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Christianity Etc › Re: I Am Now Thinking Like An ATHEIST. Help!! by johnydon22(m): 12:14pm On Aug 23, 2015
lol
Christianity Etc › Re: Did God Know Where We Are Going To End Up In? :hell Or Heaven by johnydon22(m): 8:16am On Aug 23, 2015
If which ever God you are referring to is said to be Omniscient then it knows that you are going to hell even before creating you..

If it doesn't know then it is not omniscient....as simple as it gets
Christianity Etc › Re: 5 Reasons Why Science Fiction And Religion Do Not Mix by johnydon22(m): 7:44am On Aug 23, 2015
AllNaijaBlogger:
Nobody wants to die. Yes, there are many failed religious beliefs around the afterlife- for example; rivers of honey and a harem of virgins.

However, there are many realistic ones if you think about it. Christianity does not say much about heaven or hell and I understand why.
[b]Lol Christianity talks about white robes and golden mansions which is exactly as delusional as someone expecting 72virgins or river of booze. . both are expecting something in afterlife.

The realistic ones you want to employ are still just your assumptions typically your assumptions and in no way holds sway to reality... I have always maintained the claim of afterlife to be the personal business of the claimant and not mine, cus anyone who comes to me and claims to know what happens to me after am dead is either lying, stupid or both at once because they don't know.

I typically understand why these stories are being conjured up, So why don't we be grateful for where we are, what we have right now and the one chance we all are sure life provides instead of wasting it in a greedy desire to get more..

Let me give you another: Do you know that if that particular sperm that fertilized the PARTICULAR ovum that made you wasn't the one that made it to the egg first and another sperm did, the resulting child would have been totally different and you wouldn't have been in existence..

And an average man spills over 2,000,000 spermatozoa in one shot . . .So chances that your own particular sperm would hit the egg was just 1:2,000,000...no one needs tell that was almost an impossible odd.

Add up to the 450,000,000 sperms an average man produce in his life time and see the chances that your father would give birth to you was just 1:450,000,000... Add masturbations, casual sexs and all that from your dad side (excluding the mother variables) then add chances of your grand father giving birth to your father, infant mortality rate, disease..

You will see that the chances of you existing is tantamount to zero.. But here you are (For the fact you are the one that made it shows 1,999,999 didn't make it that day) so why don't you just live this magnificent one chance you are surprisingly finding yourself in and not greedily clamor and assume up more.
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Christianity Etc › Re: Another Reason To Give Thanks (photo) by johnydon22(m): 7:29am On Aug 23, 2015
Ok let me just get something straight here... Why are you guys thanking which ever God each of you are thanking exactly..

Is it because the boy has no legs or because you havehuh
Christianity Etc › Re: 5 Reasons Why Science Fiction And Religion Do Not Mix by johnydon22(m): 7:24am On Aug 23, 2015
AllNaijaBlogger:
grin grin

So you're saying that Jesus didn't really walk on water, he just stood on a submerged crystal clear time travel device?
lol...mad man go to church joor grin grin
Christianity Etc › Re: 5 Reasons Why Science Fiction And Religion Do Not Mix by johnydon22(m): 7:22am On Aug 23, 2015
AllNaijaBlogger:
Energy is material . Energy does not die.
What if our consciousness is more like energy?
What if this earth is a simulation within a simulation? Like inception, a dream within a dream.
You only know you are dreaming when you wake up.
What if you die and you truly wake up? Wake up in an alternate earth?
There are so many theories concerning an afterlife that it shouldn't be readily dismissed.
[b]Lol and then that alternate earth will be a dreamland for another alternate earth and so i might plug in the infinite regress of alternate earths because when you assume one why stop there why not assume more..

I suppose some people find comfort in that whole notion of passing away, transcending instead of simply dying.

It's not so hard to understand why we create, fabricate and assume these stories for ourselves given that we are almost certainly the only specie in this planet earth that know for sure at a very young age that are going to die one day. Other animals just live in the moment cus i doubt the dogs and bird outside my house now are assuming about a life after this or even giving it a thought or in a religious sense performing rituals to ensure a spot in heaven.

But our knowledge of this inevitable end of our being is somewhat of a huge burden to us ....
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So maybe instead of assuming and swimming in such greedy fantasies as an afterlife, why don't we focus on where we are now and what we have right now..[/size]

Anyway i really love your thought, really subtle and accommodates highly plausible questions even though influenced by sci-fi movies... wink ..
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Christianity Etc › Re: 5 Reasons Why Science Fiction And Religion Do Not Mix by johnydon22(m): 12:38am On Aug 23, 2015
Onyiibazz:
All i see is a christian fundamentalist on the loose
I think you are clearly mistaken
Christianity Etc › Re: Reasons Why I Am A Christian. by johnydon22(m): 10:35pm On Aug 22, 2015
Arrowman:
*Christianity has survived so many trials,hatred and oppositions.
So has Islam, Hinduism and many others . . Don't forget to add christianity has given others trials, hatred and opposition too just like islam also
Christianity Etc › Re: Reasons Why I Am A Christian. by johnydon22(m): 10:01pm On Aug 22, 2015
Arrowman:
Straight to the points..

* Christianity is a true religion cos of its long existence.
This probably will be my only post here.... Actually most of your points are funny especially this.

Hinduism is the very first known organized religion that humans came up with through out history... Almost 10,000BC ... Christianity has been around barely 1.8k years ago and Hinduism has been around almost 10k years now and is still the third largest religion in the world now alas following your analogy..

Hinduism is true because of it's longest existence
Science/Technology › Re: How Will Our Universe End? by johnydon22(m):
Teempakguy:
yeah, right?
I'm just concerned . . . you know, with this eternal life, and what not? grin
Eternal life? lol... That shiit will be crazy boring!!!.. grin

Do you know why life is so important to us now? Because we know we are mortals that shiit doesn't last forever that's why its so precious to us the little time we have.

Every moment, every blink, every joy and pain so precious because it will never come again, and every breathe taking the candle closer to the end..
Science/Technology › Re: How Will Our Universe End? by johnydon22(m):
Some hypothesis sounds crazier than crazy grin..

As of now tho galaxies are colliding on each other swirling in a beautiful galactic dance. . Huge galaxies form when smaller galaxies collide into each other, there actually is a hypothetical postulation that places the milky way in a colliding course with Andromeda... anyway that's not my problem, i would be dead anyway grin

so about these universal end postulations, i find the second one more plausible than others. . . with the farther space expands (because it actually isn't just matter expand but space) the gravitational force might not be that strong enough to hold loosely held matters so it just might collapse under it's own self..

Whether the universe is eternal, not eternal or semi eternal is not my business cus we'd probably be dead before then anyway grin grin
Christianity Etc › Re: 5 Reasons Why Science Fiction And Religion Do Not Mix by johnydon22(m): 6:05pm On Aug 22, 2015
AllNaijaBlogger:
Energy does not die, it just changes form.

What if our consciousness is like energy and it changes to another form of consciousness?


There are lots of scientific hypothetical explanations for can afterlife.
Let me assume with you.... after all it an be deemed a scientific hypothesis...

So going from the bolded, what, where exactly was your initial consciousness before this and the one before that? wink

What is meant Energy changes from one form to another deals with the material matters (emotions, consciousness in entirety is not a THING but a projection of neuroperceptive activities of the material body)

So what is meant energy changes from one form to another is when you die, your body decays, mixes with the earth and becomes an organic material of the earth... Some dead flesh sprout as decomposers (mushrooms)

so for you to wish for a consciousness that is independent of your body (which in fact is the cause of this consciousness) you must first demonstrate to us that your consciousness transcends your body
Romance › Re: Why Do We Really Get Married? by johnydon22(m): 4:51pm On Aug 22, 2015
Because of the simple biological characteristic called Mating and production of offspring. . . It is exhibited by many animals... Penguins mate for life and have far less divorce rate than humans....so it's a biological phenomenon.

To me it is my quest to spend my life with that special one, to get the opportunity to make her happy all my life, and be happy myself.. To get the opportunity to make the world better by giving it healthy kids. . Living with my beloved for the rest of our lives... Sounds like fairy tale i know smiley
Christianity Etc › Re: Religious Extremism And Intolerance In Kano: 9 People Sentenced To Death In Kano by johnydon22(m): 4:08pm On Aug 22, 2015
[b]I have once opened a thread on that bro https://www.nairaland.com/2420021/islamic-sharia-death-sentence-kano

Such islamic behaviour is disturbing as it is tremendously barbaric... How can someone deserve death because he insulted a 5th century sun baked hallucinating DEAD Arab man..

A fvcking dead man for crying out loud!!!!!!!!!

How can 21st century beings keep themselves locked up behind time into the 5th century by following ideologies and laws stipulated by someone from that time..

How can this FAILED state system called Nigeria that should be a democratic state watch such religious idiocy and ludicrous judgement happen right under it..

It's a huge shame to this country because it leaves barbarism, bigotry, fanatism to thrive under the guise of religion.... what type of nonsensical religion.

Even a day old dog or even a cockroach does not deserve to loose it's life because of a long DEAD man...

Typical example of how religion has reduced some humans into chronic simpletons and barbarism far worse than that of the fictional Satan they chastise
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Science/Technology › Re: Where Can I Download Youtube Videos by johnydon22(m): 2:15pm On Aug 22, 2015
Osahon7:
Pls any idea? Help pls
Just go to www.savefrom.net copy the link to the youtube video you wish to download and paste on the space provided for it on the website, you will see the download options and varying qualities
Christianity Etc › Re: 5 Reasons Why Science Fiction And Religion Do Not Mix by johnydon22(m): 2:04pm On Aug 22, 2015
AllNaijaBlogger:
So you agree with all the points and believe that they could be possible in the future.

But you don't believe in the afterlife. But then again, some scientists accept that there could be another dimension where matter and space do not matter. That could be a form of afterlife.

What about alternate earths?
[b]No it's not an afterlife but just another part of nature... there are many space dimensions perceivable to us which is Time is one of it and the 4th dimension is an intertwined time and space into one.. they may be other dimensions unknown to us but this still when proven only proves the existence of such dimension and not the claim of an Afterlife..

Man is a material entity and our consciousness is as a result of the activities being carried out by our material anatomy... So since nobody recognized consciousness before this material body, who then made you think you will still recognize consciousness when your activities that cause consciousness stops..... Since your consciousness was not infinitely around backwards what on earth gave you the impression it will be around infinitely forward.

Your consciousness is as a result of this material anatomy and activities and when that stops...thats all

All the activities, feelings, emotions, movement and everything in your being in a single term CONSCIOUSNESS is as a result of activities going on in your brain and perceptive neurons interacting with each other and when this stops, there is nothing left ... That is death...
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Culture › Re: Are Dogs Used For Sacrifice In Southwest Nigeria? by johnydon22(m): 9:50pm On Aug 21, 2015
Animal cruelty, barbarism, dirty, archaic and outdated rituals... Religion really is the Opium of the masses..…If you want a crowd to behave like simpletons, give them a religion
Christianity Etc › Re: Donald Trump(US Presidential Aspirant) Calls Jesus "A Loser" by johnydon22(m): 7:12pm On Aug 21, 2015
musKeeto:
I doubt the news is genuine.
Yeah me too but i don't disbelieve it either, have watched that man talk, he is an embodiment of arrogance and no respecter of people's opinions.
Christianity Etc › Re: Donald Trump(US Presidential Aspirant) Calls Jesus "A Loser" by johnydon22(m): 6:46pm On Aug 21, 2015
This man knows no shiit about politics. . . i only hear a very irrational man that better be doing business instead of politics because this man’s political career won't lift off the ground..

He lacks the proper political tactics, sound oratory or eloquence of mind. . He talks with his ego instead of tapping into the feelings of the people who are supposed to vote him into office. .

I only see a man who murdered his political career even before it started...
Christianity Etc › Re: Women In Saudi Arabia Can Now Vote. by johnydon22(m): 4:37pm On Aug 21, 2015
AllNaijaBlogger:
Did anyone tell you that you should be a professor of religion?
LOL...Not Me
Christianity Etc › Re: My Girlfriend Just Broke Up With Me On A Ground Of Religious Differences by johnydon22(m): 3:09pm On Aug 21, 2015
An2elect2:
Did i judge rightly or wrongly? You think all judgements are wrong? SMH
[b]Your judgement spells division, discrimination and stems from ludicrous ego.

What differences do you see between you and a muslim, catholic or hindu?

what difference is there between you and the man begging on the street?

what difference is there between you and the one bowing down in a mosque and the one kneeling in a church or the one who doesn't kneel at all?

Or the Hindu's raising their hands to Brahma or the pagans making their supplications their own way, or Christians praying to Yahweh.

There are no difference, we all share the same body, we all share the same blood. . your blood am sure is not golden or white but still unadulterated red and swelling with haemoglobin like every other human out there.

You too just like them get hungry and cry and feel pains just like every other do, or do you think you are from a different material from others? or do you think you are even from a different material from the animals out there you may look down on?

This division is in your mind, you may think your belief in what ever it is you think you believe makes you a better person but it doesn't .

You are still outrightly human like every other person, you are still subjected to the dictates of life..

We were all humans before Race disconnected us, Religion separated, colour divided. .

Your outright egoistic judgement is as wrong as wrong can get and can never be right at least to me. . . Nothing makes you a better human than others not even wealth or power talk more of beliefs.

Your belief doesn't not make you a better human being, neither does it even make you a good person, Your behaviour towards other does.

From what you exhibit here, one can only hope to be wrong about how your behaviour towards others will be
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Culture › Re: Babalorisa Paulo: Most Sophisticated Babalawo In The World (Photos) by johnydon22(m): 1:29pm On Aug 21, 2015
Am seriously loving this. . . It's time we Africans take our own cultures, religions to the world..

It's time w identified with who we are...

Not always being the gullible ones who swallow other people's religions and myths at the detriment of ours. . .

Christianity Etc › Re: Life After Death.. by johnydon22(m): 10:23am On Aug 21, 2015
aaronson:
Life after death,Hold up a minute,how can you believe such a thing?
Man and mammals almost alike with their anatomy and other features and only reason man dominate is his intelligence and so if mammals don't do religion,Don't you think man's intelligence is making him think the absurd?
I guess some people just find comfort in the whole notion of "Passing away" instead of simply "Dying"

It's not difficult to understand why we create these stories for ourselves, given that we are probably the only species on the planet who know at a very young age that we are going to die one day.

Other creatures just live in the moments.

I really doubt that the birds and dogs out there are fretting about an afterlife or performing rituals to gain a spot in heaven.

But our knowledge of the inevitable end of our being is somewhat of a burden to us........ So why don't we stop dwelling in such wishful fantasies as an afterlife and focus more on [size=15]What we have now and where we are right now [/size]
Christianity Etc › Re: 10 Christ-like Figures Who Pre-date Jesus by johnydon22(m): 10:14am On Aug 21, 2015
Simply comparative mythology ...
Christianity Etc › Re: Who Created Darkness And Water? by johnydon22(m): 9:51am On Aug 21, 2015
By saying "WHO" you have committed a logical fallacy known as "Begging the question" because the "WHO" in your question implies the answer must be a "who" whether it really was a "who" in the first place.

The better and clear way to put it should be "How?" that way the question is open to every possible explanation, answer, argument and possibly study...
Christianity Etc › Re: Women In Saudi Arabia Can Now Vote. by johnydon22(m): 9:31am On Aug 21, 2015
[b]The heavy discriminating weight placed on women by both many religions and cultures are very disturbing..

Men relegating women to the second level to feed their idiotic ego and fly the misogynistic flag and their abject delusion of being the superior creatures.

I am happy that development is sipping in little by little no matter how slow it can only get better.

Islam has sworn to keep it's adherents behind time back in 5th century by employing and following stupendous, misogynistic and sometimes unwarranted barbaric laws stipulated by a dead illiterate sun baked 5th century arab man. . .That is a very disgraceful thing for 21st century beings.

But i know with time, no matter how much they desperately cling to this outdated world view, development and 21st century civilization will always changes things no matter the slow pace.

This is but a step in the long journey that await women in this world most especially Arab women whose burden and discrimination is a typical example of the evils of misogynistic world views.

Slowly we will get to a beautiful world where men and women are considered to be equal in right and respect..
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Christianity Etc › Re: Unbeliever Why Bother Be Good? by johnydon22(op): 8:30am On Aug 21, 2015
fearlesschicken:
Passing by....
Passer by wink
Politics › Re: Rotimi Amaechi To Head Probe Panel by johnydon22(m): 8:13am On Aug 21, 2015
Amaechi heading probe panel?? shocked

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha https://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-happy023.gif

**falls off chair laughing wiping tears** Chimooooo... cheesy grin **Carries hand on head** i yaff died sef cheesy

It's like asking Dog to head a panel to determine who ate the faeces cheesy cheesy
Christianity Etc › Re: Life After Death.. by johnydon22(m): 7:52am On Aug 21, 2015
donholy28:
I asked a question... that answered his question
Your question didn't even in the slightest way answer his question..
Christianity Etc › Re: Life After Death.. by johnydon22(m):
I would really love to believe that when i die i will live again, that some thinking, remembering, feeling part of me will continue somehow.

But much as i want to believe that and despite the ancient and cultural worldview that assert an afterlife.

I know nothing that suggests that it is anymore than just plain selfish WISHFUL THINKING

The world is so exquisite with so much love and moral depth that there is really no reason to deceive ourselves with pretty fantasies to which there is no evidence for.

Far better is to me in our vulnerability, is to look death in the eye and to be grateful everyday for the little and magnificent one opportunity that life provides...
Christianity Etc › Re: Life After Death.. by johnydon22(m): 7:41am On Aug 21, 2015
donholy28:
If there were no life after death where a person reaps d reward of their deeds.....what then is d essence of doing good?
If you are good because you want a reward after you are dead, you are just good because you need to be rewarded and not because you want to be good, it is called Selfishness and is that really goodness?

If you are good because you fear punishment after you are dead, you are only good to save your own skin not because you want to be good, that too is selfishness and is that really good?

The essence of goodness is to be good for goodness sake, be good because you want to be good, be good because you want good to happen and most of all be good because you are empathic and compassionate towards others... That is goodness
Christianity Etc › Re: How Is Jesus' Death A Sacrifice If He Rose From The Dead ? by johnydon22(m): 7:28am On Aug 21, 2015
Lol you can only imagine. . .

My idea of sacrifice are those soldiers now in borno battling with terror, they have no way of getting up 3 days later, they sacrifice the one chance they are sure they have so that we will be safe..

At least they die and stay dead.....


That is sacrifice

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