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bedspread:
Wat we all should strive to do is to make heaven! Dts all

The original post is thought provoking but you choose to take the easy way out.

Lol...clown!

felixomor:
Good. You dont know them
So only God know those that r lukewarm

Or are u ignorant of that basic fact?
So stop claiming they are the "intelligent" ones.
because u dont even know them

Lol...you don't want to accept that Christians are intelligent again? Oh I see; I called them Lukewarm. Yes! I know...the brilliant ones are lukewarm.

What shall it profit a man if he gained the whole world [laughs] and lost his soul?

felixomor:
Mention the person that is lukewarm.
Or lukewarm is your fantasy wish for them?
Since atheism wish failed.

Person? All the people quietly transitioning from Christianity to 'no religion'!! Can't mention them all Pal. Not even you pastor can in his congregation.

felixomor:
At first it was that they would leave religion
Now u are grasping another straw.

Abegi

Luke warm and backsliding is part of the process of leaving religion. Isn't it?

felixomor:
Which people?
Do u know whom u are referring to

Which people? The ones you first mentioned. You've forgotten?

buddenlove:
Rubbish studies!!!
There is no society or civilization without religion in the history of man.
If u kno one, thank to let us kno
Or the religion making people less intelligent, do u mean Christianity?

Look at deeply religious societies today and see their level of development compared to their secular counterpart societies.

felixomor:
Europeans didnt bring God
Many people in the Bible were black.
Mediterraneans, Africans, nubians etc started Christianity long before Europeans started.

Your statement is a misconception

Many of those people didn't even worship Jesus Christ as lord and personal savior/God as you do in Christianity.

felixomor:
Ehn
you know nobel prize winners are not "intelligent" in your own atheist dictionary...

Even those Christians you'd now call intelligent will be the ones your pastors complain of being luke warm and backsliding. They're not true Christians perhaps

felixomor:
https://www.nairaland.com/4241283/meet-smartest-christian-alive-iq


Lies.
Religious people especially Christians and Jews make up the bulk of all most intelligent and Nobel winners.

As a matter of fact,
Research has shown that Atheism is associated with mental retardation.


https://www.nairaland.com/3493419/atheist-very-high-possibility-mental

The poster talks about an intelligent child being likely to drop religion and your talking about Nobel prize winners being mostly Christian?

hahn:
After everything in the post this is all you could understand

It's disappointing as always.

toboint:
#Lastly, God has given us a basic guidelines to live peacefully, but man's predisposition to err is the root of all problem...

thanks

How did man's predisposition to err come about since that's the root of it all?

My small phone

clive2u:
see this one
u wanted kiss he wanted fvck and somehow men are wicked
what are you?

Orphan

True words, Hardmirror.
Weak dumb ass low self esteem dudes will always end up being toys for those bitches.
A real sensible unapologetic alpha male will always top his game.

Anas09:
Okay. Hold unto that belief bros. whatever gives you the kick.

Atleast, you learnt a thing.

Anas09:
Wait! Do you seriously believe that atheists think more rationality than Christians or you are saying this becos that is the general atheistic thought?

If there's any irrationality amongst men, found amongst those who believe only what they can see.

I actually believe religious people (including Christians) are more likely to abandon use of logic and critical thought, and stick to dogmatic beliefs and superstitions as influenced by their religion.

Anas09:
Within the context of this Op, it is.

Every Atheist hates Christ and His followers, they careless if someone is a Muslim, but be a Christian, if they can't bully you down, they pretend friendship then disparage and malign the Lord by Pointing to the blindness of their eyes with the hope of getting you to be as blind as they are.

So, yeah, it is.

You're wrong! Every atheist doesn't hate Christ and his followers. I believe what atheists hate is the abandonment of reason and critical thought for dogma which is often the case in religious circles. Atheists must have friends and family who are Christians which they love.

Anas09:
When a word is used outside context, it can be made to mean anything. But within this context, distraction is making an effort to turn someone away from his course. So it's imperative that we remember within contexts.

In essence, within the context of this discuss the same thing holds isn't it?

computergeek:
I like your points. So in essence, what you're saying is that everyone should do what rocks their boat?

Well, to a large extent, believe affects the psychic of a person. It's all in the mind and it's a very individualistic journey. The mind is the man. You may be 'Doing what rocks your boat' wrongly till something triggers that quest to your personal enlightenment and total peace.

I'll close by saying that wherever you belong, it would be wise to 'drop dogma and keep an open mind'. Even Jesus Christ, from what was told of him, wasn't dogmatic as well as many other great minds upon whose teachings religions were formed.

Computergeek,

Intelligence often varies inversely with religiousity and it's agreeable that most atheists are not religious. The decision on whether or not to believe in a God is personal one and often tells a thing or two about ones capacity of independent and critical thought.

NwaAmaikpe,
You were driving at a point until you let your emotions overtake your argument as you bring in paradoxical statements and assumptions about 'most' atheists when perhaps you haven't personally met a number of atheists significant enough to class as 'most'.

People invest energy in what they believe and it works for them. Traditionalism works for some traditionalists. Christianity works for some Christians. Islam works for some Muslims.Humanism works for some humanists. Masonry works for some Free masons. Buddhaism works for some Buddhists. Occult works for some adherents. These are believe systems with learned/unlearned theists, agnostics, atheists etc.

It's apparent that success goes beyond just a believe and the success of an adherent of one believe system doesn't dismiss other believe systems as useless.

Theism and Atheism are empty positions; nothing special. Without individual effort, you're just another homo sapien.
Wherever you stand, think for yourself and seek enlightenment.

Deckline:
It is. QED

Give the statement some thought. You're being emotional.

Anas09:
He obviously want to distract him.

We choose our paths...

Distraction isn't always towards a wrong course. Is it?

LordReed:
Here are somethings God could have preserved in pristine condition to prove the Bible is true.

1. The tree of good and evil.
2. The garden of Eden.
3. The sword used to protect the garden of Eden.
4. The ark Noah built.
5. The tower of Babel.
6. The sites of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
7. The storage devices Joseph used for preserving food for 7 years.
8. The stone tablets God carved and wrote on.
9. The ark of testament.
10. The manna God rained from heaven.
11. The writing on the wall Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin.

None of these things are anywhere to be seen so instead we get so many unsubstantiated tales. These are things that would have been able to be scientifically tested and provided a good basis for accepting the tales of the bible. Here we are empty handed and asked to believe these incredible tales of God's power.

I don't agree with this one.

HardMirror:
the way they talk about their 'glorious destinies' you would think they have spectacular dreams. Buying tokumbo car is fulfillment of glorious destiny to the simpletons.

That selfishness is part of the reasons Africa lags behind in human and infrastructural development.

[quote author=Chidorx60 post=72681591][/quote]Shut up! Take an advice when one is given, so that you can be saved from your pit of ignorance and delusion. Once again, seek knowledge.

Deckline:
He's two years older than me but i can't share same ideology with him.

Fine. Why can't you share same ideology by the way?

Deckline:
He said he was impressed with my argumentative prowess.. I just don't understand him.

I believe he's cool with you, a little amused by you religious zeal, is a little older than you are, and would like for the both of you to share same ideology. Am I correct?

Why does he want to be your best friend?

Chidorx60:
is it not assumptions to tell someone to seek knowledge about an issue, when you don't have an idea about what he knows concerning that issue,English teacher.

seeing you are the type who focuses on minor issues I shouldn't waste pure truth on you.
I will leave you to fellow language professionals and may God help you.

...you missed the question?
Again, what have you discovered that the average atheist haven't discovered, and how do you know so.
No answer? I'd take it you were bluffing.