OKEI,soooo Samantha Lewthwaite was reportedly caught at checkpoint in Nigeria 6 months ago but managed to bribe her way to freedom?!! lol Now the Abuja bomb blast is reportedly revenge of the death of Makaburi in Kenya. The merging of Al Shabaab, Boko Haram and Al Qaeda in North Africa for an African jihadism is a bit worrying.

That's not the question; the question is where is Jesus? Lol, not has Jesus come back? Who are you to ask that?

Your comrade, @guru says Jesus is a biographer, who bids his audience wait till he comes back to cast them in his movie, 'Paradiso'.

(I kinda expect Tokyo to weigh in on this) someone actually asked - taoism confucianism and buddhism all have deities and messengers that look like those people that adhere to those religions. Hinduism has deities and messengers that look like those people. Islam was 'given' to people of arabia and the messenger was one of them. Moses was hebrew. Even Europeans changed Jesus to be a tall white guy! However the most passionate adherents to all these religions are people who look neither like the people who were given these religions or deities in these religions. We africans should stop being silly! we cannot even grow our beard to be 4 fingers long as required by islam.

I have nothing against atheism,faith or science so I'll try and clarify my point of view.

Science is based on observation and the belief it will be as it is and was.I believe both theists and atheists also rely on that.Thus,faith is a common element even though conclusions may differ.

ISLAMISTS ABDUCT 200 GIRLS IN SCHOOL FOR GOING TO SCHOOL!

As many as 200 girls were abducted from their boarding school by heavily armed Islamists who arrived in trucks, vans and buses, officials and witnesses said.

The Islamist group has recently stepped up attacks, and its leader released a video last month threatening to kidnap girls from schools.

Dozens of gunmen stormed the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, on Monday night as the students slept in their dormitories, officials said. They engaged the soldiers guarding the school in a lengthy gun battle and then herded the girls onto vehicles.



Some of this religions are weird. Or is it that they couldn't wait for those 72 virgins, they want them now!!!!????

Yaani you did not even see it? What were you responding to then? Or you just did not comprehend. It must be a persistent problem, then this comprehension stuff.

Anyway, it is here below and I have highlighted it for eye-catching emphasis.

Masukuma. How exactly have Atheists failed? Because they don't have faith? First of all, every human being, Atheist and theist is driven by hope. Hope is maybe the most important thing in life. But Us Atheists don't need faith because we rely on reason and logic. Faith suppresses common sense. You have no idea how many people i have seen having their lives ruined because they refuse to think for themselves and instead substitute logic with the faith that A non existent god will help them. I heard somebody once tell me that the acronym PUSH stands for "pray until something happens". That is very unfortunate because you can pray and pray and pray for years until you are blue in the face and nothing will happen.

Atheists haven't failed at anything, actually, it's quite the contrary, Almost all Atheists are very successful people who live comfortable lives. You will be hard pressed to see a struggling Atheist because it has been proven that not only are Atheists smarter, they are also more educated and more progressive. I wonder how you religious people fail to see this. But to each their own, you only live once, i choose to live a life that makes sense. Atheism is the best thing that happened to me. I have achieved so much since i stopped relying on faith and started using logic.

I dont have any regrets and i feel sorry every time i see a jesus freak or a bible thumper. They are always poor and weak minded people. If there is a god, why does he choose to bless us Atheists with so much and keep the majority or theists in poverty? You can choose to open your eyes and see the truth or continue to wallow in ignorance of make believe gods and violent religions. It's your life people.

Atheists are just inherently smart, period. The moment you decide to become an Atheist proves you have superior reasoning capacity and most likely more intelligence than the average joe.

Since i became an Atheist is my early twenties, i have never prayed or relied on a god or jesus or whoever theists pray to to help me in any way, shape or form. I have always used logic and reason to solve any problems i have ever faced and i hate to brag but i have found so much success living my life this way. I am successful, educated and live a very very happy and comfortable life without ever praying or stepping in church even once. I have also helped the less fortunate quite a bit and am still working on a project geared towards more of that. Riddle me this Masukuma. How come i and a bunch of my fellow Atheists seem to be doing so well in life while a lot of religious people i see everyday seem to be struggling? Remember, success and intelligence go hand in hand thus my initial assessment that Atheists are smarter people. See the correlation there?

@Hamburglar, it's sad when you vaunt and praise ignorance as a virtue and even claim from the rooftops that you have it. Lol. You even invite others to your ignorance.

For example, you claim that atheists are 'inherently' clever, and more successful than the theists. What you seem to forget is that the theist and atheist may share some goals, but ultimately their goals are different. And that the heart of the theist is worn with many cares and suffering.

And you denying theistic objectives doesn't imply any superiority in any way. But you think otherwise because you're full of Babylon in your head.

At least you mention that you have hope. But then when it comes to showing that hope where it matters you are lacking. You have no hope in the theist; someone who presents you with the opportunity to express and share your hope. You have no hope in Man, and in fact, you have no hope at all.

You may think I am speaking falsely, but consider this, theistic wazua doesn't believe that people should go to places of worship to pray for money, and fame or earthly power.

The capitalist system will tend to reward those with the least barriers to action. And on this regard success in capitalist terms isn't necessarily human success. And can atheists boast of improving humanity?

In the end, I realize 'theists' and 'atheists' are merely words, what counts is the weight of the heart against the feather.

Hamburgalr you may wanna recant your stance. Atheism is a religion in of itself, I told you this before and here is the proof.
http://www.npr.org/2014/...-godless-picks-up-steam

Na uwache kututukana, I believe I am smart, maybe smarter than most, but I still believe in God!