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johnydon22:
So many religionists have done that, religions are also not bad because they too have their good uses and in some case have a very good influence in the lives of some people..

Religionists as well as irreligious people can be good or bad and also impact the world tremendously. .

I am only against the teaching of superstition as truth, child indoctrination and violence

Nicely put. I have met very kind and loving christians and muslims and I've also met silly ones. Lots of theists get this wrong about atheists. It would be unwise for me to ignore all the good things that RCCG, for instance, have done in people's lives. RCCG actually share food in lots of ghettos and have helped many secure jobs, set their lives on the right path, get good connections, meet their spouses etc and I personally listen to lots of pastors and have some as my role models.

But that doesn't mean I believe everything they say. I believe I owe it to myself to be able to discern what is right from what is wrong.

@fearlesschicken, take it easy on your fellow theists o

fearlesschicken:
I believe in a God who creates the world we are in but I don't believe in the bible does it make me less a christian?

I had an argument with a friend of mine, he keep calling me an athiest because I said the bible is inaccurate and I can't leave my life based on a book with so many errors and contradictions.

I don't believe in all this supernatural stuffs either, like witches and wizards,demons etc or some silly doctorines we have in the bible like women being submissive and a divorcee not allowed to get married etc

I just believe in one thing: love!

So am I less a christian for not beliving the bible and all the other things I mentioned? If am not a christian what am I?

Cc:captainjune,winner01,malvinsguy212,
Johnnydon22,hahn,davien,plaetton, frank317,meneseh,atheist101 etc

So, I don resemble psychiatrist abi?

Well, you're not a christian at least mentally because you have to believe blindly which you apparently have a problem with.

Reminds me of myself back in the day. Even though I was raised by an atheist I chose to believe due to societal pressures, my mom becoming born again(she eventually got fed up with church), some hardship I faced and other factors and even though I never believed in all the superstition and even got labelled as an atheist, just like you, I really wanted to believe in something.

However, I've come to the conclusion that the only thing worth believing in is myself.

The concept of a supreme being doesn't really add up, especially from religious point of views. Since you believe in love I can only say you're on the path to understanding beyond the dogma that's being peddled in our society and from where I stand it's better to "love" than anything else. Religion will only hinder you from loving universally because it is always about us against them.

Ehen?

johnydon22:
"Nobody has stopped to THINK"

It's a really unfortunate state of mind

Meneseh, nice one. You just opened and then closed your own thread.

I waiting for a response from people that serve from the known unknown.

But first they have to be able to read the write up and then understand

Lol @ Tochukwu Lannister

Word

realtestament:
12. Enables you to charge your phone

13. To make the pastor richer

Eminem-Rap god

I feel god's presence in his delivery

TheDauraMallam:
I have a feeling both of us are actually correct.

Maybe, maybe not.

We are both saying the same thing fam

TheDauraMallam:
His infamous*...

He's infamous for his famous comment

Beautiful

menesheh:
Continue. You shouldn't get tired, some people are on top of the fence and looking unto you in order to touch their foot on the ground. Most people are misinformed and indoctrinated and have no reachable platform to get info about their delusion of which a piece of your comments, arguments, and debates here can do things you may not know it can . You are not doing that because of some people the likes of CaptainJune , MrPresident1, Eddlad , malvisguy212 and their sort that are repudiators.

You are not doing it for divine reward but for consciousness raising which will help in making our world a better place devoid of delusion, bigotry, racism, harmful believes, prejudice, believing illusion to be fact etc.

True bro.

But I always get a headache whenever I read some comments here. When people start talking about "the known unknown" or about how cool it is for their god to burn up people simply because they don't "believe" in their version of the story despite their being good and humble throughout their lifetime I just feel like starting a church and milking these delusionists myself

sseunth:
Try, freelancing and drop shipping.

GBAM!

omenka:
Smallie, no be juju. Pigeons have been used as messengers even before our parents were born. Someone is just reinventing the past while putting a shady twist to it, that's all.

He is only exhibiting a typical trait of excusing his ignorance with his "juju" beliefs.

johnydon22:

I am responsible for what i write, what you understand is totally your responsibility

That was how I "borrowed" this quote of yours for that same dude. That guy's reasoning amazes me.

I still can't get over his famous "the known unknown" statement.

The ability for theists to substitute reasoning for their "beliefs" is hilarious!

johnydon22:
Hahahahaha Only needed to set some things straight and clear to people..

But that's the problem. How can you get things straight in a discussion with people who don't THINK straight?

People who believe in the "known unknown", who believe god is right to push to send people to hell irrespective of how good that person is?

Religion makes these people too lazy to think. So, as long as you believe in Jewish mythology, you're good to go even though you don't have an ounce of good in you. One tends to wonder how they sleep at night.

I can't wait to get my new e-commerce website up. Ill be selling salvation, fear and other crap to these religious folks and make a hell, pun intended, of money.

John, you have started again o

These religious people's matter just tire me abeg

Sleeping on bike

kombo:
Your money will be deducted as soon as there is enough money in the account.

I'm speaking from experience

They normally don't charge till the beginning of a new month. Just leave the cash in your account and your account will be billed in due time.

If you don't have cash at that time, your ads will be stopped and you'll have to make payment again but then they'll bill you instantly.

I have had a similar experience

INTROVERT:
hmmmmmm......







sorry for their losses.

God should have fought for them. I guess he was busy doing nothing as usual

INTROVERT:
the gods should fight their battle. so the gods did nothing while their shrine burned.

The same way god did nothing when all those people died at the synagogue

CaptainJune:
Of course, there's no amount of miraculous evidence or proof of the supernatural that will separate the natural man from his ignorance.

He never looks for it neither does he investigate the claims but he is quick to condemn the testimonies of millions all over the world all saying the same thing.

Moreover, it's absurd to assume that responsibility is tied to spiritual matters. That people peg every event on either God or the devil or the government is the most careless statement I ever read showing a great absence of effort in thinking this through. And I thought I've heard it all.

I am only responsible for what I write. You are responsible for what you understand

Coolexty:
It's an article everyone interested in this country should read. I wonder what happened to our reading culture. Ironically, people spend more time reading useless post on Facebook.

Brother, direct your long article at our leaders. No amount of epistle is going to change anything. I'd advice you stop sitting behind the comfort of your laptop and challenge your local chairman first. Until you do something like that, I aint reading that sh1t

Paschal001:
Long gist

Very long gist

winetapper:
You would always joke with everything tthat is why your dreams are always In Black and White even your internet acess to Nairaland can never add colour to it.. Mtchew

Funny

Ehya. Op, you need the following ingredients:

1 big pot
Efirin(scent leaf)
Ogogoro
A big cutlass
Pepper
Onions
A crate a star
My invitation letter

A small party with featuring 404 is looming!

TheDauraMallam:
Johndonny22, hahn, finally finally I'm a moslem.

I hope it's not because you are looking forward to dicks that don't bend though

Cutehector:
what"s a lie? Nobody gvs a hoot jor.... Are u married?

Are you richer than Dangote?

What can I say?

I guess you can never really take away the human need to believe in something. Nigerians have found solace in religion because it, amongst other things, encourages us to shun our responsiblity. When something good happens, it must be god, and when something happens, it just has to be the devil. Nigerians have to be number one in the ranking of people who refuse to accept responsibility for their actions. If it is not the government it is god and if it isn't god then it is the devil.

This same god has failed to reveal itself or repeat all it's "miracles", at least the ones in the bible and other religious story books, in over 2000years. When malaria was a major epidemic, and it still is, killing thousands of people, "it" never performed any miracle nor healed anyone. In its love, as its followers will like us to believe, it let millions of kids and people die. Then a set of humans decided to look into this problem "themselves" until they were able to come up with a cure and thus saved millions of lives. Needless to mention that countries that don't expect god to solve their problems have progressed and broken greater barriers than Africans, who god seems to be only concerned with either sending them to hell or preparing "paradise" with lots of singing jobs, and who still live in abject poverty.

Until the average Nigerian understands that he is solely responsible for whatever goes on in his life, we will continue to be faced with people who consider "believing" in something as evidence that that "something" exists.

menesheh:
Take home assignment. All am seeing are Jewish and Roman names.

johnydon22:
Op please find these ones for me in the bible too...

Okoro, tunde, ijeoma, ada, obi, okeke, bimbo, kikelomo, olamide, okafor,

okonkwo, ejike, igwekala, ayodele, olumide, bisi, olaniyi, emeka, ebuka, nnanna,

Topelomo, babyaro, ifeanyi.....

All I know is that I've seen Buhari's name in the bible. Check the book of idontgiveafuck 41:9