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Re: How I Found God: Marilyn Adamson (ex-atheist) Shares Her Experience. by HajimeSaito(m): 4:20pm On Sep 25, 2016
ifenes:
Blind faith,the twin brother to yahweh

Is this the same so called atheist who believes in voodoo and headless chicken rituals? Me thinks blind stupi.dity is more dangerous than blind faith. SMH



Re: How I Found God: Marilyn Adamson (ex-atheist) Shares Her Experience. by ValentineMary(m): 4:21pm On Sep 25, 2016
Godismysaviour:
Bia, this fool "Lennycool",
Christiana and hateful bigotry That's how u preach the "good news" abi no.wonder u guys are quickly losing members.
you are of all men most miserable. The "BIBLE" says in the book of ROMANS 1:20, "Since earliest times men have seen the earth and sky and all God made, and have known of his existence and great eternal power. So they will have no excuse [when they stand before GOD at Judgement Day]".

The bible said so many things also like kill ur stubborn kids, kill unbelievers, etc. Why do u uphold this over those verses
This means that anyone who says that God does not exist is a liar and he himself knows that he lies because God put in every man what is called CONSCIENCE and this conscience tells everyone THE TRUTH when he SINS AGAINST GOD. And I know that when you wrote all your comments, you felt guilty in your heart.
GOOD RIDDANCE TO YOU AND YOUR BELIEF
Let's get something clear here. There are 5,000 Gods. Which one do u mean? if u mean only Yahweh, then this is absolute bigotry. The same way those who worship Omenra think u have been mislead by the white man and u are feeling guilty for not worshipping the right God.

Is disbelief in a deity now a sin waw that deity must either be egocentric or insecure.

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Re: How I Found God: Marilyn Adamson (ex-atheist) Shares Her Experience. by ValentineMary(m): 4:22pm On Sep 25, 2016
mabea:
one thing I dislike about people is that you don't actually make research rather you give up so easily if you don't find solutions to your crisis in life.

You will easily resort to "there is no God" mantra.
Waw you must have known that guy so well that u think he did not make proper reserch.

I can also say that u did not make proper reserch before u rejected the God Atman and Vishnu.

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Re: How I Found God: Marilyn Adamson (ex-atheist) Shares Her Experience. by hopefulLandlord: 4:25pm On Sep 25, 2016
ValentineMary:

Waw you must have known that guy so well that u think he did not make proper reserch.

I can also say that u did not make proper reserch before u rejected the God Atman and Vishnu.

lol

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Re: How I Found God: Marilyn Adamson (ex-atheist) Shares Her Experience. by ValentineMary(m): 4:25pm On Sep 25, 2016
KoldKash:


1Corinthians2:14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can He know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Nigeria is 96% religious while Iceland is mostly atheist populated. How has these "things of the spirit" helped us it seems it has caused more bad than good.

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Re: How I Found God: Marilyn Adamson (ex-atheist) Shares Her Experience. by winner01(m): 4:30pm On Sep 25, 2016
hopefulLandlord:


Mr adult

if you ask me the origin of man, I'll simply say "I don't know" but I won't fill that gap of knowledge with an imaginary friend either, then tell anyone who doesn't believe that tale that they'll burn forever

gods are created to fill our knowledge gaps which explains why every culture have their own idea of who god is

man created god and not the other way around and evidence so far points to that being right


and all the theistic arguments I've seen over the months on Nairaland are in fact "Deistic" arguments

don't believe me bro, just take time to go through your own posts over the years and see that you've been arguing more in favour of deism than theism
And so you dont know, and you need people not to know with you?

If you dont believe in failure, it does not stop you from failing if you dont prepare. Same goes with hell. Wish it away all you can.

If man created God, why not prove it. Can you ever think freely and not dwell on wat atheist high prests have said undecided

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Re: How I Found God: Marilyn Adamson (ex-atheist) Shares Her Experience. by ValentineMary(m): 4:31pm On Sep 25, 2016
hopefulLandlord:


lol
Bro this xtians tire me. They make shallow and unreasonable statements that when I read comments I pity the future of Nigeria if they are to be the majority.
Winner01 is their torch bearer in delusion and ignorance and he honestly thinks that only xtians are not ignorant. He has ruled out islam, hindus, atheist, etc.

Xtian: I am right

Muslim: I am right

Hindus: I am right

Atheist: Any of us could be right or we could all be wrong.

yet he thinks atheist are delusional, that guy need his pills.
Re: How I Found God: Marilyn Adamson (ex-atheist) Shares Her Experience. by ValentineMary(m): 4:36pm On Sep 25, 2016
winner01:
What make you think creation requires no Creator?
I have said this several times. Show ur evidence for a creator first. But when I look at the world I see no evidence for one. And moreover not everything created needs a creator. Look at the oceanic wave, how beautiful it is yet can u say it was created or it's just accidental product of nature
Re: How I Found God: Marilyn Adamson (ex-atheist) Shares Her Experience. by winner01(m): 4:38pm On Sep 25, 2016
ValentineMary:

Bro this xtians tire me. They make shallow and unreasonable statements that when I read comments I pity the future of Nigeria if they are to be the majority.
Winner01 is their torch bearer in delusion and ignorance and he honestly thinks that only xtians are not ignorant. He has ruled out islam, hindus, atheist, etc.

Xtian: I am right

Muslim: I am right

Hindus: I am right

Atheist: You are all wrong because im all-logical and rational.

yet he thinks atheist are delusional, that guy need his pills.

Fixed!!

btw. Have you ever spoken about muslims or hindus. Why dont you loose your mind over them.
I guess you dont concern yourself with lies. wink

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Re: How I Found God: Marilyn Adamson (ex-atheist) Shares Her Experience. by winner01(m): 4:39pm On Sep 25, 2016
ValentineMary:

I have said this several times. Show ur evidence for a creator first. But when I look at the world I see no evidence for one. And moreover not everything created needs a creator. Look at the oceanic wave, how beautiful it is yet can u say it was created or it's just accidental product of nature
Naah.
ocean waves and sand dunes are your way out. We are talking complexity and beauty.

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Re: How I Found God: Marilyn Adamson (ex-atheist) Shares Her Experience. by KoldKash(m): 4:42pm On Sep 25, 2016
ValentineMary:

Nigeria is 96% religious while Iceland is mostly atheist populated. How has these "things of the spirit" helped us it seems it has caused more bad than good.

Romans 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God,these are the sons of God.

The bible doesn't say as many as go to church or as many as are religious.but it says,as many as are led by the Spirit of God.so church or religion makes no difference.what makes a difference is THE SPIRIT OF GOD IN THE LIFE OF A MAN. For God Himself is Spirit and those that worship Him must worship Him in Spirit and in truth.(John 4:24)

The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nation's that forget God.(Psalm 9:17)

But they that put their trust in the Lord shall be like Mount Zion that cannot be moved but abides forever(Psalm 125:1)

If weather forecasts says it will rain later in the day,you would only be wise to take your umbrella with you to work,incase they are right.

But folly is to adopt a wait-and-see mode and leave for work without your umbrella,because the rain will soak you down to your very pants-and,YES,it sure will rain and heavily for that matter.

The same applies to heaven and hell if you are not sure.common sense advises safety first;so you are to err on the side of safety and worry about the veracity of the threat while already saved.SHALOM!

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Re: How I Found God: Marilyn Adamson (ex-atheist) Shares Her Experience. by Miladi(f): 4:42pm On Sep 25, 2016
ValentineMary:

What makes u think there has to be a creator deity who makes stuffs what's ur evidence

I've really had a whole lot of experiences and reasons to believe that there's is sole creator of the universe; he's just and has no rival.

Firstly, since I'm yet to see the physical pillars that hold the sky, then I owe my existence to the architect - the sole creator of the world.

Secondly, for the fact that I can have a dream and witness its manifestation/reality, then I have every reason to believe in spirituality in particular and existence of the sole creator in general.

More so, I've had a first-hand near extinction experience; a situation where it was just me alone and needed an intervention of a physical human force to help save me but non in sight, yet out of no where what I needed but couldn't get done by human help became possible through ineffable force in form of a renewable energy in me. So, I have got absolute reason to believe, profess and propagate the existence of a perfect sole creator; one whom you and I are individually imperfect manifestation of perfect him.

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Re: How I Found God: Marilyn Adamson (ex-atheist) Shares Her Experience. by winner01(m): 4:44pm On Sep 25, 2016
ValentineMary:

Nigeria is 96% religious while Iceland is mostly atheist populated. How has these "things of the spirit" helped us it seems it has caused more bad than good.
Liar!
Dont dwell on what atheist liars say. Take some time to do you own research for once in your life.

By the way.
Russia, U.S.A, China etc have more christians than Nigeria so whats your point?

Re: How I Found God: Marilyn Adamson (ex-atheist) Shares Her Experience. by ValentineMary(m): 4:46pm On Sep 25, 2016
winner01:
Naah.
ocean waves and sand dunes are your way out. We are talking complexity and beauty.
In trying to make a point, u deny the beauty of waves. Okay lies are allowed in christianity u guys have been lying for 2,000 years so one more would not hurt.
Well let's not talk of evolution. I don't want to strech this further.


Anyways if we are to look at beauty in the world, we should also look at it's opposite. If there was a creator who created all things, did he also create HIV to destroy the immue system he created??

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Re: How I Found God: Marilyn Adamson (ex-atheist) Shares Her Experience. by ValentineMary(m): 4:51pm On Sep 25, 2016
winner01:
Liar!
Dont dwell on what atheist liars say. Take some time to do you own research for once in your life.

By the way.
Russia, U.S.A, China etc have more christians than Nigeria so whats your point?
I find this funny because I have done my reserch I guess u should do your's.

Anyways when I say 96%, it basically mean we have a higher ratio than these countries. Those countries u listed are more populated than Nigeria.
Re: How I Found God: Marilyn Adamson (ex-atheist) Shares Her Experience. by ValentineMary(m): 4:52pm On Sep 25, 2016
winner01:


Fixed!!

btw. Have you ever spoken about muslims or hindus. Why dont you loose your mind over them.
I guess you dont concern yourself with lies. wink
I speak on islam also. But I talk more on christianity because that's what I was born into. And I see the harm christianity and islam have on Nigeria and I can't just keep shut about it.

I don't talk on hinduism because they don't have much direct impact on me.

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Re: How I Found God: Marilyn Adamson (ex-atheist) Shares Her Experience. by winner01(m): 4:55pm On Sep 25, 2016
ValentineMary:

In trying to make a point, u deny the beauty of waves. Okay lies are allowed in christianity u guys have been lying for 2,000 years so one more would not hurt.
Well let's not talk of evolution. I don't want to strech this further.


Anyways if we are to look at beauty in the world, we should also look at it's opposite. If there was a creator who created all things, did he also create HIV to destroy the immue system he created??
Does your mentor also lie? undecided
Once it does not agree with atheism its a lie shey?
I understand.
Why do you people mention simple occurences like ocean waves, sand dunes etc
When they are not half as complex and the simplest of cells. Can you see that you are close-minded?

Did God also create Ebola?
Evil is consistent with the scriptures. God did not promise a rosy world or life.
Where you even ever a christian.
People will be sick, die, kill and be killed. Evil exists and will abound.
You lack the basic knowledge of christianity. God address those who forcefed you.

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Re: How I Found God: Marilyn Adamson (ex-atheist) Shares Her Experience. by Nobody: 4:58pm On Sep 25, 2016
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Re: How I Found God: Marilyn Adamson (ex-atheist) Shares Her Experience. by winner01(m): 4:58pm On Sep 25, 2016
ValentineMary:

I find this funny because I have done my reserch I guess u should do your's.

Anyways when I say 96%, it basically mean we have a higher ratio than these countries. Those countries u listed are more populated than Nigeria.
Why ddnt you mention
North korea
Cambodia etc.
Do you cherry pick places that suit your delusions?

Russia, U.S.A, Germany etc have more theist than atheists. Why does your filthy logic not apply in those places?

Nigerias problem is corruption, poverty, unemployment, inequality, illiteracy etc not religion.
Open your mind.

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Re: How I Found God: Marilyn Adamson (ex-atheist) Shares Her Experience. by winner01(m): 5:00pm On Sep 25, 2016
ValentineMary:

I speak on islam also. But I talk more on christianity because that's what I was born into. And I see the harm christianity and islam have on Nigeria and I can't just keep shut about it.

I don't talk on hinduism because they don't have much direct impact on me.
Keep crying. Just make sure you have freed your family and friends from their delusions before you extend the love to nairaland.

If your parents were atheists, would you be an atheist?

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Re: How I Found God: Marilyn Adamson (ex-atheist) Shares Her Experience. by ValentineMary(m): 5:02pm On Sep 25, 2016
winner01:
Does your mentor also lie? undecided
Once it does not agree with atheism its a lie shey?
I understand.
Why do you people mention simple occurences like ocean waves, sand dunes etc
When they are not half as complex and the simplest of cells. Can you see that you are close-minded?
Did u not hear when I said I want to stay away from evolution discussion now


Did God also create Ebola?
Evil is consistent with the scriptures. God did not promise a rosy world or life.
Where you even ever a christian.
People will be sick, die, kill and be killed. Evil exists and will abound.
You lack the basic knowledge of christianity. God address those who forcefed you.
U missed the point. I was talking on design but since u agree God made HIV and ebola that can kill kids, what then makes him good? is he God because he is God? or all he does is good??

If being God makes him good, then good has no real meaning to what we humans define it as but if all he does is good, then there is a contradiction here.
Re: How I Found God: Marilyn Adamson (ex-atheist) Shares Her Experience. by ValentineMary(m): 5:11pm On Sep 25, 2016
Miladi:


I've really had a whole lot of experiences and reasons to believe that there's is sole creator of the universe; he's just and has no rival.
Let's make something clear here. Personal experience is not proof. It can't be replicated or analysed critically and can be distorted by the individual to fit what he/she wants to be true and not what reality is.


Firstly, since I'm yet to see the physical pillars that hold the sky, then I owe my existence to the architect - the sole creator of the world.
I honestly think science has done a good job ans this. We now know it is density following law of floatation.

Secondly, for the fact that I can have a dream and witness its manifestation/reality, then I have every reason to believe in spirituality in particular and existence of the sole creator in general.
We all have dreams. It's just an interaction between our conscious, unconscious and sub conscious mind. If u dream manifest in real life, yipee!!! but it's not proof. It's just coincidence. Even dogs dream.



More so, I've had a first-hand near extinction experience; a situation where it was just me alone and needed an intervention of a physical human force to help save me but non in sight, yet out of no where what I needed but couldn't get done by human help became possible through ineffable force in form of a renewable energy in me. So, I have got absolute reason to believe, profess and propagate the existence of a perfect sole creator; one whom you and I are individually imperfect manifestation of perfect him.


I have also had a similar experience when once I was choking to death and an inner burst of energy saved me. That inner energy is just our will to survive.
Re: How I Found God: Marilyn Adamson (ex-atheist) Shares Her Experience. by winner01(m): 5:12pm On Sep 25, 2016
ValentineMary:

Did u not hear when I said I want to stay away from evolution discussion now
Can atheism be discussed without evolution or religion?

ValentineMary:


U missed the point. I was talking on design but since u agree God made HIV and ebola that can kill kids, what then makes him good? is he God because he is God? or all he does is good??

Kids are being killed to you. You are a mere human. Admit that.
If the creator of kids take them back, is there a fault in that?
If you sell a phone (you didnt even create), are you accussed of heartlessness?
God is goodness. The standard for Good.
Jesus foretold of a world filled with suffering in the Bible, we are aware of this. How does it then disprove the goodness of God?

Who even decided what is good or not?
You?

ValentineMary:

if being God makes him good, then good has no real meaning to what we humans define it as but if all he does is good, then there is a contradiction here.
God created Good and evil. It does not stop him from being all Good.
I dont really get your point, have you never read in the scriptures that God is a consuming fire?
Should i disbelieve because i dont like that idea?

You see, your wishes and definations of who God should be wont change anything.
It is what would have happened if the Bible was written by the human mind. We would have invented a God that would suit our wishes.

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Re: How I Found God: Marilyn Adamson (ex-atheist) Shares Her Experience. by ValentineMary(m): 5:16pm On Sep 25, 2016
winner01:
Keep crying. Just make sure you have freed your family and friends from their delusions before you extend the love to nairaland.

If your parents were atheists, would you be an atheist?
It depends. If I see reason with them.
Re: How I Found God: Marilyn Adamson (ex-atheist) Shares Her Experience. by winner01(m): 5:20pm On Sep 25, 2016
ValentineMary:

It depends. If I see reason with them.
Lol. Babies dont have such abilities.

Indoctrination.
lol.
Re: How I Found God: Marilyn Adamson (ex-atheist) Shares Her Experience. by Btruth: 5:26pm On Sep 25, 2016
God bless you and more of you Winner01.

He that have ears, let him/her hear what the spirit is saying.

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Re: How I Found God: Marilyn Adamson (ex-atheist) Shares Her Experience. by ValentineMary(m): 5:26pm On Sep 25, 2016
winner01:
Can atheism be discussed without evolution or religion?

Yes. I do it often.



Kids are being killed to you. You are a mere human. Admit that.
If the creator of kids take them back, is there a fault in that?
If you sell a phone (you didnt even create), are you accussed of heartlessness?
God is goodness. The standard for Good.
Jesus foretold of a world filled with suffering in the Bible, we are aware of this. How does it then disprove the goodness of God?
It actually disprove the goodness of God. Is God all loving and all powerful, u would ans yes. If that is the case, why has he not stopped suffering if he is all loving? if he is able but unwilling, is he all loving and if he is unwilling but unable, is he all powerful ?


Who even decided what is good or not?
You?
We humans right the law and that's why people have used a God theory to manipulate it to fill their selfish desire.



God created Good and evil. It does not stop him from being all Good.
I dont really get your point, have you never read in the scriptures that that is a consuming fire?
Should i disbelieve because i dont like that idea?

You see, your wishes and definations of who God should be wont change anything.
It is what would have happened if the Bible was written by the human mind. We would have invented a God that would suit our wishes.

Actually that's just what happened. We invented a God that fits our imagination. A god that upholds men over women just like the ancient hebrews did, a God that likes the smell of burning flesh, a God that kills people for meat, a God that is insecure over petty human's worship, etc.
Gods beaver like the people that worship them.
Re: How I Found God: Marilyn Adamson (ex-atheist) Shares Her Experience. by winner01(m): 5:27pm On Sep 25, 2016
winner01:

Why ddnt you mention
North korea
Cambodia etc.
Do you cherry pick places that suit your delusions?

Russia, U.S.A, Germany etc have more theist than atheists. Why does your filthy logic not apply in those places?

Nigerias problem is corruption, poverty, unemployment, inequality, illiteracy etc not religion.
Open your mind.
ValentineMary, Sorry I hurt you with my facts grin
Re: How I Found God: Marilyn Adamson (ex-atheist) Shares Her Experience. by joe4christ(m): 5:34pm On Sep 25, 2016
winner01:
If God choses some to salvation, how has he done anything wrong?
All deserve damnation, so if mercy is shown to some, how is that wrong. Would it be better that mercy be shown to none?

Even so, how would that be wrong?

God is sovereign. Until you understand that, you understand nothing of importance.

God is sovereign. Its His universe and His rules. When you create your own universe, you can create the rule.

You just succeeded in portraying a monster God and a bully. who, though he could have made the world a peaceful wonderful paradise, but yet chosed to make it what it is today. And u still associate love to such a monstrous personality
Hmmm, you need help bro.

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Re: How I Found God: Marilyn Adamson (ex-atheist) Shares Her Experience. by joe4christ(m): 5:38pm On Sep 25, 2016
Stupidly defending a God who can't even defend himself.
Re: How I Found God: Marilyn Adamson (ex-atheist) Shares Her Experience. by winner01(m): 5:38pm On Sep 25, 2016
ValentineMary:

Yes. I do it often.

You do never.
Atheism is empty. You know that.


ValentineMary:


It actually disprove the goodness of God. Is God all loving and all powerful, u would ans yes. If that is the case, why has he not stopped suffering if he is all loving? if he is able but unwilling, is he all loving and if he is unwilling but unable, is he all powerful ?

Did God say anywhere in the Bible that our world will be free of pain and suffering or do you want to come up with just any argument that suit your bias?
He wont stop suffering, its consistent with scriptures.
And Stop using the dictums of people whose mental state you dont know.
If God is this then he is that, bullshit.

So God must fit into the wishes of his creation. undecided


ValentineMary:



We humans right the law and that's why people have used a God theory to manipulate it to fill their selfish desire.



Actually that's just what happened. We invented a God that fits our imagination. A god that upholds men over women just like the ancient hebrews did, a God that likes the smell of burning flesh, a God that kills people for meat, a God that is insecure over petty human's worship, etc.
Gods beaver like the people that worship them.
Humans have an innate law guiding their doings. Conscience.
Its the moral code installed by our Creator.
Kill that conscience and youare capable of justifying just anything.

If God fitted your imagination, you wont be so disturbed and confused. You'll be satisfied.
lol.

Im sure you prefer a God that does not demand worship.
Just swallow your pride dude, you didnt create yourself.

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Re: How I Found God: Marilyn Adamson (ex-atheist) Shares Her Experience. by Proffdada: 5:38pm On Sep 25, 2016
winner01:
Lol.
I've heard that a million times.
I'm not an atheists to idols or gods. I believe they all exist. I believe that there are evil spirits.
I do not close my eyes to such realities. I'm not tryingvto prove anything to you either.

When you understand why you loose your mind over the Christian God alone, then you would understand that He is the only stumbling block against the selfish wills of man.
God bless you

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