emsquare:

Pity You!

foyeks2001: my bible tells me that '' do not be equally yoked with unbelievers'' meaning d suppose partner can as well influences ur faith in God be it positively or negatively....but always good to be on a safer side....so it is a capital NO for me

michelin89:


If you still haven't understood where i belong then i can't but applaud myself. i'm becoming less bias and more neutral.

I'm neutral!

401kk: Most men wouldn't mind marrying an atheist in the first place because they're more open minded and logical than women. You can see that from the thread

shymmex: Front page?!?!?

I'm out!!

queensmith:

You obviously have some sort of dyslexia, how many men here have said they will marry an atheist, nonsense.

shymmex:

That's where most pseudo-atheist got it wrong.. The concept of God is based on creation, life, the universe, and the solar system - and the mysterious ways everything in our daily lives happen.. That's why most people who believe in God, call God the supreme being...

If you don't believe in the supreme being - then, you must have your own explanation for the existence of life, and the universe - and whatever explanation you give is what you believe in... Denying it, and just getting by shows you're ignorant and naive - as the people you're trying to critique for believing in the supreme being...

ekwah: I just don't even understand how a Nigerian will claim to be atheist sounds like a big joke to me mehn. They are just being copy-cats. Shine ur eyes wella and see wetin dey hapun 4 area!

Logic Mind: Just wondering with naija girls mentality if a very good, rich, loving, handsome, intelligent, educated fellow fell madly in love with you and you with him but you realise he doesn't believe in any god. Will you still marry him if he proposes?

all4naija: That seems like early Greek cosmological practices to me!

I am really trying to understand where you are headed. However, the idea of God or gods is just human inability to understand many things about nature or the environment. Indeed, we have seen many of these ambiguous thoughts disapproved with real life phenomenon. Religionists/Theists keep saying their book is not scientific but would like to argue about scientific issues knowing fully well that indoctrination is in no way rational by itself without being put to test.

My take on this matter would be religion becomes problem when it is taken on equal footing with reality. There are too many things about it which don't add up. That for sure is always the bone of contention. They just want everybody to believe God exist, they have seen it and should be inputted into people's life.

ekwah: I just don't even understand how a Nigerian will claim to be atheist sounds like a big joke to me mehn. They are just being copy-cats. Shine ur eyes wella and see wetin dey hapun 4 area!

shymmex:

I hate the phrase called: "early Greek cosmological practices!"

How can it be Greek - when the Greeks got their knowledge from black people on the African continent?

The concept of God is African spirituality - it was created in Africa, for Africa, and by Africans - end of story!!

Goldieluks:


If praying does not solve your problems, what does?
It is a two way thing my dear, it is either one believe in God or the devil.
You have to choose one.

all4naija: If you say so. It still hasn't changed anything. My observation of what you are trying to say is that religion is an African idea. Indeed, that doesn't push the fact from being human inability to understand nature. Africans and the ancient primitive men have been lacking in profound knowledge in this regard.

401kk:

Take the census yourself, I don't have the time. It is also well known that women are more religious (theistic) than men. Men are also a majority in the atheist population.

glogirl: The biggest fallacy with man is the belief that he Knows. The confidence of knowledge can either lead one to success or destruction.
To all you who ask Who has seen God, what do you see? Can you see objects 200m away? Can you see things that are more than 3 dimensional? man only has five senses and these have its limitations. There are concrete cases of autistic people whoese senses and brain operates at levels that we supposedly normal people cannot fathom or explain.
Does that mean that what you do not understand or sense with your five senses does not exist?
Secondly, what difference is there between the person who has read karl max and the bible carrier? You are both in the quest for knowledge but in different directions. You are both studying books put together by europeans for different reasons. We all rely on what the researchers tell us to form our belief or non-belief.
Who can say without studying that the world is round? Have you carried out an investigation on it?
Before there were 9 planets, now they are 8. So they say.Can you who believe in science prove it?

My point with this post is let us all be tolerant of each other, God might be real to me, He might not be to you. What we beleive could be a factor of our upbringing, exposure,life experience or research. It doesnt mean that our choice is superior and concrete. its all a matter of BELIEF.
By Life Experience, I choose to be a Christian because I have experienced Him.
I cannot deny Him because of other people's research.

glogirl: The biggest fallacy with man is the belief that he Knows. The confidence of knowledge can either lead one to success or destruction.
To all you who ask Who has seen God, what do you see? Can you see objects 200m away? Can you see things that are more than 3 dimensional? man only has five senses and these have its limitations. There are concrete cases of autistic people whoese senses and brain operates at levels that we supposedly normal people cannot fathom or explain.
Does that mean that what you do not understand or sense with your five senses does not exist?
Secondly, what difference is there between the person who has read karl max and the bible carrier? You are both in the quest for knowledge but in different directions. You are both studying books put together by europeans for different reasons. We all rely on what the researchers tell us to form our belief or non-belief.
Who can say without studying that the world is round? Have you carried out an investigation on it?
Before there were 9 planets, now they are 8. So they say.Can you who believe in science prove it?

My point with this post is let us all be tolerant of each other, God might be real to me, He might not be to you. What we beleive could be a factor of our upbringing, exposure,life experience or research. It doesnt mean that our choice is superior and concrete. its all a matter of BELIEF.
By Life Experience, I choose to be a Christian because I have experienced Him.
I cannot deny Him because of other people's research.

cowgurl: Twas interesting while it lasted + 'v learnt a whole lot on here but am sure not changing my answer to this damn thread, NO!

glogirl: The biggest fallacy with man is the belief that he Knows. The confidence of knowledge can either lead one to success or destruction.
To all you who ask Who has seen God, what do you see? Can you see objects 200m away? Can you see things that are more than 3 dimensional? man only has five senses and these have its limitations. There are concrete cases of autistic people whoese senses and brain operates at levels that we supposedly normal people cannot fathom or explain.
Does that mean that what you do not understand or sense with your five senses does not exist?
Secondly, what difference is there between the person who has read karl max and the bible carrier? You are both in the quest for knowledge but in different directions. You are both studying books put together by europeans for different reasons. We all rely on what the researchers tell us to form our belief or non-belief.
Who can say without studying that the world is round? Have you carried out an investigation on it?
Before there were 9 planets, now they are 8. So they say.Can you who believe in science prove it?

My point with this post is let us all be tolerant of each other, God might be real to me, He might not be to you. What we beleive could be a factor of our upbringing, exposure,life experience or research. It doesnt mean that our choice is superior and concrete. its all a matter of BELIEF.
By Life Experience, I choose to be a Christian because I have experienced Him.
I cannot deny Him because of other people's research.

glogirl: The biggest fallacy with man is the belief that he Knows. The confidence of knowledge can either lead one to success or destruction.
To all you who ask Who has seen God, what do you see? Can you see objects 200m away? Can you see things that are more than 3 dimensional? man only has five senses and these have its limitations. There are concrete cases of autistic people whoese senses and brain operates at levels that we supposedly normal people cannot fathom or explain.
Does that mean that what you do not understand or sense with your five senses does not exist?
Secondly, what difference is there between the person who has read karl max and the bible carrier? You are both in the quest for knowledge but in different directions. You are both studying books put together by europeans for different reasons. We all rely on what the researchers tell us to form our belief or non-belief.
Who can say without studying that the world is round? Have you carried out an investigation on it?
Before there were 9 planets, now they are 8. So they say.Can you who believe in science prove it?

My point with this post is let us all be tolerant of each other, God might be real to me, He might not be to you. What we beleive could be a factor of our upbringing, exposure,life experience or research. It doesnt mean that our choice is superior and concrete. its all a matter of BELIEF.
By Life Experience, I choose to be a Christian because I have experienced Him.
I cannot deny Him because of other people's research.

queensmith:

this is it! brilliant post!

In reality, we all act this way due to fear of the unknown. Religion seems to be the 'better' choice since in a way you have nothing to lose and everything to gain, but if it turns out God is just an illusion one can potentially waste his/her life on something that has never had any basis.

queensmith:

you are very bad, but i'm going to be equally as bad and paste this;

Rodney Stark, a professor of sociology and comparative religion at the University of Washington, flips the question around: Why are men less religious? Far more males than females have an underdeveloped ability to inhibit their impulses, especially those involving immediate gratification and thrills. The upshot is that some men are shortsighted and don't think ahead, Stark said, and so "going to prison or going to hell just doesn't matter to these men