Christianity Etc › Re: I Am An Atheist And A Humanist. Ask Me Anything! Let's Talk! by Monveronique: 11:24pm On May 23, 2020 |
whitelotus: My brain is working when I am dreaming.
My brain wont work when I am dead.
A clear difference What do you think is the function of the brain? Have you heard of the headless chicken that survived for some days before dying? How do you think that's possible? |
Christianity Etc › Re: I Am An Atheist And A Humanist. Ask Me Anything! Let's Talk! by Monveronique: 11:24pm On May 23, 2020 |
whitelotus: 95% of the earth's water is salt water. You drink that water and you die.  Really? How come it doesn't kill the fishes and aqualife if I'm to follow you to your small detracted tunnel |
Christianity Etc › Re: I Am An Atheist And A Humanist. Ask Me Anything! Let's Talk! by Monveronique: 11:22pm On May 23, 2020 |
lekbel09: My brother I have been on this forum for a numer of years now and I am done trying to make people like you see the light.
If your reply is to make me start typing espistles this night then you've gotten the wrongest person.��� 
Believe waht you want but like it or not there is a God that created heaven and Earth and his name is Jehovah.
With this few points of mine I draw the curtain on our discussion
You didn't make any point. And wrongest is just laughable . You are in no light. You're in a cult! Peace |
Christianity Etc › Re: I Am An Atheist And A Humanist. Ask Me Anything! Let's Talk! by Monveronique: 11:20pm On May 23, 2020 |
whitelotus: I became an atheist after reading about slavery in the bible. It chilled me to the bone. Then, as time went on, I started seeing more and more contradicitions and then, I went on to find evidence for God............
long story short, your bible does not hold up to scrutiny What scrutiny is This? |
Christianity Etc › Re: I Am An Atheist And A Humanist. Ask Me Anything! Let's Talk! by Monveronique: 11:20pm On May 23, 2020 |
whitelotus: I became an atheist after reading about slavery in the bible. It chilled me to the bone. Then, as time went on, I started seeing more and more contradicitions and then, I went on to find evidence for God............
long story short, your bible does not hold up to scrutiny What scrutiny are we talking about. And btw slavery was eastern tradition at the time. Even before the advent of Europeans in Africa, slavery was widely practiced but note that God gave the Israelites a timeline for slavery after which they were to let the slave go. |
Christianity Etc › Re: I Am An Atheist And A Humanist. Ask Me Anything! Let's Talk! by Monveronique: 11:17pm On May 23, 2020 |
odinson1: what I'm saying is that i refuse to believe in what no one has ever proven to exist. Has anyone proven you will die? Why do you believe so? |
Christianity Etc › Re: I Am An Atheist And A Humanist. Ask Me Anything! Let's Talk! by Monveronique: 10:59pm On May 23, 2020 |
Maximus69: It's obvious you're just one of those misinformed churchgoers, so welcome my brothers and sisters coming to knock on your doors with their Bibles for discussion.
Malachi said that's what God's servants will be doing now {Malachi 3:16} and it's the only sign to know the true worshipers of God! Malachi 3:18
I'm not here to teach you, my brothers and sisters in your neighbourhood will do that, if you permit them!  I actually want to dare you to teach me if you can,? I won't bite. I have to break it to you but those brothers and sisters are headed to doom as with you if you don't recant! |
Christianity Etc › Re: I Am An Atheist And A Humanist. Ask Me Anything! Let's Talk! by Monveronique: 10:54pm On May 23, 2020 |
[quote author=odinson1 post=89891181][/quote]You don't live in belief? What are you even saying,?? |
Christianity Etc › Re: I Am An Atheist And A Humanist. Ask Me Anything! Let's Talk! by Monveronique: 10:52pm On May 23, 2020 |
whitelotus: An omniscient God that knows everything that will happen is somehow jealous in the bible.
A God that doesn't change moved from vengeance in the old testament to peace/salvation in the new testament.
A God that is so good but allowed slavery as an institution s
When a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod so hard that the slave dies under his hand, he shall be punished. If, however, the slave survives for a day or two, he is not to be punished, since the slave is his own property. (Exodus 21:20-21 NAB) 1. What does it mean to be jealous? 2. Alright do you know why that happened? 3.God wasn't behind slavery. This was eastern practice, a superior tribe takes some of the conquered as slaves and btw it wasn't perpetual. There was a point when the slavemaster had to let go of the slave |
Christianity Etc › Re: I Am An Atheist And A Humanist. Ask Me Anything! Let's Talk! by Monveronique: 10:49pm On May 23, 2020 |
whitelotus: The universe is also poorly designed. If there is a creator, he or she must be somewhat reetarded. The universe is filled with vast amounts of empty space while the earth is 70% water. Just imagine that waste.
There is no proof of a god. even if there is a creator, he or she might just be some highly powered alien. See the engineers in the Alien/Prometheus movie franchise. Are you implying that too much water is waste? Do you know the human body is 70% water? Of course not or are you implying you're a waste too? |
Christianity Etc › Re: I Am An Atheist And A Humanist. Ask Me Anything! Let's Talk! by Monveronique: 10:47pm On May 23, 2020 |
whitelotus: The universe is also poorly designed. If there is a creator, he or she must be somewhat reetarded. The universe is filled with vast amounts of empty space while the earth is 70% water. Just imagine that waste.
There is no proof of a god. even if there is a creator, he or she might just be some highly powered alien. See the engineers in the Alien/Prometheus movie franchise. What do you mean by "vast amounts of empty space " because this is completely stupefying. A clear law states Nature abhors a vacuum. . . but I'm sure you're unaware of that. What do you know about design? And your second paragraph is completely contradicting. |
Christianity Etc › Re: I Am An Atheist And A Humanist. Ask Me Anything! Let's Talk! by Monveronique: 10:43pm On May 23, 2020 |
odinson1: you dont have to study logic in school for you to be an atheist Everyone has common sense and therefore has the capability to do rational thinking and evaluation which i did I'm afraid I have to leave you to your version of common sense. |
Christianity Etc › Re: I Am An Atheist And A Humanist. Ask Me Anything! Let's Talk! by Monveronique: 10:43pm On May 23, 2020 |
whitelotus: No one knows what happens after death. Near death experience is not death. People hallucinate at times in such extreme situations. All the christian pastors who claim that they went to heaven and back are all liars because they all tell different stories. The same bible they use says that God is not a god of confusion....so why are pastors telling confused stories?
Energy is converted, yes. But the human body is converted to fertilizer for the soil. A different energy without consciousness.
No comments. If you only swallow your pride and read the many comments of people who has partially died, confirmed dead by doctors and their experience you woudnt be saying this. Let me tell as a survivor of a Near death Experience. When you die, your are aware, you drift upwards, there is consciousness.
There is nothing like the soul. Only your consciousness. |
Christianity Etc › Re: I Am An Atheist And A Humanist. Ask Me Anything! Let's Talk! by Monveronique: 10:40pm On May 23, 2020 |
whitelotus: Is that what you think atheists do? Blame death of loved ones on God?  Not really. I've seen a few flip because of that. I was thinking you were in that company. So since that's being eliminated? How did you become an atheist? |
Christianity Etc › Re: I Am An Atheist And A Humanist. Ask Me Anything! Let's Talk! by Monveronique: 10:38pm On May 23, 2020 |
odinson1: 3. not possible,but if it were,then it would be a good start to prove either the creation story or the big ban theory Of course. You didn't do logic and you're an atheist? Pigs may fly. |
Christianity Etc › Re: I Am An Atheist And A Humanist. Ask Me Anything! Let's Talk! by Monveronique: 10:37pm On May 23, 2020 |
Plead: You’re the dumbest individual I’ve encountered on nairaland. How so? |
Christianity Etc › Re: I Am An Atheist And A Humanist. Ask Me Anything! Let's Talk! by Monveronique: 10:37pm On May 23, 2020 |
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Christianity Etc › Re: I Am An Atheist And A Humanist. Ask Me Anything! Let's Talk! by Monveronique: 10:34pm On May 23, 2020 |
odinson1: 1.no i didn't study philosophy (logic)
2. Well,i was born and not created
And i dont understand your 3rd question 1. It's sufficiently evident. 2. You were born. Fine. 3. Number asks you to go backwards till the beginning of time |
Christianity Etc › Re: I Am An Atheist And A Humanist. Ask Me Anything! Let's Talk! by Monveronique: 10:31pm On May 23, 2020 |
Plead: And these things came about because of what? God?
The irony is that assuming Europeans didn’t bring Christianity to Africa all of you would never have heard about this God that y’all are defending now. You tell me? Wrong! Africa was the cradle of civilisation long before Europeans exported Christianity. Long before Christ was born, Tombs of pharaohs were built with exact specification to the constellations of night sky in order to ease their passage to the heavens. The average man has a measure of God in him and that's the conscience, his spirit that basically sustains him. My God you're shallow. |
Christianity Etc › Re: I Am An Atheist And A Humanist. Ask Me Anything! Let's Talk! by Monveronique: 10:28pm On May 23, 2020 |
odinson1: Science proposed the Big bang theory as a probable explanation,Though there are no evidence yet to verify it
so i will no one actually knows that Answer....yet oh and Atheism is not a religion,dont make false claims Did you do logic in school? two do you know how you came about? three. Can you take that as far as possible and tell me what you come up with? |
Christianity Etc › Re: I Am An Atheist And A Humanist. Ask Me Anything! Let's Talk! by Monveronique: 10:26pm On May 23, 2020 |
odinson1: Science proposed the Big bang theory as a probable explanation,Though there are no evidence yet to verify it
so i will no one actually knows that Answer....yet oh and Atheism is not a religion,dont make false claims You're funny. You don't even know the meaning of terms you're using. What do think is the big bang? What is religion? I hope you can answer this. |
Christianity Etc › Re: I Am An Atheist And A Humanist. Ask Me Anything! Let's Talk! by Monveronique: 10:20pm On May 23, 2020 |
odinson1: ok then it is the Belief that God does not exist Which makes it a religion. Let's assume that is a correct assessment. Let's start from the basics. How did the world begin? |
Christianity Etc › Re: I Am An Atheist And A Humanist. Ask Me Anything! Let's Talk! by Monveronique: 10:18pm On May 23, 2020 |
There are no atheists in Nigeria. If you know any I will love to have a chat. I get that mainstream Christianity has failed expectations and who wouldn't lose heart but to go religion hitchhiking and then end up as an atheist without any semblance of critical thought as a result is very shallow to say the least. When the student is ready, the teacher appears! |
Christianity Etc › Re: I Am An Atheist And A Humanist. Ask Me Anything! Let's Talk! by Monveronique: 10:14pm On May 23, 2020 |
odinson1: "If you don’t understand something, and the community of physicists don’t understand it, that means God did it? Is that how you want to play this game? Because if it is, here’s a list of things in the past that the physicists at the time didn’t understand [and now we do understand] [...]. If that’s how you want to invoke your evidence for God, then God is an ever-receding pocket of scientific ignorance that’s getting smaller and smaller and smaller as time moves on - so just be ready for that to happen, if that’s how you want to come at the problem." ~ Neil deGrasse Tyson Quite lame and uncontextual! To think you are an atheist worth the name. Have you heard of Fallacy of Appealing to authority? You're not an atheist. You're just disgruntled and having peeves to throw around. The lack of rigour is mind churning! Ironically Neil Tyson believes in God |
Christianity Etc › Re: I Am An Atheist And A Humanist. Ask Me Anything! Let's Talk! by Monveronique: 10:11pm On May 23, 2020 |
Maximus69: And what makes you sure you're not making a big mistake? 
Jesus said "my group will become objects of hatred by all peoples" Matthew 5:11-12, 10:22, 24:9; Luke 21:15
Jesus said "they accused me of being a Satanist, so my true followers will also be accused of being Satanists (cultists)" Matthew 10:24-25
Jesus said "those who remain in my teachings will be IDENTIFIED by the strong bond (Love) in their midst" John 13:34-35
So if you now think those who don't have any of these are the REAL Christians i doubt if you have the spirit to discern after reading! Matthew 7:16-18  I don't belief a shred of all these battered and misinterpreted scripture. Why don't you guys believe in the Holy Ghost. Why does the JW bible continue to water down the bible. You may be genuine but here's me hoping you find the truth before it's too late! |
Christianity Etc › Re: I Am An Atheist And A Humanist. Ask Me Anything! Let's Talk! by Monveronique: 10:08pm On May 23, 2020 |
odinson1: Atheism is simply absence of Belief in a diety,it is not a philosophy or religion You put two and two together can't You? The absence of belief is belief in itself. Called the Belief in the absence of belief and btw this one example of a Trilemma. |
Christianity Etc › Re: My Experience As An Atheist For Three Weeks. by Monveronique: 9:39pm On May 23, 2020 |
jonbellion: The worst part is that they are comfortable with thought of a deity punishing about 5,2 billion people for all eternity because they were in the "wrong religion" Very nonsense concept of a supreme being God doesn't punish anybody for being in the wrong religion. It is people that will punish themselves for rejecting the obvious truth of their existence. |
Christianity Etc › Re: I Am An Atheist And A Humanist. Ask Me Anything! Let's Talk! by Monveronique: 9:31pm On May 23, 2020 |
whitelotus: Life is intrinsically meaningless. We are but a speck of dust compared to the total size of the universe. We live only to die. Every day we live is an other day closer to death. An asteroid could land on the earth and blow all of us to smithereens tomorrow.
Life lacks meaning. This does not mean that we cannot give our lives meaning. For example, there is a stone in my field- it is useless but i can choose to make it useful- I can choose to use it as a grinding stone or a weapon.
Think of life as a blank slate or chalkboard. It has no words or drawings on it. No meaning. It is our choice to either write on it or leave it blank. =======================================
If you want to know how meaningless life is, just look at your Jesus. He really died for nothing. His torment at the cross did not even yield him followers among the Jews- his own people. Most Jews are not christian. Furthermore, almost 70% of people in the world are not christians. His message did not even move close to half of the world. And the numbers of christians are dwindling. Not only that, christianity has been so perverted today, that many even ask if Christians are truly like Christ.
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As an atheist and a humanist, I try to enjoy my life and make this world a better place because it is the only life I will have with my consciousness. I alone give my life the meaning or purpose that I want it to have.
You're partly right. The meaning of life is what we give it but at the same thing you're pandering to nihilism. And Jesus didn't die for nothing. He died to save mankind. I suggest you listen to the late Ravi Zachrias to clear up a lot of stuff. What do you think is the problem of human race? What are the core needs of existence. It is meaning, Purpose, Origin and destiny. Atheism denies these things and yet they seek it at the back doors. |
Christianity Etc › Re: I Am An Atheist And A Humanist. Ask Me Anything! Let's Talk! by Monveronique: 9:26pm On May 23, 2020 |
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Christianity Etc › Re: I Am An Atheist And A Humanist. Ask Me Anything! Let's Talk! by Monveronique: 9:23pm On May 23, 2020 |
whitelotus: 1. Let me give you a contradiction. If God is omniscient and knows the future, why does he get jealous? The bible says that God is a jealous god. He knows what will happen so why should be be emotional?
2. There are natural things that science cannot explain. Supernatural by definition does not exist.
3. Ok
4. I would say that I am non religious. I dont follow any religion 1. What is the definition of "jealousy?" 2. You just contradicted your self. What is the definition of supernatural? 3. 4. Actually atheism is a religion that claims not to be. The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence! |
Christianity Etc › Re: I Am An Atheist And A Humanist. Ask Me Anything! Let's Talk! by Monveronique: 9:19pm On May 23, 2020 |
whitelotus: 1. I became an atheist after leaving christianity and studying Islam. I left both religions because they were both complicit in the enslavement of africans. They also had contradictions in there holy books. They also lack any evidence for their God.
2. All miracles are staged magic tricks. No amputee has ever grown his or her limbs back in a church or shrine.
3. If I die, I do not know what happens next. My educated guess is that I will return to nothing. I assume it would be like before I was born.
4. I survive by keeping my beliefs personal. I survive by working hard. God will not just put money into your pocket. If you don't believe in an afterlife, can you explain the mechanism of dreaming? You sure had a few haven't you? |
Christianity Etc › Re: I Am An Atheist And A Humanist. Ask Me Anything! Let's Talk! by Monveronique: 9:18pm On May 23, 2020 |
whitelotus: 1. I became an atheist after leaving christianity and studying Islam. I left both religions because they were both complicit in the enslavement of africans. They also had contradictions in there holy books. They also lack any evidence for their God.
2. All miracles are staged magic tricks. No amputee has ever grown his or her limbs back in a church or shrine.
3. If I die, I do not know what happens next. My educated guess is that I will return to nothing. I assume it would be like before I was born.
4. I survive by keeping my beliefs personal. I survive by working hard. God will not just put money into your pocket. Can you point out contradictions in the bible? |