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Rank: Member Joined: 12/17/2011 Posts: 887
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Lolest! wrote:Swenani wrote:In Insurance industry, how do the atheist call an Act of God incident? I have seen atheists type RIP... So do they believe in afterlife? Nope. We don't believe in afterlife. We say RIP as a sign of respect. The world is a tumultuous place and when somebody passes on, we all like to think that at least they are now resting in peace away from all the tribulations of life. That's why it's honorable to just quip a quick RIP in the event that we lose someone. There is no afterlife unless someone has ever seen a person being reincarnated. Us atheists are stubborn, we like to see proof of any assertions being made we don't just believe what we are told. We have to see to believe. Fairy tales are not for us.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/11/2012 Posts: 5,222
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hamburglar wrote:Mukiri wrote:I'm curious, what do you get out of all this mockery? Is it that you want everybody to be like you, since you have the perfect life with perfect values?
Why not live and let live? Or won't the spirit inside you let you be? Live and let live? You have to be kidding me. How about you religious people live and let live instead of shoving religion down our throats. Everywhere you go there is religion. You walk down the street and somebody wants to give you some religious flyer inviting you to their church or crusade or kesha. You can't even enjoy a peaceful Sunday morning without having some Jehovah witness people knocking on your door and you think that atheists are the ones with the problem of living and letting live? Unbelievable. We have to enlighten people. Religion and imaginary gods are holding people back. We need to get people out of this ignorance. Religion is detrimental to society and the more we educate people on the ills of religion the more we will save gullible people from being eaten by crocodiles and/or starving themselves to death in the name of mythical miracles. People need to be educated and enlightened. We can't continue having naive people getting fleeced out of their hard earned money by wily pastors every day. There is a reason that developed countries are largely atheist while poor third world countries in Africa are religious. The more religious a country the poorer it is. That is not a coincidence, it's clear evidence of the correlation. If we are to progress, religion and imaginary gods have to be eradicated. Otherwise we will have generations after generations that are waiting for a non existent god to solve their problems. So tragic. Aha, so you too have a calling. Are those your personal views or collective views of atheists all over? Maybe what I'm asking, is their any clear guideline of what you atheists do? Or its purely based on feeling, personal or otherwise? If you decided to beat the Jehova Witnesses disturbing your Sunday, or the Pastors fleecing people, as you put it, would you be justified? You mention development and progress, is that what atheisim is all about? Movement from third to first world, or from rich to poor? Is yours more of a socio-economic movement? And finally does your backlash only rest with religion? Say, if you didn't like my mode of dressing, or the way I mix and match colors, maybe the way I chew my food, or the culture of using the bush as opposed to digging pit latrines.. would atheists all over come together to address such? I sometimes see my Bishops in the media on matters politics, sexuality etc do your leaders also address such issues? Or its religion religion religion
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Rank: User Joined: 8/15/2013 Posts: 13,237 Location: Vacuum
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hamburglar wrote:Lolest! wrote:Swenani wrote:In Insurance industry, how do the atheist call an Act of God incident? I have seen atheists type RIP... So do they believe in afterlife? Nope. We don't believe in afterlife. We say RIP as a sign of respect. The world is a tumultuous place and when somebody passes on, we all like to think that at least they are now resting in peace away from all the tribulations of life. That's why it's honorable to just quip a quick RIP in the event that we lose someone. There is no afterlife unless someone has ever seen a person being reincarnated. Us atheists are stubborn, we like to see proof of any assertions being made we don't just believe what we are told. We have to see to believe. Fairy tales are not for us. If Obiero did it, Who Am I?
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Rank: Member Joined: 12/17/2011 Posts: 887
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More takataka from these conmen who are too lazy and too shady to find legitimate employment. Why can't the government save its gullible citizens from getting fleeced by these people? This is an economic crime. All these pastors and prophets ho prey on the naive members of society should face the law and go to prison. Governments all over the world have a responsibility of protecting the weak from animals like these but they choose to look the other way because they don't want to mess with religion and all it's stupidity. I call bs on that.
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Rank: Member Joined: 12/17/2011 Posts: 887
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https://www.google.com/a...id-flooding-crisis/amp/
Taka taka pastors. Complete piece of shit who only knows how to take money from his gullible sheep but when it comes time to help these very people in their moment of need, he is nowhere to be seen. I hate these conmen who hide behind religion. I bet this piece of shit excuse of a human being is in a sunny resort somewhere hundreds of miles away from Houston enjoying his $56 million net worth while his people are suffering and in complete peril. Total taka taka of a human being. I have always hated this guy and his ilk the likes of sijui TD Jakes and other mega church pastors. I actually rejoiced when that pastor Long died. The stupid idiot used to sodomise young vulnerable boys who came from broken homes and looked up to him as a father figure. He took advantage of their situation and it's possible he might have infected some with HIV. I really loathed that man. Surely, religions need to be abolished at some point, they are absolutely detrimental to society. Just complete garbage.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 10/9/2006 Posts: 1,502
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Our weak point is Our African forefathers who welcomed,hosted and embraced White / Arab man way of worship. They should have been ruthless like ancient japanese towards any imported religions work to prosper
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Rank: Elder Joined: 11/5/2010 Posts: 2,459
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@ham, came across this news item. http://www.dailymail.co....cial-twitter_mailonline
Maybe chinese tough stance against religious zealotry explains their phenomenal economic growth.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/20/2008 Posts: 6,275 Location: Kenya
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Atheist logic...
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Rank: Elder Joined: 10/4/2006 Posts: 13,821 Location: Nairobi
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AlphDoti wrote:Atheist logic... if you used the same logic - Who created God? Where is He from? All Mushrooms are edible! Some Mushroom are only edible ONCE!
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Rank: Elder Joined: 9/23/2009 Posts: 8,083 Location: Enk are Nyirobi
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masukuma wrote:AlphDoti wrote:Atheist logic... if you used the same logic - Who created God? Where is He from? God is created by Man and Man is created by God. Life is short. Live passionately.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 9/23/2009 Posts: 8,083 Location: Enk are Nyirobi
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The Chinese state is a religion in itself. They don't want competition Life is short. Live passionately.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/20/2008 Posts: 6,275 Location: Kenya
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masukuma wrote:AlphDoti wrote:Atheist logic... if you used the same logic - Who created God? Where is He from? @mavegs, wait bro. Have a little patience. We believe in life after death. We will all get up, resurrected, and we will be confronted by our creator, it is a fantastic opportunity for us to ask Him, where you came from, who made you? And you will get the answer. Just like you can ask me where you come from, who is your father etc etc
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Rank: Elder Joined: 10/4/2006 Posts: 13,821 Location: Nairobi
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AlphDoti wrote:masukuma wrote:AlphDoti wrote:Atheist logic... if you used the same logic - Who created God? Where is He from? @mavegs, wait bro. Have a little patience. We believe in life after death. We will all get up, resurrected, and we will be confronted by our creator, it is a fantastic opportunity for us to ask Him, where you came from, who made you? And you will get the answer. Just like you can ask me where you come from, who is your father etc etc While believe while we can Know? All Mushrooms are edible! Some Mushroom are only edible ONCE!
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/1/2011 Posts: 8,804 Location: Nairobi
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God is eternal evolution of himself.
Everything and everywhere is God.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/20/2008 Posts: 6,275 Location: Kenya
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masukuma wrote:AlphDoti wrote:masukuma wrote:AlphDoti wrote:Atheist logic... if you used the same logic - Who created God? Where is He from? @mavegs, wait bro. Have a little patience. We believe in life after death. We will all get up, resurrected, and we will be confronted by our creator, it is a fantastic opportunity for us to ask Him, where you came from, who made you? And you will get the answer. Just like you can ask me where you come from, who is your father etc etc While believe while we can Know? Every created thing has a creator. If anyone told you everything has a creator, then it is a wrong statement. So there is a mistake you make, just like a man cannot give birth to a child. The definition of almighty God is: uncreated. The moment you say "who created Almighty God", then he is not God. We have already discussed this at length in 2015 here... And here... If yo are satisfied by above, then you can ask me so who is Almighty God.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 1/8/2018 Posts: 2,211 Location: DC (Dustbowl County)
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Hamburgler is quite proud of himself for being an atheist - that is his right. Atheism itself is a religion full of its own dogmas such as "there is no afterlife," "God does not exist" and so on. When you ask them to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that the aforementioned dogmas are true they go quiet or give wishy washy explanations. The fool says in his heart that there is no God, and is so in love with his own sin, he cannot be convinced otherwise! But they have only themselves to blame when it is time to step into the coffin and they discover everything they were told about God, heaven and hell was all true. By then it will be too late Shalom.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 7/3/2007 Posts: 1,634
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tycho wrote:God is eternal evolution of himself.
Everything and everywhere is God.
This tends to be my take on the matter too, even as I admit I could be wrong. Otherwise when atheists argue that God does not exist my question is: What does? Can the Atheist prove that he/she exists before we talk about God? "The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth." (Niels Bohr)
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Rank: Member Joined: 10/26/2011 Posts: 181 Location: Nairobi
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MugundaMan wrote:Hamburgler is quite proud of himself for being an atheist - that is his right. Atheism itself is a religion full of its own dogmas such as "there is no afterlife," "God does not exist" and so on. When you ask them to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that the aforementioned dogmas are true they go quiet or give wishy washy explanations. The fool says in his heart that there is no God, and is so in love with his own sin, he cannot be convinced otherwise! But they have only themselves to blame when it is time to step into the coffin and they discover everything they were told about God, heaven and hell was all true. By then it will be too late Shalom. I will defend Hamburglar here because you mis-characterize atheism. Atheism is not a belief in the lack of the afterlife or non-existence of a deity. For the atheist or particularly the non-theist, it is the lack of evidence for the existence of such deity or of the after-life, that defines the atheist. If anyone can produce evidence to show that the dead shall be restored and that there is a deity that cares about our everyday struggles, cares what we eat or who we sleep with, does miracles, etc, the atheist would have no trouble believing. By the way the atheist knows their bible/Koran/Torah very well. But all he/she gets are assertions, threats of torment in eternal flame and reminders to read the bible or other revealed books to find the truth. Such evidence is only useful to the faithful... From the The Rubaiyat, I leave you this quote “Beyond the earth, beyond the farthest skies I try to find Heaven and Hell.Then I hear a solemn voice that says: "Heaven and hell are inside.” ― Omar Khayyám, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam First time in history we can save the human race by laying in front of the TV and doing nothing. Let's not screw it up
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Rank: Elder Joined: 1/8/2018 Posts: 2,211 Location: DC (Dustbowl County)
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Apricot wrote:
I will defend Hamburglar here because you mis-characterize atheism. Atheism is not a belief in the lack of the afterlife or non-existence of a deity. For the atheist or particularly the non-theist, it is the lack of evidence for the existence of such deity or of the after-life, that defines the atheist. If anyone can produce evidence to show that the dead shall be restored and that there is a deity that cares about our everyday struggles, cares what we eat or who we sleep with, does miracles, etc, the atheist would have no trouble believing. By the way the atheist knows their bible/Koran/Torah very well. But all he/she gets are assertions, threats of torment in eternal flame and reminders to read the bible or other revealed books to find the truth. Such evidence is only useful to the faithful... From the The Rubaiyat, I leave you this quote “Beyond the earth, beyond the farthest skies I try to find Heaven and Hell.Then I hear a solemn voice that says: "Heaven and hell are inside.” ― Omar Khayyám, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Your argument above on atheism ...oops excuse me, I mean non-theism... is like an argument about needing proof of the existence of wind and stubbornly refusing to see its effects as the proof itself, because you want proof on your own terms only! Non-theism IS a religion insofar as it sticks to dogmatic need for "proof" even when said proof is self evident! Science too (in its broadest definition) is also a religion. Its followers dogmatically cling to empiricism as the only yardstick of proof they will accept. If that is not a religion I do not know what is. But how can concepts like love, or happiness or wanderlust, or the meaning of a babies' smile for example, be explained, measured empirically or "proved" scientifically? An Atheist is one who sees his backside in the mirror each day and demands proof that what he is seeing actually exists because he needs his own peculiar type of proof to truly believe! Or someone who finds an old volkswagen that has washed ashore on a deserted island and says as complex and intricately made as it is, it has no creator because he did not physically see with his own eyes the entities (or deities) that put it together. No serious historian would dispute the fact that the Judaeo-Christian moral worldview is the cornerstone of Western Civilization that is now world civilization. Even the atheist who has never read the Bible or Torah (which is basically the Old Testament of the Bible) knows killing his mother is wrong. Where does that moral ethic come from if not from a conscience planted in man's heart and mind from birth from God? The historicity of Jesus is not in dispute in the extra-Biblical historical record (Josephus, Pliny the Younger, Babylonian Talmud, and so many more). The only point of contention is whether he was God or man. Heck, the whole world calendar was reconfigured to mark the years before his birth and after, with his birth life deeds and death as the inflection point of world history. No other human being in history did the things He did and no other book in world history has been as influential and predictive as the Bible, which from Genesis to Revelation is a book all about Him. The book of Daniel for example is often called a "forgery" by some atheist historians because despite having been written thousands of years before the fact, it predicted world events such as those surrounding the empire of Alexander the Great with such accuracy and in such detail that they assume it had to have been "forged" and backdated after the events happened! Yet to the non-theist of course all this means nothing Shalom.
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Rank: Member Joined: 10/26/2011 Posts: 181 Location: Nairobi
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[/quote] Your argument above on atheism ...oops excuse me, I mean non-theism... is like an argument about needing proof of the existence of wind and stubbornly refusing to see its effects as the proof itself, because you want proof on your own terms only! Non-theism IS a religion insofar as it sticks to dogmatic need for "proof" even when said proof is self evident! Science too (in its broadest definition) is also a religion. Its followers dogmatically cling to empiricism as the only yardstick of proof they will accept. If that is not a religion I do not know what is. But how can concepts like love, or happiness or wanderlust, or the meaning of a babies' smile for example, be explained, measured empirically or "proved" scientifically? An Atheist is one who sees his backside in the mirror each day and demands proof that what he is seeing actually exists because he needs his own peculiar type of proof to truly believe! Or someone who finds an old volkswagen that has washed ashore on a deserted island and says as complex and intricately made as it is, it has no creator because he did not physically see with his own eyes the entities (or deities) that put it together. No serious historian would dispute the fact that the Judaeo-Christian moral worldview is the cornerstone of Western Civilization that is now world civilization. Even the atheist who has never read the Bible or Torah (which is basically the Old Testament of the Bible) knows killing his mother is wrong. Where does that moral ethic come from if not from a conscience planted in man's heart and mind from birth from God? The historicity of Jesus is not in dispute in the extra-Biblical historical record (Josephus, Pliny the Younger, Babylonian Talmud, and so many more). The only point of contention is whether he was God or man. Heck, the whole world calendar was reconfigured to mark the years before his birth and after, with his birth life deeds and death as the inflection point of world history. No other human being in history did the things He did and no other book in world history has been as influential and predictive as the Bible, which from Genesis to Revelation is a book all about Him. The book of Daniel for example is often called a "forgery" by some atheist historians because despite having been written thousands of years before the fact, it predicted world events such as those surrounding the empire of Alexander the Great with such accuracy and in such detail that they assume it had to have been "forged" and backdated after the events happened! Yet to the non-theist of course all this means nothing Shalom.[/quote] I appreciate your ontological approach to support your theistic beliefs. It is a clever approach but by half. Wind or any other name you’d want to call it, is a force of nature and its speed, direction, temperature, dew point can all be characterized. Anyone with the right instruments and knowledge can replicate this. I don’t need to see wind to know it is there. So is magnetism, electricity, light, gravity, space, time and many other forms of nature that have amazed man. Don’t get me wrong, atheist do appreciate the numinous and the transcendent. What they don’t need is to go the extra yard to put a finger of God on it. That type of arrogance is left to the theist. I don’t get your attack on science and your claim that it is a religion! When I make a scientific claim, I make a hypothesis or a guess that can be tested. If evidence adduced supports my claim and anyone anywhere using the same set of conditions can replicate my claim, then my claim is accepted as a valid theory. Where is the religion in that? Science allows others to disprove its claim using evidence to the contrary. Does religion do that? You know very well it does not because it makes claims that are not falsifiable. They cannot be disproved! Claims such as Matthew 27:51 where souls of the dead were resurrected when Jesus died. Or that the sun can be stopped at midday so that Joshua can win war. If you accept that I do not need to read any revealed text to know that killing my mother is wrong, how then do you make a jump (except by leap of faith) that God planted that conscience in my heart. For heavens sake (pun intended) how do you do that? Can these not mutually exclusive, or is it that one cannot operate without the other assertion? The historicity of Jesus is in dispute. His celestial existence is not. Paul’s Jesus is not in doubt and neither is he falsifiable. He is revealed to him. Josephus mention of Jesus has nothing to do with his claimed divinity and it is minute. It is also believed to be a later accretion, like many others whose main goal is to show a historicity of Jesus. The gospels contradict each other whether and when not doing so, they are growing the legend. No proof of the disciples or of Moses or of other characters in the bible can be adduced like that of Alexander the Greek or Pontius Pilate can be. There is plenty of similarity between Judeo-Christian belief and Zoroastrianism, Osiris, Anana, Romulus, etc and while the gods of these cultures are myths, that of Judeo-Christian has to be plugged into historicity. You fail to mention the role of the Greek (Hellenistic), Romans and Persian in the growth of what is today’s civilization. It is a large topic to cover. First time in history we can save the human race by laying in front of the TV and doing nothing. Let's not screw it up
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