stephenmorris:
been a while bro

sonofluc1fer:
bumpity bump

CuteMadridista:
hmmmmm

JackBizzle:
1) When a religious person tells us about a miracle that they witnessed;


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hopefulLandlord:


Religious groups so often reach out to people when they are at their weakest point, capitalizing on the suffering of others. Despite their best intentions, this is ultimately predatory behavior.
I wonder why evangelists aren't bothered by what this says about the product they're selling. They know the most likely time for a sale is when their target is the least able to think clearly and make rational choices. All of their most aggressive efforts are focused at the most vulnerable people.

They target children before they're old enough to know that their parents are often wrong. They target young adults when they're first away from home and feeling lonely. They target other people when they're sick, grieving, or struck by some other tragedy. They target the elderly when they're lonely and afraid of death.

It's even worse than that, In my church days I recall people openly advocating this approach, and attributing it to the deity they worship.
"God wants us broken so He can work in and through us. He can't if we're too self-sufficient". The more Calvinistic among them would probably say that God would make that person broken to the point where they see no viable alternative than to seek God's intervention and redemption."

This isn't used just to lure in vulnerable potential converts. It's also used as a tool to keep the sheep and those who at least appear to believe in line.

akintom:

Those folks are pathetic. The question is this, with all their weird and foolish claims, of how their scarecrow can turn day to night, don't they still go through life challenges?

There's one of their shepherd man, that has been boasting upandan, that he will live till 120 years before he dies. But i look at this deluded folk, he looks 80 years old now, when he's just in his early sixties.

MizMyColi:

I'm sorry if my post sounds condescending to you. Whenever I speak with a very calm mien, some people think I'm being condescending...but that's not true.

But Aren't you a militant atheist?
How is my pointing out the obvious being condescending.

I see you do not like it when folks serve you a taste of your own medicine (that's assuming I meant to be).

No, dear Jack, I do not judge you. I actually admire you because you are brilliant and smart. This is me expressing myself in the hope that it helps you on your way to becoming a better person.

Even if you came to NL before me, I think I have spent waaayyyy more time on Nairaland than you. So if there is anyone "wasting" their time, it should be me, not you.

Someone once said that after you give birth to a child, there is no more YOU.

If you go through my post history, you will find that I have been active since that day.

But I figured you wouldn't see reasons with me so there was no need wasting precious time (then), to counter and discounter.

It is actually an honorable thing to walk away from a seeming non-productive argument...instead of trying to force your views on another.

Feeling this compulsive need to be seen as the right one when an argument ensues is a form of violence in itself.

I don't want to be a violent person. No one should.

Mujtahida:

Brilliant, absolutely brilliant

JackBizzle:


How far?

Butterflyl1on ati felixomor, where una dey?