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Religion / Re: Has There Been Anyone Who Became An Atheist By Reading Arguments On NL? by Truthman83(m): 8:48am On May 02, 2017
KingEbukasBlog:


Big fat lie . You used the oldest dirtiest chicanery the atheists use here : pose as a christian for a while and then claim the debates made you have a rethink grin

Just like the one we exposed here : https://www.nairaland.com/3299206/exposed-atheist-truthman83-lied-deceived


Why is it hard for you to accept I used to be a Christian bro?
Religion / Re: The Bible Didn't Tell Us Who God His, Why? by Truthman83(m): 12:27pm On Mar 13, 2017
Let "us"make man in "our" is easy to understand. They were many and had the same image. Perhaps a different specie of life forms. Their names are obviously unknown to the bible writers. God seem to be a title not an idividual. The term "God" is misunderstood and it is not a person. For many year I fell victim to believing in a God until I read the bible to see that Baal was also called a God, just as Zeus was called a God too. The bible didn't say Yahweh created the world....it never did.
Religion / Re: The Human Mind Is The True GOD by Truthman83(m): 1:36am On Dec 03, 2016
Religion / Re: What is religion by Truthman83(m): 11:09pm On Oct 16, 2016
Niflheim:
Religion: A tool for turning grown men into genetically modified "lawn-mowers"(aka grass eating pentecostals)!!!
Religion / Re: I Still Don't Understand The Concept Of Christianity. by Truthman83(m): 12:09pm On Oct 16, 2016
I personally stopped being a christian about a year ago after asking the same questions. It is important for me to know where I'm going rather than being told to walk blind folded.

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Religion / Re: An Important Question For Atheists by Truthman83(m): 11:54am On Oct 16, 2016
donnffd:
If you are good only because of a heavenly reward or a hellish punishment and not because of your own accord to be good, then you are a sorry lot and a disgrace to the human species.

Just be good for goodness sake.
Religion / Re: The Human Mind Is The True GOD by Truthman83(m): 11:52am On Oct 16, 2016
This makes so much sense.

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Religion / Re: Evidence Of God's Existence- To All Athiests by Truthman83(m): 8:03pm On Sep 26, 2016
I was expecting a concrete evidence of God not a logic one.

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Religion / Re: This Photo Of Bishop David Oyedepo Dancing Is Priceless! (Throwback Photo) by Truthman83(m): 12:34pm On Sep 26, 2016
Dancing for having lots of fools in his church

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Religion / Advice To Christians And Help From Atheist by Truthman83(m): 11:44pm On Sep 24, 2016
I have been a free person for few months now and sometimes I look back at what I used to blindly believe in and how it almost messed up my life. The christian faith is like a person born in prison who has no idea what freedom is. You are born in it,taught how to live in it and have made a career for yourself as a good prisoner.

I noticed that individuals in a church are also held to this fearful world-view by the constant emphasis on evil and the ability of Satan, the devil. Everything is blamed on the devil and it is obvious the priests and pastors speak more about evil,fear than good.

Individuals are held to this fearful world-view by the constant threat of hell. That there is a continuous fear of hell within every christian as they are not sure if they will escape it or not. Ask any christian about hell fire,and you will see they go red in fear

The christian “worship” is more centered around a particular interpretation of the Bible rather than something that is felt in the heart. No christian can claim they feel the power of God. If they do say so,it is a big lie. And if they persist,ask them to demonstrate it and they will crawl back into their shells.

Many people are still Christians today because they are scared to doubt. Doubting the bible stories is a sin,hence a lot of people who would probably have left are still in it.

Without Fear,there is no Christianity.


Atheists have a lot of work to do on this forum. You must encourage people to think for themselves and take control of their lives.


Thanks,I will be back soon.

Ade

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Religion / My Life Outside Christianity by Truthman83(m): 4:56am On Sep 18, 2016
I have received a few emails from Christians on nairaland who want to break free. Don't worry I will not mention names. The fear is how life is outside Christianity and are there moments I feel like going back?

Firstly I do not feel fear when remembering my religion past and I do not feel anger either. I have no problem walking into a church building after knowing it is where they discuss false history. Christianity is just as unimportant as Judaism,Islam etc. I have absolutely no problem logging into this site to discuss and share my thoughts.

Think of it,contrary to what the priests and pastors preach in the church,there is a lot of good in the world. They focus on the negatives alone and feel everybody sins and needs saving, and should always thanks God for good things, which easily misconstrued as saying that God is the only good thing. No it isn't. A pastor will never tell you to visit a therapist when you suffer from depression. They never tell you there is so a lot of beauty on this planet,they will never tell you that 7 out of 10 people you meet are good people. Their duty is to maintain the level of fear

No matter where I go these days I keep seeing church buildings after church building,christian billboards after billboards,all reminding me of my christian past.I have blocked every daily alerts and pop up messages from christian sites. I recently posted about my graduation anniversary and there was a lot ..."god bless you" I cannot rebuke them,can I? I have no need to rebuke them as it will cost me some high profile relationships.

The amount of christian messages to Atheist ones is overwhelmingly high. Atheist messages are almost non-existence in my environment,the reason I see this site as a place to release my thoughts. I think there should be a balance as there are many Christians who want to break free but aren't encouraged with the daily bombardment with Christians alerts.

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Religion / Re: I Am Losing My Fear Of Death As An Unbeliever In Christianity. by Truthman83(m): 12:16pm On Sep 17, 2016
honourhim:



You said you were afraid of hell fire when you were a christian. You were not a christian if so. A christian is not supposed to be afraid of hell fire because he isnt going there.
What you have done is equivalent to disconnecting the temperature guage of car whose engine is over heating. The over heating hasnt stopped by your disconnecting the temperature guage rather you are deluded thinking it has stopped since the guage is not reading.
That you stopped believing in christianity or in God does not mean there is no God, no heaven and hell. You are just deluded. By the time you find yourself in hell, if you dont repent, you will believe by force but it would have been too late by then. Repent and stop deceiving yourself.

If only you knew the kind of inner peace I meant. Being scared of hell is the main reason Christians fear death. What happens on the other side is a major concern of Christians and the fear they might not make heaven. You can only find this inner peace once the source of the fear is gone.

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Religion / Re: I Am Losing My Fear Of Death As An Unbeliever In Christianity. by Truthman83(m): 4:30pm On Sep 16, 2016
I have scaled through the prison of fear which I believe is in every christian. Without fear it is impossible to be a Christian. This is my personal experience.

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Religion / I Am Losing My Fear Of Death As An Unbeliever In Christianity. by Truthman83(m): 2:20pm On Sep 16, 2016
I have noticed that compared to 6 months ago,my fear of death and hell fire is diminishing. This didn't come so easy after losing my faith. At first I was a bit scared but now that I don't think I have a blissful eternity waiting for me. I am somehow more comfortable with death than I usually was.

For the first time I traveled from Abuja to Lagos without praying for safe journey to and fro. I was completely at rest for the first time in my life. Usually I panic and spit out "blood of Jesus" at every given chance. I normally have sleepless night journeys but now it is completely different. Life can be beautiful for those who let it.

Christianity seems to planted in us the fear of death of death.It is seen as a divine punishment,rather than help us accept it as a very natural and neutral part of being alive.

I thought my fears would increase as a non-christian but instead I am enjoying a fantastic peace of mind.

Christianity is supposedly all about removing the fear of death for a promise of eternal bliss, but then it also says heaven is just a hope not a guaranty. One bible verse gives you hope and another one completely nolifies it. The Bible also failed to give the minimum requirement for a believer to make heaven. It seem to be a never ending cycle of fear

I want to thank the Atheist on this forum for relentlessly standing against the wave of religion,otherwise I probably will still be out there nursing my ex state of mind. Thank you!

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Religion / Re: Do Demonic Cobwebs Exist? by Truthman83(m): 11:10pm On Sep 07, 2016
No

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Religion / Re: The Bible Needs To Be Updated Or Abolished by Truthman83(m): 9:32am On Aug 28, 2016
firstking01:
Don't you dare compare God and things of the world, are you that spiritually blind that you cannot know that God never grow old and that heaven and earth shall pass away but one jot of His world shall never pass awayundecided??

How did you know Sir?
Religion / The Real Jews Have Different Views About Jesus Unlike Christians by Truthman83(m): 4:45pm On Aug 27, 2016
Religion / Re: The Bible Needs To Be Updated Or Abolished by Truthman83(m): 10:13am On Aug 26, 2016
psalmade:
I love this comment.
Bro, if you ain't a child of God then the things of God shouldn't concern you. The things of the spirit cannot be comprehended by carnal men for they are meant to be spiritually discerned. I pray you find peace bro, Good morning

Thanks for the comment.

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Religion / The Bible Needs To Be Updated Or Abolished by Truthman83(m): 3:18am On Aug 26, 2016
The stories I was taught me in Sunday School seemed a little odd: God turning Lot's wife into a pillar of salt just for turning around at the wrong time. Jonah being swallowed by a fish. I doubted a person could survive long in a fish. How would they breathe? And Jesus dying for my sins and rising again, all before I was even born. The New Testament turned out to be almost 2000 years old; that's hardly what I considered “new”. Even as a kid I could see that the technological and scientific progress since then probably shed a new light on the interpretation of biblical events.

The bible is about 2000 years old, and the world is no longer the same as used to be. Slavery is abolished, gay marriage is legal, and the Christian faith is split into dozens of different denominations. Everyone interprets the bible differently because it is so old. If the bible were to be updated, everyone could see it in the same way. Otherwise the bible will just fade into the past, and Christianity will end up like the old Norse, Greek, and Egyptian religions.

The Bible, in Revelation, clearly states that nothing is to be added to or taken away from it. Meaning killing of gays,newly wedded who ain't virgin,rape, slavery must go on. This is why this book must be abolished. Am I wrong brothers and sisters?

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Religion / Re: God Is Not Real: Facts To Prove It by Truthman83(m): 11:38am On Aug 24, 2016
no one knows at the point. We shouldn't war with each other over some Jewish myth. How are you guys doing?

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Religion / Re: Ask An European Atheist by Truthman83(m): 8:27pm On Aug 22, 2016
JFAH:

No I haven't. I consider sexual preferences to be irrelevant. If a person is homosexual, it is a personal matter not of my concern.

My reason for pointing Homosexuality is to give some deprived people a voice. As you can see I got attacked immediately I mentioned it.
Religion / Re: Ask An European Atheist by Truthman83(m): 7:58pm On Aug 22, 2016
JFAH:

No. Not at all. Technically the country I live in have about 60% that calls themselves and are a member of the lutheran church. About 40% have a vague sort of deism/theism type of faith system (usually on the level ' I think there something out there' type). About 5% actually goes to church. about 0.5% actually believe in what the bible says. In practical term the absolute majority is practical atheist and cultural christians where the church is reduced to ceremonial relevance. We use baptism to welcome a new life to the extended family, we use weddings as a ceremony for entering a new stage of life, and have the burial ceremony carried out by the local church with a minimal amount of supernatural references. In essence the church plays a cultural role and people are happy with that. So no, having no faith here is not hard in any way, actually it would raise eyebrows you actually where an outspoken religious person, it would be taken as a mental illness rather than something positive.

It is a much different society to ours over here. Here you are considered insane if you do not believe in the Christian God or the Islamic one. 95% of our population is very religious. I cannot sum up the courage at this moment to declare myself Atheist. killing an Atheist might be considered as demonic cleansing. I live in a society that believe demons are real and a lot of money is made by pastors killing them. My society is also extremely Homosexuality intolerant. It is good to know that someone out there lives in a much civilized society.

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Religion / Re: Ask An European Atheist by Truthman83(m): 1:14pm On Aug 22, 2016
JFAH:
Looking around on african site to assess the state of non religious in various african countries I reached the conclusion that there seemed to be many questions and misconception about atheism in general. I stumbled on this site, and for whats its worth, if you want an outsider perspective please feel free to ask and maybe we can have an interesting discussion.

regards

I am a new Atheist and I would love to know if your society is like mine,where it is difficult to let anyone know you do not believe in a god? Thanks
Religion / Re: Ask An European Atheist by Truthman83(m): 1:12pm On Aug 22, 2016
KingEbukasBlog:


Yet another foolish act from the atheists . Just to appear intelligent one claims he is a European as if his affiliation is tantamount to being intelligent grin

He could be truthman83 wink


Thanks sir for the beautiful thread you made about me. Unfortunately I cannot be everywhere at the same time. And Sir,I think you have mistaken me for other Atheists,maybe because we think alike. I have no reason to be dishonest or fool others with multiple accounts. I only felt like sharing my religious and non-religious experiences with like minded people.

I had no clue someone took the truth man account. But when I tried taking it it showed the name was already taken. And because it was a specific name wanted to go by,I chose Truthman83 which is my year of birth. I hope I have clerified my account a bit. I am a man of peace and not here to argue with anyone. Religion/faith is a personal thing. I am only here to mingle with Atheists like myself.Thanks

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Religion / Re: From Christian To Atheist by Truthman83(m): 6:12pm On Aug 16, 2016
youngest85:


Get a copy of grail message and ur liberation will complete

Thanks bro,but I'm done with ancient scrolls. I trust latest research and update on things now. I have wasted a lot of years with primitive book already. I am mentoring myself to be better and better.

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Religion / Re: From Christian To Atheist by Truthman83(m): 4:31pm On Aug 16, 2016
Topestbilly:
undecided

Since your mind is made up, what can I say.

"I no longer feel guilty of sin I supposedly committed against a god that hasn't been verified."


But I will advise u not to engage in sinful acts cos u believe no one is taking records of the sins u commit, if not for religion sake at least for humanity sake.


The Muslim and Christian leaders have done more harm than good in helping the gullible ones going astray, I thank God for giving me reading and understanding abilities.

I strongly believe in God existence.



Like Seun said,God has not been verified. If your bank account hasn't been verified will you transfer money into it?

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Religion / From Christian To Atheist by Truthman83(m): 3:40pm On Aug 16, 2016
Gone are the days for being made to feel guilty for being responsible for the sins that nailed Jesus on the cross. Gone are the weeks I would be told to confess my sins in prayer and ask God for forgiveness for sins I couldn't imagine I committed. Gone are those deliverance services in MFM. I no longer feel guilty of sin I supposedly committed against a god that hasn't been verified.

I tried to read the bible every day, but to be honest it was pretty boring. I went to church regularly which helped to assuage my doubts, but I often felt frustrated with a lack of guidance from God. I noticed even when I ask for God's guidance,wait on him,fast for days,but I end up making my decisions myself. I noticed the total silence from God even when I needed an answer from him. It was complete silence. But when I get a decision right I get asked to testify that God did it. No I couldn't do that because that was my decision.

Giving up my childhood belief system was hard, but it's one of the most important things I've done for myself. My family have disowned me and still I feel a bit of anxiety but not lonely as I used to be. I make better decisions now,I trust my instinct,read books and learn from life experiences.

I must also thank the nairaland religious section for helping me turn proper atheist. I watch most religions debates on here and see how Christians make absolute zero sense when debating atheists. I understand why Christians debate blindly, because their religion is such a core belief that they cannot imagine their life without it. But yes you can!

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Religion / Re: Prophet Of Yahweh Summons Yahweh Out In The Cloud. Evidence In The Sky by Truthman83(m): 12:41am On Aug 11, 2016
Yes he did. Can Christians explain what happened please?
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Is 90K Small For A Msc Graduate? by Truthman83(m): 6:26am On Jul 26, 2016
What can you do with that?

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Religion / Re: Nairaland Christians, How Many Sinners Have You Killed? by Truthman83(m): 6:23am On Jul 26, 2016
ifenes:
Christians must follow all the Old Testament laws as long as they haven't been replaced by new ones. There is no place that's says Yahweh has allowed new laws or grace. Usually, according to the bible, "thus says the lord" is a confirmation that the bible sky god said it. So why change or ignore his commandments. Christians who claim grace are aware of the barbaric state of the laws


Jesus orders Christians to follow the Law of Moses in the Old Testament: "Do not think that I [Jesus] have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke or a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. (Matthew 5:17-18)" It is quite clear from these verses from the New Testament that jesus did honor the Old Testament and did say that every single "letter" of it has to be honored, followed and fulfilled.

Why do Christians use this verse all the time ; "Genesis 2:24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh".
And not
"If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die. Deuteronomy 21:18-21"

The new testament was about the story of Jesus and cannot be passed as a religion. The true Christian religion if there ever was one is the Old Testament of the bible where Yahweh gave his laws. You must follow those laws no matter how barbaric they sound if you wanna be a Christian.

According to these verses in the bible, Jesus said; mattew 23:1-3

"Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not."

The above clearly stated, do what the laws said and not what the Pharisees did. How difficult is that to understand. There is no grace but laws to be followed by a true Christian. The Muslims are the true Christians apparently!




This is why I am no longer a Christian.

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Religion / Re: Atheists & Freethinkers: Please Expand Further On This. by Truthman83(m): 10:59am On Jun 21, 2016
I can safely say I am an ex christian now. It's not been easy but I am convinced inside of me. @ifenes How does the matrix work? @Johnnydon22,If God is everything,who is the christian God and what does Satan represent. @Immorttal,how does black magic work and what exactly is it? Thanks
Religion / Re: The Truth About The Word "Sin" And It's Origin. by Truthman83(m): 1:19am On Jun 20, 2016
This explains a lot. I don't have enough resources to make this kind of research. Update more OP.

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