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striktlymi: Lol!!!

onyfrank: .
Christians ar nt suprise, i mean true believers of Christ, that it is written 'in the last days iniquity wil abound and the love of men wil grow cold.' 'many are called bt few ar chosen.' So there are truly God's elect, dnt let let d multitude who professd to b xtians deceive u and make u tag true believers in Christ as anytn. It is written 'many wil kum in day saying i did this, i worked miracle in ur name, bt He wil say to them, depart 4rm me u workers of iniquity. . .'
so if xtianity is goin down, He said to Elijah 'i hav reserved 700 prophets who hav never defiled themselves wit baal.'
i assured u dat heaven wil pas away bt His(GOD) wil never pas away

Alfamann: even you!

Reyginus: following..

musKeeto: Ok, what's going on here?

striktlymi: In accordance with master LB: Begone troll!!!


LWKMD!!!

No fex o, I couldn't resist!

striktlymi: Guy wetin do u for head?

Logicboy03: Anony is fake also

Logicboy03: https://cdn.cloudfiles.mosso.com/c114612/images/2009/atheistbusphotos3.jpg

striktlymi: Definitely!



Percentage literacy has little to do with it. It has more to do with how the individual utilizes his ability to read and write. If someone does not 'study' religious knowledge, the individual would know nothing about it even when he is literate.

This is similar to saying: because one is literate then he necessarily has knowledge about Atheism. Literacy does not mean one would automatically have some 'specific knowledge' when he does not make moves to acquire them.



Agreed but I fail to see how does supports your move to extrapolate the result of that research.



Exactly the reason why you shouldn't have brought up that research. The variables are far from similar.



This is my point: there is no way of telling what the result would be for Nigeria until a similar test is carried out. To shove the result of a test carried out in America who are obviously less religious down our throats is inappropriate.

davidylan: so in short ooman had no idea what he was blabbing about? What a surprise.

SNCOQ3: There are a number of reasonable explanations for the causes of atheism:


1. Moral depravity:
The history of the atheist community and various studies concerning the atheist community point to moral depravity being a causal factor for atheism. In addition, there is the historical matter of deceit being used in a major way to propagate atheism from the time of Charles Darwin onward. Also, Bible exegesis points to the moral depravity of atheists. Moral depravity is certainly one of the prime causes of atheism. Francis Thompson wrote: "Maybe the atheist cannot find God for the same reason a thief cannot find a policeman."

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2. Hatred towards God.
Angry, bitter and juvenile attacks on Christianity and Christians are due to hatred towards Jesus Christ and the Bible.

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3. Atheistic upbringing.
However, according to recent research by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, in the United States, a majority of those surveyed who were raised in atheist or agnostic households, or where there was no specific religious attachment, later chose to join a religious faith. A notable example, of a person raised in a atheistic household who later became a Christian is William J. Murray. Mr. Murray was raised by Madalyn Murray O'Hair who founded the organization American Atheists. In addition, Christianity is experiencing rapid growth in atheistic communist China and has experienced rapid growth in former communist countries.

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4. Rebellion:
Atheism stems from a deliberate choice to ignore the reality of God's existence [9] Dinesh D'Souza declared: "Look at Satan's reason for rebelling against God. It's not that he doesn't recognize that God is greater than he is. He does. It's just that he doesn't want to play by anybody else's rules. This idea that it is better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven is Satan's motto, and it turns out that this is also the motto of contemporary atheists such as Christopher Hitchens."

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5. Hedonism
The Apostle Paul wrote that in the end times, men would be lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God (2 Timothy 3:1-4).

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6. Naiveté/Gullibility:
Many atheists have embraced a number of far fetched, unworkable, and errant notions and ideologies such as communism, abiogenesis, and evolution despite abundant evidence of their falsity.

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7. Irrational thinking:
As noted earlier, a comprehensive study by Baylor University found that the irreligious and the members of more liberal Protestant denominations, tend to be much more likely to believe in the paranormal and in pseudoscience than evangelical Christians. Also, as noted above, a 1980 study published in the magazine Skeptical Inquirer found irreligious college students to be by far the most likely to embrace paranormal beliefs, while born again Christian college students were found to be the least likely.

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8. Superficiality:
Noted ex-atheist and psychologist Dr. Paul Vitz has stated that he had superficial reasons for becoming an atheist such as the desire to be accepted by his Stanford University professors who were united in disbelief regarding God.

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9. Error:
Some argue that atheism partly stems from a failure to fairly and judiciously consider the facts.

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10. State churches:
In regards to the causes of atheism, rates of atheism are much higher in countries with a state sanctioned religion (such as many European countries), and lower in states without a sanctioned religion (such as the United States). Some argue this is because state churches become bloated, corrupt, and/or out of touch with the religious intuitions of the population, while churches independent of the state are leaner and more adaptable. It is important to distinguish "state-sanctioned churches," where participation is voluntary, from "state-mandated churches" (such as Saudi Arabia) with much lower atheism rates because publicly admitted atheism is punishable by death.

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11. Self-deception

SNCOQ3: 12. Satanic deception

SNCOQ3: 13. Poor relationship with father:
Some argue that a troubled/non-existent relationship with a father may influence one of the causes of atheism. Dr. Paul Vitz wrote a book entitled Faith of the Fatherless in which he points out that after studying the lives of more than a dozen leading atheists he found that a large majority of them had a father who was present but weak, present but abusive, or absent. Dr. Vitz also examined the lives of prominent theists who were contemporaneous to their atheist counterparts and from the same culture and in every instance these prominent theists had a good relationship with his father. Dr. Vitz has also stated other common factors he observed in the leading atheists he profiled: they were all intelligent and arrogant.

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14. Division in religion:
According to Francis Bacon, atheism is caused by "divisions in religion, if they be many; for any one main division addeth zeal to both sides, but many divisions introduce atheism."

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15. Learned times, peace, and prosperity:
Francis Bacon argued that atheism was partly caused by "Learned times, specially with peace and prosperity; for troubles and adversities do more bow men’s minds to religion."

Jewish columnist Dennis Prager has stated that one of the causes of atheism is the "secular indoctrination of a generation." Prager stated that "From elementary school through graduate school, only one way of looking at the world – the secular – is presented. The typical individual in the Western world receives as secular an indoctrination as the typical European received a religious one in the Middle Ages." In addition, in communist countries (such as the former Soviet Union) atheistic indoctrination occurred in the educational system through such venues as schools, atheist museums, and clubs. Atheists and secularists rarely point out that universities such as Harvard, Princeton, Oxford, Cambridge, and many others were founded by Christians.

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16. Negative experiences with theists.

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17. Scientism:
Science has in many ways become a new god.

striktlymi: That would fall under private revelation! I can't confirm it unless I get same experience and I can't disprove either cause there is no objective and scientific way of doing that.

plaetton: I find it amazing, even disheartening, that at this modern time, people, even educated people, come to nairaland to learn about, or attempt to refute the theory of evolution.
The schools, libraries and the internet are there for anyone who yearns for knowledge.

Why do ignorant knuckleheads come here to refute things that they neither understand , nor have taken the time to study indept?.

ayswags: Adam is my forefather dats why i resemble him

striktlymi: Good day pagan,

Have you experienced Zeus? Why do you believe that Zeus is the same person as Chukwu and Olodumare?