crystalmoon:

Many people claim the traditional gods such as sango , obatala , Ogun and the rest all exist , I find this claim disturbing due to the fact that when slave trade started the gods didn't do anything,
Colonialism came they sacked the temples and shrines of these gods nothing happened.
The whites came , disregard and disrespected the gods nothing happened
Is it that the gods are not real or they are just bidding their time
Honest and logical answers please
No atheism vs theism argument please

crystalmoon:
Many people claim the traditional gods such as sango , obatala , Ogun and the rest all exist , I find this claim disturbing due to the fact that when slave trade started the gods didn't do anything,
Colonialism came they sacked the temples and shrines of these gods nothing happened.
The whites came , disregard and disrespected the gods nothing happened
Is it that the gods are not real or they are just bidding their time
Honest and logical answers please
No atheism vs theism argument please

crystalmoon:
Many people claim the traditional gods such as sango , obatala , Ogun and the rest all exist , I find this claim disturbing due to the fact that when slave trade started the gods didn't do anything,
Colonialism came they sacked the temples and shrines of these gods nothing happened.
The whites came , disregard and disrespected the gods nothing happened
Is it that the gods are not real or they are just bidding their time
Honest and logical answers please
No atheism vs theism argument please

crystalmoon:
Many people claim the traditional gods such as sango , obatala , Ogun and the rest all exist , I find this claim disturbing due to the fact that when slave trade started the gods didn't do anything,
Colonialism came they sacked the temples and shrines of these gods nothing happened.
The whites came , disregard and disrespected the gods nothing happened
Is it that the gods are not real or they are just bidding their time
Honest and logical answers please
No atheism vs theism argument please

jaephoenix:

You know very well that the answer to your question lies at heart of the bolded. Why? The reason is this.
Gods, (both the small and big letters, which includes our dear sango, obatala, chukwu, Thor etc) were all created by man, all to control their fellow man. Those were just nicely carved piece of wood with no divinity or supernatural attached to them. That's why the white man can gather them all in crates and dump them in their museum. Despite the sheer number of those African armies and their witch doctors, the relatively fewer Whitemen invaded, killed and captured them, including the juju carvings. To those our ancestors those carvings were our gods and possessed great powers. To the white man, it was some good sculpture with nice designs. So those 'great and powerful' juju were carted away in dirty stinky cartons grin So much for powerful voodoo. Same scenario repeated itself in many African and African originated countries like Nigeria, South Africa, Haiti etc. Your Benin bronze head that was carved and revered by the ancient Edo Kingdom(revered til now to be the headquarters of witchcraft in Nigeria grin) were amongst artifacts stolen. This same Edo youre wanking yourself sore. Their God is useless.
So, long story short, all the gods are waste of wood, time and money

crystalmoon:
well said you answered it perfectly
If I may ask , in what field of science do you specialize in

1Sharon:
What did Jesus do?

Kobojunkie:
What could Jesus Christ, who said He was sent only to the Lost sheep of Israel, have done?

1Sharon:
He could...perhaps..stop it?

Kobojunkie:
Again...What could Jesus Christ, who said He was sent only to the Lost sheep of Israel, have done?

Why would He want to stop or interfere in that does not pose an issue of concern to the Lost sheep of Israel whom He was sent to?

Kobojunkie:
Again...What could Jesus Christ, who said He was sent only to the Lost sheep of Israel, have done?

Why would He want to stop or interfere in that does not pose an issue of concern to the Lost sheep of Israel whom He was sent to?

1Sharon:
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crystalmoon:
Many people claim the traditional gods such as sango , obatala , Ogun and the rest all exist , I find this claim disturbing due to the fact that when slave trade started the gods didn't do anything,
Colonialism came they sacked the temples and shrines of these gods nothing happened.
The whites came , disregard and disrespected the gods nothing happened
Is it that the gods are not real or they are just bidding their time
Honest and logical answers please
No atheism vs theism argument please

Kobojunkie:
That is in fact what is written in Scripture. God's New agreement, Jesus Christ, is sent to the House of Jacob - Jeremiah 31:31 - 34 & Matthew 26:28 & Mark 14:24 & Luke 22:20 — just as Jesus Christ Himself confirmed in the gospels. So, Why would He want to stop or interfere in that which does not pose an issue of concern to the Lost sheep of Israel to whom He was sent?

A001:

What could a mere human deified by his peers as a god or goddess have done against the superior forces of the whites?

All the gods you mentioned were past humans, who are long, long dead and gone before the slave trade era even began.

The dead can't control what happens in the realm of the living.

God is a human creation. What we've are superior, gifted mortals that lesser humans call gods/goddesses.

jaephoenix:

What are you saying? The gods were dead people? Fvck did you smoke?

A001:

They're dead people. Read the Book of the Dead, Ifaodu, and other religious texts to learn that most of the gods worshipped in religion are past humans.

For instance, Sango, Osun, Ogun, Orunmila, Gaia, Atum, etc. have all lived in the past. Get their religious texts and learn more and stop arguing ignorantly.

If not for civilization, people would have worshipped Pele, who just died, as a god.

The gods are past beings and are a human construct.

Past humans that first did something great in their land that no one had done in the past were deified as gods and goddesses, including past humans that invented all the languages spoken today.

This guy obviously knows little about human history.

1Sharon:


What did Jesus do?

jaephoenix:

Is there any historical or archaeological evidence of this book of the dead?

jaephoenix:

But he was up there munching popcorn when Hitler butchered more than 6 million of his favorite peeps

Kobojunkie:
Is that any different from when the Babylonians, the Greeks or even the Romans sacked Jerusalem? Stop confusing one thing with another!

A001:

Don't ask me a silly question. People that know the history of religion know the gods in religion are past humans.

It's common knowledge. First educate yourself before you argue.

For instance, you don't know Esu, Sango are past humans abi.

Sango that used to spit smoke from the mouth and later committed suicide which formed a proverb in Yoruba.

These things are common knowledge.

Just like some gifted humans of the past were deified in the past by their peers for exceptional feats, humans also deify gifted people today as well as a god, e.g. Messi, Pele, Ronaldo, and many others.

But due to civilization, these gifted people are no longer worshipped as humans used to do in the olden days.

Get a book of human history and learn.

Studying books of history of religion and religious texts, the human traits of the gods of religion become clear, and the fact they're past beings is also clear.

Kobojunkie:
Is that any different from when the Babylonians, the Greeks or even the Romans sacked Jerusalem? Stop confusing one thing with another!

jaephoenix:
Lemme get this right. So the good lord had a covenant with his chosen guys. Then watched on in amusement as they are raped, scattered and murdered? Does it make sense to you?

jaephoenix:

No sir, its not common knowledge. If it was, you wouldnt be having a debate about it. Again, where is the backup of your story? Anyone can cook up a story and hoist it on us and tell us 'its common knowledge'. Such hoodwinking and fallacious statements won't fly by smart people. So please get me evidence

Kobojunkie:
Read the book to at least understand it from the perspective of what is written before you go around thinking you argue against it intelligently.

jaephoenix:
So where did I go wrong?

A001:

I should get you evidence instead of you reading the religious texts I mentioned first. I don't have time for a silly argument when a new year is on the horizon.

Believe whatever you like. Maybe you think many places in Nigeria were named after one god/goddess for nothing.

You don't know many times, that person founded or first settled in that place carrying his or her name. Sango in some Yoruba states is a good example.

Sango had lived in the past and was deified as a god and different places in Yorubaland are called Sango.

There are several other examples but I don't have the time for an argument in a new year.