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5minsmadness:
Such a touching story! And I read every word. That's why forgiveness is very important in any relationship. A Catholic saint once said a lot in the world has been destroyed through misunderstandings and things left unsaid.

Forgiveness will heal you faster than payback ever will!

neocortex:
That is a possibility, he probably supports
the highest bidder.

SeverusSnape:
where was God when this happened
''Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able?, Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing?, Then he is malevolent. Is he both willing and able?. Then from whence cometh evil?. Is he neither able nor willing?. Then why call him God?''... EPICURUS

duduade:
Do you have lacewigs for sale. ... The one u can glue and and has clips

duduade:
Do you have lacewigs for sale. ... The one u can glue and and has clips

tosyne2much:
Yeah go ahead bro but make sure you give credit to me

tosyne2much:
Sadly, I fall under the category of number 5

tosyne2much:
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Source: www..ng/2015/09/01/10-ways-every-nigerian-student-reacts-after-checking-hisher-semester-result-2/

onweson:
Your piece is interesting and articulated with the best of your prowess. However, the fact that you wittingly refused to link David's victory to name of the Lord, the God of Isreal, makes it disjointed and half-baked truth.[silas.ebenyi@firs.gov

theunusualmoon:
In that fight Achilles was not an underdog.I only sighted that example to show that it was a case of your best man against mine.So Goliath was not a slow poke.infact, I think that probably wasn't the first time he was representing his army.David can be said to be an underdog because he had no combat experience whatsoever.

5minsmadness:
*standing ovation*

I love this. This is exactly the kind of discussion necessary to enable us all understand each other better.

Its amazing how you atheists lap up stories from your white masters without questioning them. On one hand you laugh at the black man for not questioning the faith the white folk brought to Africa's shores, calling it made up, illogical and silly. On the other hand you still follow this same white man without question, rejoicing in the stupidity of his shallow thinking and biased reasoning.
Let's start with the quote below.

[b]Are you seriously going to bring up this "white folk" talk here when you are trying to defend the ideologies the same white folks taught you? What you are inferring here is quite ironic.

You have to understand this is not entirely about abolishing "white beliefs" but rather it's aimed at putting ALL ideologies be it cultural, religious, political etc, foreign or domestic, which we have been forced to swallow, under proper scrutiny thus separating the shaft from the seed. The same white people responsible for slavery also produced William Wilberforce who also contributed in ending it. The same white folks that forced us to accept their beliefs are the same people fighting against lots of their dogmas today. In America, a certain period in time, it was once against the law for women to vote but today women vote freely just as well as other issues such as segregation, homosexuality, death penalties, public lynchings, nudity etc which were once considered a taboo but today are norms and even recognized by the law.

Most of our knowledge, the type of governance we practice, our education, electricity, fashion etc are adopted from them but even they criticize their beliefs. We've always learnt from them and they are indeed decades ahead of us so I do believe that they are worthy of emulation.[/b]

Are you saying in the whole army of the isrealites there wasn't a single slinger? If the slingshot was so deadly as your white shallow atheist says, why didn't one of the so called skilled slingers simply approach Goliath and put an end to the fight? Why let an inexperienced little Shepherd boy who had little to no known experience using said sling for warfare in the first place?

Unless you are saying there were no slingers in the isrealites army(which cancels Ted's reasoning) then you have to admit that Goliath was so formidable even the slingers were afraid of him(thus also cancelling Ted's illogical reasoning).

You don't chose your opponents weapon in a war. So if a slinger came forth from the isrealites army would Goliath had turned tail and run cos he wasn't carrying a slingshot as well? Also if Goliath wanted "hand-to-hand" combat, he wouldn't have come with his shield and spear.
And don't dare mention his shield and spear being too heavy for him; if it was, why would he carry it to battle in the first place. Do you think he became the Philistine champion by measuring height and weight? No! He did it by becoming one of the most deadly, ferocious and unconquerable foes the enemy could face. So lying that Goliath was simply a clumsy oaf with acromegaly is a lie straight from the pit of he'll and illogical to boot.

Israel came with an army and NO ONE could challenge Goliath for forty days till David showed up. If that isn't evidence that there was a lack of courage, skill or whatever was needed to defeat him, I wonder what was is? If you had questioned that detail when you read it in your bible we wouldn't be here.

Just as combat soldiers are different from snipers of today, slingers were in a category of their own. The fact that Goliath was a champion doesn't specifically mean he was also a champion with the sling.

I know you will be in a hurry to respond. Be patient. I'll be right back. Perhaps this will be a good time to think of some logical excuses to cover your asses in believing this nonsense cooked up by an atheist nobody.

Lol. Are you seriously referring to Ted and Malcolm as "nobodies"?

Am back.



The above quote is further atheistic bullsh1t propounded in a desperate attempt to explain away David's good fortune. In arguments atheists say the bible is inaccurate. In other arguments they swear on the Bible's accuracy to prove a point.

"Am I dog that you would come against me with sticks" is an inconsequential phrase.

But it wasn't inconsequential when you were thinking the story justifies your belief. Oh

As long as those sticks were on one of David's hands it wouldn't have mattered. A battle was about to take place. Also from your "intelligent but stupid" atheist Ted he already said David approached him from a distance. So it was most likely that David hadn't come close enough for Goliath or ANYBODY for that matter to see whether he was holding a stick or "sticks" in his hand.

Once again in an attempt to paint Goliath as Stvpid the op contradicts himself. Are you saying this was the first battle Goliath was fighting? Are you saying Goliath couldn't weird his own armour or weapons? How then did he become d people's champion? By measuring height?

Goliath was the people's champion! He was a celebrity! Of course he had cup bearers ans shield and spear carriers! He had an entourage just as any important person in those days would have. And once again it wouldn't have mattered if he was going into battle. It would be foolish of the Philistines to choose a champion that needed to be aided simply to get unto the battlefield.

Champions lose eventually. It happens

The Philistines made a mistake. It happens in war. They underestimated the Israelis and they got served by a Warri boy. (We no dey carry last)

Therefore what the op is trying to explain is total rubbish!

The god you don't believe in save you that my battery has run down. I for finish una today.

Why does it seem that you guys get all worked up and murderous whenever your belief is confronted or questioned? Oh, I get it, you're fighting for your space in heaven. I understand *big hugs*

titurex:
[/color][color=#990000] ;DLol.. I wonder how the pips inside came out.

KingEbukasBlog:
Since when did you start having discussions with Christians ?An escape tactics or what ?

You say the bible is a myth , so we should start discussing "fairytales " like kids ?


Goliath is not 6 foot 9- that's my own contribution . It's just common sense .

Sile12:
Yeah, because abandoned places are the best locations for scary movies

Chubhie:
Exactly it is more like convincing Demdem that Ameachi doesn't like money.

Thoniameek:
I don't buy it, if you wanted to challenge religious Nigerians to think outside the box, why would you still use the same instrument that made their way of thinking primitive? And a book you certainly don't believe an ounce of anything written in, a book you call a lie, fairytale, and what have you

This your question answers itself The bible does have a lot of truth and wisdom in them but i don't take it more seriously than I would "Rich dad, poor dad".

What happened to all those your sophisticated books on logic, human reasoning and philosophy? They do a great deal in helping you think out of the box

Well, most theist are too occupied with reading their "primitive" books. If they did read such books, we wouldn't be having this discussion

Religion might be one of many problems of Nigerians, it's certainly not on the top of the list.

That's arguable

Now, help us and start with work place mistreatment, especially from foreigners, then we can continue with a host of others

Starting with religious divisions, christians against muslims/christ embassy against deeper life, is not a bad start

To study and pray before exams are both important...... Just as praying alone does not guarantee success in exams, so does studying alone; at least not with the educational system of Nigeria (that's another problem you could helps us with)

Help in what way?

Seun:
Fucking takes a few minutes. After you've done that, what do you do with the rest of your time?

Chubhie:
It is part of the things that bred endemic corruption. How on God's earth would someone steal billions meant to transform roads thereby making it a death trap for people?

Fighting corruption is not just about jailing people but re educating them. I believe the change begins from You and I.

Mindfulness:
You are right!
But this is also why I love this thread. The more we talk about such things, the more awareness we can raise for what really matters and it can go a long way.

Seun:
Fucking takes a few minutes. After you've done that, what do you do with the rest of your time?

Thoniameek:
Our faith and belief is not one of those your secular lifestyle that you can just bring up and criticise like the "captain America" movie.

Funny enough I respected you stand as another human, I wasn't all up in face trying to make you see how ignorant you are for not seeing from my perspective.

Apparently, you who claim a higher IQ couldn't think that way; rather I have to sit back and watch you make mockery of my stands, seeing you diss out nonsense about it because I simply refuse to reason with you and I'm suppose to just keep mute and let you have fun......... So much for reason, logic, humanism and philosophy.

Seun:
But is she smart?

Mindfulness:
Elaborate

Thoniameek:
Who said otherwise

Maybe you should've tried to comprehend my post before rushing to mention me....

As far as I know, that op is an atheist, now tell me the aim of his post. My point is, he has no business writing this, unless;
Atheist is a belief and you need to win disciples and Christians make for you guys better disciple, or you're hating an imaginary god..... Now you leave me wondering how you understand.

johnydon22:
You simply cannot discern the difference between a discussion, a postulation of possible scientific explanation to a story and an argument for the existence of yahweh or any deity. . .If i bring up the story of muhammed and Aisha it's in no way an inclination that i acknowledge the existence of Allah.

This thread in no way is about the existence of yahweh or acknowledgement but rather just a simply discussions on the possible plausible explanations of the story that can be reached. . this is no argument, maybe you need to try and comprehend assertions before contributing to it

Sometimes i wonder how you people understand things. .

TheDauraMallam:
Abeg go siddon somewhere.

You're going to hell in every other religious ideology.

johnydon22:
Lmao. . i wonder how you people write these stuffs without wincing. . Hahahaha quite funny .. Disbelief in a posit is not Belief of the negate boo... Primary comprehension.!!!

Nobody is in anyway hating any imaginary concept, we are only engaging the propagators of such mythology to the public in an argument . .

Just like a movie critic who would argue that "Captain America" can not fall from a storied building into a car without the glasses shattering due to the impact as opposed to "an intact car" as shown in the movie..

That's exactly the aim of this Op which might not even have been written by an atheist