LIFE AIN'T FAIR

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K9blunt:
That some witches at my village are responsible for my predicament, when I turned atheist I realised me and me alone is responsible for my predicament.

sister whether you are responsible for your life or not predicament or no predicament, responsibility or no responsibility.....please accept Jesus. Atheism is just an illusion. I am quite sure you are exposed perhaps you have left the shores of Nigeria; you might have seen real "magicians".....are you saying the magician power is not real? How do you explain some one putting a candy bar in a handkerchief says one or thing and it turns into a bird; how do you explain that? If you know the Nigerian terrain especially osun, ogun, ogbomosho; you see calabashes on T-junctions, those sacrifices were offered to supposed gods how do you explain it? How do you explain magical rings and enchantment that they use on people and they become useless? How about people talking about their one chance experience? How do you explain people killed for ritual purposes? Which power accepts the blood offerings? Have you seen ifa festivals, osun festival etc? What powers are behind those festivities? Have you been to olumo rock and see the inscriptions and mark of their gods and sacrifices placed on those rocks? Now atheism!....I was once an atheist. I don't know how sound you are but I believe atheist are philosophers and great thinkers therefore you might have read certain books so I want to ask you; How do you explain the powers behind soul travelling? How do you explain astral travelling? How do you explain astrology and zodiac? Have you read ancient Egyptian? A-z of the devils alphabet? black concious? Angels and demons? Soul travelling? Let me leave the books of moses aside. If you have read any of the these books and if you have answered all my questions and you are still an atheist then you are lying to yourself because you know these powers exist! And if they exist why don't you believe there is a greater power that these smaller powers can comprehend the mighty power in the name of Jesus? Are you an atheist because you prayed about something in your life and God didn't answer (that was how I started doubting God) and you were disappointed? Or perhaps you looked at the sufferings of this world and you see how people are being maltreated and you wonder if there is truly God? Dearest God exist, his presence can be felt, his voice can be heard and he loves you..............................Go back to God. Atheism is an ideology that even the protagonists know that is wrong but they are swift to back if up with events and happenings. Don't hide under morality, ethics or self-disciplined. Don't harden your heart. Turn back your heart to your maker, He is waiting.

Actually, these are not lies.

to quote henry ford.

The man who thinks he can, and the man who thinks he cannot are both right.

eleojo23:
It's been a while since I created a topic on this platform. I wish to share this with you as a way of starting the new year.

The worst lies are the ones you tell yourself over and over again – the ones you live by. Perhaps someone close to you ingrained these lies in your mind, perhaps you were influenced by the negativity of popular media channels, or perhaps they grew from simple, innocent misunderstandings.
Either way, if you plan to learn something new for the sake of self-improvement this new year, start by unlearning a lie that has been deceiving you. Here are nine lies I have determined to unlearn in my own life:

1. Success looks a certain way.
You are not in this world to live up to everyone else’s expectations, nor should you feel that everyone else is here to live up to yours. You’ve got to pave your own distinct path. What success means to each of us is different. It’s about spending your life happily in your own way.
You have your own personal calling that’s as unique as your fingerprints.
The best way to succeed is to discover this calling within you and then find away to offer it to the world in the form of a beneficial service. Ultimately, if you can wake up every morning and do something that makes a positive difference, makes you proud, and makes you smile, before you get back to bed, you are a true success.

2. Happiness is about getting what you want.
There are two ways people try to find happiness. One is to continue to accumulate more and more of what they think they want. The other is to appreciate what they already have. The latter is the right path. Happiness isn’t about getting what you want; it’s about wanting what you’ve got. Happiness is not a goal, it’s a by-product of living well in each moment.
To be happy doesn’t mean you don’t desire more, it simply means you’re thankful for what you have and patient for what’s yet to come. Sometimes it’s easy to get so caught up in trying to accomplish something big, that you fail to notice the little things that give life its magic. So appreciate today for all it’s worth. Today is one of the good old days you’re going to miss in the years ahead.

3. A busy day is a productive day.
“Work smarter, not harder” is one of the most common clichés in the personal development space. But like most clichés, few people actually do it. Go ahead and take a look around; the busy people outnumber the productive people by a wide margin. Perhaps you’re one of them.
Busyness seems impressive. It puts you in the heat of the action. It gives you an elevated sense of accomplishment. You’re always late for social engagements, barely have enough time for family get-togethers, and hardly get a moment to yourself.
Emails and texts are shooting out of your smartphone like machinegun bullets, commitments and meetings fill up your entire calendar, and sleep is an afterthought. You’re like a rock star without a record.
Of course, it’s all just an illusion. A commitment to anything more than the essential is to work harder, not smarter. So flip it around and work smarter by putting first things first.

4. To be brave is to not be afraid.
Truth be told, the only time you can be brave is when you are afraid. Being brave is when you do something, regardless of your fears, because you know it’s the right thing to do. In other words, you are afraid to do it because there are unknowns, but then you go ahead and do it anyway.
Whatever course you decide upon in life, there is always the possibility that something will go wrong. There will always be difficulties arising that tempt you to fear that you don’t have what it takes. To map out any course of action and follow it to an end requires bravery.

5. To be strong is to not feel pain.
Life is often painful. It requires a worthy struggle for growth and experience. Anyone who says differently is selling a lie.
The strongest people are the ones who feel pain, accept it, learn from it, and fight through it. They turn their wounds into wisdom. It’s all about having the courage to take a break, to shed a tear, to dust yourself off, and then to get back in the ring to fight like you’ve never fought before.

6. Everyone around you is holding you back.
Many of us don’t genuinely want to be responsible for our own fate. Perhaps we daydream about “fulfilling our dreams,” but we leave those dreams firmly in the realm of fantasy. We don’t research them, talk to people about them, read related books, etc. Somehow we prefer the fantasy to the reality. And there’s nothing wrong with that, until we say that someone else is “holding us back”. That turns an idle fantasy into a barricade of lies.
The truth is, if you’re not working on something meaningful today, the only person holding you back is YOU. If you aren’t doing anything about your goals and dreams, you have no one to blame except yourself. Either you take responsibility for your life or someone else will. Blame is a scapegoat – it’s an easy way out of taking accountability for your own outcome. It’s a lot easier to point the finger at someone or something else instead of looking within.
When it comes to working hard to achieve a goal or dream – earning a degree, building a business, or any other personal achievement that takes time and commitment – one thing you have to ask yourself is: “Am I willing to live a few years of my life like many people won’t, so I can spend the rest of my life like many people can’t?”


7. You are automatically entitled to certain things from others.
People are sometimes led to have a sense of entitlement because they falsely believe they are owed something based on the social role they have chosen. For example, if someone has accepted the role of being someone’s friend, boyfriend, girlfriend, husband or wife, they feel entitled to get certain favors from the other person. If someone has accepted the role of being a parent, they feel entitled to being respected by their children. If someone has accepted the role of being a consumer, they feel entitled to be served to their specific wishes. Of course, these expectations of entitlement often go unfulfilled. Why? Because nothing in this world is guaranteed.
Regardless of your chosen role in all your relationships and walks of life, you don’t automatically get any more than you openly communicate, negotiate, and work for.

8. You will feel comfortable when the time is right.
So many of us complain about the boring repetition present in our daily routines, yet we choose no clear course for correction. We want to change something, but we never think the time is right. Why? Because the very source of our boredom also provides a solid foundation of comfort. We are comfortable with our current surroundings. Steering off the known track is risky, and we are subconsciously scared of what might happen if we do.
So, what happens when we stick to the current track? Nothing. We jog along the same circular track at a steady pace daily. We pass by the same mile marker at the exact moment we did yesterday, and the day before, and the week before that. There is not a worry on our minds because we already know the terrain that lies ahead.
If something makes you a bit nervous and uncomfortable, it means you’re doing it right and growing. All great opportunities in life will force you to grow emotionally and intellectually.
They force you to stretch yourself and your comfort zone, which means you won’t feel totally comfortable at first.
And when you don’t feel comfortable, you will likely assume the timing isn’t right, even though it is.

9. It’s already too late.
If you’re reading this right now, congratulations, you are alive, which means it’s not too late for you. Things can change if you want them to. Right now you can choose differently and make something new happen.

Getting rid of these lies from your mind will not happen automatically. It will take some time and practice. I have started erasing these lies from my mind and you too should do the same. The earlier you start the better.

I hope you found this helpful.

Happy New Year To You!

Credits to http://www.marcandangel.com/2013/05/30/9-lies-to-unlearn-before-its-too-late for the excerpts used in this post.

9ice piece

K9blunt:
That some witches at my village are responsible for my predicament, when I turned atheist I realised me and me alone is responsible for my predicament.

Have being wanting to say this to someone all week, sorry you became the target, but it was inevitable anyway.
We are all brought up to believe whatever we want, there is no denying it, our thinking are shaped by what we Listen to, Read, and Watch, but ultimately we make DECISIONS ourselves, out of what is called FREE-WILL. So someone can load me with stream of violent images and expect me to be violent in the long run but the DECISION to be violent or to kill someone comes from deep within me, there is no MIND CONTROL. Your decision to be an atheist is not bad at all, i was more than willing to be more one, but some things don't add up in life that even atheist, scientist, some Christians, Muslims, Buddhist or whatever group you belong to are failing to find answer to.
Think for a second about your ancestors, great grand parents, grand parents and soon parents who you would see no more, does it leave a hole in your heart or you simply feel that's how thing are and that's how it will continue?
The cruel but undeniable truth that we all get sick, grow old and eventually die even against our wish is really bitter and yet up till this generation, no one i mean NO ONE has nothing to do about it, sometimes i wonder why we are plagued with things like this and wonder: If I(and everyone else) feel bad when these things happen that means we are all facing some sort of INJUSTICE from somewhere, I remember how i felt when my younger brother died, unless you are an alien you won't tell me you don't know that feeling.


Till now am waiting for anyone, i mean anyone to explain to me, why beyond our best wishes for good things to happen around us, we keep being plagued with sadness, suffering and the inevitable death.... atheism couldn't give me the answer i seek and am still searching....

eleojo23:


Lets assume that it is true that some witch in the village is responsible for your predicament.
If you are a christian, you have the power to either allow the witch to continue tormenting you or to put an end to her grip on you. Why? Because He that is in you is greater than he that is in the witch and at the mention of His name, every yoke is broken.
So it all boils down to you. You can choose to free yourself from the evil influence by using the authority you have in Christ or you can choose to remain under the oppression of the evil one.

And let assume there are no witches; then Christians are damned

That OPPORTUNITY comes but ones, Is Another big LIE.

Stop deceiving yourself its never too late to be what you can be just believe in God cos “To know God is to love
Him, to love Him is to trust
Him, to trust Him is to obey
Him, to obey Him is to be
blessed by Him.”and when God blesses you He will make the IMPOSSIBLE to be POSSIBLE.....

Great write up. but always put God first in whatever u do.

Bigmarx:
sister whether you are responsible for your life or not predicament or no predicament, responsibility or no responsibility.....please accept Jesus. Atheism is just an illusion. I am quite sure you are exposed perhaps you have left the shores of Nigeria; you might have seen real "magicians".....are you saying the magician power is not real? How do you explain some one putting a candy bar in a handkerchief says one or thing and it turns into a bird; how do you explain that? If you know the Nigerian terrain especially osun, ogun, ogbomosho; you see calabashes on T-junctions, those sacrifices were offered to supposed gods how do you explain it? How do you explain magical rings and enchantment that they use on people and they become useless? How about people talking about their one chance experience? How do you explain people killed for ritual purposes? Which power accepts the blood offerings? Have you seen ifa festivals, osun festival etc? What powers are behind those festivities? Have you been to olumo rock and see the inscriptions and mark of their gods and sacrifices placed on those rocks? Now atheism!....I was once an atheist. I don't know how sound you are but I believe atheist are philosophers and great thinkers therefore you might have read certain books so I want to ask you; How do you explain the powers behind soul travelling? How do you explain astral travelling? How do you explain astrology and zodiac? Have you read ancient Egyptian? A-z of the devils alphabet? black concious? Angels and demons? Soul travelling? Let me leave the books of moses aside. If you have read any of the these books and if you have answered all my questions and you are still an atheist then you are lying to yourself because you know these powers exist! And if they exist why don't you believe there is a greater power that these smaller powers can comprehend the mighty power in the name of Jesus? Are you an atheist because you prayed about something in your life and God didn't answer (that was how I started doubting God) and you were disappointed? Or perhaps you looked at the sufferings of this world and you see how people are being maltreated and you wonder if there is truly God? Dearest God exist, his presence can be felt, his voice can be heard and he loves you.............................. Go back to God. Atheism is an ideology that even the protagonists know that is wrong but they are swift to back if up with events and happenings. Don't hide under morality, ethics or self-disciplined. Don't harden your heart. Turn back your heart to your maker, He is waiting.

I'm sure you're referring her to the Jewish God... Yahweh. And you also pointed out that there are phenomenons that no one can explain, not even Christians.
How are you so sure that the Christian God is the true God? And he is superior to every other God?

That things will get better.


Sorry, things will not get better, you will have to get stronger and more resilient.

One of the very few enlightening writeup on Nairaland... Weldone..

eleojo23:
It's been a while since I created a topic on this platform. I wish to share this with you as a way of starting the new year.

The worst lies are the ones you tell yourself over and over again – the ones you live by. Perhaps someone close to you ingrained these lies in your mind, perhaps you were influenced by the negativity of popular media channels, or perhaps they grew from simple, innocent misunderstandings.
Either way, if you plan to learn something new for the sake of self-improvement this new year, start by unlearning a lie that has been deceiving you. Here are nine lies I have determined to unlearn in my own life:

1. Success looks a certain way.
You are not in this world to live up to everyone else’s expectations, nor should you feel that everyone else is here to live up to yours. You’ve got to pave your own distinct path. What success means to each of us is different. It’s about spending your life happily in your own way.
You have your own personal calling that’s as unique as your fingerprints.
The best way to succeed is to discover this calling within you and then find away to offer it to the world in the form of a beneficial service. Ultimately, if you can wake up every morning and do something that makes a positive difference, makes you proud, and makes you smile, before you get back to bed, you are a true success.

2. Happiness is about getting what you want.
There are two ways people try to find happiness. One is to continue to accumulate more and more of what they think they want. The other is to appreciate what they already have. The latter is the right path. Happiness isn’t about getting what you want; it’s about wanting what you’ve got. Happiness is not a goal, it’s a by-product of living well in each moment.
To be happy doesn’t mean you don’t desire more, it simply means you’re thankful for what you have and patient for what’s yet to come. Sometimes it’s easy to get so caught up in trying to accomplish something big, that you fail to notice the little things that give life its magic. So appreciate today for all it’s worth. Today is one of the good old days you’re going to miss in the years ahead.

3. A busy day is a productive day.
“Work smarter, not harder” is one of the most common clichés in the personal development space. But like most clichés, few people actually do it. Go ahead and take a look around; the busy people outnumber the productive people by a wide margin. Perhaps you’re one of them.
Busyness seems impressive. It puts you in the heat of the action. It gives you an elevated sense of accomplishment. You’re always late for social engagements, barely have enough time for family get-togethers, and hardly get a moment to yourself.
Emails and texts are shooting out of your smartphone like machinegun bullets, commitments and meetings fill up your entire calendar, and sleep is an afterthought. You’re like a rock star without a record.
Of course, it’s all just an illusion. A commitment to anything more than the essential is to work harder, not smarter. So flip it around and work smarter by putting first things first.

4. To be brave is to not be afraid.
Truth be told, the only time you can be brave is when you are afraid. Being brave is when you do something, regardless of your fears, because you know it’s the right thing to do. In other words, you are afraid to do it because there are unknowns, but then you go ahead and do it anyway.
Whatever course you decide upon in life, there is always the possibility that something will go wrong. There will always be difficulties arising that tempt you to fear that you don’t have what it takes. To map out any course of action and follow it to an end requires bravery.

5. To be strong is to not feel pain.
Life is often painful. It requires a worthy struggle for growth and experience. Anyone who says differently is selling a lie.
The strongest people are the ones who feel pain, accept it, learn from it, and fight through it. They turn their wounds into wisdom. It’s all about having the courage to take a break, to shed a tear, to dust yourself off, and then to get back in the ring to fight like you’ve never fought before.

6. Everyone around you is holding you back.
Many of us don’t genuinely want to be responsible for our own fate. Perhaps we daydream about “fulfilling our dreams,” but we leave those dreams firmly in the realm of fantasy. We don’t research them, talk to people about them, read related books, etc. Somehow we prefer the fantasy to the reality. And there’s nothing wrong with that, until we say that someone else is “holding us back”. That turns an idle fantasy into a barricade of lies.
The truth is, if you’re not working on something meaningful today, the only person holding you back is YOU. If you aren’t doing anything about your goals and dreams, you have no one to blame except yourself. Either you take responsibility for your life or someone else will. Blame is a scapegoat – it’s an easy way out of taking accountability for your own outcome. It’s a lot easier to point the finger at someone or something else instead of looking within.
When it comes to working hard to achieve a goal or dream – earning a degree, building a business, or any other personal achievement that takes time and commitment – one thing you have to ask yourself is: “Am I willing to live a few years of my life like many people won’t, so I can spend the rest of my life like many people can’t?”


7. You are automatically entitled to certain things from others.
People are sometimes led to have a sense of entitlement because they falsely believe they are owed something based on the social role they have chosen. For example, if someone has accepted the role of being someone’s friend, boyfriend, girlfriend, husband or wife, they feel entitled to get certain favors from the other person. If someone has accepted the role of being a parent, they feel entitled to being respected by their children. If someone has accepted the role of being a consumer, they feel entitled to be served to their specific wishes. Of course, these expectations of entitlement often go unfulfilled. Why? Because nothing in this world is guaranteed.
Regardless of your chosen role in all your relationships and walks of life, you don’t automatically get any more than you openly communicate, negotiate, and work for.

8. You will feel comfortable when the time is right.
So many of us complain about the boring repetition present in our daily routines, yet we choose no clear course for correction. We want to change something, but we never think the time is right. Why? Because the very source of our boredom also provides a solid foundation of comfort. We are comfortable with our current surroundings. Steering off the known track is risky, and we are subconsciously scared of what might happen if we do.
So, what happens when we stick to the current track? Nothing. We jog along the same circular track at a steady pace daily. We pass by the same mile marker at the exact moment we did yesterday, and the day before, and the week before that. There is not a worry on our minds because we already know the terrain that lies ahead.
If something makes you a bit nervous and uncomfortable, it means you’re doing it right and growing. All great opportunities in life will force you to grow emotionally and intellectually.
They force you to stretch yourself and your comfort zone, which means you won’t feel totally comfortable at first.
And when you don’t feel comfortable, you will likely assume the timing isn’t right, even though it is.

9. It’s already too late.
If you’re reading this right now, congratulations, you are alive, which means it’s not too late for you. Things can change if you want them to. Right now you can choose differently and make something new happen.

Getting rid of these lies from your mind will not happen automatically. It will take some time and practice. I have started erasing these lies from my mind and you too should do the same. The earlier you start the better.

I hope you found this helpful.

Happy New Year To You!

Credits to http://www.marcandangel.com/2013/05/30/9-lies-to-unlearn-before-its-too-late for the excerpts used in this post.

Educative

lordizak:

Your number 1 and your number 2 contradicts itself, You said success shouldn't look a certain way; yet u r stipulating for others, the right path of happiness.

.

Read thru d lines, there is no contradiction there. The Op talked about success and happiness separately. Although Both success and happiness appears to be mutually inclusive, the op gave reasons to maximise each of them separately.

Very informative. Thank you

franconian:


I'm sure you're referring her to the Jewish God... Yahweh. And you also pointed out that there are phenomenons that no one can explain, not even Christians.
How are you so sure that the Christian God is the true God? And he is superior to every other God?

I have had confrontations with the dark spirits and I prayed and they bowed; I have heard testimonies of Christians how they defeated demons. Because I have once been in an awkward situation and the spirit of God saw me through. Because I see God promises being made manifest in my life. Because my family and I once had no hope but God saw us through our dark years. I am a living testimony....The power of God is real. Call Yaweh call Jehova as long as you can access Him "IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST"....God loves you

jahstech:

Have being wanting to say this to someone all week, sorry you became the target, but it was inevitable anyway.
We are all brought up to believe whatever we want, there is no denying it, our thinking are shaped by what we Listen to, Read, and Watch, but ultimately we make DECISIONS ourselves, out of what is called FREE-WILL. So someone can load me with stream of violent images and expect me to be violent in the long run but the DECISION to be violent or to kill someone comes from deep within me, there is no MIND CONTROL. Your decision to be an atheist is not bad at all, i was more than willing to be more one, but some things don't add up in life that even atheist, scientist, some Christians, Muslims, Buddhist or whatever group you belong to are failing to find answer to.
Think for a second about your ancestors, great grand parents, grand parents and soon parents who you would see no more, does it leave a hole in your heart or you simply feel that's how thing are and that's how it will continue?
The cruel but undeniable truth that we all get sick, grow old and eventually die even against our wish is really bitter and yet up till this generation, no one i mean NO ONE has nothing to do about it, sometimes i wonder why we are plagued with things like this and wonder: If I(and everyone else) feel bad when these things happen that means we are all facing some sort of INJUSTICE from somewhere, I remember how i felt when my younger brother died, unless you are an alien you won't tell me you don't know that feeling.


Till now am waiting for anyone, i mean anyone to explain to me, why beyond our best wishes for good things to happen around us, we keep being plagued with sadness, suffering and the inevitable death.... atheism couldn't give me the answer i seek and am still searching....

Being an atheist doesn't mean you have the absolute answer to everything about life. Atheism means there is no deity, its a belief.
Everybody is looking for something , searching for answers to life mysteries and all that, you only have to think about what makes you happy, what your conscience tells you is right or wrong .
In short meditate, and if you can travel and explore lives around you. You might find your answer or you might not.

This is so profound and heart-warning. Thumbs up bro. I wish all and sundry gets to know these awesome truth

hayzed1090:
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Read thru d lines, there is no contradiction there. The Op talked about success and happiness separately. Although Both success and happiness appears to be mutually inclusive, the op gave reasons to maximise each of them separately.

Thumbs up!
You have saved me the stress of having to explain this to him. Thank you.

Nice piece OP.
For me Happiness is summed up thus: self-worth, self-actualisation and self-fulfilment

Bigmarx:
sister whether you are responsible for your life or not predicament or no predicament, responsibility or no responsibility.....please accept Jesus. Atheism is just an illusion. I am quite sure you are exposed perhaps you have left the shores of Nigeria; you might have seen real "magicians".....are you saying the magician power is not real? How do you explain some one putting a candy bar in a handkerchief says one or thing and it turns into a bird; how do you explain that? If you know the Nigerian terrain especially osun, ogun, ogbomosho; you see calabashes on T-junctions, those sacrifices were offered to supposed gods how do you explain it? How do you explain magical rings and enchantment that they use on people and they become useless? How about people talking about their one chance experience? How do you explain people killed for ritual purposes? Which power accepts the blood offerings? Have you seen ifa festivals, osun festival etc? What powers are behind those festivities? Have you been to olumo rock and see the inscriptions and mark of their gods and sacrifices placed on those rocks? Now atheism!....I was once an atheist. I don't know how sound you are but I believe atheist are philosophers and great thinkers therefore you might have read certain books so I want to ask you; How do you explain the powers behind soul travelling? How do you explain astral travelling? How do you explain astrology and zodiac? Have you read ancient Egyptian? A-z of the devils alphabet? black concious? Angels and demons? Soul travelling? Let me leave the books of moses aside. If you have read any of the these books and if you have answered all my questions and you are still an atheist then you are lying to yourself because you know these powers exist! And if they exist why don't you believe there is a greater power that these smaller powers can comprehend the mighty power in the name of Jesus? Are you an atheist because you prayed about something in your life and God didn't answer (that was how I started doubting God) and you were disappointed? Or perhaps you looked at the sufferings of this world and you see how people are being maltreated and you wonder if there is truly God? Dearest God exist, his presence can be felt, his voice can be heard and he loves you..............................Go back to God. Atheism is an ideology that even the protagonists know that is wrong but they are swift to back if up with events and happenings. Don't hide under morality, ethics or self-disciplined. Don't harden your heart. Turn back your heart to your maker, He is waiting.

Let me put it simply

Am not well travelled in fact its only twice av ever been out of Lagos in my life.
I live my life as I see fit for myself
By sight,
Smell and
Touch.
You have been an atheist before then became a Jesus follower good for you.
I don't have the answer that may satisfy you on magicians but so far what I can decipher on the magic of the likes of osun, Ogun and etc abroad, is the more you look, the less you see.
Everything is explainable it just takes time , leprosy was considered as punishment for sins in the ancient days until science solved the cause and worked on the cure.

tgmservice:
witches ke, u look like a possessed obanje I ur DP

I go visit you for night

yinkuscious:
it is until u turned an atheist that u know u're responsible for ur situations ? And some atheist frnd of yours also like this ur post ? U guys need serious help!!

So you can provide help?

Please swerve

Old things have passed away, all things arebecome new

adioolayi:
A boy I beat up back then in school now in the U.S Army. He poses
guns on facebook, and looks like he hasn't forgotten. Advise me.

K9blunt:

Being an atheist doesn't mean you have the absolute answer to everything about life. Atheism means there is no deity, its a belief.
Everybody is looking for something , searching for answers to life mysteries and all that, you only have to think about what makes you happy, what your conscience tells you is right or wrong .
In short meditate, and if you can travel and explore lives around you. You might find your answer or you might not.

Thanks, for your idea and response.
Still do you think my MEDITATING can solve the MYSTERIES around me? There are things around us that people around us no matter how learned they claim to be are still unable to explain. No amount of meditation i mean no amount of meditation would solve worries I and everyone else have about the world today. I once met a catholic priest who said news channels like BBC, CNN and the rest are all Sadist, that they wait for bad news to happen before reporting them, I asked does it mean there are good news happening around us today? Funny enough the grown man said, THE POPE GETTING MARRIED IS A GOOD NEWS, THE DUKES AND THEIR WIVES GIVING BIRTH IS A GOOD NEWS, i smiled, does the things he just mentioned stop my MUM and DAD from growing old and dying eventually? Even when i long to see them over and over again?
My meditation doesn't stop my family from getting sick, doesn't stop boko-haram from detonating the next bomb, doesn't stop ISIS from killing their next victims, didn't stop the bombing that took place in Indonesia this morning, my brother, please my meditation doesn't stop me from falling sick tomorrow, doesn't stop me from growing old and eventually dying.... There should be answers to all my worries somewhere, but according to your reply about atheism, it doesn't provide it..

jahstech:

Thanks, for your idea and response.
Still do you think my MEDITATING can solve the MYSTERIES around me? There are things around us that people around us no matter how learned they claim to be are still unable to explain. No amount of meditation i mean no amount of meditation would solve worries I and everyone else have about the world today. I once met a catholic priest who said news channels like BBC, CNN and the rest are all Sadist, that they wait for bad news to happen before reporting them, I asked does it mean there are good news happening around us today? Funny enough the grown man said, THE POPE GETTING MARRIED IS A GOOD NEWS, THE DUKES AND THEIR WIVES GIVING BIRTH IS A GOOD NEWS, i smiled, does the things he just mentioned stop my MUM and DAD from growing old and dying eventually? Even when i long to see them over and over again?
My meditation doesn't stop my family from getting sick, doesn't stop boko-haram from detonating the next bomb, doesn't stop ISIS from killing their next victims, didn't stop the bombing that took place in Indonesia this morning, my brother, please my meditation doesn't stop me from falling sick tomorrow, doesn't stop me from growing old and eventually dying.... There should be answers to all my worries somewhere, but according to your reply about atheism, it doesn't provide it..

Hold on it seems your issue is about old age and death right?

K9blunt:


Hold on it seems your issue is about old age and death right?

No, is about the desire i feel to keep living

jahstech:

No, is about the desire i feel to keep living

So the answer is believing in Jesus?

NICE ONE

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KanwuliaJara:
10. I LOVE YOU!

How is this a lie?