superCleanworks:


maybe they find the catholic church BORING and they have moved on to more groovy and swaggalicious church where the pastor has benzes and porsche and plenty fancy suits to inspire the youth to MAKE IT.
They will also be able to meet girls in juicy sexy curvy outfits there and make connections with their fellow teenage guys who sag their jeans, wear earring and paint their finger nails.
dem no get time to hail mary again. dem want that sexy usher called mary to hail dem when they meet in church.
they got tired of reverend spraying holy water when people like odumeje is spraying dollars.

Obligatory

Nezzjnr:
They don't want to remain in a place where they'll be told the Truth.

They want to be in a denomination where they'll be given a lot of motivational quotes.... A place where they'll dance till they get tired.. A place where they won't be told about Eternity.... It's really bad.

That's why I'm insisting that no church should change it's doctrine for any Man... If they want to go.... They should simply go

Cc mynd44

Lalasticlala

Church is not where you hear "truth".

Church is where you hear superstition and conjecture.

FERNANDEZISBACK:

God is dead...God remains dead...And we have killed him ..must we ourselves not become gods simply to appear worthy of it?

Another example.Anybody that says this towards allah on NL will be banned by these Lalasticlala Mynd44 Dominique for Rule 7.

Nairaland is partial afterall.
I'll gather evidences and start dragging seun on twitter when the time comes.

Church attendance is dropping gradually across the globe.... No arguments here!

RedCentaur:
I just came back from service. I'm a Catholic, back then in my teen years, I do see alot of turnout of young people BTW 10-20 yrs of age.

But these days, it seems they ve left this church of a thing to the older folks.

What could be wrong?

it's not true, they are the ones that full church, adults are the ones not coming. sometimes i ask, is going to church these days for kids?

Some churches, you'll see 40 years old being the elders of the church because they are oldest

NoahHadNoArk:
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More people are quick to realise religion may be a scam after all, that may explain it.


My thoughts

just



Religion is not a scam rather people who claim to fear God are the scam butvstil there is no excuse for not worshipping God because cars get accident but people still travel with car

rikamann:


You write well, checked you out.
Thanks

Gratias

RedCentaur:
I just came back from service. I'm a Catholic, back then in my teen years, I do see alot of turnout of young people BTW 10-20 yrs of age.

But these days, it seems they ve left this church of a thing to the older folks.

What could be wrong?

game is over for scammer pastors na.ppl don Dey wake up.

They busy fukking their brains OUT somewhere! it's about the ONLY THING they know after stupid weird fashion trend they mostly copy from SM,what else? stupid 'DUMB,'woke'generation..it can get only get WORSE with these current lot, gbagbe!

In Fela voice,We already KNOW!

SensualMan:
Nigeria, an over religious nation yet a nation where unimaginable evil happens from the North that barbecue people in the name of Moe Ham Made to the brown roof Republic that commit incest, rituals and all sorts of Internet fraud to the South that are working asidously providing oil to keep the nation afloat to the Easterners that are angrily developing every part of the nation within and outside the country.
How will u see anyone in church? If not for the angry evening newspapers that make up multitude of church attendance.

Brutality

My church is RCCG, the teens and youths make up 70% of members. So I can't relate to what you mean

RedCentaur:
I just came back from service. I'm a Catholic, back then in my teen years, I do see alot of turnout of young people BTW 10-20 yrs of age.

But these days, it seems they ve left this church of a thing to the older folks.

What could be wrong?

The reason is because young people are seeing the truth with Nigerian churches today more than the elderly that will rather shy away from the truth. This is also why you often see young people at the forefront of agitation challenging bad government.

Albertone:


Another example.Anybody that says this towards allah on NL will be banned by these Lalasticlala Mynd44 Dominique for Rule 7.

Nairaland is partial afterall.
I'll gather evidences and start dragging seun on twitter when the time comes.

This forum supports critical thinking and free speech as far as I didn't insult any nairalander..the mods and Seun himself know that God is dead and not Until you disprove my statement..you can keep blabbing around..

RedCentaur:
I just came back from service. I'm a Catholic, back then in my teen years, I do see alot of turnout of young people BTW 10-20 yrs of age.

But these days, it seems they ve left this church of a thing to the older folks.

What could be wrong?

Similar in western countries

Come to church to do what, get fuced by pastor offering and get doom professies and used for manual labour like they did to their parents till pastor buys 3 private jets ? The kids now are smarter and know the real men of God they differ from the pharisees

You mentioned teenagers. Secondly, you never told us the location of the said church if it's in a rural or urban area

But one thing is, teenagers this days are either under their parents or they are in the universities or higher learning institution

In my University days, a 16 year student was admitted and I believe things should be different now, kids of 15 should be in the universities or doing predegree

Also, catholic church, I don't know, I don't really consider Catholic to be a church as far as I'm concerned. Though they may believe what other Christians believe, but I never read a place in the bible where Christians are to honour Mary as done today

you have said it all

HardMirror:
church is adding no value to their lives

While atheism offers a whole lot. To each his own.

superCleanworks:


maybe they find the catholic church BORING and they have moved on to more groovy and swaggalicious church where the pastor has benzes and porsche and plenty fancy suits to inspire the youth to MAKE IT.
They will also be able to meet girls in juicy sexy curvy outfits there and make connections with their fellow teenage guys who sag their jeans, wear earring and paint their finger nails.
dem no get time to hail mary again. dem want that sexy usher called mary to hail dem when they meet in church.
they got tired of reverend spraying holy water when people like odumeje is spraying dollars.

They are slowly refusing to be brainwashed. That's why.

Teens still go to churches oo in their number. They attend churches that targets them and focus on their realities. I attends a youth church and belong to youth-focused ministries, you need to see the way some of these teens are on fire for God.

RedCentaur:


Haaaa!

Story no finish oh.. I warn this guy. I beat my lil sis. Cos nah my hand she dey under.. so me I do work online. So I got free time every morning till 1pm spend time at this bar every morning . On this faithful day I dedided come home early. To my surprise nah the pastor I see won enter my gate from far.. I let him in. Then I enter with my key lock.the door.. I almost killed him oh.. I beat the man. With gutless. Show am say street get craze.. snap am tell am say I go post the pictures one a very bad day for him church. When e don grow bigger. And I will

Of what purpose is religion other than deceit and backwardness

MaxInDHouse:
Perhaps they're not fully convinced about the religion their parents handed over to them.
I attended the meetings of Jehovah's Witnesses last week and the youths are fully prepared to go out to preach and teach as usual.
Do expect them at your doorstep soon!

great. Can't wait for Field service to resume

I can liken going to church in Nigeria to going to a football stadium in England; It's just an avenue to socialise.

RedCentaur:
I just came back from service. I'm a Catholic, back then in my teen years, I do see alot of turnout of young people BTW 10-20 yrs of age.

But these days, it seems they ve left this church of a thing to the older folks.

What could be wrong?

Maybe in your church.

I know different ministries that have thousands of teenagers in Sunday services every week in their own teen churches.

The major fault is from parents, many parents will left there children at home when they're going to church not bother about what the children are doing

NoahHadNoArk:
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More people are quick to realise religion may be a scam after all, that may explain it.


My thoughts

That might not be the case, most of youths of today have been overwelmed by worldly things.

Boys are busy housing girls puting on his shirt and palm sleepers cooking in his rentend apartment.

Man must submit to a higher purpose.

While I understand the skepticism with today's churches. If you dump a set of rules you will subscribe to another.

So ask yourselves, if I dump religion what is the higher purpose?

Dumping religion means you've accepted your true state , a godless state and have taken a scientific stance of being an animal.

If you are an animal , then there are no rules, without rules, chaos ensues.

Religion is the bedrock for all morality and the basis of law. You shouldn't kill in the Bible for example, and by law killing also has consequences.

I think religion is just for guidance and it's ability to restrict you when no one is looking. When people dump guidance what then do they follow?

My guess , wokeness, a state of lawlessness, perversion and chaos, where everything goes.

RedCentaur:
I just came back from service. I'm a Catholic, back then in my teen years, I do see alot of turnout of young people BTW 10-20 yrs of age.

But these days, it seems they ve left this church of a thing to the older folks.

What could be wrong?

they're all attending Winner's Church. The rate at which CC does those offering and public donations makes the young to leave the church to mostly winner's were such ain't done. CC need a reform. I for one was a core CC member but currently attend Winner's.

Atheism is getting plentiful exposure, thanks to the internet. Also, people, especially the young, are becoming aware of the stark improbability of religious gods and any possible supreme deity who cares about human affairs.

People are beginning to see that their observed reality and experiences are not compatible with and do not match that which is purportedly obtainable according to their holy books. It is dawning on them that god's nature, his mysterious ways, influence and supposed existence remarkably coincide his non-existence and utter indifference.

It also doesn't help that there is obviously no sign of divine/supernatural intervention or manifestations in human life. People who honest with themselves can tell that prayers are clearly futile and ineffective and miracles don't occur. In terms of fortune, misfortunes and tradegies, the lives of believers and non-believers are not different.

Finally, no religion, supernatural claim or supernatural ablity can stand the test of performance or sheer logical scrutiny. They have no evidence or sound basis in reality; even worse they are usually contradictory and silly/illogical upon logical scrutiny. These things are phantasm and falsehoods confabulated and contrived to exert control and exploit people's ignorance and credulity.