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shortgun:
Can I report Uber and Bolt Drivers?
They keep harassing my girlfriend whenever I book a ride for her to come to my place, meet up with me or go back to her house.

I am busy most times and don't have the time to pick her up or drop her off.

She keep telling me of the harrasments and how she will prefer I pick her than book a ride.
I always overlook her complaints until yesterday a bolt driver who told her he's married came back to her house to look for her after a ride yesterday!!

The randy man picked her from my house, I spoke with him on the phone and she told him she's in a relationship but he still carry his poverty stricken blokkos to my girls house?

I tot guys that do uber are trying to make ends meet? I always tip them cos I tot they need help but this have shown me that they are just a bunch of unserious people.

LordReed:
No, the implication is not that all logic is faith, rather if the only reason you think something true or real is because it is logical then you are believing so by faith. Logic is not evidence of the reality or truthfulness of a thing.

LordReed:
Well then you'll have to prove that any of these are correct.

LordReed:
Says who? Why can't the universe have always existed?

LordReed:
Exactly! They are proof that no god is intervening in the affairs of men which directly contradicts the properties of the bible god.

LordReed:
I don't know what a spirit is so I can't say anything about that. If there is a god that is physical we must first know what properties it has before we can investigate it. If you care to list properties a physical god has I can venture some ways we can test if such a god exists.

LordReed:
You asked me why or how I became an atheist. I am not arguing the existence of a god with you but if you want to dispute my atheist position that's great I am happy to oblige you.

Yes it is implausible because we are not that kind of machine. "Biological machines" don't run on software, they run by reason of interconnected physical systems which can sometimes give rise to emergent properties.

LordReed:
I did not write that anywhere so I don't know how you arrived at that.

LordReed:
Logic is performed in the mind, you have shown no substantive way that you confirmed that what is your mind is real and true. It is purely in your mind hence faith.

LordReed:
LMFAO! There records of all the wars, famines, epidemics, natural disasters are not physical evidence? Bwahahahaha! So what are written documents? Immaterial spirits? LMFAO!

LordReed:
I have no evidence for a god so I have no reason to believe in a god. I am an atheist, you don't need to accept my label it's not your concern what I call myself, just like I don't care what you call yourself.

LordReed:
Look up the meaning of atheist.

I enjoy talking about certain subjects that are usually found in the religion section. I would much rather prefer if Nairaland had a philosophy section then I would hang out more frequently there but as it is there isn't one so all such topics are lumped under religion. BTW this topic is not in the religion section is it?

You can make anything your life's purpose why would that concern me?

I am not arguing with you about the existence of your god. I asked you to tell me how you confirmed the existence of spirit/soul.

LordReed:
Logic is performed in the mind, you have shown no substantive way that you confirmed that what is your mind is real and true. It is purely in your mind hence faith.

LordReed:
I became an atheist because the evidence showed that a god as I then believed did not exist. Either the god has different properties or it outright doesn't exist, in either case I have no good or sufficient evidence to continue to believe in a god.

LordReed:
The evidence was the volume of human suffering. If we merely take all that we have observed in recorded history, the wars, plagues, famines, natural disasters, epidemics and so on, it represents a volume of suffering that to any sentient being world be incomprehensible and devastatingly mind blowing. Yet I believed there was a god watching all of this take place with no attempt to plainly intervene, while calling this god all good and all powerful. I now asked myself if I was someone who did not believe in this god and was told that this world with all its suffering was the work of an all good and all powerful god would I believe. My sincere answer was no I would not believe it because the evidence doesn't show that such a god could possibly exist. From that moment I became an atheist.

LordReed:
I don't need to believe anything to be an atheist, I lack belief in any god or gods of any kind. Simple.

LordReed:
Then you simply believe it by faith. You have not confirmed it is real except in your mind. That is what faith is.

LordReed:
I am not asking you about analogies I am asking how you confirmed that this spirit/soul you claim exists is actually real.

LordReed:
This is funny. You keep using analogies where the answer to your question of how to show something is correct is right in front of you. Testing is the answer and of course data. Can a man eat a bag of rice ? No because he has tested that he can't even finish a pot so he know he can't finish a bag. So simpolified the question remains how did you confirm that the things you say are real and correct? How did you test your logical inferences?

LordReed:
Can you just answer the question, how did you confirm that your logical sense was correct and real.

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MaXiK:
Good day Nairalanders!!

Please I need your advice. My current girlfriend has all the good characters that perfectly defines a wife material plus she's a scholar and also a virgin (not particularly concerned about this anyway but to evince how disciplined she is) but sometimes she will look attractive to me and other times she will appear unattractive and I won't feel attracted to her at all. To clarify things, this changes has nothing to do with her dress sense neither my beholding senses but real changes in her facial appearance and allurement.

To be frank and sincere, she is just greatly above average in attractiveness but she's not stable in her look, she falls far below average occasionally. Also we're both dark in complexion and I will prefer my children to be lighter than I am, if not fair.

I have been trying to look beyond her look by focusing on other quality attributes she possess but the issue about her irregular look keep on fluctuating my feelings for her.

The crux of it is that I'm in my early thirties I need serious relationship; someone to build future with and finally get married to but here I am with someone that meet up with more than seventy percent of my requirements in my ideal wife but with unstable look that is threatening my feelings for her.

I am concerned about this because of some issues we consider trivial are still crashing marriages these days....

My questions:

How important is look in marriage?
Is it me that is making issue out of trivial matters because this lady is receiving a lot of relationship advances from people far better than I am and she's turning them down to maintain her commitment to our relationship?
Is there any possibility of stability in her look in the future considering that she's still in school?

Your genuine, mature and constructive advice is highly needed.

I will appreciate ones from those who have experienced what I'm currently going through.

LordReed:
Your logical sense is also known as intuition and we all know your intuitions are not always correct. Our intuitions may tell us that the earth is flat because to the eye it looks flat but that is not correct as the earth is not flat so we must find a way to confirm if our intuitions are correct. Which is my question to you how did you confirm that your logical sense/intuition on this matter is correct?

LordReed:
That is why I said "and your intuition". Now I asked how you substantiated this claim, I didn't ask for physical evidence. What convinced you that soul/spirit are real? If only your intuition and what the Bible says were all it took then you believe it by faith.

TenQ:
I did NOT just take it by faith:
I said, it makes logical sense that a "software" runs our physical consciousness and that this "software" is the soul/spirit of man.

I said:


Looking for a physical evidence of the soul and spirit is exactly like asking for a physical evidence of a software in the hardware.

The Soul or Soul/Spirit is
what produces INTUITION and INSTINCT as functions of the software that runs the hardware of living beings.
E.g. A male dog somehow know how to mate with a female dog on heat without any training.
A software contain both data, information and instructions. These are the functions of the soul.

LordReed:
So aside from being told by an ancient book and your intuition, is there anyway you have substantiated the existence of spirit/soul or you just take it on faith?

2. It is logical as the soul/spirit are the equivalence of the Operating System and Application Softwares that powers the physical body of a person

LordReed:
Are you bereft of understanding? I asked:

See the jargons you are using to answer. Does the claptrap you have written answer the question I asked?

LordReed:
When you are ready to actual present evidence for soul/spirit lemme know.

LordReed:
Yeah sure ignore my responses then pretend like you have actually answered my question which by the way I asked first but obliged you a response. This is how we know those who honestly interact and those who don't.

LordReed:
When you are ready to actual present evidence for soul/spirit lemme know.

LordReed:
And I answered in the affirmative. As to how I know my phone has software, I understand the structure of the phone's operations and I have seen it demonstrated.

Meanwhile my observations stand, your have never met your god, angels or demons nor are stories and false equivalence analogies evidence.

LordReed:
Glad you said programmers because there isn't a single programmer called The Programmer, there are several and I have met some. You on the other hand have never met your god or an angel or a demon nor can you say go here and meet an of the mentioned beings, instead you rely on some stories from the Middle East. Stories are not evidence nor are analogies, before you start trying to draw the usual false equivalence parallels with programmers and software.

LordReed:
How do you know soul/spirit exists?

LordReed:
Even your bible says the dead know nothing nor is there any activity in the grave. When you actually provide evidence of the things you claim then we can take it seriously.

LordReed:
Nor do people carry out any activities after they are dead so I guess your hell concept is nothing but a story you tell yourself for comfort. The only justice available to us is the one we can collectively arrange now. We get nothing waiting for imaginary heaven, hell and judgements after death.

LordReed:
What justice is achieved by torturing someone forever?

LordReed:
So what does "the state" benefit from torturing the perpetrator forever?

LordReed:
What does the victim benefit from having the perp tortured for eternity?

LordReed:
So what will the torture benefit the victim?

Nope I expect there to be justice meted out to the perp but not everlasting torture nor do I expect that a god that is supposed to be all wise is unable to figure out what to do with criminals any better than humans.

chival:
Virginity is a virtue no doubt and young ladies should strive to go to their marriage beds with their virginity still intact. However, the truth is that virginity alone will not guarantee a successful marriage. I have been married for almost 13 years and I know marriage takes a lot of work and sacrifice on BOTH sides.

brodalikeme:
I disagree with you absolutely! The virtue of being a virgin as lofty as it is alone, cannot guarantee a successful marriage.

Brand new tyres alone does not make an efficient vehicle.
Clean cups doesn’t make great drinks.
There are so many important tiny components that makes a good woman/wife.

LordReed:
So how does torturing the perpetrator provide recompense? Is the torture going to restore the eyesight or provide the victim with anything useful?