ghostboy:
The more people realise that religion is a scam the more atheists we'll have in Nigeria

Believing in nothingness is a bigger scam

suffering:
No facts, no cross-checked figures, only assumptions. Nairaland is trash.

Do Nigeria have any facts and figures? Do we even know how many we are? Every statistic in Nigeria are assumptions?

Namnam:

Our atheist community has only existed since 2014 and it went from 1 to 900k in less than a decade

There have always been atheists but in a society where ignorance, religious bigotry and persecution are the norm they stayed quiet.

ThinkSmarter:
This is how some of us that were born in into Christianity have started to reason of recent

The man/deity called God.
First of all, let's list the attributes of the Biblical God called Yahweh, Elohim or Jehovah
God is a man according to the Bible.
God is always ascribed with the masculine personal pronoun HE.
The Bible says that God is omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent.
The Bible and Quran described God as the most compassionate or most merciful.
But, as they say action speaks louder than voice.
Right from the garden of Eden.
God have proved otherwise and in many other scenarios in the Bible.
From the creation story in the Bible.
God is not the most powerful.
Angel Lucifer outsmarted God.
God lied to Adam and Eve that they will definitely die when they eat of the fruit of good, knowledge and evil.
God said to his fellow Gods, let's drive man away from the garden of Eden because he has eaten the fruit and have become wise like us (gods)
So that he will not eat from the tree of life and live forever.
God never had good intentions for mankind with those statements attributed to him.
God is not everywhere, God is not all powerful, God is not all knowing.
Cuz if he is, he should have known ahead of time what Angel Lucifer could do.
He should have stopped him if he is all powerful.
He shouldn't have left the garden of Eden since he is every where.
Common!, the Bible stories are just but a fairy tale that can only be taken seriously by sheeples.
God of the Bible is a blood thirsty deity that is hot tempered and kills at little provocation.
He is a dictator.
It takes a mere human like Moses to persuade the angry God to come down in his show of anger and brutality.
He ordered the killing, maiming of vulnerable people like the aged, women, children and physically challenged.
He encouraged rape and violence against women.
Read the Book of Numbers if you think that I am lying.
God of the Bible used venomous snakes to torment and kill people.
He strikes people that try to challenge his authority with illness and death.
Why am I writing this?
Do I intend to spite any one or group of people by doing this?
No, I am constrained by an inner force to write to my generation.
And to that, I appeal to my family and friends to forgive me for not living up to their expectations.
It's not my doing, that despite my strong Christian background, I still deviated and speak against what majority of the populace hold of high esteem.
I also want to use this medium to implore to all and sundry to take cognizance of my freedom of thoughts and beliefs as enshrined in the universal fundamental human rights.
The Bible actually contributed to my spiritual awakening.
Know that the Bible is a collection of Religious myths, history, religious rituals, hallucinations and magic.
Lucifer is described as the most beautiful and intelligent of God's creations but when the white man brought religion to you, they depicted Lucifer as a Black horned monster just to ridicule Black people.
U got the racism inspired Christianity?
I know that God is a figure invented to solve the mystery behind creations.
But invoking God as central figure behind the creations will lead to another intelligent questions like :
Who created God?
Where did God come from?
Who have ever seen God?
Can God come out of nothing?
Is God really in Charge?
Or that natural forces are behind all the weather, climate changes we witness in our planet?
How can the tower of Babel be real?
How many meters of structure can humans be able to raise?
With what technology was the tower of Babel built with?
Where are the ruins of such magnificent structure?
Remember, when the Bible was written, they were no telescope, no spaceship, no cars, no aeroplane, no idea of space, other planet/ planetary bodies .
People had always thought that the sky is made of crystal stones until science discovered that it was really empty.
First of all, what supports life here on earth.
Soil, air, water, sun, force of gravity and other invisible forces are the physical conditions necessary for life to thrive here.
Get rid of water from the planet and life will cease to exist, same applies to air.
U see, we can't really explain as to how intelligent life, flowers, plants, animals of different varieties started from scratch, but invoking an invisible creator deity won't solve the mystery.
So, the Yahweh of the Bible is not different from any other gods found in all regions of the world.
Superstition begot myth and myth begot religion.
Nothing is really hidden.
Nature didn't conceal anything.
It's just that we have little understanding.
We truly have eyes but can't see, we have ears but can't hear.
My people perish for lack of knowledge.
Let me burst your bubble.
Jesus Christ tried to liberate his people from religious grips.
The Elites (Roman Rulers, scribes and the Pharisees) used religion to instil fear and control the masses.
But when Jesus Christ returned from India at the age of 30, remember he left around age 12 after the passover.
He is an ascended master
He joined group of merchants and traveled East to Nepal and India where he got more educated on Eastern philosophy.
Remember Sadhauta Gautama (Buddha) was born in India many years before the birth of Jesus Christ.
And Buddhism have spread wide in the South East Asia.
Jesus Christ got so much infuriated about the way the people were burdened with heavy religious rules and rituals.
Today, bring pigeon, tomorrow bring a bull, next other time bring your 1st son and first born animals.
Jesus Christ really liberated the people but they twisted his message in order for them to continue enslaving the people through religion.
He tried to enlighten them and liberate them, this got the Pharisees infuriated and they used his frequent saying that he is a God to accuse him of blasphemy.
Just so you know, Jesus Christ was a Jewish by religion/tradition
Though his teachings slightly deviated from the Fundamental doctrines of Judaism.
Hence, was asked severally by the scribes and Pharisees "Whether he came to uphold the law or condemn it"
He tried to separate the people from Religious yokes.
He told the people that they don't need the priests or any rituals but a pure heart to access the cosmic energy.
And that was when he mandated people to go into their houses, lock it up and pray silently (meditation) not shouting in the market places like the Pharisees (Religious show offs)
Jesus Christ was actually a Jewish man by tradition/religion.
But he is an enlightened being, he got extra sensory perceptions and powers.
His teachings contradicted that of Judaism, hence the contradiction between the Old and the New Testaments of the Bible.
And that's why many passages of the old testament are not read in the church.
The truth is that the God of the Bible that is good some cases and evil in some cases is not the God that most Christians believe today.
The God that most Christian believe is a perfect God, that is all good, with no evil.
This is just but a mental construct of God in our heads which is nothing but a mere fiction.
And if you look deeply with unbiased mind, you will realize that man actually invented God after his own image and likeness.
Having realized that he, man is the only dominant creature in the world in times of intelligence which have made him to develop languages/writings, build civilizations, invent technologies.
All these advantages over other creatures made man to conclude that God is likely like him.
In my next write up, " The Religion Shield"
I will explain how people have been compelled not to ask questions concerning Religion as a way to Shield it from Scrutiny.
Religion is built on falsehood, Conspiracy and ignorance.
Truth is coherent and logical.
U don't struggle to defend the Truth.
Cuz the truth is always convincing
The universe is orderly.
The Universe is Conscious
Nothing is Concealed.
Seek, you will find.
Ask, and you shall be given.
Open your mind to nothing but the truth.
Get rid of emotions and sentiments.
And you will be close to enlightenment.
No tragedy will befall you for asking curious questions concerning your faith.
The same way that God lied to Adam and Eve that they will die is the same way that Religion lie and threaten you not to ask questions for fear of tragedy or misfortune befalling you.
The truth is that you, asking thought provoking questions about religion will awaken you to the truth and religion will lose its value and grip on you.
Know the truth and truth shall set you free.
#CuriousMind #Revealing the #Truthfulness in #OurPlanet

we are all stardust, so in a way we are versions of the literal universe finding itself out, nothing is hidden and the possibilities are endless

I doubt you even know what atheism really is or entails... Not to mention them having a growing community, like they actually have a dedicated community from where you drew figures from.

It can be argued, even accepted, that a lot of Nigerians are becoming less religious with widely reducing church and mosque attendance... That doesn't mean they have become atheists.

They still love and worship God. They have merely decided to do it less publicly. That's not atheism sir. Quit deceiving yourself.

hahn:


I'm now a born again Christian

Nezzjnr:
You won't blame them though... Our religious leaders are now using religion to cash out... We've a lot of Fake Clerics out there.

That's why it's better to just Read your Bible/Quran and look up to God/Allah always... If you look at the Lifestyle of some of these Clerics, You'll just be discouraged.

Lol, the irony in this comment. The fastest way to becoming an atheist is reading the Bible/Quran, not because of "fake clerics" using religion to cash out.

theantidote:
Community of fools
How could a wise person look at everything around us and claim they came into existence on their own

Okay, what created God? How did God come into existence?

Blitzerz:

Believing in nothingness is a bigger scam

When you come to realise the scale of the Universe and the vastness of it's possibility.

Then you'll finally realise how stupid the concept of religion is

femi4:
Another foolishness

You think believing in God is about wealth and acquiring possessions

"Another foolishness",
That's how your "holy book" told you to address people, i am not surprised Sha.

What is "believing in God"?

Realtalk20:
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Hunger is causing it. When you are hungry and frustrated you become angry at everyone and everything. You curse your parents , you curse your debtors and those who you are owing money too. You curse your lineage and country and finally your curse your creator and suddenly stop believing in anything due to a rumbling empty stomach

All these so called atheists in Nigeria are hungry ,broke people who have tried to borrow money from everywhere no one helped them. They prayed countless times for help and none came,They converted from Christianity to Islam and back n forth looking for money to rent a one room to sleep in.

Finally one guy is claims to be an atheist gave them 2k to eat which looks like 1 billion to them and immediately they join and start ranting that do called Christians and Muslims and evil ... All because of 2k

Yeah, because all Nigerian atheists are poverty-stricken, penniless goons. Room temperature IQ. You're such a genius.

LordIsaac:
All that is required of them is to have heard the gospel of Christ at least once. Scripture says, the fool saith in his heart that there's no God. There's God o!

Which God are you talking about? Allah, Yahweh, or Ahura Mazda?

Realtalk20:
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Hunger is causing it. When you are hungry and frustrated you become angry at everyone and everything. You curse your parents , you curse your debtors and those who you are owing money too. You curse your lineage and country and finally your curse your creator and suddenly stop believing in anything due to a rumbling empty stomach

All these so called atheists in Nigeria are hungry ,broke people who have tried to borrow money from everywhere no one helped them. They prayed countless times for help and none came,They converted from Christianity to Islam and back n forth looking for money to rent a one room to sleep in.

Finally one guy is claims to be an atheist gave them 2k to eat which looks like 1 billion to them and immediately they join and start ranting that do called Christians and Muslims and evil ... All because of 2k

lebuhsi:


When you come to realise the scale of the Universe and the vastness of it's possibility.

Then you'll finally realise go stupid the concept of religion is

Imagine, the God that created the infinite universe whereby our solar system is like a speck of dust in a desert is a oyinbo man with a Jewish son. He sent son to be earth to be killed by Jews so his blood could be spilt to assuage his anger.

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hopefulLandlord:
actually it happens more the other way around. it's when you're suffering that you would believe in "god" more to "make sense" of it and hope to make heaven where there would be no more hunger pain, diseases etc. This can actually be buttressed by the fact that religion gets taken seriously by the majority in poverty stricken countries like ours while it's usually an afterthought in booming economies I'm an atheist and I can boldly say I don't owe any individual a dime. I do owe bank some loans but everyone who owes me money and has refused to pay or can't pay are all religious

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You typed alot for someone who claims I was wrong
.guy na hunger dey cause this your so called atheism

lebuhsi:


When you come to realise the scale of the Universe and the vastness of it's possibility.

Then you'll finally realise go stupid the concept of religion is

And that the you and universe came out of nothing, is the most stupid thing anybody can believe.

Boschh:
The concept of Religion in Nigeria can transform any man to an Atheist in the Blink of an Eye.

What "concept if religion" in Britain, Germany, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Netherlands is transforming them to atheists?

Religion don dey cast
People's brain are opening

You can't deny the existence of God when you look at the beauty & intricate designs of nature.
The issue has always been to understand or explain the nature of this God. & that's where religion comes in, which is purely based on beliefs.
You may say you don't believe in religion viz Christianity, Islam etc, but not to doubt the existence of Supreme being.

Blitzerz:


And that the you and universe came out of nothing, is the most stupid thing anybody can believe.

Physics basically explains everything, if physics is King

Nigeria is a ripe ground for atheism.

So much wickedness in the midst of so much religion.

Atheism is a natural response.

wirinet:

Imagine, the God that created the infinite universe whereby our solar system is like a speck of dust in a desert is a oyinbo man with a Jewish son. He sent son to be earth to be killed by Jews so his blood could be spilt to assuage his anger.

lol, Earth is a barely visible pale blue dot as seen from Jupiter(within our own solar system) how the hell do we matter?

wirinet:

Imagine, the God that created the infinite universe whereby our solar system is like a speck of dust in a desert is a oyinbo man with a Jewish son. He sent son to be earth to be killed by Jews so his blood could be spilt to assuage his anger .

Lol. You really did put it in a great perspective.

900k atheists,
I doubt it
Generally we've all come to realize religion is shitty and a big scam,
But the reality is that the way the country wouldn't facilitate the the actual ATHEISM
Poverty, unemployment, killings, uncertainty, Paranoia and all, An average human being who is literally alone without any sort of emotional succour which religion provides to some extent will break under these conditions,
900k is actually minute from 200 million but I actually doubt it.
I stopped going to church and definitely not a religious adherent of any denomination
But I'm actually more of an agnoist, ATHEISM isn't the right word.
I'll say we have more Agnoists rather than atheists

Namnam:

Checked stats online

When was this counted ?

lebuhsi:


Physics basically explains everything, if physics is King

Hehehe. Physics explains how you and your universe came out of nothing........?

I laugh in physics
You now sound religious

Namnam:
The atheists of Nigeria are 900 thousand people currently and growing especially as more Nigerians move to the cities and as public security starts cracking down more and more on jihadism and fundamentalist Islam as time passes means Nigeria is gonna become increasingly secular as time passes. Thoughts on this trend?

How did you come up with this number? Atheist in Nigeria can be compared to an ice berg...you are only seeing the tip of the ice berg, cos a lot more are in the closet. I'm an atheist, but no one around me knows... there are a lot of people like me out there.

Stop you bullshit bro..

Person wey suffer for Naija no fit say God no exist.

BlueRayDick:
I don’t think we we have so much atheists like that in Nigeria( by atheists i mean people who actually don’t believe in the existence of God/the supreme being) , rather what we have in Nigeria is a growing case of people that have stopped going to church or mosque because they’ve grown tired of it and have seen the hypocrisy of some of the proponents of the two major religions.

Nigerians (especially the youth ) are just not interested in what pastors and Islamic clerics have to say.

Truth, I am one

KingAzari:
Only a fool says there's no God.

I agree. I'm a fool

Realtalk20:
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You typed alot for someone who claims I was wrong
.guy na hunger dey cause this your so called atheism

Irony. What promise did atheism make? Is not not modern day Christianity that promises you life of riches and problem free life if you just give your life to Jesus (represented by pastors). You are asked not only to give your life but money, time and mind to your pastors for promises of prosperity.

Blitzerz:

Hehehe. Physics explains how you and your universe came out of nothing........?

I laugh in physics
You now sound religious

Occam's razor