Immorttal:
OMG!!!

You bolted !

jonbellion:
hmmm so you believe that the God of the universe has remained indifferent to it's creation. Well you may not be wrong deism makes more sense than believing in a personal God
I personally think Agnostism is the best stand anyway. I mean you have to know everything to make that kind of claim that a God or Gods don't exist.

Atheism isn't the disbelief of a universal God(Creator in this sense) it is the belief that all deities portrayed by human religions don't exist. So why most atheist will never argue about the existence of a universal Creator(God) they wholeheartedly reject any deity as real.

The most foolish people on this planet are those that claim they possess the gifts of the Holy Spirit_ which justifies the existence of God and the authentication of christianity_and later leave christianity for any religion or atheism.

ephi123:


But all these things do not make you a Christian...

I agree with you.
That notwithstanding, I was 'devoted' as a Christian.

KingEbukasBlog:


There were notable Logicians (INTP personality-type) who believed in God - Isaac Newton , Rene Descartes and so many more .

Even sef , Rene Descartes' philosophical proposition "cogito ergo sum" helped me understand how God thinks .

Logical thinking helped me develop a small theory on how God thinks .

It also helped me with this inchoate theory - the logic of God and everything : https://www.nairaland.com/2973792/atheism-dead-logic-god-everything

I also have other propositions .

Dear brethren, as long as it has helped you believe ride on

Enjoyed reading your thread, nice reasoning too. Would like to know your other propositions

However, there are so many blessings attached to faith you might want to apply it in aiding your belief

pray

Lennycool:

Blind faith is a stupid concept. Why is it that the Israelites weren't required to have blind faith, or the disciples. It is now in this modern time with religious beliefs being disproved everywhere that a human is required to have blind faith, please that is unfair of God. And I hope he can understand

All atheists have blind faith .

Lennycool:

Blind faith is a stupid concept. Why is it that the Israelites weren't required to have blind faith, or the disciples. It is now in this modern time with religious beliefs being disproved everywhere that a human is required to have blind faith, please that is unfair of God. And I hope he can understand

technology and advancement created blind faith

kingcity:
But he want us to worhip him or we go to hell

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if you donot believe in him the why are you afraid of hell

Akdegreat:
...Gradually, I had stopped going to my church as frequently as before. They had nothing new to teach me. I also began to form my opinions using empathy, rational enquiry, logic and reason rather than religious dogma. I dropped all my superstitions in favour of evidence about the natural world and things in it. I sought to understand the cause of things rather than stare at them in awe and ascribe them to unseen forces. I accepted reality, made informed decisions about my life and took responsibility for outcome of these decisions.
I suddenly developed this 'strange' love for all of humanity irrespective of religion, culture and race, as much, I try to make it enjoyable for everyone around me. Afterall, what's the point in hoping for a blissful afterlife while living a miserable life. I never felt so happy with so much satisfaction. Unfortunately, I tend to disagree severally with religious people on some issues, especially family. It's quite disheartening that they perceive me as 'bad' & 'lost'. All these happened within the space of 3 years, just before my graduation.

I joined Nairaland earlier but recently stumbled on a post and to my amazement, I wasn't alone after all. I'd love to met some people here in person e.g Johnny, winner, sharon and Seun. You guys are great. Though the atheists make such sarcastic arguments, their points are valid most of the time, while many Christians know so little about religion. These arguments really did a good job in further weakening my belief in the Bible God. If He is there, he'd understand my reasons for doubting the Bible account of him. He should be a just judge.

- Akdegreat

So Oga Seun sef no dey believe in God...and hin get this better site so....na wa oh...

hopefulLandlord:
OP, your case isn't strange

people are dumping the delusion of gods and religion and embracing atheism

just go through the below links

https://www.nairaland.com/3078223/pastor-atheist-why-never-christian

https://www.nairaland.com/3085047/part-2-pastor-atheist-why

https://www.nairaland.com/3084510/faith-facts-collection-thoughts-experience/

https://www.nairaland.com/2045070/thoughts-questions-religion

https://www.nairaland.com/3292061/christian-atheist

https://www.nairaland.com/3353173/losing-fear-death-unbeliever-christianity

those are some of the many Nairaland accounts that have extricated themselves from those archaic tales written by drunk cavemen who had no idea about how the world works

Atheism is spreading all over the Nigeria, people are finally seeing through the veil of religion used to cover their eyes

each time I read comments like this,I believe in God and the scriptures the more...cause the bible clearly identify your type thousands of years ago...have you ever ask your self why the bible maintain its creation revelation but scientific evidence of creations changes by seconds and remains a theory?...Mr A.will fool him or her self for years then Mr B.will come up with his own foolish discovery to dethrone Mr A foolishness an crown him self king of confused creatures...its better I have hope than to be hopples..

KingEbukasBlog:



You bolted !

yep

Raydos:
i want to ask three questions!


(1) how often do you fast?


(2) do you pray at least 10times a day?


(3) do you distance yourself from sin?


you don't do all these things and you expect GOD to show itself to you! - scientists have tried their best to find where GOD is really is but all to no avail so they conclude that there's no GOD!


just because people Don't see GOD Face to face so they have a mere intuition that GOD Doesn't exist - but funny enough you people have never seen devil in person yet you believe he exist, every bad thing that happen to you, you believe its always the handiwork of devil.

try to do all those 3 aforementioned list up there, and i asure you that GOD will see you in spirit and he will make you understand everything.

i am a living testimony

If anyone does these things you wrote up there, he'll only end up becoming psychotic which will eventually make h8m "see" god

what is going on here is nolonger athiesm but anti-theism. is not enough that you dont believe inGod you want to force other also to concor to your own reasoning.

TomHagen:
What pray tell is the standard of what God is?. A certain moniker m.iladi writes this same kind of crap.
Falsehood laced in big grammar.

I don't join issues with religious fanatics because of their conceited, myopic and hypocritical attitudes.

Raydos:
i want to ask three questions!


(1) how often do you fast?


(2) do you pray at least 10times a day?


(3) do you distance yourself from sin?


you don't do all these things and you expect GOD to show itself to you! - scientists have tried their best to find where GOD is really is but all to no avail so they conclude that there's no GOD!


just because people Don't see GOD Face to face so they have a mere intuition that GOD Doesn't exist - but funny enough you people have never seen devil in person yet you believe he exist, every bad thing that happen to you, you believe its always the handiwork of devil.

try to do all those 3 aforementioned list up there, and i asure you that GOD will see you in spirit and he will make you understand everything.

i am a living testimony

Pray atleast ten times a day, plus you need to fast for God to reveal himself to you? Men! that's religion.

Lennycool:

Worship me or burn forever isn't exactly fair choice. Thanks to my Christian upbringing it was either Christianity or hell.

But you still had a choice and it seems you chose hell. Dying ends it all for you so yeah you chose hell. Enjoy your life cause it is all you have to live for.

Diplomaticbeing:


I don't join issues with religious fanatics because of their conceited, myopic and hypocritical attitudes.

Hahahahahaha...Are you the alter-ego of this person? https://www.nairaland.com/miladi

EyeHateGod:

Meaning Satan gives knowledge God just keeps you in Delusion. You know what i think i like that Satan dude

lol..bad guy

Akdegreat:


Sorry, I had a belief, a strong one just like every other Christian born in a Christian home.

You are obviously new to nairaland.
Don't worry, "you are a liar, you are a sinner, you were never a christian. You are an agent of the devil sent to deceive believers, infact your are the devil"...blah blah blah, they would rant.
These people know you more than you know yourself, they wld tell you all you write are lies because they lived your past for you so they know your story better than you.
Once again welcome to nairaland, where foolishness is the order of the day in politics, religion and romance

otemanuduno:
Yahweh? That guy's so daft. Imagine how he let someone like me worship him as the Almighty God for a greater part of my life Now that I've seen the truth, I am here to reveal it to all that YAHWEH IS SATAN. I am very happy right now for the Op, losing his belief in Yahweh as God Almighty, as opposed to Kingebukasblog, 4everGod and Mrpresident1 whose eyes are still covered with the darkness of the veil of yahweh(Satan). I pray they see the light soon, AMEN!

Agent of devil wif different tactics spotted....calling Yahweh satan

Lennycool:

You're just saying complete rubbish and you think its smart or poetic.
"I lack the belief that candy is sweet, I have knowledge of candy being sweet. I don't believe candy is sweet."
Utter crap, please don't claim what you are not.

Ak squad. loool

Ak squad. loool

plz read 1peter 1vs 5

TheSixthSense:

Atheism isn't a club you simpleton. Stop acting like a spoilt class captain. People drop religion everyday likewise people that find one but everyone has their reasons for making such decisions. My question has nothing to do with you. Also, to burst your bubble because it seems you just started, NOT EVERY ATHEIST WOULD LIKE YOU TO BECOME FRIENDS.

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Christianity is not a religion, it's a relationship with God through His Son Christ. Romans only tried to introduced religion into it.[/size]

True confessions

QuietHammer:

A pianist? Wow. I'm an agnostic church organist

I see You in the sunrise I see You in the rain I see You in the laughter I feel You through the pain,
I see You, You are creation I see the grandness of Your majesty The universe is singing all Your glory I can't believe You live inside of me
Everything that You have made is beautiful Oh, my God, I can't believe my eyes But in all of this to think that You would think of me Makes my heart come alive

Your love is like a mighty fire deep inside my bones I feel like I could climb a thousand mountains all at once And I never have to wonder if somebody cares for me I love the Maker And the Maker loves me...

Lord, call me home if It seems like I'm gonna deny your existence later. I refuse to be a Fool!

And who told you the Lord Jesus Christ is the Son of God? Did you find that out yourself?

Proffdada:

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Christianity is not a religion, it's a relationship with God through His Son Christ. Romans only tried to introduced religion into it.[/size]

Akdegreat:
With an honest aim of understanding the nature of God and his wonder displayed in nature, I had set out on a quest for 'truth'. As a very inquisitive person, a sound background in scientific methods further fueled my already curious and inquisitive nature beyond normal.

As a kid, I asked several questions;
"Since God created everything that exist, what if God never existed, and hence nothing whatsoever exists? I often tried to picture a dark and void space remaining that way for all of eternity!! Whenever I did, I got lost in my wild imaginations"
"How did God come to be? Who created him?"
"What if God never created life? How would the earth be then? I often repeated same imaginations again but this time with planets, asteroids and other heavenly bodies. Of course I got lost again, severally"
"What if I was never born? So I would never have experienced the beauty of life? Scary!"
"Why did Lucifer ruin the Paradise? For Christ sakes we all would have been there now. Why didn't God even kill Lucifer at once earlier to prevent it? He knew the future!"

I grew up into a devote Christian with different questions;
"With the so many religions on earth could we possibly be worshipping the same God in different ways?"
"If the God I worship in the bible is the one true God and creator of the universe, would he destroy non-christians in hell simply because they worshipped him wrongly?"
"Would God really condemn a devote Christian to hell after years of righteous living simply because he erred one time and dies without repentance? Would he now allow a person who has done heinous things into paradise simply because he finally accepts the salvation story in the end?". I had many more questions that bothered my mind but I'd stop there.

These questions didn't matter so much as I still upheld the Bible as truth and lived by its doctrines. On a second thought they must have sown the seed of doubt in my mind; a seed that came to germinate later on.
A lot of things happened during my undergraduate study that shook my belief but for the sake of brevity, I'd mention a few..
I held the opinion that "compared to clerics, scientists better understood the awesomeness and magnificence of God". Come to think of it this way, with every scientific discovery, scientists reveal God's wonder in nature while clerics keep 'recycling' doctrines written in our ancient Holy Bible. The beautiful works of God in nature were unreconcilable with the barbarisms attributed to him in the bible. When some Bible claims corroborate with scientific findings we're good, but when 'outrageous' claims are found in the Bible, we are convinced that they're metaphorical with deeper meaning. Gradually, it became obvious that science had more credence compared to religion. My religiosity reduced drastically as well as my total trust in the bible as ultimate truth. Not sure anymore, I wondered if there's a creator (God) or not. I mean, 'the Bible must have so poorly described God' I thought.

Aside from bible, I sought knowledge of God from various books on religion, spirituality and nature. I read the Qur'an and it bored me. I came across "Earth's Chronicles, The 12th Planet, and other controversial books by Zecharia Sitchin. They were indeed controversial, and I asked myself 'how did he know all those things?' The works of Thomas Paine is worthy of mention. I agreed with him largely, especially his 'Age of Reason'. I discussed my thoughts with another 'thinker' (I choose not to mention his name) and he introduced me to the 'Sumerian Texts', the 'Epic of Gilgamesh' among other amazing books. Wow! What have I been doing. They shared similarities with the Bible so I couldn't help but wonder and ask more questions. 'Did I believe in a big lie all these while?' ...

From the way you talked, you are well educated.
If you can talk so, what should these children say ?
What you believe is up to you sha

Raydos:
i want to ask three questions!


(1) how often do you fast?


(2) do you pray at least 10times a day?


(3) do you distance yourself from sin?


you don't do all these things and you expect GOD to show itself to you! - scientists have tried their best to find where GOD is really is but all to no avail so they conclude that there's no GOD!


just because people Don't see GOD Face to face so they have a mere intuition that GOD Doesn't exist - but funny enough you people have never seen devil in person yet you believe he exist, every bad thing that happen to you, you believe its always the handiwork of devil.

try to do all those 3 aforementioned list up there, and i asure you that GOD will see you in spirit and he will make you understand everything.

i am a living testimony

I am sorry o. I am a bible believing Christian with a vibrant relationship with God. I however fail to see how these questions old have made the OP solve his problem? It's relationship with God that defines Christianity not fixed legalism.

Your system helped you get closer to God. Expecting it to get he OP closer to God as well is ritualistic and not a formula for successful Christianity

Akdegreat:

I agree with you.
That notwithstanding, I was 'devoted' as a Christian.

It is well with you.