Riff-Raff:

@ g1
welcome 2 Nairaland religion section.
I was a former muslim before turning into an athiest. There are some other ex-muslims around, only dat they are very rare.
I'm based in lagos. M lucky enough that half of my friends turn athiest after i was able 2 enlighten them about my views on religion. Some are stil religious but they are d ones in d closet weneva i am around for d fear of a long arguement dat they always find themselves speechless after.

Why not keep reading d threads here, u can discuss any topic wit d athiest here on Nairaland.

Hi Riff raff, thanks for the welcome , nice to meet a fellow ex muslim, is there a way we can get in touch?, so what made you turn into an atheist,

g1:

Hi Riff raff, thanks for the welcome , nice to meet a fellow ex muslim, is there a way we can get in touch?, so what made you turn into an atheist,

click on the link below to hear riff raffs story and make sure u write your own story there as well
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria?topic=217886.msg3470841#msg3470841

@ g1,

Repent and give your life to christ.

@ banom

lol, i hav already given my life to the "flying spaghetti monster"

Welcome g1, am abuja-based ready to talk.

@ilosiwaju
whats up? how can we get in touch?, i cant figure out how to send personal messages on this forum

If there were no God, there would be no atheists.

-G.K. Chesterton

@imhotep, if there were no dragons there will be no people who didnt believe in dragons

g1:

@imhotep, if there were no dragons there will be no people who didnt believe in dragons

In metaphysics, dragons (mythical creatures, variables in pure mathematics,e tc) are classified as BEINGS OF REASON. . . they exist . . . in the mind

@imhotep,
so what do you believe in? are you a christian or muslim?

g1:

@imhotep,
so what do you believe in? are you a christian or muslim?

My deepest desire is to go BEYOND BELIEF. . .and to come to KNOW. . .

Belief systems are signposts on the way, they are NOT the destination.

@imhotep,
so you are into eckhart tolle type "new age" stuff? am i right?

Imhotep's concepts are sourced from Yoga, New age Movements and Far Eastern Religious Movements.

very similar things to what he says are also found by Mike Shreve at www.thetruelight.net

@Imhotep: Tell me I am wrong, if I am.

imhotep:

My deepest desire is to go BEYOND BELIEF. . .and to come to KNOW. . .

Belief systems are signposts on the way, they are NOT the destination.

Can I ask you how you know they lead the right way?

Infact, how'd you know they lead anywhere at all.

Tudór:

Can I ask you how you know they lead the right way?

Infact, how'd you know they lead anywhere at all.

Keep this in mind, always ==>

MASTER: "Every word, every image used for God is a distortion more than a description".

DISCIPLE: "Then how does one speak of God"?

MASTER: "Through Silence".

DISCIPLE: "Why, then, do you speak in words"?

MASTER: "When I speak, you mustn't listen to the words, my dear. Listen to the Silence".

@g1, my email is cyracles@yahoo.com.

@imhotep, na wa for you oo, i know these stuffs are eastern but what religious/philosophical concept really do you subscribe to? buddhism which i found most admirable is not that vague or is it?

zzjwgyst

seen your num bro, i'll holla you.

Hi, gI, can you tell us how you embrace atheism, first and foremost i believe you or ur family aren't a practising muslim

@abuzola
hi, whats up?, if you read through the posts u would have seen that i wrote little bits about my journey to atheism, though its not a comprehensive account because my journey was a really long one,
as for you saying that i was not a practicing muslim, this is the same old "no true scotsman" argument, .that just makes me laugh, i was as devout as you can get, i prayed the 5 daily prayers in the mosque as well as the naafil prayers, i used to fast mon and thurs, i did not shake hands with women, at one stage i did not even allow my jeans below my ankle, right from a young age i had already memorized a large chunk of d quran, i used to give a lot in charity (and i still do), etc, so please abuzola .dont u dare tell me i was not a practicing muslim, though i am not a believer anymore , i dnt hav any problems with muslims and christians, like i said earlier on this thread my family is made up of muslims and chirstians, as long as they dont try to force their beliefs and morals on me then thats fine by me, peaceout

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Hello ifunanya. Am in abuja and you'll be in good company. Hit me up
_{ilosiwaju@ymail.com}

this discussion seems not to have had the typical nairaland christian fury exerted on it.
Am atheist too, but based in lagos. Wont mind some company for talk too.
What literature are you reading, g1? What's your present outlook of life based on? Might it still be splotched here and there with religion, even though you have left it. Am curious

I'm atheist and live in abj.

Hi op,riffraff i'm also an ex-muslim atheist nice meeting u guys but i'm based in lagos .

Hi op,riffraff i'm also an ex-muslim atheist nice meeting u guys but i'm based in lagos ;(.

Any Nigerian Facebook dating group where one can find like atheist minds?