₦airaland Forum

LordReed:
LoLz! Where do you people get all these things about atheists being miserable and purposeless from? I am an atheist and I am not miserable and purposeless. Do you just make this stuff up or is someone feeding you this garbage?

kingxsamz:
You've deflected but no wahala. He hardened Pharaoh's heart, he confused many people building a tower because they planned to live as one. He literally drowned everyone because he was pissed. He killed a man for pulling out during sex. Omo, I can go on and on.

mastermaestro:
Contained in which North? North Korea? This must be a joke.

sterlingD:
Why did we allow this to happen to us? Why did we allow ourselves to get to this point?How could we have allowed things to get to this point?

Kurumaru:
This Menace is gradually crawling close to Lagos.... All engagements outside Lagos unreachable by air, are temporarily suspended for me...

Mekanus:
I am an atheist and don't believe in those things. For over 10 years now I've not prayed nor performed any ritual. I live my life without believing that there's a supreme being out there caring for me. Whatever I need, I work towards it and seek help from my fellow humans.

Martinez39s:
So? If humans can't explain or figure out something, does that prove your god is real?


@emboldened

Your experiences are telling you that there is no god and prayers are useless. You have seen that outcomes occur regardless of prayer, but you misconstrued life's teaching and saw it as god doing whatever he pleases and as "what will be will be".

Isn't this remarkably similarly to God's non-existence and the facts that we are on our own and life will run its course as if there is no God?

seanwilliam:
It’s well.
Seriously I learnt so much from this thread.
Summary of the lessons
1. When you’re rich , be humble
2. Look out for yourself and plan ahead for unforeseen events
3. Help people around you to grown ( some of them will always come back to reciprocate)
4. Weather you’re a believer or not, life will still show you shege
5. Money that’s not put into work will finish no matter how much
6. Not all opportunities lost can be regained
7. Life happens to anyone, but we’re mostly architects of our misfortune.
8. People especially women will lose respect for you when you go broke .
9. Surrounding oneself with lovely family and friends is very important
10. Que sera sera, whatever will be will be.

2Radii:
Am sorry to say this and God should forgive me for this.


See, connection no dey here to make ooh, na inside a remote area we no dey inside map

The tin is that not that I am jobless, I am not hungry as well, I have a wife and a daughter I take care of, I do send money to my father and my mum, friends also use to have some cuts when they are down.

I am not financially ok but I use to have a savings of an average of 100k every month(makes more than 200k in a month)

I wish I can go to a gathering where I can connect with people who are financially bouyant than I am but oops...if only I will even find those I am more financially stable than.



Before I got to this stage bro I have had several setback, bad dreams, eating in the dream(imagine eating in the dream and u belleful Wen u woke up), I went to school but the certificate didn't amount to anything, I had to learn a trade like an illiterate from someone who didn't go to school.

I dont want to say that before I was riddled with hardluck in all my endeavours, until God changed everything (the funny tin is that He changed it for me when and after I lost faith in religion)

See bros, talk plenty jare.

Kutunban:
Most times what people call grass is actually the Grace that will take you to the Grace which you see or think as Grace.

God's grace is unending. Grass which you refer to is what the Christians call long suffering, which is a fruit of the spirit according to the Christian Faith.

Life is never easy, I'm not a Christian or Muslim but I believe in God and God is the creator of all things including the Grace which you experience and the grass which you think you are experiencing. This is the only process that you can move to higher dimensions.

But the unenlightened ones run away from this truth.

2Radii:
See u


Why didn't u ask me the reason I lost faith in prayer and church?

See guy, everybody has his own share of the breakfast ooh, couple of weeks ago I told my mum to pls take good care of my daughter, you have to see how my mum was practically crying and paranoid..

As I am like this, I am into a mini depression, church a no dey go again, cant remember the last time I tasted, prayer is not my tin, a con become wicked..

Imagine me telling my parents that if I find out they are the ones behind my predicament they won't find it easy..lol...

Bro make I just shutup before I offend God, God should forgive me .

But bro... Hmmmmmm, my own dey my body ooh, but I thank God cus He's alive and always be alive.

2Radii:
Alaye calm down

You can't hate or fight what u don't see...

Leave God alone to His wonders..


I am sure if I ask you to explain how Oxygen, vegetations, earth(soil), light and darkness (day and night), even you..came into existence you would be blabbing to to prove a point


GOD IS ALIVE, JUST THAT HE WONT DO WHAT HE WONT DO, THAT IS WHY I DONT PRAY AGAIN,

me self no dey pray ooh, but a dey thank my GOD for all His wonders.

zrealjaheal:
Baba na because things dey alright for you na why you fit thank am

Imagine me wey never chow since morning.. I fit thank you.. oh you would say atleast thank him for life.. no one knows what tommorow holds


Alaye make I first hold today first

zrealjaheal:
What about hustle without prayers nko?

zrealjaheal:
My whole life I have left this country thrice... birthed in france (story for another day)

Now when I saw things were about falling apart I decided to run to Germany... noted
: money wasn't the issue then but I was denied. . Tried SA was granted but I had to consult (by consult went to a prophet) he said why I was rejected for Germany was because I was living a wayward life. That I should put SA on hold and try Sweden(got no one in SA but I do have folks in Sweden)

Na so I enter better fasting.. shanked all the so called wayward life. Had to move down to the church sef make temptation no get the best of me lol


No embassy swedish embassy then you have to go submit your documents at ikoyi vfs. .


The day I was suppose to pick up my visa ... Bro I was denied again. . Nearly ran mad.. and thus time money done finish. .

Went to the prophet told him the outcome

He said
"Take heart my son God knows best for everything there is reason"


I just jejely waka comot after he was done with prayers head to the nearest bar got my soul filled


Really eh story too much. .

Sochieke:
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I feel like I've failed him, I wish I could apologize I swear.

He was 95 years and he used to pick me up from airport whenever I came for Christmas break. Every single time despite his age

And he entrusted my younger ones to me, he used to say "as I have done to you, do to them" because I'm the first born.

Just hoping Canada waka can work by Gods grace. I want to make amends on all the mistakes. It really breaks my heart.

Sometimes even to cry go dey tire me.

zrealjaheal:
No I am not from ekiti but spent couple of years there when everything was rosy

I was referring to what the previous poster said about helping build a church same thing happened to me. There is this school too at adebayo stadium(not sure of the name) around oke sha . I and my friends help with the renovation of the school cos most times we had issues playing bbal at stadium so we had to renovate the school's own.

Back to that church thing. Why I replied him was why would one help God and then later it feels like when you need him he is nowhere to be found

Sochieke:
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He left properties. But no cash. The land wet we just sell. Na to see if e go reach go Canada.

We still have properties. School in PH for my mom. 6 bedroom 2 storey in PH.

Problem is the polygamy. Mom is second wife. He has elder children. Business not doing well like before and so much debt to pay off.

Sochieke:
Dad advised me to go the Canada or USA since we had relatives there but the reason I went to Switzerland was I wanted to be close to the commodity trading industry there. Switzerland is a hub for commodity trading . I though I could make contacts with large commodity traders there like Vitol, Glencore and Trafigura.

I did make contacts, initially I wanted to start if as a broker or but when I went deeper I realized that I need even more money to do the business.

Basically an my carelessness cause am. I was too excited to want to be in Swiss commodity trading circle. I was too business oriented because I'd never worked a day in my life.

How my money take finish was I was flying around the world a lot. When I request for a meeting with some commodity traders, Them go make I come Hungary or Monaco or London for meeting and I go fly go there for like 1 hr meeting while juggling my studies. No much progress because it requires a lot of money even to be a broker.

Sha the experience was lovely, I just wished I made better decision

Martinez39s:
Take heart, bro. We were all indoctrinated into various religions and superstitions growing up, thanks to our parents who should have known better. To varing degrees, we've all been victims of our ignorance and superstitions... sometimes, at the hands of crooked men (eg. clergies and spiritualists) who exploited these things.

Good thing is you are now awake. God is nonexistent; we are on our own; and there is no supernatural force from anywhere coming to bail anyone out. Cheers!

Martinez39s:
There is no god. Humans are on their own and left to their devices. No god is coming to save anyone. Know this and know peace.

Sochieke:
3 years ago I was basically a King from 2018 to 2019. I was doing my MBA in Zurich Switzerland, the most expensive city in the world. I was young at 24 to 25 years. Before that I was in Malaysia doing a levels and Bsc between 2010 and 2017 plus gap years I took.

Malaysia is less expensive than Switzerland but its not really that cheap because I lived in the capital (Kuala Lumpur). 2 of my sisters were also studying together with me. All financed by my father

All funded by my late father. My school fees in switzerland was 33,000 swiss francs and 25,000 swiss francs for living expenses for 1 year. Together everything then was about almost 40 million naira for a year.

While I was there I didn't try to find a job until it was too late (permit was expiring). Before that I'd never worked a day in my life before.

Basically I lived a life of luxury and everything came crashing down

I left switzerland in December 2019, didn't finish my MBA. No funds. Dad's burial took almost everything . family was in so much debt. Its crazy

Dad died few days I was supposed to leave for switzerland (he was old enough 95 years).

Anyway countdown three years later. I'm doing POS business in Lagos. I tried dispatch business but I stopped after 6 months unable to find quality riders and the Daily headaches.

Back to your question on grace to grass.

I used to travel a most every 2 weeks when I was in Switzerland. I've been to France, Germany, London, Dubai for holidays before and now I do a POS business. Its funny because i could be insulted by people wey never cross third mainland bridge before in tjis POS business but it makes me laugh though. I don't beat myself up.


If I tell people say I from.Switzerland, dem no go believe.

Tried to get a job but no positions.

I regret certain things I did. I was too comfortable that I didn't even try to get a job until it was too late.

I regret certain actions. I wished I could change things but I've moved on. Om working hard to see what I can do to rebuild. I believe if God gives me life I can go back to my former lifestyle with improvements

I'm trying to see if I can go back cheaper place like Canada or others, getting help from sister.

Picture attached was my swiss visa.

Berankis:
Atiku vs Southerners 2:0
1. Deleted his comment on the gruesome murder of a southern innocent girl
2. Said Northerners need a northern President, even if the person is an slowpoke, so far he is northerner, all well and good.

This is why the country keeps sinking. I regret my support to Buhari. But I seriously detest Atiku, I feel Atiku and Obasanjo should be in jail by now, with the way they accused each other of financial crimes with evidence before leaving office, but Nigerians will continue to be docile and continue to suffer so much. The worst is yet to come...

Krak:
I will not be surprised if most of the people commenting on that Twitter thread and even on this Nairaland thread, are Russian bots and propagandists.

abbey621:
It's the reason why many men misbehave in Nigeria. The divorce settlement is not men settling women but the household assets divided between the two people who contributed to it over the years either physically or emotionally. Furthermore, who told you divorce rate is low in Nigeria? Maybe you believe only those who go to court are actually divorced, in 9ja many women are still married legally but are living separately from their husbands and never going back, in fact them don born for another man