what I don’t understand is why religious Nigerians such as Christians and Muslims dislike atheist more than they dislike each other…Christianity and Islam as similar as they may seem are not the same and belief in one will be entirely contradictory to the other , even within Christianity the catholic faith is very different from pentecostal faiths ,they are so different that they might as well be considered different religions. but the truth is that atheism ,Christianity ,Islam are all different beliefs . you may think an atheist is a bad or evil person ,that is not true ,a relatively recent poll suggest that 1% of the population in Nigeria are atheist ,that is the second lowest number in the world in the world ,Ghana being the lowest with 0%(because the amount of atheist is too small) ,both Nigeria and Ghana are actually the two most religious countries in the world and yet they are not the best countries in the world ,corruption as rotten-ed Nigeria especially, Germany which has 25% atheist and France about 33% atheist in its population are one of the worlds best countries ,economically and otherwise . Adolf hitler was not an atheist he belonged Officially to the catholic church ,but he did not participate in the the church’s actiities but he made even his surbo-rdinates members ,he was a bad person but he claimed Christianity . what am trying to say here is that your beliefs don’t make you a bad or a good person ,you define who you are . I am an atheist i have not killed anybody ,i have not stolen before ,i hardly tell lies but you will still think i am of the devil, whereas some people that claim to be Christians ,kill ,steal and destroy so you cannot judge a person by what they claim to belong to ,i am an atheist and i am a good person .you mare be feeling angry but Human beings are always going to be controlled by emotions such as hate, fear ,love E.T.C
Culled from Nigerian atheist

nobody go comment for this thread. I bet my assss on this.

Its very obvious; Your beliefs don't make you a good person, your behaviour does.

seankafor:
nobody go comment for this thread. I bet my assss on this.

I guess you are wrong since you already comment

kolajamesjnr:
I guess you are wrong since you already comment

lol

It's not that they are 'bad people' moreso that the religious leaders realize that they have no sway over these people - they cannot be held captive by the same superstitions as the religious.

I've never met a wicked atheist. All the cruel people I know are believers, either christian or muslim. Most atheists I've met have been thoroughly pleasant, considerate people.

well, i think atheist are hated by the religious because atheist tries to crumble down everything religious folks have believed all their lives.

eg, the falsehood in Islam makes Christians feel they are the true religion while they overlook their own falsehood. Again, the falsehood in Christianity makes muslims feel they are the true religion while they also over look their own falsehood. Atheists on the other hand brings both falsehoods to the open without sentiments and this makes both muslims and christians uncomfortable, hence the hatred.

frank317:
well, i think atheist are hated by the religious because atheist tries to crumble down everything religious folks have believed all their lives.

eg, the falsehood in Islam makes Christians feel they are the true religion while they overlook their own falsehood. Again, the falsehood in Christianity makes muslims feel they are the true religion while they also over look their own falsehood. Atheists on the other hand brings both falsehoods to the open without sentiments and this makes both muslims and christians uncomfortable, hence the hatred.

Yes oooo.

Don't forget that the morality base of an average theist is concentrated mostly on fear of going to hell or "punishment". Theists can be some of the most selfish individuals ever and the way they "hate" anyone not attending their church or not in their denomination despite the fact that they all worship the same god is alarming

The people that lynched the aluu boys were christians. Shekau is a muslim. The slave traders that first came to africa were christians. ISIS members are muslims. Christians burn thieves daily in this country without a fair trial, same goes for muslims. Our corrupt leaders are either muslims or christians. Etc

Being a good human being has nothing to do with religion or lack of religion. There are good and bad people from all religions and people who lack religion.

they can keep on hating... the best reply is massive success.