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Re: Why Many Youths Are No Longer Going To Church by Joel3(m): 12:11pm On Jun 11, 2017
dinggle:
When you finally realize strong courageous men are gods while weak men seek imaginary gods. Believe it or not those pastors able to squeeze people's money for their lavish living are the gods of the followers.

Go back to history to understand religion, Christianity came from..the european who brought it as a tool to steal our spirituality which amazed them, and they absolutely succeeded. We have lost our gifted spiritual ways to foreign ones....we are as foolish as it gets. Speaking in tongues is the most obvious fraud in Christianity.

Some foolish ppl will still be asking obvious questions like so,
1. Who put us on this earth? Duh!
If your parents didnt have s3x you wont be here.
2. What's our purpose on earth? Duh!
Your purpose is what you make of your life.
3. What happens when we die? Duh!
You are living, leave matter of the dead matter for the dead and worry about the living. Death is a complication added to the minds of the living.....as a tool to confuse and subdue. If you wanna knw no body ever dies....but are transformed for rebirth to the earth.
4. What about heaven and hell?
Heaven and hell is a creation of man and the only place it exist is on earth.
5. My life has change since i became a born again......? Many dedicated christians cant say same, does it mean your God pick and choose whose successful and who's not? Newsflash unbelievers can also testify to the success in their lives.
6. Whats the secret of life?... Numbers!!!
It is important in everything we do..understand it and know how to use it......
Most people use it knowingly or unknunknowingly there will be a difference in success within 2 men if one opens a shop in a community of 100 000 and the other in a community of 100. Projection is numbers, planing is numbers. We count profits and losses in Numbers, we are born on a numbered date and die on a numbered date.

Physical numbers 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8
Spiritual numbers 3, 6, 9


numbers and date is an injection of man
Re: Why Many Youths Are No Longer Going To Church by AvsGot007(m): 12:11pm On Jun 11, 2017
Mujtahida:

The question is how can God be in a book? They say the Christian God is life but if he is why is he in a book? What gives you life? The air you breathe. Right? Do you need to read a book to breathe? No, you just breathe because there's air and you have the organ to take it in. The Ancients worshipped the sun and I see sense in it because the sun is the source of life, it shines on all without discrimination, it has no pastor or prophet to convince anyone of its existence. I pray you find the God you seek but I don't think that cobbled up Christian God is God. To me he is even an idol created by men.
thanks for understanding me brov!
Re: Why Many Youths Are No Longer Going To Church by Viking007(m): 12:12pm On Jun 11, 2017
Piiko:
same here I only go for new year vigil yearly
I don't jare. Changes nothing.
Re: Why Many Youths Are No Longer Going To Church by Akshow: 12:15pm On Jun 11, 2017
Nnemuka:

stop trying to understand the person called God.
The more you keep digging the more confused you get, but i tell you There's a God and he is All Powerful.
When you find him, you will marvel
have u found him?
Re: Why Many Youths Are No Longer Going To Church by Amadaz(m): 12:17pm On Jun 11, 2017
SirImole:
I didn't go today because of empty stomach & I have no offering and tfare
Lol... How old u be my guy?
Re: Why Many Youths Are No Longer Going To Church by Heavance(m): 12:18pm On Jun 11, 2017
Most even prefer going to the field to play football on Sundays, very funny.

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Re: Why Many Youths Are No Longer Going To Church by raphy(m): 12:19pm On Jun 11, 2017
dapyd1:
People stop going to church because they feel it's not worth it.

The church has gone from edifying and building people to using people as a means to an end.

People should be the end, not the means as the church is the people.

Look at the news we hear about our pastors, the people we believe are sent from God as our shepherds.

I'll just stay in my house and listen to worship songs in Sunday. If I like I hear one online 30 mins word.


Also, churches waste people's time. People work throughout the week, they socialise on Saturday. Don't take the whole Sunday too.

How will church service be from 8-2, kilode.

Why do you think those churches that have snap services are growing in membership. And it doesn't mean their members are less grounded.
you said everything God bless you.I don't go to church today..I HV started my own church in my room.I fast n pray.I don't want to go a church were the pastor will say bring 100k God go bless u .bring 200k you will make 500k this week.so you see..church no longer interest me.am ain't a sinner I fear God ..that's how my late mum tot me.bless her soul.AMEn.so praise the lord..

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Re: Why Many Youths Are No Longer Going To Church by MadCow1: 12:23pm On Jun 11, 2017
jeeqaa7:
Hunger


Hunger is one of the reasons why people go to church.
Re: Why Many Youths Are No Longer Going To Church by drugmc22: 12:26pm On Jun 11, 2017
well I will say its d last days according to d bible,so formerly its hrd to c youths taking d gathering of God for granted.as u can c now d youths dis days c d lack of money as d root of all evil,nd in d church dey don't teach of hw to make money instead dey extort, formerly money is d root of all evil, nd now if u don't participate in d activities of d church as a youth,u are not recognize,d shame nd etc.wic is not supposed to be so of wic d bible warned abt dis dais DAT men will b lovers of em xef,lovers of d worldly fyns,pastors preaching outside of d bible,instead of repentance/righteousness,bt my ppl if u no wat u doing kip on doing d ryt fyn,destiny can be delayed bt CNT b change.

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Re: Why Many Youths Are No Longer Going To Church by efficiencie(m): 12:26pm On Jun 11, 2017
Omooba77:
1. Betrayal- Many of the youth felt betrayed by the so called men of God, whose life style is opposite of what they preach. I want to encourage youth to read Matthew 23.
2. Lack of fulfilment, Church no longer interest many because they cant find fulfilment
3. Laziness
- Many are too lazy to wake up early
4. Wrong company
- Many of the youth peers have put pressure on them
5. Self will
-Many wants to try out new thing and do their things.
6. Parents over bearing
- Parents forcing their on lives on the youth

NB Please add your

As far as i am concerned, the only reason for the dwindling numbers of the youth in church is the LACK OF POWER TO BUILD YOUTHS WHOSE LIVES ARE DOMICILED IN THE SPIRIT. Since we were born, we have known the physical. We know the taste of food, the pleasure of sex, the bliss of money and all other material aspects of reality...but we have been largely ignorant of the pleasures in the spirit and our churches are not doing a great job in bringing young people into a life in the spirit...
Christianity is spiritual and if you expunge spirituality from the church it becomes a boring waste of time going to church...will a youth find church worth the while if he knows that he lives a life of sin but yet he is officiating as a church worker and there is no effort by the church to ensure that he lives a sinless life? Unless that youth has some material gains he reaps from going to church he will cease going to church!

The time has come for PREACHING AND TEACHING to cease being IN ENTICING WORDS OF A MAN'S WISDOM drawn from theological research but must be IN THE DEMONSTRATION OF SPIRIT AND POWER...this is what will draw the youths nigh unto GOD.
Re: Why Many Youths Are No Longer Going To Church by chibuzorAbia: 12:27pm On Jun 11, 2017
bionixs:
prayer ko,crusade ni. How many times do our youth prayer? Those who pray would unseriously pray for fast money. God do this and that, what have done for God? Fornication,you they there, tell lies na pure water for you. How many times do our youth read the bible in a year to know what God said. You complain He doesnt answer your prayer. You think GOD is a fool.

O'l boy GOD is a FOOL! oya do your worst
Re: Why Many Youths Are No Longer Going To Church by Nobody: 12:30pm On Jun 11, 2017
why go church when you still yahoo, nairabet, fornicate, idolate, cheat, lie, adultery, covetous, steal, gambling, smoking, prostituting, exam malpractice, dishonest, , addiction , hater of truth, envy, jealous, tribal, gay, lesbian, vain boasting, lovers of money etcetera and all their likes as found in Galatians 5:19-21 Infact when you still do the above & you still go to church refusing to repent, you are doing yourself. You are a mere moving corpse. You are just being lucky but sadly everyone just shout grace. Can you take this grace here 2 Cor 12:7-10 How many so called Christians youthz be virgin? Don't be surprise in a congregation of 1000, non is

Sadly 98% of Nigeria Christian today do all of the above & you didn't wonder why no difference? How many Christians if hit by stray bullet or a direct physical gun shot wouldn't be penetrated or die like fowl. If traditionalist powers can be potent, what about Christian powers in John 3:8? Even small witch dey beat una blue black killing you just like that . The same thing that killed biblical Samson is what is killing Christian today in different devices of Satan.

Going to church to warm bench doesn't make a.difference if u are not ready because even inside the church the devil will come there & kill you. Be wise

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Re: Why Many Youths Are No Longer Going To Church by Fireson: 12:30pm On Jun 11, 2017
dinggle:
When you finally realize strong courageous men are gods while weak men seek imaginary gods. Believe it or not those pastors able to squeeze people's money for their lavish living are the gods of the followers.

Go back to history to understand religion, Christianity came from..the european who brought it as a tool to steal our spirituality which amazed them, and they absolutely succeeded. We have lost our gifted spiritual ways to foreign ones....we are as foolish as it gets. Speaking in tongues is the most obvious fraud in Christianity.

Some foolish ppl will still be asking obvious questions like so,
1. Who put us on this earth? Duh!
If your parents didnt have s3x you wont be here.
2. What's our purpose on earth? Duh!
Your purpose is what you make of your life.
3. What happens when we die? Duh!
You are living, leave matter of the dead matter for the dead and worry about the living. Death is a complication added to the minds of the living.....as a tool to confuse and subdue. If you wanna knw no body ever dies....but are transformed for rebirth to the earth.
4. What about heaven and hell?
Heaven and hell is a creation of man and the only place it exist is on earth.
5. My life has change since i became a born again......? Many dedicated christians cant say same, does it mean your God pick and choose whose successful and who's not? Newsflash unbelievers can also testify to the success in their lives.
6. Whats the secret of life?... Numbers!!!
It is important in everything we do..understand it and know how to use it......
Most people use it knowingly or unknunknowingly there will be a difference in success within 2 men if one opens a shop in a community of 100 000 and the other in a community of 100. Projection is numbers, planing is numbers. We count profits and losses in Numbers, we are born on a numbered date and die on a numbered date.

Physical numbers 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8
Spiritual numbers 3, 6, 9


Good day sir! I found your input so enlightening, you must be a genius. Could you please throw more light on the physical and spiritual numbers? Thanks in anticipation sir.
Re: Why Many Youths Are No Longer Going To Church by Nobody: 12:31pm On Jun 11, 2017
most PENTECOSTAL CHURCHES have succeeded in killing Christianity....

My PRAYER is that they will never SUCCEED.....
because my Redeemer Liveth.
Re: Why Many Youths Are No Longer Going To Church by Mujtahida: 12:35pm On Jun 11, 2017
escodotman:
Why should you hate it when people quote Bible when explaining God, the last time I checked, everything we know about God we got from the Bible cos the Bible is all about Him. And besides the Bible, look around you, look up to the sky and guess who made everything you can see!
Since you are asking him let me also ask you: how can everything you know about God be from the Bible? So outside the Bible knowledge of God cannot be had? Before man discovered writing how did men know God or how did God make himself known?


No longer will they teach their neighbor, or say to one another, 'Know the Lord,' because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest. Hebrews 8v11.

Until this happens count me out. Let God speak for himself.

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Re: Why Many Youths Are No Longer Going To Church by Nobody: 12:36pm On Jun 11, 2017
honestly speaking, i have so many reasons why I dont often go to church
1) Christianity is a total fallacy and full of people with black heart, many of them are so wicked yet you see them going to church , does it mean that the church no longer preach repentance??
2) God is everywhere honestly speaking, you don't need to visit the church before you find him.
3) Christianity is not a pure faith, its a cage that enslave mankind from truth. the pastors twist the bible every day and night to suit their mortal tongues.
4) you get confused on the issue of which church to attend , they are all Christian yet that hate themselves because they don't attend same church
5) pastors live on stupidity of the member who fails to understand that God never specified offering amount. today you çant even go to church if you are broke else when they are giving offering and you don't move, all eyes would be on you.
6) religion has done more harm than good, it sucks, its fallacy,
at times I even notice the bible contradicts its self and no one can explain it.

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Re: Why Many Youths Are No Longer Going To Church by 999west: 12:36pm On Jun 11, 2017
Religion is Tools intelligent guys used to control their followers
In fact
Religion is a Scam
Anyway going to church is good for socialization
My advice is for you to shine your eye,
Never you be intoxicated with their sweet words

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Re: Why Many Youths Are No Longer Going To Church by ifyain: 12:37pm On Jun 11, 2017
When you realised that there is no GOD.

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Re: Why Many Youths Are No Longer Going To Church by Dasgoro: 12:39pm On Jun 11, 2017
The only reason, is for lack of undiluted truth preached from the altars.
One needs to just take time to find where the truth is preached. And when you do, pitch your tent.
Re: Why Many Youths Are No Longer Going To Church by ISKANDER18TH: 12:39pm On Jun 11, 2017
youths make we try dey go church life without christ ends in crises


and if u have any oda way apart from christ you are OYO BETTER GO BAC TO JESUS




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Re: Why Many Youths Are No Longer Going To Church by redsun(m): 12:42pm On Jun 11, 2017
#You can fool some people sometimes but you can't fool all the people all the time. Now you see the light,so stand up and fight for your right.

Organised religion is the opium of the down trodden,you don't need when you are up and doing.

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Re: Why Many Youths Are No Longer Going To Church by Alal(m): 12:43pm On Jun 11, 2017
cos the sin perpetrated in the church is gracious than the outside.
Re: Why Many Youths Are No Longer Going To Church by escodotman: 12:44pm On Jun 11, 2017
AvsGot007:
oh my God! you got me peeved again... and I was ready to reason God matter today oh!

so you got no personal experience...all you know about him is from Bible? ...and it's Bible that also told you he created earth!

what if it's the Satan and God hijacked it?... be open minded brov!

anybody to give me personal experience?
At least am able to base my words on facts! But it looks you could only base yours on ''what if''. In other words, I av a reference point, do you?

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Re: Why Many Youths Are No Longer Going To Church by MrHenshaw: 12:47pm On Jun 11, 2017
Omooba77:
1. Betrayal- Many of the youth felt betrayed by the so called men of God, whose life style is opposite of what they preach. I want to encourage youth to read Matthew 23.
2. Lack of fulfilment, Church no longer interest many because they cant find fulfilment
3. Laziness
- Many are too lazy to wake up early
4. Wrong company
- Many of the youth peers have put pressure on them
5. Self will
-Many wants to try out new thing and do their things.
6. Parents over bearing
- Parents forcing their on lives on the youth

NB Please add your





D A*st just prepared "Jollof Rice served with chilled drink" with this topic for themselves this afternoon.
Enjoyment Galore.
Re: Why Many Youths Are No Longer Going To Church by kevoh(m): 12:47pm On Jun 11, 2017
1. Because no one will report you and have a death fatwa on your head like some religion like that where fasting is eye-service.
2. Because this is 2017 and religion is fast becoming old and giving way to the gods of technology, mordern medicine e.t.c. Reference : American Gods TV series wink
3. Because they have realized that you can be good, do good and selfless service on your own accord not because some religious book said so.
4. Because the internet provides the required knowledge to show that religion is a sham and this is easily accessible
5. Because no one enjoys routine acts and repeated preaching they have been hearing since childhood.
6. Because atheists are doing a good job at presenting their arguments. tongue
7. Because (some)youths are dynamic people who don't like being stagnant and will return to the church later in their sixties when life becomes boring and routine. angry
8. Because they have realized religion is just a sham! I could go on and on...

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Re: Why Many Youths Are No Longer Going To Church by banmee(m): 12:47pm On Jun 11, 2017
Only lazy people who cannot take responsibility for their choices believe in God.
Re: Why Many Youths Are No Longer Going To Church by Nobody: 12:49pm On Jun 11, 2017
An2elect2:
When you realize God is no longer in "churches" You've got to know Him yourself.

I love this one
Re: Why Many Youths Are No Longer Going To Church by ISKANDER18TH: 12:49pm On Jun 11, 2017
MDG007:
honestly speaking, i have so many reasons why I dont often go to church
1) Christianity is a total fallacy and full of people with black heart, many of them are so wicked yet you see them going to church , does it mean that the church no longer preach repentance??
2) God is everywhere honestly speaking, you don't need to visit the church before you find him.
3) Christianity is not a pure faith, its a cage that enslave mankind from truth. the pastors twist the bible every day and night to suit their mortal tongues.
4) you get confused on the issue of which church to attend , they are all Christian yet that hate themselves because they don't attend same church
5) pastors live on stupidity of the member who fails to understand that God never specified offering amount. today you çant even go to church if you are broke else when they are giving offering and you don't move, all eyes would be on you.
6) religion has done more harm than good, it sucks, its fallacy,
at times I even notice the bible contradicts its self and no one can explain it.



guy die it, better repent b4 it is too late!!! if you want continue to dey jonce urself


give your life to christ to avoid had i known


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where no one will molest/ban u


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Re: Why Many Youths Are No Longer Going To Church by Nobody: 12:50pm On Jun 11, 2017
hopefulLandlord:
Just in case it makes fp

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Re: Why Many Youths Are No Longer Going To Church by Nobody: 12:51pm On Jun 11, 2017
When u realise Pastor and no one actually cares .
All the Pastor need is your tithes , offerings and special gifts .
But when one is in difficulties, they turn a blind eye and become so hard to reach . that's when u need to meet with Usher first ,before even talking to the PA , God help u, if u are eventually ushered to meet with the Pastor .

Am better off at home , praying, praising and worshiping God . Than be deceiving myself thinking I have members or pastors I can rely on.

Just rely on God . He's the only one who cares and blesses .



And yes! Lest I forget . if u have a bright star working for u. Some pastors are so ready and quick to steal it off one and dash someone poor or useless star. Thats when one will start running up and down wondering why his or business is folding up. Whereas one so called pastor has added yours to his own.

Some men of God are so wicked !
Am better off at home. My business and life is flourishing ,everything protected by God . I can't shout abeg. And I will never taste poverty again ,in Jesus name amen.

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Re: Why Many Youths Are No Longer Going To Church by AvsGot007(m): 12:51pm On Jun 11, 2017
escodotman:
At least am able to base my words on facts! But it looks you could only base yours on ''what if''. In other words, I av a reference point, do you?
facts? can't find any up there!

and you just wanna argue!... peace bro
Re: Why Many Youths Are No Longer Going To Church by Lumig: 12:55pm On Jun 11, 2017
NwaAmaikpe:
sad

Youths of nowadays don't go to church

Because today's youth is so money conscious

And money can't be made in the church.
Money consciousness of the youth are mostly caused by the Church. THE CHURCH IS SO MONEY CENTERED THAT THE PASTOR WOULD NEARLY DIP HIS HAND IN YOUR POCKET

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