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pressplay411:
Witches are not localised to only Africa and other poor places, I'm sure you've watched movies of witches being burnt on a stake.
But I agree there's no evidence. But I'm sure you agree these stories prevail, but how come every family seems to grow with this knowledge.

donnffd:
There is no real evidence for witches(Only in Africa and other poor places with ignorance do you still hear about such things, why are they always old women?...smh)

luvmijeje:
donnffd

Is not objective? Whether it originate from the Bible or not is a non-issue. But was it one of the commandments Jesus gave to his followers.. .. . A big Yes.
I'll also give you an live illustration. I detest lies,I hate it when people lie to me. Because I detest it, I definitely don't lie to people . What you can't accept don't do it to others. How's that not objective?

Oh No! Another scientific jargons. Don't give me that crap. You cram and downloaded a textbook and you can't can't explain it to the public who are majorly not scientists. My questions.... What's are the name of the chemicals? What's neurotransmitters and what's his relationship to this thread? I'm not doing any Google search, you said it and you should get ready to defend it. When you question the Bible, I didn't ask you to goggle it.

So man got to earth through cosmic lottery. prove it? Who was the first man to mistakenly wander himself into the planet earth? How did he get here? What mode did he use to get here?

NPComplete:
Religious Nigerians are basically idiots. Evidence show that people are getting more depressed by the day and committing suicide as a result. Instead of these religious freaks to seek ways to address the source of this depression and provide advice about how to get help, they start quoting empty bible passages. As if those people who committed suicide hadn't ever read the scriptures before taking their own lives.
If the bible telling people not to lie or commit fornication didn't stop them committing it; hell it didnt even stop some pastors from tapping humongous asses, why the heck do u think quoting scriptures here will be of any use to the really depressed? Clowns.

pressplay411:
Funny it all started with the recent suicide by the doctor that jumped off the 3rd mainland bridge. Some felt it was a spiritual attack.
It suddenly culminated into argument with some colleagues and these questions posed a conundrum. Any explanations?

1. Reincarnation
We've heard stories of a husband whose wife decided to trace his background by going to his hometown with his picture only to be told he had died years ago and was even taken to his burial ground. Upon return to her home, the husband had vanished and never to be seen again.

2. Odeshi
I'm sure we've all heard that bullets bounced of certain warriors, armed robbers and even cultists. How does this Odeshi work?

3. Witchcraft & Marine Spirits
No matter where you grew up in the world, there's a witch near you. Usual suspects are the old women and the very young. Of course there's always one confession in church.
And we've all heard of men who picked up hitchhikers only for them to transform in the middle of the night.

4. Rituals
The name Ezeego rings bells across the nation for money rituals. People go to extreme lengths to escape poverty. From sacrificing close relatives to kidnapping unlucky victims, one-chance buses, etc.

Are these mere hearsays or actual occurences?
I'm of the opinion that Nollywood is to blame but my colleagues claim they know some people who experienced these.

luvmijeje:
This is a rebuttal to a post by Pastafarian and you can find the post on this thread
https://www.nairaland.com/3523542/atheism-make-world-better-place#52001526
Okayyyyy.. .. .. .. .. So let's go.
You have done my conclusion. Atheism doesn't make the world a better. So let's talk humanism which the Atheist have not yet adopted. So let's move on.

My questions. What are the proposed objective method?
So how can food, shelter, sociality increase aid morality? So much questions. Let's go on.

Ha! So it's little spark of energy and chemical reaction that produces our personalities and consciousness. I'm just reading this for the first time. My questions.. .. ..
What's the name of the energy? What's the name of the chemical? What causes the chemical to react? What makes the chemical impulses to stop? I'm sure I'll have a lot of follow up questions.

Ha! You won cosmic lottery to get to the point? Is this logical? Are you sure you're an Atheist?

kaybams1:
Hmmmm... Am not too sure you have heard about a null and alternative hypothesis in research. If my research topic is 'investigating the existence of God' and my null hypothesis is saying 'God's existence is false'. The alternative hypothesis will always give a counter claim which is 'God's existence is true'. It's when you have defined that you can arrive at any conclusion in the first place. You rejecting a hypothesis cos it's structure has flaws in it but cannot provide an alternative hypothesis makes you an agnostic not an atheist. Atheists DO NOT BELIEVE GOD EXISTS. Agnostics accept that they do not have the sufficient information to be on any side. So there is a difference.

777philosopher:
this is a warning to the entire black race, especially to Black Africans Men living in Africa. our enemies the non black race are now using our women against us. they use feminist attitude, fake women rights , homosexuality, lesbianism , and all kinds of things like putting the woman above a man in the society. they use the marriage method like polyandry, and encourage married women to commit adultery. their by given the women unnecessary rights. this demonic ways
destroying our African ancestral traditions. be careful of non black races . they are the descendants of demonic angels that disobeyed Almighty GOD -AHAYAH in heaven. this set of humanoids are not real humans. but they were created with animal gene and fallen demon gene. they do not have soul. therefore they are useless to the earth. they have been trying to use tricks on us. my fellow Black African Men just be wise . do not allow any of this non black to deceive you. they want to take all the lands from us. by setting ours to fight each other. they will cause confusion among our own people. Be Wise, and think properly .

blueAgent:
This is the definition of Evolution.

Evolution is change in the heritable
characteristics of biological populations over
successive generations. Evolutionary
processes give rise to biodiversity at every level of biological organisation, including the levels of species, individual organisms, and molecules.

The Question is where did the Heritable characteristics come from? where this organisms designed with this traits or they also Evolued to have this traits.

Remember your Evolution is telling us about how the traits in organisms transformed not how the intial triats came into existence.

felixomor:
Good question.
Especially considering the fact that DNA of man has remained thesame throughout human History.
By Now our DNA should have been different from that of the earlymen.
And yet they will tell you, you dont need faith to believe in evolution.

Mscheww

felixomor:
What makes you try is because your conscience knows its a lie.
Simple

blueAgent:
HaHaHa I laugh at you MR Evolution.

Like i said before the killfish did not Evolue or develop the ability to resist the pollutant. rather it had that ability already wheather it encountered polllutants or not.

With all the global warming and pollutants why has all the Birds and man not Evolued?

annunaki2:
Well if you don't know that Christianity is based on the teachings of christ and not old testament judaism just like Islam is based on the teachings of a terrorist called mohammed, there is little I can do to help you.

annunaki2:
The big difference is that radical muslims are following the true teachings and example of their prophet who was also a terrorists whilst so called radical Christians are going directly against the teachings of christ. Islam instructs, encourages and eulogises terrorism whilst Christianity completely abhors it.

annunaki2:
At least atheist don't go around killing people for their beliefs or lack of it.

annunaki2:
I don't agree with you, Islam is worse than atheism.

alBHAGDADI:
Obama claims he converted to christianity but everything he does is contrary to christianity. He says his favourite sound is the islamic call to prayer. He criticizes the bible book of deutoronomy and supports LGBTQ.

Muslims are commanded by the quran to kill whoever leaves the islamic religion. Well, they can't in anyway tough a POTUS talkless of killing him. But why do they praise him every time he goes to the islamic world when they ought to boo him, to say the least? That's cos they know he never deserted Islam. He only sold AL TAQYYA to the west by telling them that he converted to christianity. That's why he helped further the muslim agenda.

WE ARE GLAD THAT THE UNPATRIOTIC FELLOW IS OUT OF OFFICE.

shadeyinka:
Now, my question was that suppose the whole world became atheist and the society accepts (using the full doctrine [I meant the unwritten principle] of atheism) would our civilization improve or diminish?

My postulate is that Most Civilization see incest as a sacrilage against the gods or the spirit of the land. It is a different class of crime which in those days would lead either to banishment or execution. That is incest is a theistic crime.

shadeyinka:
Hi Friend


Of course atheism isnt a religion that is why I put the word religion in quotes. The word religion was used as a replacement for the theistic position of religion which is adverse to theistic believes.
Atheism does have opinions and it is easy to see
1. It must be logical
2. It must be provable scientifically
3. It must be devoid of subjective information (God in particular)

Using this three rules, one can arrive at atheistic conclusion about anything. Agreed, atheism is complex, so complex that we can not use the logic of atheism to govern the world because we have the gnostic, agnostic, spiritists, satanists(philosophical) etc.

I have tried to use atheistic kind of reasoning to arrive at a conclusion to which I believe I'm correct. The problem was simplified by saying "pregnancy/inbreeding" is not involved.

So we have a 21 year old son and his 47 year old mum decide to have sex with each other consensually (they are using Goldcircle, Roughrider condom) so, no std ,no pregnancy.

Theists will say NO!:
Based on Moral and Spiritual argument . It is a sin! (subjective isn't it). Apart from biological reasons which has been knocked out, "no major reason"

Atheists will say YES!:
1. They are both adults
2. They had sex consensually
3. They practiced safe sex.

The concept of SIN doesn't exist in atheism. So, can anyone argue against the atheistic argument?

There is a complication however, Most atheists were not raised as Atheists in the earlier part of their lives. They had imbibed some theistic culture of right/wrong, moral/immoral and this prejudice them to sometimes act contrary to the silent rules which helped them to conclude on their stance of the lack the belief in a supernatural creator.

So you see that I am right.
-Your conclusion: There is nothing inherently wrong with icest (that is it is right).
-But it is disgusting (is that not a carryover of past theistic culturing?)
Why should it be disgusting? Your answer can only be subjective!


Now, my question was that suppose the whole world became atheist and the society accepts (using the full doctrine [I meant the unwritten principle] of atheism) would our civilization improve or diminish?

My postulate is that Most Civilization see incest as a sacrilage against the gods or the spirit of the land. It is a different class of crime which in those days would lead either to banishment or execution. That is incest is a theistic crime.

shadeyinka:
Civilization is defined as:
1. An organized culture encompassing many communities, often on the scale of a nation or a people;
2. A stage or system of social, political,or technical development.

Most of the cultural norms we have today have Theistic basis behind them. The concept of Morality is mostly theistic in origin.

Today, we have a culture that forbids incest almost throughout the world. I would want us to focus only on this vis-à-vis: The Wonderful Logics of Atheism and INCEST!

How you ever wondered how the world would be when Atheism becomes the worlds only "religion"?

Let's look at a typical Atheist logic about a theme as homosexuality. Most atheists are heterosexual BUT they see nothing wrong with Homosexuality because as far as they are concerned, as long as

1. The act of homosexuality is consensual
2. The Homosexuality is between Adults
3. The sexual act is hurting no one
Then, it should be respected as a NORMAL and VALID way of life and sexual expression.

Today, let's use the same logic for incest.
Fathers, Mothers, Children (adults) having consensual sex with each other as acceptable sexual orientation.

Now, to Atheists on Nairaland,(assuming pregnancy is ruled out)
Would incest be acceptable way of life?
Should this be encouraged ?
Would this be immoral?

Or (as a single question)

What is the stance of Atheism on Incest?

The answer you give will show us whether civilization will Collapse under the rule of Atheism or Advance.

I am sure that few atheists will respond to this: it is like giving them a rope to hang themselves.

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felixomor:
Just say its hard.

For "creation", i will suggest u use dictionary.

I was only explaining time and how nothing is ever created without it.

felixomor:
Sorry.
I knew it will be hard for u.

Time is the basic unit for anything, including creation.

Its the commodity upon which evry other component of the universe rests.

felixomor:
Simple,
Creation is a time based concept.
Nothing is created without time.

I hope i am not sounding too high?

felixomor:
Go and study the origin of time.
Scientists admit time has a beginning.

And Anything outside time can exist without a creator.
And clearly the bible makes us understand that God was there before time began.

felixomor:
And what if the creator existed before time, space and matter?

Smallville10:
I would just like to ask a simple question... I just thought abt it and decided to share with our athiest friends..

DO U BELIEVE IN CURSES?

DO U BELIEVE IT CAN MANIFEST IN PEOPLE'S LIVES?

Hopefullandlord Hardmirror Seun Lennycool EyehateGod

All athiests pls come in