: and they usually come back we've seen them make threads about their leaving Nairaland because of atheists only for them to make u turns later 4 Likes |
Re: Every Nigerian Atheist Should Be Outspoken by JackBizzle: 6:08pm On Nov 18, 2016 |
hopefulLandlord: I know such a person who abused me for years on nairaland because I was a dirty unbeliever against his religion. Recently, the guy is back and he is now a much calmer agnostic. 3 Likes |
Re: Every Nigerian Atheist Should Be Outspoken by Seun(m): 6:19pm On Nov 18, 2016 |
DangotePikin:Yes, I'm aware of that, but there's more to life than money. There's a satisfaction that comes from helping people to know the truth and be free. JackBizzle:I guess that shows that having endless debates with apologists can work. Kudos to you guys for being willing to invest your time in them. Kalatium seems to be on the right track. 8 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Every Nigerian Atheist Should Be Outspoken by LiberaDeus: 7:13pm On Nov 18, 2016 |
Seun I like the concept of being outspoken but I don't believe that we can save a reasonable percentage of adults. Many Nigerians are too far gone in their beliefs. The problem with them is not indoctrination but mental laziness. No matter how indoctrinated you are in your beliefs , a dedicated month of research can open your mind up. But as the saying goes " if you want to hide something from a black man, put it in a book". Our fellow Nigerians are too lazy to read. They only want to use social media, they hardly read long essays or articles, they only want to groove and take selfies. The average Nigerian in this generation does not have the energy to even think deeply and critically. There are few exceptions, our outspokenness can only help those few that are interested in knowing but have never been offered a rope or lifeline of knowledge. Atheists being outspoken will help the next generation. Thats the most important thing. If the next generation4 can grow up in an environment where religious criticism is active then there is hope. The good thing is that the kids below 10 years are read it stuff we never did during our childhood. Most of them are using smart devices and can use Google well. Many of them are growing up in a liberal society where parents are giving kids freedom of speech not like ours that raised us in a military way. All I can say is lets keep the fire burning and never let religion have a free pass in our lives. 3 Likes |
Re: Every Nigerian Atheist Should Be Outspoken by akintom(m): 9:29pm On Nov 18, 2016 |
Some years back, i learnt the mechanism by which a belief system, can be influenced for change, in one of the books of Anthony Robbins. A religious belief is a mere strong feelings or feelings of certainty about something to be true (all tied to emotions, minus rational thinking). Albeit without empirical facts supporting such beliefs. To influence change of what a religious folk feel strongly or certain about, all you need to do is - cast DOUBT on the specific fundamental aspects of the religious beliefs. It's like a pin hole in a tube, if repeated over time, a total deflation of the tube might be achieved. Rational atheism is effectively and gradually containing religious beliefs, just as virus is contained. I observed that some theists on NL, have withdrawn to being spectators now. They are kind of shocked into lack of what to write and deflated in ideas. They are griped with morbid caution, before they post thread nowadays. Mental liberation is already unleashed. 3 Likes |
Re: Every Nigerian Atheist Should Be Outspoken by ScienceWatch: 11:38pm On Nov 24, 2016 |
theoneJabulani:Have you ever wondered why many people have a hard time honouring Jesus? Here Jesus explains this problem very clearly. Joh 6:65 And Jesus said, I have said to you, that no one can come to me and believe what I am doing, except, if the true God sends them to me. Today, we are blessed to have the evidence of Jesus’ WORKS Biblically and scientifically verified in the Holy Scoan Church Nigeria and on Emmanuel TV. 6) Here we see Jesus give to the Jews the reason why they can’t believe the evidence of the miraculous WORKS. Joh 7:14 Now about the middle of the Jewish religious festival, Jesus went up into the temple, and taught. Joh 7:15 And the Jews were amazed, saying, How knows this man this, having never learned? Joh 7:16 Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but the true God that sent me. Joh 8:29 And He that sent me is with me: God has not left me alone; for I do always those things that please Him. (Restoring the suffering people.) Joh 8:38 I speak and do that which I have seen with my Father the true God: and you do that which you have seen with your father Satan. Joh 8:42 Jesus said unto them, If the true God were your Father, you would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but He sent me. Joh 8:44 You are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and live not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of lies. Consider what Jesus said to the Jews earlier, Joh 6:65 And Jesus said, I have said to you, that no one can come to me and believe what I am doing, except, if the true God sends them to me. |
Re: Every Nigerian Atheist Should Be Outspoken by ScienceWatch: 11:40pm On Nov 24, 2016 |
LiberaDeus:Have you ever wondered why many people have a hard time honouring Jesus? Here Jesus explains this problem very clearly. Joh 6:65 And Jesus said, I have said to you, that no one can come to me and believe what I am doing, except, if the true God sends them to me. Today, we are blessed to have the evidence of Jesus’ WORKS Biblically and scientifically verified in the Holy Scoan Church Nigeria and on Emmanuel TV. 6) Here we see Jesus give to the Jews the reason why they can’t believe the evidence of the WORKS and love Him. Joh 7:14 Now about the middle of the Jewish religious festival, Jesus went up into the temple, and taught. Joh 7:15 And the Jews were amazed, saying, How knows this man this, having never learned? Joh 7:16 Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but the true God that sent me. Joh 8:29 And He that sent me is with me: God has not left me alone; for I do always those things that please Him. (Restoring the suffering people.) Joh 8:38 I speak and do that which I have seen with my Father the true God: and you do that which you have seen with your father Satan. Joh 8:42 Jesus said unto them, If the true God were your Father, you would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but He sent me. Joh 8:44 You are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and live not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of lies. Consider what Jesus said to the Jews earlier, Joh 6:65 And Jesus said, I have said to you, that no one can come to me and believe what I am doing, except, if the true God sends them to me. |
Re: Every Nigerian Atheist Should Be Outspoken by ScienceWatch: 11:41pm On Nov 24, 2016 |
styless:The Jews are unable to believe verifiable evidence of the miracles/WORKS Joh 10:23 And Jesus walked in the Jewish temple in Solomon's porch. Joh 10:24 Then the Jews came round about him, and said to him, How long do you make us to doubt? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly. Joh 10:25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and you believed not: the miracles/ WORKS that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me. Joh 10:26 But you wont believe, because you are not of the true God, as I said unto you. Joh 10:37 If I don’t do the miracles/ WORKS of my Father, don’t believe me. Joh 10:38 But if I do, though you are unable to believe me, believe the WORKS: so that that you may know, and believe, that the true God is in me, and I in Him. Joh 10:39 Because of this the Jews tried to harm him: but he escaped out of their hands. Today, we are blessed to have the evidence of Jesus’ WORKS Biblically and scientifically verified in the Holy Scoan Church Nigeria and on Emmanuel TV. |
Re: Every Nigerian Atheist Should Be Outspoken by Niflheim(m): 1:10am On Nov 26, 2016 |
@Seun, This is a super fantastic post!!! The more outspoken we are, the less we shall see "grass eating human beings"!!! 1 Like |
Re: Every Nigerian Atheist Should Be Outspoken by OlayinkaFawaz(m): 10:07pm On Dec 02, 2016 |
JESUSBOIY:and when it's down, you'll be shouting "Racist" |
Re: Every Nigerian Atheist Should Be Outspoken by OlayinkaFawaz(m): 10:09pm On Dec 02, 2016 |
styless:are u on nairaland at all? |
Re: Every Nigerian Atheist Should Be Outspoken by OlayinkaFawaz(m): 10:13pm On Dec 02, 2016 |
I should guess right when God send u as message on messenger Oya shoot me ScienceWatch: |
Re: Every Nigerian Atheist Should Be Outspoken by OlayinkaFawaz(m): 10:20pm On Dec 02, 2016 |
Killing people for fun..... Sounds fun lol Lemme kill u for fun first those who killed Jesus, are they going to hell or heaven? Geofavor: |
Re: Every Nigerian Atheist Should Be Outspoken by ScienceWatch: 12:57am On Dec 03, 2016 |
Seun:Atheism is a mental illness…. The insane men who founded atheism also have the greatest influence on Psychology and Psychiatry, Charles Darwin, Sigmund Freud, Thomas Henry Huxley and Nietzsche all shared certain common experiences and a definite psychological pattern is evident. Their early childhoods were marked by some form of spiritual training. They were men whose dominating, overbearing and even abusive fathers led them to rebellion and renunciations of God. [b]They endured cold, ruthless parents, grew up in an environment of bullying [/b]and abuse often done in the name of God. These boys hated their fathers, these spiritual wounds festered a rebellion against a hostile father they identified with a hostile God. They made it their lives work to destroy the God who had come to symbolize their father. Charles Darwin – [/b]he lived the greatest portion of his life in deep depression, there is a history of mental illness in his family. He believed his dad had the power of prediction; He had an endless catalogue of psychosomatic illnesses and lived as a semi invalid barely past thirty. [b]Thomas Henry Huxley- [/b]he detested his hot tempered father he suffered terrible bullying at school and had a terrible fear of insanity, which ran in his family. In fact his father died in an insane asylum. His hatred of God was rooted in the fear that the insanity in his family was caused by unclean spirits. He believed he had been poisoned by vapours from a dead body. After his only son dies of scarlet fever he detested God and believed he was cruel, hostile, angry and indifferent to suffering. [b]Nietzsche – Grew up with no male role model, he was a repressed homosexual and a victim of syphilis, depression and senility. He blamed his mom for the death of his father. [b]Sigmund Freud – [/b]he believed a female is a failed boy and he was obsessed with the incestuous conquest of his mother and rivalry with his dad. The desire to have sex with his mother and kill his father haunted his dreams. He believed women wanted sex with there fathers and stories of rape and molestation were fantasies. Instead of victims these women were villains. [b]These four prophets of atheism and many more [/b]all had powerful domineering fathers. They were fearful, weak, submissive kids. They all grew up with a history of headaches, depression , obsessive fears, extreme shyness, intestinal disorders, and made it there lives work to destroy God who had come to symbolize there fathers. “ Its Madness” View full article here: http://www.news24.com/MyNews24/Atheism-is-a-mental-illness-20120413 2 Likes |
Re: Every Nigerian Atheist Should Be Outspoken by ScienceWatch: 1:00am On Dec 03, 2016 |
Geofavor:How do atheists use defence mechanisms to deny God? What follows are what psychologists and psychiatrist believe to be the major ways. DENIAL: [/b]This mechanism is very simple: the atheist simply denies reality and does so with intensity and persistence. There are people who are told by doctors daily that they have a terminal illness. Their way of coping is to deny that it could be true. Atheists do the same: they intensely and persistently deny that God could exist. They block out the possibility and fight it with all their might. [b]RATIONALIZATIONS: This is a favourite mechanism of atheists. It is simply the reliance on logical-sounding but false reasons to negate reality. Atheists will offer countless “logical-sounding” reasons why God does not exist, or why atheists cannot accept the existence of God. They are very creative at doing so, and they specialize in using pedantic language to sound convincing to others and to themselves. They fool themselves that they are of superior intelligence and that they must be correct in their conclusions. In reality, they are simply foolish rationalizers. View the link for the full article: http://atheismexposed.tripod.com/atheists_mentally_ill.htm |
Re: Every Nigerian Atheist Should Be Outspoken by JackBizzle: 1:03am On Dec 03, 2016 |
ScienceWatch: Lies and nonsense. Prophets of atheism? 2 Likes |
Re: Every Nigerian Atheist Should Be Outspoken by ScienceWatch: 1:08am On Dec 03, 2016 |
Ranchhoddas:How do atheists use defence mechanisms to deny God REPRESSION: This mechanism entails forcing painful material into the sub-conscious unconsciously. The atheist who uses this mechanism is not aware of it. All of existence shouts out, "design." Every detail in nature offers evidence of the Artist’s touch. One only has to stop, observe and see that we are not surrounded by the grotesque, but by beauty, unity and harmony. The atheist mind will not stop and observe and see the connection. If they do stop to look, they will acknowledge the art -- but not the artist. SUPPRESSION: Suppression is similar to repression, but with one exception: it is conscious. Science is continually offering evidence of intricacy and brilliance on the Creator’s part. The concept of design is daily being reinforced by all the sciences. Accepting the evidence for former atheist, Anthony Flew, may have been painful at first, but he finally accepted the glaring reality. Most atheists will not. They will consciously “reject” the evidence, without any fair and sufficient analysis. DISPLACEMENT: This mechanism has to do with transferring feelings from one deserving object to another undeserving one. As explained above, many Atheists are angry and hurt, because of abuse or mistreatment by authority figures, parents, religious people or religious leaders. In time, they transfer their anger to God who allowed the events that caused their pain to take place. [b]The end result [/b]of this mechanism is to abolish what they see as the ultimate source of their pain: God. View the link for the full article: http://atheismexposed.tripod.com/atheists_mentally_ill.htm |
Re: Every Nigerian Atheist Should Be Outspoken by ScienceWatch: 1:13am On Dec 03, 2016 |
plaetton:There is nothing wrong with religions, [/b]something is wrong with most humans. [b]Atheism is a mental illness…. The insane men who founded atheism also have the greatest influence on Psychology and Psychiatry, Charles Darwin, Sigmund Freud, Thomas Henry Huxley and Nietzsche all shared certain common experiences and a definite psychological pattern is evident. Their early childhoods were marked by some form of spiritual training. They were men whose dominating, overbearing and even abusive fathers led them to rebellion and renunciations of God. They endured cold, ruthless parents, grew up in an environment of bullying and abuse often done in the name of God. These boys hated their fathers, these spiritual wounds festered a rebellion against a hostile father they identified with a hostile God. They made it their lives work to destroy the God who had come to symbolize their father. Charles Darwin – he lived the greatest portion of his life in deep depression, there is a history of mental illness in his family. He believed his dad had the power of prediction; He had an endless catalogue of psychosomatic illnesses and lived as a semi invalid barely past thirty. Thomas Henry Huxley- he detested his hot tempered father he suffered terrible bullying at school and had a terrible fear of insanity, which ran in his family. In fact his father died in an insane asylum. His hatred of God was rooted in the fear that the insanity in his family was caused by unclean spirits. He believed he had been poisoned by vapours from a dead body. After his only son dies of scarlet fever he detested God and believed he was cruel, hostile, angry and indifferent to suffering. [b]Nietzsche – [/b]Grew up with no male role model, he was a repressed homosexual and a victim of syphilis, depression and senility. He blamed his mom for the death of his father. [b] Sigmund Freud – [/b]he believed a female is a failed boy and he was obsessed with the incestuous conquest of his mother and rivalry with his dad. The desire to have sex with his mother and kill his father haunted his dreams. He believed women wanted sex with there fathers and stories of rape and molestation were fantasies. Instead of victims these women were villains. These four prophets of atheism and many more all had powerful domineering fathers. They were fearful, weak, submissive kids. They all grew up with a history of headaches, depression , obsessive fears, extreme shyness, intestinal disorders, and made it there lives work to destroy God who had come to symbolize there fathers. “ Its Madness” View full article here: http://www.news24.com/MyNews24/Atheism-is-a-mental-illness-20120413 |
Re: Every Nigerian Atheist Should Be Outspoken by ScienceWatch: 1:15am On Dec 03, 2016 |
Suprnov3r:Donohue also slammed what he believes is the hypocrisy of atheists and agnostics. "The funny thing about it is they'll say they're against all religions. But, that's not true. You'll never see them taking on Muslims, ever, ever, ever, and they like to go after Christians at Christmastime," Donohue said. "I don't care if people disagree. Do so respectfully, but we have to put up with this kind of taunting from atheists that goes on and on, but we have a little answer for them this year." View the full article here : http://www.newsmax.com/Newsmax-Tv/Bill-Donohue-atheists-mental-illness-Catholics/2014/12/03/id/610886/ |
Re: Every Nigerian Atheist Should Be Outspoken by ScienceWatch: 1:21am On Dec 03, 2016 |
Atheism is a mental illness…. The insane men who founded atheism also have the greatest influence on Psychology and Psychiatry, Charles Darwin, Sigmund Freud, Thomas Henry Huxley and Nietzsche all shared certain common experiences and a definite psychological pattern is evident. Their early childhoods were marked by some form of spiritual training. Charles Darwin, Sigmund Freud, Thomas Henry Huxley and Nietzsche [/b]were men whose dominating, overbearing and even abusive fathers led them to rebellion and renunciations of God. They endured cold, ruthless parents, grew up in an environment of bullying and abuse often done in the name of God. These boys hated their fathers, these spiritual wounds festered a rebellion against a hostile father they identified with a hostile God. They made it their lives work to destroy the God who had come to symbolize their father. [b]Charles Darwin – [/b]he lived the greatest portion of his life in deep depression, there is a history of mental illness in his family. He believed his dad had the power of prediction; He had an endless catalogue of psychosomatic illnesses and lived as a semi invalid barely past thirty. [b]Thomas Henry Huxley- he detested his hot tempered father he suffered terrible bullying at school and had a terrible fear of insanity, which ran in his family. In fact his father died in an insane asylum. His hatred of God was rooted in the fear that the insanity in his family was caused by unclean spirits. He believed he had been poisoned by vapours from a dead body. After his only son dies of scarlet fever he detested God and believed he was cruel, hostile, angry and indifferent to suffering. Nietzsche – Grew up with no male role model, he was a repressed homosexual and a victim of syphilis, depression and senility. He blamed his mom for the death of his father. [b]Sigmund Freud – [/b]he believed a female is a failed boy and he was obsessed with the incestuous conquest of his mother and rivalry with his dad. The desire to have sex with his mother and kill his father haunted his dreams. He believed women wanted sex with there fathers and stories of rape and molestation were fantasies. Instead of victims these women were villains. These four prophets of atheism and many more all had powerful domineering fathers. They were fearful, weak, submissive kids. They all grew up with a history of headaches, depression , obsessive fears, extreme shyness, intestinal disorders, and made it there lives work to destroy God who had come to symbolize there fathers. “ Its Madness” View full article here: http://www.news24.com/MyNews24/Atheism-is-a-mental-illness-20120413
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Re: Every Nigerian Atheist Should Be Outspoken by ScienceWatch: 2:58am On Dec 03, 2016 |
JackBizzle:Atheism is a mental disorder or illness : The results of this study have unnerved even the most stoic scientists, physicians and researchers. New information from a 22-year old study at a German University has many psychiatrists and psychologists throughout the world wondering if atheism is a sign or warning of a more serious mental illness already present or in the process of developing. Doctors are searching for a gene that might cause a correlation between serious mental illness and what they are calling “overt atheism.” For the time being psychiatrists and research psychologists in Germany and Switzerland are calling this medical anomaly, “The Misfit Syndrome.” Doctors at the University in Hamburg have been investigating the connection between religious beliefs and overall mental health and the results of the study have unnerved even the most stoic scientists, physicians and researchers. View the full article here: http://thedamienzone.com/2012/08/17/atheism-as-a-mental-disorder-or-illness-new-studies-say-yes/ |
Re: Every Nigerian Atheist Should Be Outspoken by uzoexcel(m): 9:59am On Dec 04, 2016 |
I may not be an atheist but I concur on the mental laziness of Nigerians and our laziness in doing research LiberaDeus: |
Re: Every Nigerian Atheist Should Be Outspoken by topdee(m): 12:50am On Dec 06, 2016 |
Geofavor: These are the reasons why religion was created by man, for the sole purpose of indoctrination. But it has been bastardised, it is doing more harm than good holistically. |
Re: Every Nigerian Atheist Should Be Outspoken by topdee(m): 1:22am On Dec 06, 2016 |
ayobase: If there's afterlife what makes you think you'll be saved? If one goes by what is written in the book called Bible, majority of the so-called Christians/those claiming to be Christians won't be saved, being a Believer and being Christ-like are two different things, it is very rare for humans to be Christ-like. You have to have Christ-like qualities to be saved. But guess what? Religion is an art of Man. |
Re: Every Nigerian Atheist Should Be Outspoken by malana(f): 4:13pm On Jul 07, 2017 |
All respect to you and the poet but the only attribute of poetry in the above poem is line. �����...... u nailed it |
Re: Every Nigerian Atheist Should Be Outspoken by michony505(m): 10:39pm On Sep 20, 2017 |
Acidosis:You make billions of sense to me 1 Like |
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