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Deckline:
You lack comprehension.
Please kindly read through again.

I don't lack comprehension. Showing compassion is a key tenet of Christian scripture, especially in the NT, as I just illustrated with the example I gave you. If the person genuinely respects you as an individual, then them being an atheist shouldn't bother you. Being a non-believer isn't a contagious disease you can get any more than being a believer is.

Deckline:
Guys,i need your advice.. I really have been trying to grow spiritually.
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I have been able to convince some few folks about Jesus except this particular guy.
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He brought all scientific and philosophical theories to disprove the existence of God. The same nonsense the umbelievers here seem to do.
Now he is telling me he would love me to be his best friend.
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The bible says
"be not unequally yoked together with umbelievers,for what fellowship hath light with darkness,or what communion hath Christ with Belial or what agreement hath the temple of God with idols".
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Friends please,i just need your opinion on this.
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God bless!

The bible also says if you don't have love, all the other things you have in life are a waste. I'd recommend you read 1 Corinthians 13.

Mikefrik:
please am in serious need of help. I'm suffering from masturbation, I've tried everything I could. I have been to churches, prayed, fasted, infact I have preached the gospel and many more and I am now about giving up on the power of God for the freedom of man. is it that man cannot be free? or do we depend on the grace of God to take us to his kingdom? does the grace of God takes a man to the kingdom after death?. right now as I am typing this, I am dead spiritually and don't know how or what to do to bring myself to my former self #spiritual man. I'm called to serve God but this sin has made me backslided. if only I am free!

Abeg, let's see here...

Being a Christian is not the only way to be spiritual. There are thousands of religions and ways to approach the Divine if you're a theist. Secondly, having a sex drive is a perfectly natural part of your life as a human. The only scripture that people use to claim masturbation is a sin actually refers to an event in which a person refused to obey the command YHWH had given them to help one of their brothers have an heir; it had nothing to do with the act itself being bad.

That said, people change and evolve. You thinking or believing differently is you embracing the intelligence - supposing for sake of argument a Divine exists - you were given by the Creator you believe in. It's not something meant to be wasted trying to follow everything other people say because their experiences, while sometimes similar, are not yours. You're your own person. Sometimes that means finding other religious paths that speak to you and the things you need in your life. Other times, it means (*heathenish grin*) embracing skepticism so that you aren't bogged down by the trappings of dogma. It's still not the end of your journey though. Even among us atheists and non-religious folks, there's diversity. Some remove all elements of spirituality from their lives; others keep a few things. The most important takeaway is that this is your life, and if you truly believe in an Omnipotent, Omniscient, Omnipresent, and Omnibenevolent deity, then It knew you'd end up here, and will likely understand whatever choice you make regarding this. Don't limit yourself.

Re: OP, I don't answer and ignore them. They're about as bad as the Sakawas who try to spam my inbox.

budaatum:
Like:

Child, Town, Granite, Kindness, Government, Elephant, and Taiwan

Right?

False. The only word out of these that is always capitalized is Taiwan.

Re: the OP; I honestly find it irrelevant whether or not "God" is capitalized. Doesn't stand as proof that one exists at all. I typically say YHWH though when referring to the Christian deity -other than the Christ and Holy Spirit, that is. I'm also pretty sure if atheists "feared" God we'd be doing the opposite.

HeWrites:
Pope Francis has broke heart of many

Die hard Christians will be like

If they are not broken-hearted by him lightening the punishments of pedophile priests than they had their hearts in the wrong place.

Flavian theory is so fundamentally flawed that it's been soundly debunked by actual skeptics like Richard Carrier. Those folks clearly have little understanding of the literature and culture of that time and make it harder for Christ Mythicism to be seen as a legitimate scholarly position. Can we actually support the work of skeptics versed and experienced in the field rather than random youtubers?

Earthbound:
How much is your soul worth to you?

Would you prefer cash or cheque?

Would you pay tithe?

I always go with the lump-sum, so cash.

It's a beautiful picture. Very well done.

iamwhat:
What led The Israelites to Egypt ?
To get the food they don't have and take them back to Canaan right ?
That means they can easily go to neighbouring countries and get what they don't have.

Do we produce phones in Nigeria ?
How come we all have phones ?

Oh please! be critical with your critiques.

Did the Bible says God killed the livestock of everywhere Egyptians could easily get livestock?

Why don't you ask yourself and understand the purpose of the plagues, if God wanted to kill all Egyptians He would have done it to ease Israelites' migration.

If you want to bring contradictions in the Bible this is definitely not one of them.

There's literally no archaeological evidence of the Exodus ever happening. None of the ancient records or primary sources ever mention any references to Israelites being freed and/or escaping the land via miracles nor any natural disasters of the sort described. The story contradicts established fact.

allenbaker5:
Lol, why are you angry

Oya explain, how come in Exodus 9:6 God slaughtered all the livestock of Egypt

Exod.9.6 - So the LORD did this thing on the next day, and all the livestock of Egypt died; but of the livestock of the children of Israel, not one died.

But in Exodus 12:29, God again slaughtered the firstborn of all livestock of Egypt lol

Where did god find more livestock to slaughter since he had already slaughtered all in Exodus 9:6

Who edited the Bible abeg, the person did a very poor job

Based on most of the scriptures, especially Ezekiel 23, they were into porn as well.