Agnosticism is more honest and scientific but why I tilted towards atheism is this. Let me use an analogy. Do you believe that unicorns exist? Now if you say no,why then are you open to evidence about their existence? Another analogy is this....In court,when there are no evidence of someone committing a crime,do you dismiss the case or remand the person til evidence is gotten? I believe you're a lawyer like you alluded,so think about this one
Neoteny is the retention of juvenile traits into adulthood. It acts as a major evolutionary mechanism that allows species to develop unique physical features and behavioral traits over time.
During my high school days i was called Neo or Neoteny because i was an immature goofball who loved pranks and practical jokes.
And I do retain some of my childhood in me because the age of innocence is when we were at our best, when we knew nothing about the hearts of men, the chaos of the universe, the ways of gods, and the question "what is, what am" remained an unknown.
So, yeah. That's about my moniker.
I'm not an atheist. I'm a Fulani Muslim, but like any sentient being, I harbor inner skepticism about the nature of nature. Pondering and doubting and asking for proof is not disbelief. It's curiosity towards understanding.
DeepSight: One day many years ago when I was a baby lawyer I was sitting in a hotel room in Calabar as I had gone for a case there. The power went off for a while and I was sitting in the dark. It was intensely dark, there was nothing to see no matter how one tried to adjust to the darkness. In those moments I had a few thoughts that stayed with me. The first was that I wanted my life to have deep meaning. Another one was that I wanted to see deeply into things seemingly covered in the dark. I have always loved ruminating on the meaning of life and philosophy. So "DeepSight" just came naturally when I registered here years ago.
I am no atheist. But I don't think anyone can decipher this existence and I think that is deliberate.
Anyone who has a clue about the size of the observable physical universe alone will know at once that humans should never presume to know jack.
wallarwallar: Bribed? The numbers of mumu on this forum is alarming. It is a free world, you can hardly hide things now, not in a war of dis magnitude. Please, you guys should stop being stupid in fhe name of supporting Iran
SixSeven: Tell us more about it. What shade of dark skin? Do we get to hear this from countries with more dark-skinned population?
This guy here says this is dark skin but it comes nothing to what we will call that. Average Nigerians will call him oyinbo but there is still a difficult finding his vein👇
What do those who work with Red Cross or international organizations do when they come across different body types?
Hes corroborating what i said. Darker skinned folks have difficult veins. In a fair person,you can easily see the marking of a vein. Not so in a dark skinned person. I recently lost a very dark baby who had hypovolemic shock from vomiting cos we couldn't access the veins,even the intraosseous route was a problem and we didn't have materials for a central venous line
Lucifyre: Not an atheist(as a few on your list) but don't mind been called one, as I try to stay away from labels but if I were to identify myself it would simply be non - religious. That said, my username precedes my non - religiousness. Obviously it's a play on a religious name but I formed it way back when I wanted a name to go with a new gun I had in COD black ops 2, had already named the gun morning star earlier on, so i thought my COD username should go with it, hence my username. L8r on used it for my acc on here.
Cekpo34: Dear Nigerian Atheist, What are online nicknames across different platforms? What made you choose those online nicknames? What is the story behind the names, and how do they reflect or reinforce your value orientation as an atheist, agnostic or non-religious? Your response will provide data for an ongoing research project I am carrying out on the functions of Nigerian atheists' online nickname practices.
My moniker is Jaephoenix. I chose it obviously cos of the mythical bird phoenix. When I deconstructed,I rose from the ash of religion and got reborn. The Jae- is a is a corruption of Joe(my first name)
RhemaJet7: God is a God of times and seasons. His thoughts are different from the thought of man. You can pray and not get immediate answer, that doesn't mean that God didn't here you, He may decide not to answer your prayers at that moment for a reason, but in future, the prayers could be answered. At the same time, God still answers immediate prayers. I am a living testimony.
God be praised!
I dont pray to any god but my wishes are met. How do u explain that
LordReed: Bro this is an atheist thread not for your preaching. We aren't interested in religionists here but since you are an atheist in disguise feel free to hang around. LoLz.
Did he say he's a Christian? He loves frolicking with atheists
Cekpo34: Data from Think Tanks such as, Pew Research, shows that more Nigerians, especially the youths, are becoming atheists and agnostics as day passes by . However, it is not clear why this demography is growing. The dominant explanation has been the secularism thesis which assumes that the movement from the primitive sacred to modern secular is driven by science.
But Nigeria, in my opinion, is yet to attain the Comptian positive or scientific age for obvious reasons. Thus, secularism may not sufficiently explain the rising number of nonbelievers in Nigeria.
BIG QUESTIONS FOR ATHEISTS AND AGNOSTICS
1) How did you become a #NigerianAtheist or agnostic?
2) Where and when did it happen?
3) Why do you think that decision is, presently, justified?
Please share your story and enlighten others.
Caveat: your response will provide primary data for an ongoing research. You, through your moniker, will be acknowledged.
1. Since you believe everything must have a beginning, where did god get the materials to create the universe? 2. You just committed a god-of-the-gap fallacy. You inserted god into a knowledge gap. Remember when humans believe lightning, flood came from god. Remember when we thought epilepsy was demonic(even Jesus said so in the bible). Remember when we thought sickle cell was 'ogbanje' or 'abiku'. Etc etc. Now we know better. The fact we don't know exactly how we came here shouldn't make me insert 'God did' (like DJ Khaled) and shut my brain up. That's lazy thinking. If scientists do that,we'd still be living in the dark ages. They weren't satisfied with the 'God did it all' or supernatural explanations and decided to research and that's how we improved as a specie. 3. If you think everything must have a creation,then who created your god? If you go with 'oh,he's eternal' then why can't you use the same logic and say the universe is eternal? That's another logical fallacy, special pleading. 4. Let's assume the universe was created. Why would I believe it's your favorite god Yhwh, anf not thousands of gods that are out there and some were before him? 5. The universe is not perfect by any stretch of the imagination. Neither is the human body. As a doctor, I would tell you that for free. It's only illiterates that believe the human body is perfect or near perfect 6. The thought that we were created negates evolution, which can be backed up by evidence. There is no evidence for your god creating anything. Is there any mention of dinos in the bible? Nope. Was there any mention in the bible of a period of time when dinos roamed the world without man? Nope. 7. Finally,everything made by man can be described process by process and we know for a fact that they were created. Have we seen a universe created before? How do you even know the universe is perfect when we can't have a template to compare and say it's in fact perfect. I can go on and on but let's start with this. Morning bro
callmeDDD: Few hours ago, they just agree to meet this week for another agreement on cease fire. He won't retaliate for now. He too is battling for his survival. Mid term voting is coming, he needs that more than fighting in Iran. So he is being careful. But Iran always hype their achievements also. They will be firing on empty lands and claiming achievement.
Iran is in fact,underhyping their achievements. The US Secretary of War bribed Satellite Imagery companies not to show damage to US establishments during this war. We got to know of the extent of the damage recently. And Trump lies and lies about Iran military. He's always saying their navy and airforce is destroyed,meanwhile those are destroying US installations in the middle east
jesusjnr2020: The Bible is very clear on where God stands concerning homosexuality.
It is a very grievous and abominable sin in His sight.
Leviticus 18:22 (KJV)
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
Leviticus 20:13 (KJV)
If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
In a generation where there's a strong demonic agenda to infest our kids with the woke LGBTQ+ virus, it's important to teach and train up our children in the ways of the Lord, so that regardless, when they're older they would not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6
God bless.
Israel is the hotbed of LGBTQ,but you support them blindly Tel Aviv holds Pride Marchs regularly They have openly gay ministers You christians are something else
La Roche is a physician assistant and public health professional.
I was moments away from a routine screening colonoscopy when it happened again. The warm and professional pre-procedure nurse began preparing for intravenous insertion. She tied the tourniquet loosely around my arm, took a quick glance, and untied it within seconds. “I can’t find a vein. You must be dehydrated,” she said, moving immediately to the back of my hand.
I asked her to try my other arm instead, explaining that IVs in the back of the hand are unnecessarily painful. She obliged, and the moment she placed the tourniquet, a vein became clearly visible. I could tell she was hesitant. But she inserted the IV successfully, and my procedure went on as planned
That moment stayed with me not because of the IV itself, but because of the familiarity of that exchange. The quick assumption that my body — not her technique — was the problem. The way the explanation came instinctively, as though it were an unavoidable fact. It was an example of quiet, unspoken bias in patient care — one that too many Black patients know all too well.
Racial bias in health care isn’t always blatant. It doesn’t always look like a refusal to treat or a catastrophic mistake. Sometimes, it’s a sigh. A glance. A provider who stops trying just a little too soon. These interactions seem small, but they aren’t. They shape how Black patients experience medicine — from minor procedures to life-or-death situations. And they contribute to the very health disparities the medical profession claims to be working to eliminate.
Black patients, these experiences can become moments of medical mistrust. Difficult venous access — the medical term for “hard sticks” — is a real clinical challenge. But I didn’t meet the criteria for it. So why was the first explanation that my veins weren’t cooperating rather than her approach needing adjustment?
In the limited literature available, nurses have cited “dark skin” more often as the rationale for an IV attempt failing than for one succeeding. Darker skin does not inherently make venous access harder; it becomes a convenient explanation when things do not go as planned.
I’ve heard countless stories from Black patients describing blood draw horrors — being poked multiple times, told their veins are “rolling,” or that they are “difficult sticks.” I’ve seen patients start avoiding care altogether because of these repeated experiences.
I know, because I’ve spent years on both sides of the chair. As a physician assistant and public health professional, I’ve placed thousands of IVs. I’ve also been the patient watching a provider struggle, hesitate, and ultimately stop trying.
These bias-driven assumptions don’t just happen with IV placement. They happen everywhere in medicine. In a 2023 survey, 35% of Black adults said they have been treated unfairly or judged by a health care provider because of their race. These numbers aren’t abstract. They show up in who gets adequate pain management, who gets diagnosed correctly, who gets their symptoms taken seriously. They show up when a Black woman’s pain is minimized even during childbirth. They show up when a provider assumes a Black patient isn’t following instructions. And they show up when a routine IV placement is fumbled and explained away rather than corrected.
The result? Eroded patient trust. Delays in care. Worsening health outcomes.
Whenever racial bias in health care is called out, the response is predictable: more implicit bias training. But training alone won’t fix this. Awareness without action changes nothing. Medical and nursing educational institutions need to go beyond “cultural competence” and require practical, reinforced bedside training that accounts for racial differences in patient care. This includes proper venipuncture techniques for all skin tones — not as an afterthought, but as a core clinical skill. Hospitals and health systems must go beyond training sessions and create accountability structures that ensure providers are not rushing through care, making assumptions, or cutting corners. There should be real-time feedback loops where bias-related complaints are taken seriously, reviewed at the leadership level, and result in meaningful policy changes.
Health care providers — nurses, physicians, and allied health professionals — must actively interrogate their own biases in real-time and ask: Am I giving this patient the same effort I would for someone else? Have I adjusted my technique before blaming the patient’s hydration status? Am I really looking?
These moments add up. They have consequences — life-changing ones.
Jahidah La Roche, M.P.H., P.A., is a physician assistant and public health professional with two decades of clinical experience, focusing on bias, health equity, and culturally responsive care for Black women.
Ekaka14: The only reason people insist on asking questions like this is the trauma they experience when nurses start looking fir a vein like they're trying to find a needle .. slapping your fore arm like kilode?
I dont slap veins during venepuncture or cannulation. Simply apply a good tourniquet and spirit cleaning would do the trick of exposing the veins. Flexing the limb is another tactics but I dont usually do it
orisa37: YES I BELIEVE TRUMP. MAY GOD EMPOWER HIM TO DO MORE. THE SUMMARY OF IT ALL IS "FEAR GOD AND OBEY HIS COMMANDMENTS". AND HE IS DOING JUST THAT.
He's obeying God's commandments by lying,adultery committing,stealing etc? Whoa! Christians are wonderful humans
CodeTemplar: If sniper shot hit a b^by skull in densely populated Gaza, can any competent doctor anywhere in the world possible do an autopsy on such a byproduct? Be using what God gave you.
One can determine gunshot distance from wounds. Its a science not scarm
adabaraabdul: They would def be investing in sports. They do have their domestic leagues too and that they are playing in the WC shows some form of sports development. Investment in nukes and missiles is for self defense and preservation just like any reasonable country should. It is so sad there is too much political interference with this WC tournament. As usual though.
The guy has his head stvck in Trump's derriere. Pay him no mind
Mattswaggz: Iran would never give up give up their nuclear weapon program blah blah blah....where are those guys that have been singing these songs here?....wuna think say na by mouth abi?. .
Actually, Iran hasn't given US any enriched uranium, so their nuclear program is still intact(if they want to have any)
insidelife22: What dignity is in criticizing the Us and supporting Iran when the followers of the same faith the Iranians adhere to are busy killing and beheading your fellow countrymen.
Iran has no hand in terrorist activities in Nigeria. Get a grip
Nairaland General › Re: How Do Nigerian Atheists Choose Their Online Nicknames? by jaephoenix(m): 1:15am On Jul 02
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