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akuracy:
I have no problem with atheists, I respect t the courage they bring up to stand for who they are, such courage is worthy of emulation. But most of these Nigeria atheists still go to church, pray to God and then come on social media to say blasphemy just to impress people to keep their social flame igniting. These are the social pseudo-atheist that am referring to. And these ones are seriously clueless

There are several social stigmas attached to atheism. You may lose friends, people will give you disapproving glances if it becomes common knowledge, it would be difficult to find a job or a spouse, if a theft or some form of crime is committed you'll probably be the first person to be accused.

Not everybody can put up with that. I, for one am a closeted atheist who lives with very christian parents; I would not my future or my well-being by telling parents that I'm atheist because I can't predict their actions. So, I will wait till I'm financially independent before I come out.

Social media gives us an anonymous platform to air our views in a region where freedom of speech isn't all that free. And yes, some of us get carried away and become trolls but some are basically fountains knowledge.

So the fact that some atheists put up a religious front in real life doesn't mean that they're just doing it for attention (although some probably are, who knows?

Let me tell you a story,

Bob is in love with a girl named Alice. Everyday will come to Alice's doorstep with chocolate and flowers to proclaim his undying love for her. Sometimes Alice will tell him to leave but most of the time she will ignore him. He would even mow her lawn and watch her gate at night, all to no avail.

One day, Bob comes to Alice's house in a black van. He steps out with a battery ram and breaks her door down. Bob overpowers Alice, ties her up, puts her in his van, and drives to a remote area.

When Alice's blindfolds have been removed she sees herself in some form of dungeon with every torture device known to man.
Frightened she asks: "Where am I?"

Bob replies: "I love you, Alice -so much that I built an underground torture chamber in case you didn't love me back. It shouldn't have been this way this way, if you had loved me, we could have lived together on my private island with every form of comfort."

This story is an analogy to christian mythology. Even if by some off chance that all this is true is God (Bob in this story) a moral character that should be followed.

Annunaki:
This is stale news but it's still a very good development all the same. Countries need to start taking proactive measures to protect themselves from islamic terrorism.

Nigeria still has a long way to go because I don't understand a fully-grown man can say that taking someone's religious freedom away is a good thing.

Ok; let's look at it this way, christianity caused the Dark Ages, the Spanish Inquisition. The whites used christianity to endorse slavery, the Dutch Reformative church used it to justify apartheid, Adolf Hitler, the man responsible for the death of 1.6 million Jews (just the jewish casualties) in WWII was christian.

Shouldn't we have banned christianity a long time ago then?

HCpaul:
Your fame ends here on nairaland.
Just be wasting your time broadcasting the unexistence of a creator.

You yourself is confused.
You want to belong.

Who cares if you ain't saved or not, and who is quoting you.

You can't be a christian because you cannot serve Jesus with pride and arrogance.

Jesus died for you, and the best way to appreciate his death is to abolish his existence.

I once taught that wisdom is by age, not until i saw on Nairaland how foolish a triune man can be.

I have always been playing with your soul all this while. As a responsible christian, it's high time to give up the game.

I just pray that you will not be doom with the race that you started well.

Don't try to reply me, cuz this is my last time on nairaland religious sections.

What business will a believer do with an unbeliver?

Will a christian become a friend of an atheist?



I may give up on your soul, but i pray christ never to do so.

The wise knows the gravity of that warning: "flee from the wrath to come."

Why are you christians so full of hatred? You're pointing out two atheists who disagree when christianity has countless denominations with different churches within those denominations. Isn't that hypocritical?

Now you're shamelessly attacking an atheist with baseless ad hominems.

Why don't you pray to your God to convert one of the prominent atheists on this forum since he's so powerful.

It's not like it's easy to be an atheist in this part of the world, so that is a strange generalization that you're making there.

I understand that you can't fathom how people don't believe in the mythology that has been repeated over and over to you before you could see the glaring flaws in it.

I know that bigots are skilled at ignoring evidence against what they believe; just don't deny the evidence that atheists exist.

urahara:
Homosexual behavior in animals is sexual behavior among non-human species that is interpreted as
homosexual or bisexual . This may include sexual activity , courtship, affection , pair bonding, and parenting
among same-sex animal pairs . Research indicates that various forms of this are found throughout the
animal kingdom. [1][2] As of 1999, about 500 species , ranging from primates to gut worms , have been
documented engaging in same-sex behaviors. [3][4] According to the organizers of the 2006 Against
Nature? exhibit, it has been observed in 1,500 species.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexual_behavior_in_animals

Don't try to reason with bigots; it's like bringing a knife to a magic wand fight.

Awwww.

The same reason he put all that fossil evidence in the ground, to test your faith!! /s

1feness:
Lets assume god is responsible for all creation, putting humans on this planet is got to be one of his biggest undoings ever. Humans are gradually destroying the planet,tilling the ground,cutting down trees,heating up the planet to the point of global warming,air pollution,water pollution,forcing animals to go extinct are stuff god isn't bothered with as long as some people are silly enough to worship it?

One prominent christian apologist on NL (I'm not sure who) said that global warming isn't a problem because God will sort it out.

With that kind of attitude from enough people isn't the human race in a lot of trouble?

urahara:
Don't mind them. With their foolish stereotypical views. In God is not dead atheist were portrayed as miserable. Selfish. Proud and shallow.

The easiest way to make people feel comfortable with discriminating against a group is to dehumanize the group.

Paul also said that it's wrong for women to speak in church. So, all advocates for gender equality are going to hell.

EDIT: Grammar.

I don't believe in karma, it doesn't exist to me. Too much evil in this world goes unpunished while good goes unrewarded.

While it may be comforting to believe in the law of karma, it's just not true in our imperfect world.

Donald Trump is too brain-dead to make any impact in the upcoming elections.

AlfaSeltzer:
Soooo gay!

Well, he is a fisher of men.

The Catholic Church was the first church, then some guys started to feel all high and mighty and violently broke away. They even ripped some books out of the original bible. Countless lives were lost in the process.

So; yes, Catholics practise the purest form of christianity you can get. Just for your info.

Replace 'Mohammed' with 'Jesus' and 'Quran' with 'Bible', then look at your hypocrisy.

Scholar8200:
Which book inspired the spanish inquisition? (neither of both in the op did)

Do you believe yourself when you spew blatant lies?

hopelink1:
We all know the unholy book

The one that inspired the spanish inquisition? Or the one that inspires jihad?

malvisguy212:
Silly thread and unreasonable posts. Who even force you entering heaven? Atheists are not worthy.

BURN IN HEAVEN!!!

eposho:
The point is the different sighting of Jesus was irrelevant because the dude never existed because how can three people gave three different account of one dead person . read the book of John , which was a total forgery anyway, read Paul and book of Mathew all had different sighting of there master.
People that wrote the he bible @ the council of nicea must be turning in there graves now.

Boom!
We have a winner.

Reddit did the math and here's the verdict:

DDeliverer:

Read the passages and it will all come together.

winner01:
Since atheists dont believe in a Creator because they feel humans can just emerge from random processes, why hasn't any atheist attempted the question below.

Maybe if you stop getting all your knowledge of evolution from pro-creationist websites then you'll have a better idea of how it works.

I strongly recommend this link:

darryl-cunningham..co.nz/2011/06/evolution.html?m=1

This is how it goes:
1. When the founder is alive (or lived recently), it is a CULT.
2. When the founder is long dead, it is a RELIGION.
3. When enough of the believers have died out, it becomes a MYTH.

Christmas is coming! And what better way is there to celebrate it than to tell the story of Jesus' resurrection!

What follows is a report extracted from the four gospels:

Before dawn on the first day of the week when it was still dark, but at dawn on the first day of the week when it was not dark, but also early in the morning of the first day of the week after sunrise - Mary Magdalene and Joanna and the other Mary and other women that were with them, but only Mary Magdelene and the other Mary, but only Mary Magdalene and the other Mary and Salome, but also only Mary Magdelene alone - came to the tomb.

There they but also she alone - saw the stone rolled away from the tomb, but wondered aloud which of them would roll the stone away, but also saw the tomb closed and an angel appeared to roll the stone away.

Entering the tomb, they but also she alone, find two angels and also only the one angel, who both were but also singularly was sitting inside where the body had lain, but also the tomb was completely empty of angels and the angels were standing behind them instead.

Then Mary and the women, but also only Mary, both met but did not meet the resurrected Jesus. And Mary was both overjoyed to hear of the resurrection, but also grief-stricken that someone had taken the body because she didn't know where the body was or that it had been resurrected.

Leaving that place the women, but also Mary alone, left to tell all the disciples and everyone else, but only the disciples and nobody else, but also they didn't tell anyone because they were afraid.

Then Jesus appeared both first to the disciples, but also first to Mary alone though she knew him not, but also first to Cleopas. And the disciples both did, but did not touch him, for Jesus had not yet ascended and didn't let anyone touch him, but also they were all there and holding his hands and feet in worship, but also they weren't all there because Thomas was late and felt the holes in his hands and feet.

READ: Matthew 28
Mark 16
Luke 24
John 20

Good luck understanding!

1feness:
I remember turning my friend's family atheist. His parents were very active Christians but now you won't find a single bible in their home. Sundays became a day of restful sleep for them.

Please tell us how you did this!

Nice try, Christ Embassy PR team.

eposho:
Name one real character in the bible? Just one.

This King Hezekiah guy is one.

Nobody said all the biblical people were fake. Some real characters were added to a fictional story.

It's like The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

Notice how the scales are not on his eyelids, nose or lips? And how for some reason they affected his hair? Wake up, sheeple! XD.

Tallesty1:
1: Don't Date A Minor: I personally cannot date a girl who's less than 20. The reason is, it doesn't matter if you have been dating her for years, it doesn't matter if she's a queen in the jungle, once caught, her parents will be shouting you raped my daughter. The girl will not stand up for you. Her mother will ask her. "He raped you right"? She will not say NO, in other not to be beaten, she will nod head in affirmation and that signs you deal with the police.

If an adult should have se.x with a minor, whether it's consensual or not, it is termed statutory rape. Seriously guys, keep your package out of reach of children. Anybody less than 18 should be left alone for his/her age group. Or better still, just wait.

NOBODYY:
Smh.. and when the cleaners didnt turn up they should continue living in dirts then
sheyb na dem go get cholera no be the cleaners

If they do it once, they'll do it forever.