hopefulLandlord:


is it that story Kingebukasblog says its just an allegory and that there were humans before Adam and Eve?

ScepticalPyrrho:
OLAADEGBU

What makes your "biblical christian" tag any different?

Are there "unbiblical" christians?

OLAADEGBU:


Biblical creation is not an allegory it is an historical event recorded in the book of Genesis.

OLAADEGBU:


Biblical Christianity are those whose faith is based on the infallible Word of God not the words of faulty fallible men.

OLAADEGBU:
If as atheists say, God doesn't exist

and life has no ultimate meaning

why then do they get so passionate when it comes to fighting biblical Christianity? Why do they care?

Seun:

God probably* doesn't exist.


Atheists don't say life has no meaning. Who've you been talking to? Human beings have the ability to create meaning in their own lives.


Atheists care because they are decent human beings who feel sad that their fellow humans are investing their precious lives in false beliefs.

HegenIkomkeh:
Oga with due respect i must tell you,you're simply a joker! How can you suggest that faith in God is "false belief"??You're treading a dangerous path o.Change before its too late.

Seun:

God probably* doesn't exist.


Atheists don't say life has no meaning. Who've you been talking to? Human beings have the ability to create meaning in their own lives.


Atheists care because they are decent human beings who feel sad that their fellow humans are investing their precious lives in false beliefs.

Seun:

God probably* doesn't exist.

OLAADEGBU:


The fact that God created all things in 6 days.

OLAADEGBU:
If as atheists say, God doesn't exist and life has no ultimate meaning, why then do they get so passionate when it comes to fighting biblical Christianity? Why do they clare?

hopefulLandlord:


you're barking up the wrong tree here, go preach that to "Unbiblical Christians" like Kingebukasblog and Christian apologists that see it as simply allegory

ScepticalPyrrho:


Atheists bother because this kind of claim have been spread through indoctrination and this poses more danger to human development than other dogmatic claim. It is an extreme position which turn men with rational capacity into "dumblings".

Seun:


God probably* doesn't exist.

Seun:


Atheists don't say life has no meaning. Who've you been talking to? Human beings have the ability to create meaning in their own lives.

Seun:


Atheists care because they are decent human beings who feel sad that their fellow humans are investing their precious lives in false beliefs.

Deicide:


I mean what does this has to do with our discussion?

Seun:

God probably* doesn't exist.

Atheists don't say life has no meaning. Who've you been talking to? Human beings have the ability to create meaning in their own lives.

Atheists care because they are decent human beings who feel sad that their fellow humans are investing their precious lives in false beliefs.

OLAADEGBU:


It is obvious that you bother because you feel if God exists and His Word is true then you are doomed. The infallible word of God would be your greatest nightmare if you don't repent and believe the gospel.

ayili:


Just like the devil, they don't want to go to hell alone. Always looking for someone to lead astray with their unbelieve

Seun:

God probably* doesn't exist.


Atheists don't say life has no meaning. Who've you been talking to? Human beings have the ability to create meaning in their own lives.


Atheists care because they are decent human beings who feel sad that their fellow humans are investing their precious lives in false beliefs.

sonofluc1fer: Oh and yes, life is pointless. You can believe in the after-life, if that gives you a sense of purpose and usefulness...

OLAADEGBU:


The reason you are not fighting the idea of Tom and Jerry is because you know it is fiction. You fight the idea that there is God because you know He exists and that He threatens you from enjoying your sinful lifestyle, therefore you wish He does not exist.

I don't remember you atheists taking up arms or protesting against the noise from mosques waking you up but you would not hesitate to get aggressive against God and His word who asks you to repent from your sinful lifestyle. That's what eats you.

Many atheists are not jobless and yet they find time and space to attack what they think doesn't exist.

OLAADEGBU:


You asked for the meaning of biblical Christianity, no?

Joshthefirst:
Here's a quote from a popular atheist who is a friend:



It was taken from here

And atheism, taken to it's rational conclusions, is a tale of hopeless piontlessness, and no amount of delusion of meaning can overcome the gaping valley of it's nihilism. A pointless, meaningless existence

Muafrika2:
They need to convince themselves.

The rest are just angry at people, God(the one who should not exist) and everything that reminds them of God

KingEbukasBlog:


A-Theism = God does not exist

Stop making it seem like atheism isn't dogmatic . Atheism is making a claim that God does not exist . It is dead ass dogmatic .

You made it clear in your comment that people are investing their lives in false beliefs .

How are you certain that it is a false belief that God exists ? Isn't that dogma ?

Atheism is false , empty and vapid , deal with it .






Ancient atheists said that has life has no meaning . This was before Danish Theist philosopher Soren Kierkegaard founded existentialism .




The last time I checked , 250 million people were killed by atheists because of the belief that God does not exist .

sonofluc1fer:

Seriously. I wonder why many are uncomfortable with this other. Atheism, on its own, is an empty philosophy, just like theism too.

Our ability to create meaning and derive pleasurable feelings doesn't make life meaningful. At the end, whether theist or atheist, we will all be forgotten. Our marks on earth would be erased. We just random instances in time's unending cycles.

Whatever meaning or joy you derive in this short existence you call being alive, is just fleeting. Atheism says its ends here. Theism says no.. There has to be something better.. Or worse if you picked the wrong God.

sonofluc1fer:

Seriously. I wonder why many are uncomfortable with this other. Atheism, on its own, is an empty philosophy, just like theism too.

Atheism says its ends here. Theism says no.

KingEbukasBlog:


Theism is rooted in logic , reason , philosophy basically intellectualism while atheism is rooted in ignorance and rebellion

Joshthefirst:

This very destructive thinking, is the result of your atheistic way of life,

Joshthefirst:

and even as you irrationally apply it to theism, I commend your slight honesty.

Humanity itself is futile, and life is an unnecessary and accidental wickedness based on your thinking.

Joshthefirst:

Where you are wrong is your applying it to the theist, especially one like me

Joshthefirst:

Unlike you who believes in twisted and sadistic originlessness, I believe that in the beginning, God with a very definite purpose created the universe, including me, I believe my life actually counts, and death is not finality you see.

Joshthefirst:

You on the other hand believe pointless and very dangerous and even unfounded sheet.
Yes, we're both on different spectra of faith. Mine is founded, rational and safe, and yours is quite sad, and unfounded (even science has no established theorem on the origin of life.)

sonofluc1fer:

Don't just say it is 'destructive'.. Show how it is. Remember that phraae 'everything under the sun is meaningless'. Sure you won't. An atheist wrote it.

sonofluc1fer:

Show how you reached this conclusion. It seems you are getting into that habit of attackinf arguments no one made.

sonofluc1fer:

You are not just theist.. You are Christian. That comes with ideas that will contradict them. That they promise much, doesnt make them true. Like prayers, these promises are subjective.


A good belief, with great intentions, I must say. If that makes you happy, good. BUT mangoes dont turn to poison because you find apples to be tastier.
These are all subjective feelings, just like your purpose.

sonofluc1fer:

And therein lies the problem.. Bred in the cage of faith all your life, you have no idea how a life without faith is possible.
Your ignorance causes your fear and hatred. A life without God can be a life of purpose... One you create.

sonofluc1fer:

For me, I have a dream to create an academy where I can provide kids the opportunities in education I didnt have when growing up. I don't need to believe in God to know that there are benefits a society derives when its citizens are better educated.

Do I feel fear, doubt, hope, disappointment? I do. I'm human too. Rejecting God doesn't mean denying my humanity. If anything, I understand my 'humanness' - - hope this is the right word - - much better.

sonofluc1fer:

I am not Christian. I am neither Jewish nor Gentile. I know I am not a failed clay product of a Jewish god.
I appreciate life more and nature too.. And knowledge quenched my fears.

Maybe I might be wrong on God. But life got much better when I embraced hell.

PastorAIO:

you can divide religion into two aspects. The personal aspect and the Civic aspect.

....

Many christians believe that they must be obnoxious and poke nose inside other people's affairs because that will improve their chances of going to heaven. They make a public nuisance of themselves because they believe that they are incurring God's favour by doing so.

It follows that when people react to their obnoxiousness they moan and go into Martyr mode. 'poor me, and my poor god, so oppressed, so victimised'.

Niflheim:
@op,

Jeez!!! This question has been answered almost "a million times" on Nairaland? Why would you ask the question again? Many people on Nairaland are beginning to question your mental health status!!! Are you for real?

1.Belief in god is what makes women get stoned in Saudi Arabia!!! It is a barbaric practice!!!

2.Belief in god is what "made" widows in India to be burnt alive, beside the corpse of their husband!!!(It does not happen any longer)

3.Belief in god is what makes people get killed simply for eating beef!!!

4.Belief in god is what prevents little kids from receiving life-saving blood transfusions!!!

5.Belief in god is what makes humans to eat grass like goats!!!

6.Belief in god is what makes adults to expose little children to venomous snakes!!!

7.Belief in god is what makes people drink rat poison!!!

8.Belief in god created "Dora the Exploder(The muslim version of Dora the Explorer)!!!

9.Belief in god is what makes Africans to drink petrol!!!

and 10.Belief in god is what makes people to "chew torn pant"!!!

The people that you refer to as "atheists" see the harm that religion has caused and they are concerned about what is happening to their religious brothers and sisters!!! How can you still be asking such questions after so many years on Nairaland?

HegenIkomkeh:
Oga with due respect i must tell you,you're simply a joker! How can you suggest that faith in God is "false belief"?

ALAYORMII:
Why don't you carry ur own cross and let anyone that wants to believe in anything that pleases them be.

WORLDPEACE:
Seun, this "probably" is what many atheists don't like to say. Many seem to think that to not be sure equals ignorance, so they absolutely have to hold on to a belief. It is a flaw in both atheism and theism. People need to teach themselves to be comfortable to admit that they do not know. When we do the opposite, the result might be harmful to us and those who look up to us.