I shudder to think how some people who call themselves xtians,would still be going to a church they are ashamed to be indentified with publicly.

If you know you are not proud about your church or not sure about the genuinty of their teachings,the best option should be to leave the church.

I am a catholic,I declare it everwhere on my dp,my signature everywhere.so proud to be one

To tackle your question directly, a Christian being ashamed to publicly identity with his/her church can be attributed to stigma.

In some communities, certain religious groups are frowned upon, because of their differing doctrines. For example, Jehovah's witnesses are shunned by most Catholics and protestants because, they don't believe in trinity and hell fire, etc.



So in other to identify with people of other institutions, a weak willed Christian or for reasons of self preservation might decide to publicly dissociate himself from his church just to 'belong', so to speak.

people are not ashamed..........it's called self-preservation......
Some person(s) will hate you if you are a member of certain church(es) in Nigeria.
This can seriously affect your bussiness, social relationship.....and even work place.

People hate what they don't understand!

Even on anonymous forumns like NL some dudes are refusing to disclose their churches.Could that also be attributed to stigma?

chukwudi44: Even on anonymous forumns like NL some dudes are refusing to disclose their churches.Could that also be attributed to stigma?

Stigma is everywhere, bro. It's part of us.

Maintaining a church anonymity might give you an advantage over the next identified moniker, in the sense that you can be more flexible in your opinions and such.

chukwudi44: Even on anonymous forumns like NL some dudes are refusing to disclose their churches.Could that also be attributed to stigma?

That's because I don't have a church. My girl friend is a catholic though (are you happy chukwudi44).


If I had to choose a church, I'm likely to go to Daystar though.

Why are atheist ashamed of professinng non belief publickly

FrostyZonn:

Stigma is everywhere, bro. It's part of us.

Maintaining a church anonymity might give you an advantage over the next identified moniker, in the sense that you can be more flexible in your opinions and such.

i see so thatz what majority of anti-catholics do.To avoid us detecting the hypocrisy of thie scandalised churches

chukwudi44:

i see so thatz what majority of anti-catholics do.To avoid us detecting the hypocrisy of thie scandalised churches

Your words, not mine.

FrostyZonn:

Your words, not mine.

bros na true i talk naa

A "Christian" is a Christian.

A Christian does not need denominations and abominations like "Roman Catholic Church", "Power Must Change Hands Ministry" etc etc.

There is ONLY ONE Church --- and that is the Christian Church!

Nevertheless, given the weaknesses of humans that led us to denominations and abominations, Christians can still fellowship together --- even if they belong to different denominations.

Christians can admit other Christians to "Holy Communion" --- even if they belong to different denominations.

Finally: it is a huge mistake and even quite un-Christian and un-Christlike to ask Christians to identify themselves by denominations. Strictly speaking Christians should only be identified or identify themselves as ------ Christians!

Enigma: A "Christian" is a Christian.

A Christian does not need denominations and abominations like "Roman Catholic Church", "Power Must Change Hands Ministry" etc etc.

There is ONLY ONE Church --- and that is the Christian Church!

Nevertheless, given the weaknesses of humans that led us to denominations and abominations, Christians can still fellowship together --- even if they belong to different denominations.

Christians can admit other Christians to "Holy Communion" --- even if they belong to different denominations.

Finally: it is a huge mistake and even [u]quite un-Christian and un-Christlike to ask Christians to identify themselves by denominations. Strictly speaking Christians should only be identified orr identify themselves as ------ [b]Christians!

TRUE TALK BUT UNFORTUNATELY NOT WHAT HAPPENS IN REALITY.WE KNOW WE BELONG TO DIFFERANT CONGRAGATION WITH DIFFERANT SCRIPTURAL INTERPRETATIONS

Different strokes for different folks.

Everyone isnt the same and dont have to be clones of one another.

There are catholics who dont publicly identify their church either, not because they are ashamed but simply because they dont feel a need to.

Nairaland is not a gulag and nobody should feel they have to force others to be like them.

What has identifying your church got to do with somebody's presence here, are you looking for disciples? Besides, doesnt the grapevine aka gossipline take care of all that anyway.

chukwudi44:

TRUE TALK BUT UNFORTUNATELY NOT WHAT HAPPENS IN REALITY.WE KNOW WE BELONG TO DIFFERANT CONGRAGATION WITH DIFFERANT SCRIPTURAL INTERPRETATIONS

Na di same chukwudi44 be dis so?

chukwudi44:
bros na true i talk naa

When you play poker, do you reveal your hand all at once? No!

The same applies to public forum, which is an avenue for people to blow off steam and escapes momentarily from the real world. Some people on the other hand tend to take it serious by revealing their hands[identity] and subsequently getting mocked for their troubles.

I'm a Christian, but there is no way I'm telling anyone in this forum or any forum for that matter, which church I belonged to. And it's not for fear of Stigma either but rather for flexibility reasons.

Dzany: people are not ashamed..........it's called self-preservation......
Some person(s) will hate you if you are a member of certain church(es) in Nigeria.
This can seriously affect your bussiness, social relationship.....and even work place.

People hate what they don't understand!

True. For example, a member of a white garment church might opt to hide his denomination if he works in a place where his bosses are anti-kerubu

FrostyZonn:


When you play poker, do you reveal your hand all at once? No!

The same applies to public forum, which is an avenue for people to blow off steam and escapes momentarily from the real world. Some people on the other hand tend to take it serious by revealing their hands[identity] and subsequently getting mocked for their troubles.

I'm a Christian, but there is no way I'm telling anyone in this forum or any forum for that matter, which church I belonged to. And it's not for fear of Stigma either but rather for flexibility reasons.

That approach borders on paranoia

Ishilove:
That approach borders on paranoia

How??

FrostyZonn:


When you play poker, do you reveal your hand all at once? No!

The same applies to public forum, which is an avenue for people to blow off steam and escapes momentarily from the real world. Some people on the other hand tend to take it serious by revealing their hands[identity] and subsequently getting mocked for their troubles.

I'm a Christian, but there is no way I'm telling anyone in this forum or any forum for that matter, which church I belonged to. And it's not for fear of Stigma either but rather for flexibility reasons.

I DON DE CATCH THEM ONE BY ONE

chukwudi44:

I DON DE CATCH THEM ONE BY ONE

How na? Like someone mentioned in this thread, self preservation is not the same as being ashamed, no bi so?

FrostyZonn:

How na? Like someone mentioned in this thread, self preservation is not the same as being ashamed, no bi so?

BROS NA WHO WON KILL U NAA

^ you're nosy, bro.

Why do you need the information.

There's something called privacy and personal boundaries for every individual- same way some people are ok exposing their whole bodies to the general public while others prefer to cover up, people are comfortable with different things and as long as no law is being broken, let them be.

Hounding is one thing i detest so much, some folks will literally hound you about your personal life even when your words and body language show you are considering it distasteful.

chukwudi44:
BROS NA WHO WON KILL U NAA

Wetin dis one dey talk, again??

tpia@:
^ you're nosy, bro.

Why do you need the information.

There's something called privacy and personal boundaries for every individual- same way some people are ok exposing their whole bodies to the general public while others prefer to cover up, people are comfortable with different things and as long as no law is being broken, let them be.

Hounding is one thing i detest so much, some folks will literally hound you about your personal life even when your words and body language show you are considering it distasteful.

Concurred.

^ people do have the right to maintain their privacy and not have the whole world all up in their business, this internet age is destroying boundaries so much that people dont even know what those are anymore.

Imo, you should tailor your curiosity to your audience. If someone doesnt want to release information, no need to harass them for it when they committed no crime.

Just move on to a chatty person who likes talking and sharing their life, whats wrong with that.

Bia Mr Chukwudi, kedu ihe iji Uka m n'aga eme, nwanna?

Enwe prize Iga eyem ma nkwuputa ya, k'obu mkputu nkiti nno, ka I n'eme?

Translation;

Look here, Mr Chukwudi, what's your business with the church that I'm going, dude?

Is there any prize to be won in the sense I talked, or are you just making unnecessary noise?

Dan_de_Numeruno: Bia Mr Chukwudi, kedu ihe iji Uka m n'aga eme, nwanna?

Enwe prize Iga eyem ma nkwuputa ya, k'obu mkputu nkiti nno, ka I n'eme?

Translation;

Look here, Mr Chukwudi, what's your business with the church that I'm going, dude?

Is there any prize to be won in the sense I talked, or are you just making unnecessary noise?

Dan_de_Numeruno: Bia Mr Chukwudi, kedu ihe iji Uka m n'aga eme, nwanna?

Enwe prize Iga eyem ma nkwuputa ya, k'obu mkputu nkiti nno, ka I n'eme?

Translation;

Look here, Mr Chukwudi, what's your business with the church that I'm going, dude?

Is there any prize to be won in the sense I talked, or are you just making unnecessary noise?

Bia nwokem kpa chalakwa anya giooo

chukwudi44:

Bia nwokem kpa chalakwa anya giooo

Gini?!! Ngwa, lee anya n'azu gi nkwa nkwa, okwa ihuru onye ahu n'ene gi anya ojoo? O mu. Ikpakwana agu aka na odu, i nura?

[quote author Dan_de_Numeruno]

Gini?!! Ngwa, lee anya n'azu gi nkwa nkwa, okwa ihuru onye ahu n'ene gi anya ojoo? O mu. Ikpakwana agu aka na odu, i nura?[/quote]

Lol nwanne enyegom mana so ife mfulu bu ebe ina agbazi oso


Seriously I opened this thread because of hypocrites like superior and naijadehia who go about attcking other churches from one thread to another refusing to disclose their own churches.

chukwudi44:

I DON DE CATCH THEM ONE BY ONE

Thats what you said.

Sounds general, to me.

Enigma: A "Christian" is a Christian.

A Christian does not need denominations and abominations like "Roman Catholic Church", "Power Must Change Hands Ministry" etc etc.

There is ONLY ONE Church --- and that is the Christian Church!

Nevertheless, given the weaknesses of humans that led us to denominations and abominations, Christians can still fellowship together --- even if they belong to different denominations.

Christians can admit other Christians to "Holy Communion" --- even if they belong to different denominations.

Finally: it is a huge mistake and even quite un-Christian and un-Christlike to ask Christians to identify themselves by denominations. Strictly speaking Christians should only be identified or identify themselves as ------ Christians!

my brother, u dont have a point at all. if thats it, den y do u call catholics, winners etc. when u want to talk about things u believe catholics are wrong at, u wil often say "catholics blieve in images, mary" etc ,y snot say" xtians blieve in images mary etc.
its clear that u guys are ashamed to name ur church because u dont know where u stand so ur not sure of ur church because in d first place its not even supposed to be called a church. u bliev dat jesus founded only one church but cannot identify it but we the catholics know that we are in that church founded by jesus dats y we are not ashamed to talk about it.

Ishilove:
True. For example, a member of a white garment church might opt to hide his denomination if he works in a place where his bosses are anti-kerubu

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