TrapQueen77:
I stop being too religious when all I see are these hypocrite ppol, praising and worshipping their God in 2hours and after that, everything is back to Normal biznez of lies, deceiving others, gossiping, back biting.,cheating ,lust ,disrespectful etc ...
Juz name all horrible traits, they have it and blame it to the devil when somebody caught them doing such thing...


[size=18pt]and these are the same ppol claiming that they are the CHILDREN OF GOD[/size]

Those hypocrites disgust me. I always feel like pulling a spiritual koboko on them. carnal minds have invaded the church of God! It takes me less than five minutes to see through them.

The church is under serious assault from the marine to corrupt,dilute and erode spirituality totally from the church of God.

aminusanti:
sorry sir, I ain't atheist. I am a muslim

OK. Sorry for the mention. BTW, I'm female.

GRIMMJOE:
I will run out of saliva if I keep talking.
All I can say is i critically analyzed everything,but before then,it was already sounding ridiculous.

Lol.. And nothing has ever made you have a re-think since then?

ChemicalReaction:
OK. Sorry for the mention. BTW, I'm female.

oh no issues it's all good . are u one of them too?

aminusanti:
sorry sir, I ain't atheist. I am a muslim

Na so dem dey do. Anyone that doesn't agree with their imaginary friend is an atheist

mrmrmister:





Keep calm you're on the same page

That guy is on another brand of yayo

aminusanti:
oh no issues it's all good . are u one of them too?

No oo.. I'm just curious as to how 'super' religious Nigerians would be athiest.

Answered earlier here: https://www.nairaland.com/3175859/all-atheists-why-did-atheist/1#47275462

Seun:
It happened at a time when I had many problems in my life and I decided to skip sunday fellowship because frankly, the fellowship hadn't done anything whatsoever to help me with my problems. Over the next week, I tried to examine the impact of my personal relationship with God on my life and I could only conclude that it had a negative impact on my life. If I had relied on my own understanding to make decisions, instead of doing things I thought God wanted me to do, my life would have been so much better. So I told my roommates that I'd be an interim atheist until I got some strong evidence of the existence of God and the truth of the bible. I'd no longer give Christianity the benefit of doubt.

(I could do that because in my quest to be a better Christian, I learnt exactly how the bible was put together, which was a mess. I'd had to think about the contradictions in the bible. I'd tried to convert a muslim who was able to defend the flaws of Islam as well as I could defend the flaws of Christianity, which made me realize that the only reason I was a Christian was by choice, due to being born into it. My quest to witness the pentecostal promise of signs and wonders had been fruitless. Even speaking in tongues had turned out to be not supernatural at all)

As an atheist, I started the process of rethinking my life, and everything now made so much more sense. All those 'difficult questions' I used to struggle with as a Christian who actually read the bible and tried to make sense of it were easily answered thus: "because there's no God".

hahn:


Na so dem dey do. Anyone that doesn't agree with their imaginary friend is an atheist

When i typed religion, it wasn't restricted to christians only. Unless you've discovered another meaning of that word.

ChemicalReaction:
When i typed religion, it wasn't restricted to christians only. Unless you've discovered another meaning of that word.

You labelled him an atheist and he isn't. Or do you just seem unable to comprehend what the discussion is about

It was a long and slow process, no one thing pushed me. But as i got smarter and read more I started to question the bibles teachings and finally I became an atheist.

hahn:
Luckily for me, I was not born in a religious home although at a certain point in my life I thought, why not? What do I have to lose in believing there is a god up there who cares about me and loves me enough to throw me in hell for eternity if I don't love it back.

Then one day I knelt down and was praying with my wife and then it hit me. [size=16pt] I was talking to myself [/size]

Then you also have to consider all the ridiculous stories one has to deceive himself to believe. Talking snakes, talking donkeys, the mass genocide by Jehovah via Noah's flood and at Sodom and Gomorrah, the virgin birth of Jesus, flying chariots and all other bullsh*t in the bible and all other religious holy book of lies.

Even Dexter's laboratory made more sense

The bolded is golden. That is your Buddha moment. You were indeed talking to yourself. But the truth is modern religion does not allow one to talk to oneself. It encourages so much noisemaking and manta that one cannot hear oneself, thereby making people disconnect from your innerself and malleable to control by pastors, priests and imams.

My best quote from the Bible is " Man know thyself."

Chubhie:
When I cast my spiritual eyes on this thread, I see demons typing away!

You filthy things are too small to stop the kingdom of God. Repent before your grace period elapse.

Spiritual eyes The religious amuse me. Demons are typing lol.

ChemicalReaction:
When i typed religion, it wasn't restricted to christians only. Unless you've discovered another meaning of that word.

So former Christians turned atheist should not comment? In that case you should have added excluding Christians in your heading.

wirinet:

So former Christians turned atheist should not comment? In that case you should have added excluding Christians in your heading.

You're getting it wrong. This post in particular isn't mean't for you. Just Hahn.

ChemicalReaction:
Sorry.. Not me.

Ahhh. I once thought the same, as did most ex religious atheist. The first time I even saw an atheist was in a Hollywood movie, I've forgotten the name, where the character said he didn't believe in God or Jesus. And I was like "for real" I seriously couldn't imagine anyone not believing in God, Religious indoctrination is an immense thing. The word atheist wasn't even in my vocabulary, in my world atheist didn't exist except in Hollywood movies, they were like aliens and Santa clause. Anyway that was a long time ago and I've only ever met three atheist in real life(one I personally converted) all in the last two years. Atheist are coming out more in nigeria and I hope the trend continues. So the next kid will now that being an atheist is also an option and not just Christianity or Islam.

hahn:


You labelled him an atheist and he isn't. Or do you just seem unable to comprehend what the discussion is about

Twas a mistake and I apologised. He also mistook me for a male, so whats your problem?

Lennycool:

Ahhh. I once thought the same, as did most ex religious atheist. The first time I even saw an atheist was in a Hollywood movie, I've forgotten the name, where the character said he didn't believe in God or Jesus. And I was like "for real" I seriously couldn't imagine anyone not believing in God, Religious indoctrination is an immense thing. The word atheist wasn't even in my vocabulary, in my world atheist didn't exist except in Hollywood movies, they were like aliens and Santa clause. Anyway that was a long time ago and I've only ever met three atheist in real life(one I personally converted) all in the last two years. Atheist are coming out more in nigeria and I hope the trend continues. So the next kid will now that being an atheist is also an option and not just Christianity or Islam.

Exactly! You seem to be the only one that understands me. #never met any athiest outside NL.

Seun:
Answered earlier here: https://www.nairaland.com/3175859/all-atheists-why-did-atheist/1#47275462

Because you couldn't find answers to your supposed 'difficult questtions'

Seun:
Answered earlier here: https://www.nairaland.com/3175859/all-atheists-why-did-atheist/1#47275462

Because you couldn't find answers to your supposed 'difficult questions' you gave up on religion so soon...its either you were just a sideline christian or you just never wanted to admit to all the goodness God has done to your lives because of the bigger picture you were looking for, the answers to question that should not be asked but because off our always wantind to know mind you checked and you not finding it just made you a conclusion that 'THERE IS NO GOD'...wow what a way to bacome an atheist...

coolbreezy01:
Because you couldn't find answers to your supposed 'difficult questions' you gave up on religion so soon...its either you were just a sideline christian or you just never wanted to admit to all the goodness God has done to your lives because of the bigger picture you were looking for, the answers to question that should not be asked but because off our always wantind to know mind you checked and you not finding it just made you a conclusion that 'THERE IS NO GOD'...wow what a way to bacome an atheist...

He was approaching organised religion to magically solve his needs. He should attempt Islam,traditional worship,Buddha,Satanism etc before he concludes.

A runaway nun never speaks good of her convent. seun has been forged a rebel due to his not getting manna from all the ills that plagued him.

How far has he gone in solving all those ills with his acts of rebellion against the kingdom of God?

ChemicalReaction:
Exactly! You seem to be the only one that understands me. #never met any athiest outside NL.

I've met three now. Like I said, I didn't start meeting them till recently, I make it a point now to inform anyone I care to that I'm an atheist, so atheism will be more visible.
You'll meet more atheist in more Intellectual circles.

Lennycool:

Ahhh. I once thought the same, as did most ex religious atheist. The first time I even saw an atheist was in a Hollywood movie, I've forgotten the name, where the character said he didn't believe in God or Jesus. And I was like "for real" I seriously couldn't imagine anyone not believing in God, Religious indoctrination is an immense thing. The word atheist wasn't even in my vocabulary, in my world atheist didn't exist except in Hollywood movies, they were like aliens and Santa clause. Anyway that was a long time ago and I've only ever met three atheist in real life(one I personally converted) all in the last two years. Atheist are coming out more in nigeria and I hope the trend continues. So the next kid will now that being an atheist is also an option and not just Christianity or Islam.

very good post

Chubhie:

He was approaching organised religion to magically solve his needs. He should attempt Islam,traditional worship,Buddha,Satanism etc before he concludes.

A runaway nun never speaks good of her convent. seun has been forged a rebel due to his not getting manna from all the ills that plagued him.

How far has he gone in solving all those ills with his acts of rebellion against the kingdom of God?

I don't believe in those supposed ills...some times you think some things happening is by coincedence but I don't believe in coincedences so...so do you believe is luck or by your power those things happen...no no it God above by his infinite mercy on you....I knw he is not fair but life itself isn't fair cause if all things and people were equal this world would be the worst place to live in...

coolbreezy01:
I don't believe in those supposed ills...some times you think some things happening is by coincedence but I don't believe in coincedences so...so do you believe is luck or by your power those things happen...no no it God above by his infinite mercy on you....I knw he is not fair but life itself isn't fair cause if all things and people were equal this world would be the worst place to live in...

you lost me there.

coolbreezy01:
Because you couldn't find answers to your supposed 'difficult questions' you gave up on religion so soon...its either you were just a sideline christian or you just never wanted to admit to all the goodness God has done to your lives because of the bigger picture you were looking for, the answers to question that should not be asked but because off our always wantind to know mind you checked and you not finding it just made you a conclusion that 'THERE IS NO GOD'...wow what a way to bacome an atheist...

I gave up on just assuming that the religion my parents raised me to believe in is true. I decided to withhold belief until I got strong evidence.

Seun:

I gave up on just assuming that the religion my parents raised me to believe in is true. I decided to withhold belief until I got strong evidence.

So with a solid candid evidence you can believe in God again...what a true atheist you are...u only find solace in facts and what is not beyond your reasoning...

Seun:

I gave up on just assuming that the religion my parents raised me to believe in is true. I decided to withhold belief until I got strong evidence.

Wow! This is deep. Real deep!

BiafraBushBoy:


How you doing..

*in joey's voice*

koolJ1:


*in joey's voice*

... funny you

Lennycool:
It was a long and slow process, no one thing pushed me. But as i got smarter and read more I started to question the bibles teachings and finally I became an atheist.

How does one take a leap from the Bible is ''questionable'' to there's no God?

Lennycool:

I've met three now. Like I said, I didn't start meeting them till recently, I make it a point now to inform anyone I care to that I'm an atheist, so atheism will be more visible.
You'll meet more atheist in more Intellectual circles.

Joke of the day. How many ''intellectual circles'' have you been in?