cheekichapi The responses from these Nigerians are just so shocking. It's as if they have no education regarding logic or science at all. If these responses are at all generalizable, It's as if the entire country has been indoctrinated by christianity.
***** Science is also part of the illusion? What is that even supposed to mean? lol. Science is based on evidence. Religion is belief without evidence. How are they the same?
As a Nigerian, I can confirm this sadly. A lot of people parrot what they hear their pastors, teachers and parents say without bothering to seek out their own opinions. And even then they get ostracised if they do so overall there isn't much to gain long term from not being religous there.
Noob Artist600 Same here in The States. I’m Nigerian, and most of my relations and familiars do believe in the Christian god. The ignorance never ceases from the motherland. What makes matters worse is how religions like Christianity, Islam, and Judaism aren’t even native to most, if not all African nations. They are simply foreign and new religions stemmed from old Europe, and most originally from the Middle East.
People are trying to define the almighty. You can’t define the unlimited nature. If you try to define it, it is not unlimited it is limited. That is the human being, it is a limited existence. The almighty is the unlimited existence meaning it cannot be defined. Almighty is not defined by boundaries, he will Never be defined.
I personally have no problems if someone believes that God exist or not, the thing that kinda triggers me is how nigerians are super dedicated in religions that were spread through slavery or by the work of missionaries. Its like they don't question why they became christians or muslim because they are scared to go to hell or something. They just believe what people tell them without thinking if it can be true or not and that's sad
Religion and superstition is the reason African countries aren't developing fast enough. There's not alot of logical thinking going in African. They pray to the god European used to corrupt them
@@FuturisticTech-9999 I'm an atheist and trust me, I don't argue with religious people on the topic of God's existence, logic can't penetrate their heads. I just laugh and ridicule them till they give up trying to win my "soul".
All of these people are naive, ignorant and very culturally biased. The question in itself is complex. To every person, the word 'God' has different connotations and meanings hence why we have different religions. For someone to not believe God exists is not a sin nor a crime and they definitely do not deserve to be called a 'Bastard'! Durkheim (a Sociologist) argues that people are religious and believe in God because it gives the individual a sense of belonging and prevents us from losing our sense of meaning and gives us a guidance on how to live life (this is where Holy books such as the Qur'an and the Bible comes in) and religion also gives us a better understanding of the world. I believe the more educated someone is, the less religious they are which has been proven through research. I personally don't want to state my views on whether I believe in God or not but I'd advise BattaBox to be more selective of their sample to get a wider range of findings. For example interviewing Nigerians who have lived abroad, Nigerians who are very educated and Nigerians who are also from a high class. I can guarantee the answers you will get from these people will differ from the respondents you have selected. Although I guess the method of random sampling was utilized, ironically every respondent yet seems to be ignorant P.S does anyone ever question why we hang up pictures of white Jesus (from the location he was born in he's likely to have been very tanned/brown) or question the fact that Nigerians wouldn't have found 'Christianity' if not because the white missionaries introduced it to y'all. Oh and the books in the Bible was also put together and carefully selected by the white man to serve their interests when it comes to controlling the masses, ever wondered why white people are not as religion fanatics as the blacks. But that's none of my business :) Another point I'd like to address. The media is soo soo powerful and influential in this generation. Really and truly all these pastors and spiritualists who perform all these 'miracles' in the name of God and air it on T.V etc, do we not think that if this was all legit the media would have got grasp of the 'power of healing in the name of God' and raised mass awareness on it which would it lead to saving massive costs in terms of healthcare etc? But nah.. we never think to question that deeply
Victoria Olamide this is a great comment, I loved reading it and I agree with you on most parts - only thing I disagree about, wasn't even necessarily your own opinion as I understood it - so I will move on to my opinion about why religion is now so deeply rooted in communitys of coloured people.. Partly it's a bit of Stocholm Syndrome - and then there's a lot of reasons you have in fact stated earlier yourself, socioeconomic is certainly a reason - and if people are getting treated like shit, it becomes this coping mechanism if they believe in an eternal afterlife.. You see the same thing in India where those who believe in reincarnation, if you are born into a lower social class, you probably did something bad in an earlier life.. And yes, it is funny how the idea of jesus being this white dude in a world where almost everybody where at least dark tanned has been standardized - but as you might be aware of, early christianity was very much about adaptation, so much that it leaves us with a very interesting question today - did he even exist?! Or is christianity simply a mix of different religions - perhaps mixed with a historical figure, perhaps a zealot jew who was executed by Romans... What we do know is that early christianity first grew strong among the poor, the women's, the slaves and the uneducated, (same goes for early islam) - and today missionaries are targeting some of the same groups, today's slaves are those with very low income and poor social status - wich I'm afraid you will find a lot of not only in Lagos, but throughout the African continent... --- I sincerely hope that one day we will be able to establish some basic global rights for children - one of them should be access to cost free education and another should be the freedom of religious indoctrination - and the list goes on! ;-)
@vic I shared your opinion. Why do people fight or argue on God's behave;black people are the most religious people still they live below standard including african American. That guy called himself a scientist,can somebody tell him that going to university to study science won't make you a scientist
Because there is no hope whatsoever in such places. They are breeding grounds for all sorts of dubious, shady, 100% ignorant idiots who go about propagating absolutely worthless and vile ideas to the already down and out oppressed citizenry, who in their abject state are in no position to question the validity of the claims being propagated by the idiots.
It would seem that Nigeria is a country of saints, EVERYONE believes in God and yet...You all know, i don't need to tell you. How is that? Also the argument of too much knowledge, wow, i never knew there was such a thing.
I've heard it before, it's an old argument, think even Kirkegaard wrote something on the topic once! But it is being used, by religious fundamentalists everywhere in the world - and there may be some truth to it as we see today where more knowledge actually are leading to a decline in religiosity...
Star Writer "being bold enough to share the word of god"...??????? Oh, like ISIS does it...? Or maybe like lord's resistance army? Or where you thinking more in line with Westboro Baptist Church? All of whom are quite "bold" in their ways of sharing the word of god...
Star Writer god supports killing of homosexuals and non believers. and supports slavery, murder ,and women being inferior. you can't choose which parts you follow or don't. you either follow it down to the letter or by your belief your going to hell. i suggest reading gensis 6:6, deuteronomy 22:28-29, 22:13-21, timioth 2:11, ephesians 6:5. then say you want to preach his word. if you read the new testament their loads of racist sexist and etc that would make you think if you truly read it.
What about the highly educated Nigerians? I would like to see how many of them are believers. Probably like everywhere else the higher the level of education the lower percentage of believers in personal god.
well ill answer that used to live in nigeria some are muslims and christians and most of them lie about their religion because they do not want to change the minds of their followers/buyers.....
You just have to watch CNN to see how every single deity is failing Africans orphaned by conflict or ravaged by war. If you don't have Cable TV, go and ask at NTA how many believers have been bombed and kidnapped by Boko Haram despite prayers and fasting. This is New Years Eve and like every other year, the Pope and all pastors and Imams all over the world would pray for world peace- This merciful God will also like every year, answer no and delight in the death of children just as his predecessors like Ifa, Saturn, Eirene, Athena and Mars consistently disappointed human-kind. Why can't anyone connect the dots? Maybe we just gather to dress up and spit on ourselves! The cure of Ebola and malaria are in labs, not on Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The solution to religious fanaticism is simply pointing to the ample proof that the books they quote to kill and judge one another are light on facts The solution to burning witches or slapping "Winshe for Jesus" is simply showing that like Leprechauns, such beings don't exist.
God is nature...nature is God. That is what our ancestors believed. I am Nigerian and don't believe in white jesus. God exists thru us and the universe. Ase
So you are some sort of deist...? I like your view upon god, don't share it myself - or at least not completely! I would call god a fig of our imagination - and you sure need a LOT of imagination to believe a man living in the middle east 2000 years ago, walking around in the desert and preaching could ever possibly be white!!!
I am also Nigerian and I refuse to believe in a personified God. I believe in God as the great spirit which encompasses everything in the universe and the God-Like qualities within each individual. I do not believe in religion. I am spiritual or what some will call a "pantheist". The bible to me is "Hebrew Mythology". I am Nigerian and my ancestors have nothing to do with biblical tales. We had our own spirituality before English colonialism.
blaq2handle Also there were no women in this video. And what is up with people calling God "He". I am sorry but sexism has played a large role in religion.
blaq2handle pantheism is definetly a big jump in the right direction! while not agreeing in your "religious" views, I certainly find them a lot more compelling and humane than the religious views presented in the video - and I share your concern about the lack of women asked in this video, like they don't have something important to say about these matters?!? --- I fear for the future of Nigeria, growing tension between muslims and christians and a growing number of evangelical christians with their bigoted views are slowly pulling Nigeria and other countries on the African continent in the wrong direction...
egglot12 god is not human. He is a power that is too unlimited for that kind of definition. Logic cannot desrcribe him because he isn’t describable. He is beyond our logical comprehension and for good reason. IWhat we need to focus is on why the universe is created and why we are created. Instead of listening to religion or claiming to be aethiest or trying to prove existence through equations, take a look at our own body and mind and fundamentals of the universe. For something to exists, something must have caused it. As a human being, did you create yourself? If you did then you must be something that is not human, but according to logic you are human. You obviously needed your parents to create you, because they had sex and their effect of that sex was you. In the same way, this universe didn’t create itself, the Big Bang did, well what caused the Big Bang. That is the biggest question science cannot understand because science itself has reached its limit at this point of time. So now that science can’t prove what caused the Big Bang do we just suddenly worship the Big Bang? If you are an aeithist than yes you can worship it if you want, but if you are reasonable then you would know the Big Bang is just a phenomena to make the universe happen. So what caused the Big Bang? If you are a cold ruthless scientific machine you say the Big Bang causes it’s self which is contradictory to the laws of the universe. Something can’t cause itself, only an effect can make a cause happen. Effect leads to cause and cause leads to effect. Effect can’t be effect and cause doesn’t lead to cause. So something must have made the Big Bang which is the effect, so what is the cause?
@@awesomesauce8199 So who is this God and why should we care about it? Infact , how do you they are not many beings responsible for existence. The idea of a creator or creators is plausible, though the notion of such a creator being God or omnipotent as "God" is commonly stated to be is highly unlikely.
Star Writer try and tell that to all the women who has experienced violence from their highly religious husbands.... You are not "old school" - you're "Ancient/mediaval school" - please progress into the new millennium - where women and men are becoming equal!
In response to the original question there may be a million reasons. It's kinda "hard" to get anyone especially a woman to stop for an interview on a busy Lagos street (especially on a pedestrian bridge which is a weird location choice btw) I just guess the reporter was a bit shy and couldn't walk up to the ladies.
What you have in Nigeria is a brainwashed populace that submit to the will of their pastors no matter what is demanded of them. There is a huge problem in the Nigerian communities in the UK (and logically it's much worse in Nigeria itself) where pastors essentially regard the community as their own personal harem. Young girls are abused in their droves but are too afraid or ashamed to report their abusers for fear of the backlash within their communities, and those outside are afraid to act for fear of appearing culturally or racially insensitive. That's religion for you!
"I don't know if God believes in me!" is my first reply. - It's, because how can anyone believe in the God of any man-made religion? For, most of them end up in the opposite of what we expect of them. That's why I believe in my own God and that is the divine "Power of the Universe"... or simply put: in nature and its laws! To me that makes sense, because acting logically correct always got me the results I was after. That frees me of turning into a religious sheep, forced to obey those self-imposed holy shepherds. I don't need them to teach me right from wrong.
***** I know, because in your woods masses of people allow themselves to be indoctrinated by religion and if I were to live there, I would just be quite and let them believe that I'm just the same... We now can see what religions lead up to... into Boko Haram and ISIS shit! In your country it's life threatening to tell anyone what you really think. I prefer freedom of thought and speech and truly believe that nature and its laws are God, because nobody really knows a thing about the miracles of the Universe than you and me. Nature's justice is watching and dealing with us: Acting logically correct and our life will be good; acting negatively compels us to compensate our actions. That's all we need to know and obey in life and that's why I don't need religions to tell me what I have to think and believe. That's a personal choice, just like the color of my underpants... I prefer to lead my life than to follow other people's orders, for I hate sheep me-e-entality! A world without religions would be a better world!
The better are the living standards, the lesser the people feel the need of God. People pray God when they are poor, when they are sick, when they are in trouble, when they are in jail, when they are ignorant... If we wish for a better world than, keep it real, that world will have no God.
Here is the prequel to this video: Christianity: "I've got an idea, why don't we spread our message by teaching the bible to a group of poorly educated people who will blindly accept it."
Oh please, Saudi/ Bahrain/ Dubai/ Botswana/ Rwanda is progressing and they believe in God. I can list for you more countries that are religious and pretty much progressing without any problem.
Kindness, truth, and compassion are like the sun, it nourishes the world, takes away darkness, and makes all things grow, however if you pull the curtains, or shut the door of your house, the all powerful sunlight will not knock down your door, or tear your curtains. It will not even knock. True goodness is not intrusive, it's not preachy, it's not judgemental. But it will be there for you, always if you want. To me that's God.
It’s incredible to me that anyone would still believe that an invisible being in the sky created everything in the universe when we have learned so much in the past 100 years. I can understand why uneducated people would still believe in god.
I love this Batta Box TV i watch it everyday at work, some things i agree on and obviously being African myself i tend to be quite stubborn on some on the subjects you guys discuss, keep up the hard work and keep making me laugh lol .
Tunisia for example is very divided. Lot of atheists and lot of religious extremists. Iran for example also has a lot of. Atheists behind curtains, because of the mullah regime kills and imprisons atheists.
What I don't understand is that we had our own religion before slave trade does this now mean our ancestors are in hell I don't know why we were so quick to throw our religion away
2:10 this guy said they are not human-being lmao , anyway... How you learn to view the world is called culture. That is what makes humans so interesting is because of the different upbringing and beliefs. And over time these things can change. Identity is a process. I have come across Nigerians who say they are full blown Christians or Muslims yet they still have animist beliefs. The belief in a higher power is interpreted in many different ways across the globe. Who says that one version is correct. It's like rivers that all lead to one body, the ocean. Some people say they don't belief in God (higher power), yet they believe in science or nature (what they see), but at the end of the day isn't God the All Seer, All Know-er, God is here and everywhere at the same time. Someone people may say at the end of the day all of these things are the same. There are Shamanists who believe in the Sun, Moon, Rain and Earth gods etc...Hindus believes are not too far from this. To not believe is to believe lol. Just like communication people think that when you speak that is communication but forgetting that when you don't speak is nonverbal communication which is still a form of communication. Not to believe is till believing in something. :-p It just may not be what the majority sees fit in belief.
@@guyp9596 I have been reading the gospel and nothing chance my idea. The more a country is religious, the more that country is poor and the less they respect human rights. That's a fact. Christianity has been very functional into keeping poor people quiet in their place, because it is a religion that glorify poverty and suffering and promise a reward, a magical place you will go but only afther you die; so that the poor will accept to live in misery instead of rebelling and kicking the rich people in the ass. I think you should read more books than just the bible
@Mr Bumpo No, of course. Any religion can be used to brainwash people; christianity is the usual example because is the biggest one. Even extremist political ideologies works the same...in fact they are like religions of their own. I do not even think that all adout christianity is bad. I belive Jesus wasnt inventing anything, he was just talking about what is good in the human nature, like Buddha or Krishna before him. The problem is that many people are not clever enough to understand phylosophy, but they are functional enough to understand rules.
In conclusion: enlightenment(book Knowledge) leads to Atheism...in other words, stay a dullard, have blind faith and the kingdom of heaven is yours....stay classy Nigeria.
These people are annoying especially the dude in the first seconds. But I don't blame them I blame the fraudulent pastors in Nigeria. That preach them fairytales and sweet things to enrich their pockets
lol I like the last guy: "For anyone waching who does not believe in god, I tell you there is GOD!" Oh thanks I didn't realise haha I guess if you say so I mean you seem to be a nice guy I'll just take your word on it. Wow this is great, now I have someone waching my every move, like prison, this is great how you just stripped away my freedom¡
Ya , we got smarter. God was the very first answer to every problem. Now think of the problems god answers now,, only the invisible non existent problems are left for the lazy to assign god to.....Why do people not want to get smarter?
xyzcannon234 let me gues you got that from romans where its talking about you Christians and pagans and how you took the image of the incorruptible god and turn it to the image of corruptible man and to four footed beats, because only you Christians make graven images of god and jesus check not talking about atheist we don't worship anything Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. Romans 1:22-25 KJV bible.com/1/rom.1.22-25.KJV Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn’t worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. As a result, their minds became dark and confused. Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools. And instead of worshiping the glorious, ever-living God, they worshiped idols made to look like mere people and birds and animals and reptiles. So God abandoned them to do whatever shameful things their hearts desired. As a result, they did vile and degrading things with each other’s bodies. They traded the truth about God for a lie. So they worshiped and served the things God created instead of the Creator himself, who is worthy of eternal praise! Amen. Romans 1:21-25 NLT bible.com/116/rom.1.21-25.NLT
God was God, is God and will continue to be God whether man believes and acknowledges him or not. God says one day every eyes will see and behold him, the tongues will confess and knees will bow before him. mountains will shake and earth will quake.
Why people are making it out like their opinion is any worse than those in America or UK etc I don't know. Religious from all around the world can only use the same argument so they just sound like everyone else to me.
Ha! "There is God" is enough to believe that ANY God exists? Well, which one - Zeus, Ra, Odin, Apollo, Poseidon, Allah, Yahweh, Olodumare, Amadioha or the 5,000+ others? If "everyone comes from a father", where did God come from? And who's the father of that God, and the father of that one, and one for that other one...? The reporter quoting the bible to validate what the bible says 🤦🏾♂️
out of all of God's creations, humans are the only ones who question his being and authority. how has satan blinded us so much. God have mercy on us. I give God all the glory.
How are you talking about Satan "blinding" anyone when you believe in a religion that was forced on your great great grandparents when they were slaves? You are definitely the blind one. Go and read books and watch videos on atheism before you start talking about being blind. You have been brainwashed from a kid.
africans believed in God before slavery time so you can go and read books which were written by the same whites who forced your granparents into slavery. peace.
Its sad cause its true that most Nigerian see atheists negatively. My take on this is to just let people breathe. Not everyone has to see the world as you do, and live their lives as you do. This life is too short to be persecuting somone over what they do and do not believe in. In the end theres no defenitive proof of how our qorld came to be and if their's and afterlife, so live your life by whatever morals you want, but that doesn't give you the right to force thise ideals on someone else and/or demean them for it.
Well if there 's no Atheists in the foxholes then the foxholes are probably not a good place to live in. Still, if you want the entire world to believe in god the best thing to do is to turn the world into a giant foxhole.
people know that if you follow God, there are certain things they can and cannot do. certain rules to abide by and since people have already broken those rules or do not want to abide by those rules, they simply say God does not exist. the fool says in their hearts that there is no God.
This is what I find interesting in the comment. you ppl don't believe. However your watching a video and writing on it on something you don't believe..... It shows me that deep in your heart you know there is a GOD. GOD the creator that made you and brought Jesus to die on the cross for your sins. Yet you don't believe. Its funny how you don't yet your all on ever video concerning my GOD. please examine yourself and seek the Lord and repent. He is coming soon and it will be so sad unbelievers parish
Mimi i thout he was supposed to come over two thousand years ago, the people he promised that they would not die untill they saw him coming in his kingdom are dead and he said elijah has come already because in milachi elijah is supposed to come first before the world ends???. if elijah has come already wtf are we still doing here???. For the Son of Man will come with his angels in the glory of his Father and will judge all people according to their deeds. And I tell you the truth, some standing here right now will not die before they see the Son of Man coming in his Kingdom.” Matthew 16:27-28 NLT bible.com/116/mat.16.27-28.NLT. Then his disciples asked him, “Why do the teachers of religious law insist that Elijah must return before the Messiah comes? ” Jesus replied, “Elijah is indeed coming first to get everything ready. But I tell you, Elijah has already come, but he wasn’t recognized, and they chose to abuse him. And in the same way they will also make the Son of Man suffer.” Then the disciples realized he was talking about John the Baptist. Matthew 17:10-13 NLT bible.com/116/mat.17.10-13.NLT The Lord of Heaven’s Armies says, “The day of judgment is coming, burning like a furnace. On that day the arrogant and the wicked will be burned up like straw. They will be consumed-roots, branches, and all. “But for you who fear my name, the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in his wings. And you will go free, leaping with joy like calves let out to pasture. On the day when I act, you will tread upon the wicked as if they were dust under your feet,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “Remember to obey the Law of Moses, my servant-all the decrees and regulations that I gave him on Mount Sinai for all Israel. “Look, I am sending you the prophet Elijah before the great and dreadful day of the Lord arrives. His preaching will turn the hearts of fathers to their children, and the hearts of children to their fathers. Otherwise I will come and strike the land with a curse.” Malachi 4:1-6 NLT bible.com/116/mal.4.1-6.NLT
These people are just so oppressed by there own cultural theology way of thinking but I blame no. I think the more you think out of the box the more innovated we become as a species. The more knowledge in the world the more we uncover the mysteries of the unknown. I think through the ways of science and philosophy the more we will continue to uncover this vast universe. We cannot keep oppressing our minds in the mindset that if we don't understand something or an event we used God as an answer. Before some goes irate this my opinion in all of this. I'm an agnostic I don't believe our definition of god its at it right definition I mean do we really understand what orchestrated this vast universe . We center ourselves as too much as being supreme as if we are the chosen one's and the so called god cares about human beings. This universe is so vast and violent in nature that I can't seem to phantom we are the center in this so called god’s mind. We have to continue opening our minds and stop creating unproven god beliefs and its oppression. There is a way to live life with good morals and ideals. Man created religion to live life at its own moral standard that some oppresses the mind when its leads to questions outside of its own realm. There is good and bad in every religion but i think its more of just living through ethics, morals, and philosophy created my human thought. I say if you have the freedom to live life with the opportunities you have live life by your own means through happiness, good moral righteousness, and open minded. This universe is full of mysteries and with our natural ability through the process of nature's evolution in life that lead us here let us continue to grow in the mind and continue to unravel the mysteries of curiosity of our environment and this vast universe. Thank you... Peace and happiness to all.
Agnostic atheists are the one that don't believe 100% in the existence of God and atheist are does who believe in is existence but do not believe in religion for me i am a proud atheist
John 1:9-11 Everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting, for whoever greets him takes part in his wicked works.
Wait I think I finally get the point of this vid. It's about the difference between smart an dumb ppl. The smart one's are using the bridge to cross the busy road. An the not so bright one's are darting across the road like a real life frogger game!
I believe God is a spirit of eternity. Why? Because this is what God is and what he offers to all if we are willing to believe this and except. If there be no God, then there be no life, no love, there be nothing. Us even being here is proof that there is a God, a greater power that is in control of all. We don't just have body and mind but also have soul and spirit. There are 2 God's in this world. God of life and of love and God of death and hate. The God of life is greater than the one of death and hate because God created all even the devil, Satan. God is love or devil would have been put under his feet when he tricked and deceived man and thrown into hells fire. None can see air, yet we know it to be. Not because we can see it or taste it, but because we can feel air, we can hear air, can even smell it, it keeps us alive. What more proof you need than being alive???
+Shawna Giguere , So why would God be stupid enough to create a devil, who presumably is responsible for the rape and impregnation of children captured by Boko Haram and ISIS in full view of this God who is enjoying the whole spectacle, and doing absolutely nothing about.This God of yours has already seen hundreds of Girls and Women forcibly detonated as suicide bombers by Boko Haram, and is enjoying the explosions as s/he is completely powerless to do anything about it.Please enlighten me, what is the difference between God and Devil? Are they not one and the same? Otherwise, neither exist, and you are severely delusional!
Whoever says Nigeria(9ja) or any country in our Motherland Africa ll not not rise I pray they live to see her gr8ness n b put to shame. Like it or not Africa's rising, it shall b among d Best Nations on planet earth eventually n won't b dat long anymore. It's already happening.
greeting it so sad that these so call Africa believe, or should l say lie to them self, bless for the sun nt son, the black African woman is god now man can create a child. bless the truth will set on African people free soon, enough said
AFRICA will have the last laugh on this planet, mark my words, Alpha and Omega of mankind. If there's one thing Africans got right its faith and connection to the creator. That is all you need in this temporal existence, forget cash, forget cars, forget jewellery, etc. Its the connection to the source of the heavens who is above this playground of the two worlds. If there's any people on this planet who have witnessed the work of the Almighty for thousands of years, its the original inhabitants of this planet (AFRICANS)
I don't think it is sin to not believe in God, however, I think it is foolish. There are lots of reasons why people don't believe in God like personal bad experiences, upbringing, dogma, etc. There are just too many issues with Atheism which atheists generally do not seem to consider such as no ultimate meaning/purpose in life, a lack of an objective moral basis and the origin of life problem, among others. If all this world is is simply a bunch of chemicals reacting with each other, there simply is no right and wrong; "Murder is just one bag of chemicals impacting another bag of chemicals" - Dr. Jonathan Safarti. You could come up with your own subjective standard for morality but this of course means that you cannot judge another person's actions as right or wrong seeing as they would have a different standard from you. Atheists have also failed to tell us how it is possible that everything came out of nothing or how life came from non-life. It's interesting, Atheists will not believe that their honda civic came about by a random explosion in honda's assembly factory, but they will believe that the ENTIRE universe came about by an explosion of nothing... because you know, a honda civic is just waaaay more complicated than the whole universe. Like I always say, anyone who is interested in finding the true creator of the universe should just humble themselves and ask Him to reveal himself to them. If God is real, then He isn't just a great theological/philosophical idea... he is a God that can interact with His creations and is able to show Himself. I have personally seen God do amazing and undeniable (and somewhat unbelievable) things in my life, if anyone is sincerely interested in finding out whether or not God exists, just ask, "Creator of the universe, if you are real, show yourself to me!" "God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble" - James 4:6. By the way, not all scientists are atheists as many of the commenters and people in the vid seem to think. In fact, an organization that hires one of the largest number of phd scientists in the world is a group called creation ministries... need I say more?
+ricardomaman I take it you are not at all a scientist, or maybe Nigeria trained, as your opinions are not at all worth debating. For one, the Big Bang is a hypothesis and not a theory. Secondly, the hypothesis itself does not record events at time t=0. And thirdly, the hypothesis has never stated that the universe emerged out of nothing. What you need to do is stop repeating nonsense you have heard from others and go and learn about things yourself. That's if you can ever understand them, which I very much doubt given what you have regurgitated.Finally, please ask yourself why this silly God of yours has not interacted with his creations in order to release all the girls and women kidnapped, molested and raped by Boko Haram and Daesh, to the point that a lot of them are now pregnant. That is the ones, they have not detonated as suicide bombers. All this in full view of this God of yours!This really nonsensical God just interacts with deluded minds, and not with critical events taking place on the ground. You should learn to decode pure and absolute nonsense passed down by your forbears, and not swallow rubbish hook, line and sinker.It's even worse regurgitating swallowed rubbish!
ricardomaman how can someone who believes in a afterlife evn say that if you believe that you gonna have go to heaven when you die the whats the point of this life on earth
God is each any everyone of us and everything else in the universe, we all connected. When we remember that. We love each other so much, everything else falls away. Oh I believe in God and I believe in us, we will become beautifully connected again remembering who we are and where we came from.
As a Nigerian, I can categorically say religion is our number one problem.
We seriously lack critical thinking skills.
So y'all niggaz are fools
You’re 100% right
"There are some books we read that we are not supposed to read" well done British Empire, you truly dominated the African mind
Lol
The won the overall war
Dem nearly win but wen I know dere r ppl like me & u despite us not knowing ourselves mean dy ain't completely won yet
In my opinion, this blind faith some call it ignorance is the number one reason why Nigeria will never truly rise.
***** yep fmg preachers pastors corruption witchcraft etc hard to see modernisation,.
"never truly rise". Uhhm. Just to put it precisely, it will never, ever, rise.
I hope one day, Ade, my brother. If the people want it, it will come.
cheekichapi The responses from these Nigerians are just so shocking. It's as if they have no education regarding logic or science at all. If these responses are at all generalizable, It's as if the entire country has been indoctrinated by christianity.
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Science is also part of the illusion? What is that even supposed to mean? lol.
Science is based on evidence. Religion is belief without evidence. How are they the same?
I'm not an atheist, but many Nigerians have not studied the subject well enough
ignorance is so rampant in Nigeria
As a Nigerian, I can confirm this sadly. A lot of people parrot what they hear their pastors, teachers and parents say without bothering to seek out their own opinions. And even then they get ostracised if they do so overall there isn't much to gain long term from not being religous there.
Noob Artist600 Same here in The States.
I’m Nigerian, and most of my relations and familiars do believe in the Christian god.
The ignorance never ceases from the motherland.
What makes matters worse is how religions like Christianity, Islam, and Judaism aren’t even native to most, if not all African nations.
They are simply foreign and new religions stemmed from old Europe, and most originally from the Middle East.
God herself is an Atheist, she doesn't believe she has a creator.
Are you dumb?
People are trying to define the almighty. You can’t define the unlimited nature. If you try to define it, it is not unlimited it is limited. That is the human being, it is a limited existence. The almighty is the unlimited existence meaning it cannot be defined. Almighty is not defined by boundaries, he will
Never be defined.
This is the best comment k this video🤣
Good thinking,I'm l love that quote
Ms Harris is sooo right
I feel bad for these people, they don't know what it's like to think for themselves at all. Indoctrination is a terrible thing.
Are you dumb
@@Yorubaddie I think so
I personally have no problems if someone believes that God exist or not, the thing that kinda triggers me is how nigerians are super dedicated in religions that were spread through slavery or by the work of missionaries. Its like they don't question why they became christians or muslim because they are scared to go to hell or something. They just believe what people tell them without thinking if it can be true or not and that's sad
It's awful that Christianity was used as a tool to enslave our ancestors but that doesn't debunk Christianity or God.
I feel sorry for Africans. I am ashamed. At least I can claim I'm not Nigerian.
We need help!!
Religion and superstition is the reason African countries aren't developing fast enough. There's not alot of logical thinking going in African. They pray to the god European used to corrupt them
Same,lol
@@fordaculture5014 all religion are fake and the africans take seriously
@@FuturisticTech-9999 I'm an atheist and trust me, I don't argue with religious people on the topic of God's existence, logic can't penetrate their heads. I just laugh and ridicule them till they give up trying to win my "soul".
All of these people are naive, ignorant and very culturally biased.
The question in itself is complex. To every person, the word 'God' has different connotations and meanings hence why we have different religions. For someone to not believe God exists is not a sin nor a crime and they definitely do not deserve to be called a 'Bastard'!
Durkheim (a Sociologist) argues that people are religious and believe in God because it gives the individual a sense of belonging and prevents us from losing our sense of meaning and gives us a guidance on how to live life (this is where Holy books such as the Qur'an and the Bible comes in) and religion also gives us a better understanding of the world.
I believe the more educated someone is, the less religious they are which has been proven through research. I personally don't want to state my views on whether I believe in God or not but I'd advise BattaBox to be more selective of their sample to get a wider range of findings. For example interviewing Nigerians who have lived abroad, Nigerians who are very educated and Nigerians who are also from a high class. I can guarantee the answers you will get from these people will differ from the respondents you have selected. Although I guess the method of random sampling was utilized, ironically every respondent yet seems to be ignorant
P.S does anyone ever question why we hang up pictures of white Jesus (from the location he was born in he's likely to have been very tanned/brown) or question the fact that Nigerians wouldn't have found 'Christianity' if not because the white missionaries introduced it to y'all. Oh and the books in the Bible was also put together and carefully selected by the white man to serve their interests when it comes to controlling the masses, ever wondered why white people are not as religion fanatics as the blacks. But that's none of my business :)
Another point I'd like to address. The media is soo soo powerful and influential in this generation. Really and truly all these pastors and spiritualists who perform all these 'miracles' in the name of God and air it on T.V etc, do we not think that if this was all legit the media would have got grasp of the 'power of healing in the name of God' and raised mass awareness on it which would it lead to saving massive costs in terms of healthcare etc? But nah.. we never think to question that deeply
P.s i'm only focusing on Christianity here because it's something i can relate with. I don't discuss on religions I have no awareness of.
Victoria Olamide this is a great comment, I loved reading it and I agree with you on most parts - only thing I disagree about, wasn't even necessarily your own opinion as I understood it - so I will move on to my opinion about why religion is now so deeply rooted in communitys of coloured people..
Partly it's a bit of Stocholm Syndrome
- and then there's a lot of reasons you have in fact stated earlier yourself, socioeconomic is certainly a reason - and if people are getting treated like shit, it becomes this coping mechanism if they believe in an eternal afterlife..
You see the same thing in India where those who believe in reincarnation, if you are born into a lower social class, you probably did something bad in an earlier life..
And yes, it is funny how the idea of jesus being this white dude in a world where almost everybody where at least dark tanned has been standardized - but as you might be aware of, early christianity was very much about adaptation, so much that it leaves us with a very interesting question today - did he even exist?!
Or is christianity simply a mix of different religions - perhaps mixed with a historical figure, perhaps a zealot jew who was executed by Romans...
What we do know is that early christianity first grew strong among the poor, the women's, the slaves and the uneducated, (same goes for early islam) - and today missionaries are targeting some of the same groups, today's slaves are those with very low income and poor social status - wich I'm afraid you will find a lot of not only in Lagos, but throughout the African continent...
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I sincerely hope that one day we will be able to establish some basic global rights for children - one of them should be access to cost free education and another should be the freedom of religious indoctrination - and the list goes on! ;-)
I am so impressed by your reply, keep it up dame.
@vic I shared your opinion. Why do people fight or argue on God's behave;black people are the most religious people still they live below standard including african American. That guy called himself a scientist,can somebody tell him that going to university to study science won't make you a scientist
Good points but some highly educated people do believe in God too.
Why is it always places that have a high level of violence and low economy that are heavily religious?
Because there is no hope whatsoever in such places. They are breeding grounds for all sorts of dubious, shady, 100% ignorant idiots who go about propagating absolutely worthless and vile ideas to the already down and out oppressed citizenry, who in their abject state are in no position to question the validity of the claims being propagated by the idiots.
It would seem that Nigeria is a country of saints, EVERYONE believes in God and yet...You all know, i don't need to tell you. How is that? Also the argument of too much knowledge, wow, i never knew there was such a thing.
I've heard it before, it's an old argument, think even Kirkegaard wrote something on the topic once!
But it is being used, by religious fundamentalists everywhere in the world - and there may be some truth to it as we see today where more knowledge actually are leading to a decline in religiosity...
Nice summary
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Star Writer "being bold enough to share the word of god"...???????
Oh, like ISIS does it...?
Or maybe like lord's resistance army?
Or where you thinking more in line with Westboro Baptist Church?
All of whom are quite "bold" in their ways of sharing the word of god...
Star Writer god supports killing of homosexuals and non believers. and supports slavery, murder ,and women being inferior. you can't choose which parts you follow or don't. you either follow it down to the letter or by your belief your going to hell. i suggest reading gensis 6:6, deuteronomy 22:28-29, 22:13-21, timioth 2:11, ephesians 6:5. then say you want to preach his word. if you read the new testament their loads of racist sexist and etc that would make you think if you truly read it.
What about the highly educated Nigerians? I would like to see how many of them are believers. Probably like everywhere else the higher the level of education the lower percentage of believers in personal god.
well ill answer that used to live in nigeria
some are muslims and christians and most of them lie about their religion because they do not want to change the minds of their followers/buyers.....
You just have to watch CNN to see how every single deity is failing Africans orphaned by conflict or ravaged by war. If you don't have Cable TV, go and ask at NTA how many believers have been bombed and kidnapped by Boko Haram despite prayers and fasting.
This is New Years Eve and like every other year, the Pope and all pastors and Imams all over the world would pray for world peace- This merciful God will also like every year, answer no and delight in the death of children just as his predecessors like Ifa, Saturn, Eirene, Athena and Mars consistently disappointed human-kind. Why can't anyone connect the dots? Maybe we just gather to dress up and spit on ourselves!
The cure of Ebola and malaria are in labs, not on Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The solution to religious fanaticism is simply pointing to the ample proof that the books they quote to kill and judge one another are light on facts The solution to burning witches or slapping "Winshe for Jesus" is simply showing that like Leprechauns, such beings don't exist.
There are many closet atheists in Nigeria. Perhaps 10% of the population. If take the camera away and make the survey anonymous.
God is nature...nature is God. That is what our ancestors believed. I am Nigerian and don't believe in white jesus. God exists thru us and the universe. Ase
So you are some sort of deist...?
I like your view upon god, don't share it myself - or at least not completely!
I would call god a fig of our imagination - and you sure need a LOT of imagination to believe a man living in the middle east 2000 years ago, walking around in the desert and preaching could ever possibly be white!!!
I am also Nigerian and I refuse to believe in a personified God. I believe in God as the great spirit which encompasses everything in the universe and the God-Like qualities within each individual. I do not believe in religion. I am spiritual or what some will call a "pantheist". The bible to me is "Hebrew Mythology". I am Nigerian and my ancestors have nothing to do with biblical tales. We had our own spirituality before English colonialism.
blaq2handle Also there were no women in this video. And what is up with people calling God "He". I am sorry but sexism has played a large role in religion.
blaq2handle pantheism is definetly a big jump in the right direction!
while not agreeing in your "religious" views, I certainly find them a lot more compelling and humane than the religious views presented in the video - and I share your concern about the lack of women asked in this video, like they don't have something important to say about these matters?!?
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I fear for the future of Nigeria, growing tension between muslims and christians and a growing number of evangelical christians with their bigoted views are slowly pulling Nigeria and other countries on the African continent in the wrong direction...
sagat4 JESUS DIDN'T DIE FOR ME....MY ANCESTORS DID! Have a good one!
4:50 (Argument) You must acknowledge your parents in order to affirm your own existence.
So, if God exists, then who are the parents of God?
egglot12 god is not human. He is a power that is too unlimited for that kind of definition. Logic cannot desrcribe him because he isn’t describable. He is beyond our logical comprehension and for good reason. IWhat we need to focus is on why the universe is created and why we are created. Instead of listening to religion or claiming to be aethiest or trying to prove existence through equations, take a look at our own body and mind and fundamentals of the universe. For something to exists, something must have caused it. As a human being, did you create yourself? If you did then you must be something that is not human, but according to logic you are human. You obviously needed your parents to create you, because they had sex and their effect of that sex was you. In the same way, this universe didn’t create itself, the Big Bang did, well what caused the Big Bang. That is the biggest question science cannot understand because science itself has reached its limit at this point of time. So now that science can’t prove what caused the Big Bang do we just suddenly worship the Big Bang? If you are an aeithist than yes you can worship it if you want, but if you are reasonable then you would know the Big Bang is just a phenomena to make the universe happen. So what caused the Big Bang? If you are a cold ruthless scientific machine you say the Big Bang causes it’s self which is contradictory to the laws of the universe. Something can’t cause itself, only an effect can make a cause happen. Effect leads to cause and cause leads to effect. Effect can’t be effect and cause doesn’t lead to cause. So something must have made the Big Bang which is the effect, so what is the cause?
@@awesomesauce8199 So who is this God and why should we care about it? Infact , how do you they are not many beings responsible for existence. The idea of a creator or creators is plausible, though the notion of such a creator being God or omnipotent as "God" is commonly stated to be is highly unlikely.
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@@awesomesauce8199then if god exists why is it always have to be your own god
Why wasn't a single woman interviewed? There were plenty crossing the bridge.
Great question!!!
Star Writer you're trolling, right???
you don't honestly think that a women isn't allowed to her own opinion?!?
Star Writer try and tell that to all the women who has experienced violence from their highly religious husbands....
You are not "old school" - you're "Ancient/mediaval school" - please progress into the new millennium - where women and men are becoming equal!
Star Writer balu. smh
In response to the original question there may be a million reasons. It's kinda "hard" to get anyone especially a woman to stop for an interview on a busy Lagos street (especially on a pedestrian bridge which is a weird location choice btw)
I just guess the reporter was a bit shy and couldn't walk up to the ladies.
What you have in Nigeria is a brainwashed populace that submit to the will of their pastors no matter what is demanded of them. There is a huge problem in the Nigerian communities in the UK (and logically it's much worse in Nigeria itself) where pastors essentially regard the community as their own personal harem.
Young girls are abused in their droves but are too afraid or ashamed to report their abusers for fear of the backlash within their communities, and those outside are afraid to act for fear of appearing culturally or racially insensitive.
That's religion for you!
This hurts so so much to watch. The ignorance...
Any African atheists wanna be friends? It's a lonely world here for us godless Africans
Meeeeeee
@@eromonsele1521 I'm screaming . IG ?
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Prepare for enternal Fire all of you. You call yourself godless? What a crook, your guys are surely godless.
"I don't know if God believes in me!" is my first reply. - It's, because how can anyone believe in the God of any man-made religion? For, most of them end up in the opposite of what we expect of them.
That's why I believe in my own God and that is the divine "Power of the Universe"... or simply put: in nature and its laws! To me that makes sense, because acting logically correct always got me the results I was after. That frees me of turning into a religious sheep, forced to obey those self-imposed holy shepherds. I don't need them to teach me right from wrong.
hey @Joh very interesting! but as you can see - plenty of people in Nigeria thuink you might just be headed to hell for that one o 😝🔥
***** I know, because in your woods masses of people allow themselves to be indoctrinated by religion and if I were to live there, I would just be quite and let them believe that I'm just the same...
We now can see what religions lead up to... into Boko Haram and ISIS shit!
In your country it's life threatening to tell anyone what you really think.
I prefer freedom of thought and speech and truly believe that nature and its laws are God, because nobody really knows a thing about the miracles of the Universe than you and me.
Nature's justice is watching and dealing with us: Acting logically correct and our life will be good; acting negatively compels us to compensate our actions. That's all we need to know and obey in life and that's why I don't need religions to tell me what I have to think and believe. That's a personal choice, just like the color of my underpants...
I prefer to lead my life than to follow other people's orders, for I hate sheep me-e-entality! A world without religions would be a better world!
The better are the living standards, the lesser the people feel the need of God.
People pray God when they are poor, when they are sick, when they are in trouble, when they are in jail, when they are ignorant...
If we wish for a better world than, keep it real, that world will have no God.
No female opinions? ??
Here is the prequel to this video:
Christianity: "I've got an idea, why don't we spread our message by teaching the bible to a group of poorly educated people who will blindly accept it."
Plus colonization
No wonder Nigeria will never progress.
Oh please, Saudi/ Bahrain/ Dubai/ Botswana/ Rwanda is progressing and they believe in God. I can list for you more countries that are religious and pretty much progressing without any problem.
Piss off!!
Nigeria is progressing. Just check the stats
Hillary by being brainwashed with religion from colonization. Awesome.
Go to hell mate.
I love the comment about "over reading"! This says a huge amount. Lol
It's hilarious. 40 years of neglected education, social welfare and state infrastructure... The churches took over... And see !
yeah who wants to sinn by learning too much if that was ok we'd all be eating apples by now
Lol ,this is the type of ppls i deal with everyday in africa
@@seyfunega2018 But good to see the tide is turning around the continent with the rise of new non-religious movements.
Over reading. Too much of anything is bad except, apparently, religion.
@3:45 what kind of scientist is he? I didn't get him clearly.
He probably just a teacher and not a real scientist.
He’s has a PhD in Prayer warfare 🤣.
Yes. God can fix everything - except Africa.
Racist Beech
Open Heavens Don't you mean beach?
seems your right,.i think he lost interest in africa,.
will there be many nigerians entering heaven i wonder,.
i had near death experience and saw heaven,.i am one of the lucky ones,.
Yet another case where religion has induce acceptance by irrational fear. Inside the religious circle good outside of it bad.
And this is one of the main reason why Africa will forever remain behind while the rest of the world moves forward.
You should have asked them what is God! That would be more interesting to see the answers.
In what world is "over reading" a bad thing? 😂
god didn't create nothing. zesus, odin, seth and ra did.
@@aliaselmencho8071 Wow you have the audacity to talk as if your God isn't a false myth like the rest mentioned!
Where you see all dis god.....means yr is fake
Well i guess Nigeria is off the holiday list.
Lovasz 😂😂😂
Lovasz 😂😂😂
😂😂😂 funny cause it was nrver on the list,right?:😂😂😂 if it wasnt so funny it would almost be funny
Bye
Yeah we're very displeased that you're choosing another destination for child sex tourism
Kindness, truth, and compassion are like the sun, it nourishes the world, takes away darkness, and makes all things grow, however if you pull the curtains, or shut the door of your house, the all powerful sunlight will not knock down your door, or tear your curtains. It will not even knock. True goodness is not intrusive, it's not preachy, it's not judgemental. But it will be there for you, always if you want. To me that's God.
I don't believe in Religion anymore, but i do believe there is a highest supreme being.
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Well if god existed , their wouldn't be so much poverty in Nigeria and the continent of Africa.
Are you joking? It's about resources not beliefs
Read the Bible.
I prod to be african. And I believe in God. U eat right. Who give you that?
+Christian Fletcher lol do you even know what the word 'racist' means?
+Christian Fletcher .....Hey, everybody christian just wanted everyone to know that he is racist....That is all....move on from this imbecile...
Lol it's like talking to children. Their understanding of the natural world is embarrasing.
Am Nigerian and an atheist
Good for you 👍🏿
What do YOU think of people who do NOT believe in God? Gist us in the comments below...
The logical fallacies are strong with these ones 🤦🏽♂️
It’s incredible to me that anyone would still believe that an invisible being in the sky created everything in the universe when we have learned so much in the past 100 years. I can understand why uneducated people would still believe in god.
I love this Batta Box TV i watch it everyday at work, some things i agree on and obviously being African myself i tend to be quite stubborn on some on the subjects you guys discuss, keep up the hard work and keep making me laugh lol .
Tunisia for example is very divided. Lot of atheists and lot of religious extremists. Iran for example also has a lot of. Atheists behind curtains, because of the mullah regime kills and imprisons atheists.
What I don't understand is that we had our own religion before slave trade does this now mean our ancestors are in hell I don't know why we were so quick to throw our religion away
2:10 this guy said they are not human-being lmao , anyway...
How you learn to view the world is called culture. That is what makes humans so interesting is because of the different upbringing and beliefs. And over time these things can change. Identity is a process. I have come across Nigerians who say they are full blown Christians or Muslims yet they still have animist beliefs. The belief in a higher power is interpreted in many different ways across the globe. Who says that one version is correct. It's like rivers that all lead to one body, the ocean. Some people say they don't belief in God (higher power), yet they believe in science or nature (what they see), but at the end of the day isn't God the All Seer, All Know-er, God is here and everywhere at the same time. Someone people may say at the end of the day all of these things are the same. There are Shamanists who believe in the Sun, Moon, Rain and Earth gods etc...Hindus believes are not too far from this. To not believe is to believe lol. Just like communication people think that when you speak that is communication but forgetting that when you don't speak is nonverbal communication which is still a form of communication. Not to believe is till believing in something. :-p It just may not be what the majority sees fit in belief.
You know the reason why the west is thriving and it's not because of religion but science
that's right
Why are the most atheist countries the most developed in the world? Mmmh 🤔🤔🤔
What does developed mean?
Beacuse they do not give a fuck about followig the rules of a book from the bronze age
They’ll all go down to The Pit at the end. Being Rich doesn’t mean you’re Save. Read The Gospels and see what Jesus actually said about Rich and Poor
@@guyp9596 I have been reading the gospel and nothing chance my idea.
The more a country is religious, the more that country is poor and the less they respect human rights. That's a fact.
Christianity has been very functional into keeping poor people quiet in their place, because it is a religion that glorify poverty and suffering and promise a reward, a magical place you will go but only afther you die; so that the poor will accept to live in misery instead of rebelling and kicking the rich people in the ass.
I think you should read more books than just the bible
@Mr Bumpo No, of course.
Any religion can be used to brainwash people; christianity is the usual example because is the biggest one. Even extremist political ideologies works the same...in fact they are like religions of their own.
I do not even think that all adout christianity is bad. I belive Jesus wasnt inventing anything, he was just talking about what is good in the human nature, like Buddha or Krishna before him. The problem is that many people are not clever enough to understand phylosophy, but they are functional enough to understand rules.
😂😂 Nigerians. I don't blame them. I also felt the same way this period of time.
So you’re an atheist? Or you’ve got something else that you believe in?
@@BattaBox Yes, I'm an atheist.
So who created God?
Hmm
In conclusion: enlightenment(book Knowledge) leads to Atheism...in other words, stay a dullard, have blind faith and the kingdom of heaven is yours....stay classy Nigeria.
These people are annoying especially the dude in the first seconds. But I don't blame them I blame the fraudulent pastors in Nigeria. That preach them fairytales and sweet things to enrich their pockets
You do know that there are real pastors out there, don’t you?
Needs subtitles, couldn't understand half of this.
Not trying to be rude just saying.
lol I like the last guy: "For anyone waching who does not believe in god, I tell you there is GOD!"
Oh thanks I didn't realise haha I guess if you say so I mean you seem to be a nice guy I'll just take your word on it. Wow this is great, now I have someone waching my every move, like prison, this is great how you just stripped away my freedom¡
I work with a Nigerian bloke and he is exactly the same as these blokes and to debate that god exists is too much for them
Even better 3:25, now that was some fancy foot work. I wonder how many ppl are hit a year on that stretch of road?
I am atheist
Ya , we got smarter. God was the very first answer to every problem. Now think of the problems god answers now,, only the invisible non existent problems are left for the lazy to assign god to.....Why do people not want to get smarter?
I think you mean you became foolish. Decieved. Without even knowing it you are a fool thinking yourself to be wise.
xyzcannon234 let me gues you got that from romans where its talking about you Christians and pagans and how you took the image of the incorruptible god and turn it to the image of corruptible man and to four footed beats, because only you Christians make graven images of god and jesus check not talking about atheist we don't worship anything
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
Romans 1:22-25 KJV
bible.com/1/rom.1.22-25.KJV
Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn’t worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. As a result, their minds became dark and confused. Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools. And instead of worshiping the glorious, ever-living God, they worshiped idols made to look like mere people and birds and animals and reptiles. So God abandoned them to do whatever shameful things their hearts desired. As a result, they did vile and degrading things with each other’s bodies. They traded the truth about God for a lie. So they worshiped and served the things God created instead of the Creator himself, who is worthy of eternal praise! Amen.
Romans 1:21-25 NLT
bible.com/116/rom.1.21-25.NLT
God was God, is God and will continue to be God whether man believes and acknowledges him or not. God says one day every eyes will see and behold him, the tongues will confess and knees will bow before him. mountains will shake and earth will quake.
You right.❤️
But he can't help starving or war torn kids and yet children are born with cancer . So much evil and injustice in the world
ouch ! Do you know the way?
God will never exist no matter how much you want him too
@supreme leader And No matter how much you try to say Hell is not Real, you will End up there, wether you like it or not.
Face Palm !!!
How come only men were interviewed?
Because women's opinion are worthless.. I am kidding!!!! I don't know why. I think he should certainly have interviewed women also
Why people are making it out like their opinion is any worse than those in America or UK etc I don't know. Religious from all around the world can only use the same argument so they just sound like everyone else to me.
Ha! "There is God" is enough to believe that ANY God exists?
Well, which one - Zeus, Ra, Odin, Apollo, Poseidon, Allah, Yahweh, Olodumare, Amadioha or the 5,000+ others?
If "everyone comes from a father", where did God come from? And who's the father of that God, and the father of that one, and one for that other one...?
The reporter quoting the bible to validate what the bible says 🤦🏾♂️
God exist so there is hunger in your country
Horrible English...the verb "does", does not agree with the subject:
"...People that does not believe that God exists…"
What a tragedy.
its interesting how this video doesnt get any attention although some critic will get over 200k likes
@4:18.. oh the irony 🤦🏾♂️. Our people don finish kpata kpata. This country should be call F.R.O (Federal Republic of Olodos)
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out of all of God's creations, humans are the only ones who question his being and authority. how has satan blinded us so much. God have mercy on us. I give God all the glory.
How are you talking about Satan "blinding" anyone when you believe in a religion that was forced on your great great grandparents when they were slaves? You are definitely the blind one. Go and read books and watch videos on atheism before you start talking about being blind. You have been brainwashed from a kid.
africans believed in God before slavery time so you can go and read books which were written by the same whites who forced your granparents into slavery. peace.
+Oyin lola Yh but they didn't believe in Jesus did they you dumbass
+Oyin lola and it's not a race thing. So what do you mean "whites" Kmt so uneducated
ok so tell me WHO forced religion on my great great granparents, mr stupid?
Its sad cause its true that most Nigerian see atheists negatively. My take on this is to just let people breathe. Not everyone has to see the world as you do, and live their lives as you do. This life is too short to be persecuting somone over what they do and do not believe in. In the end theres no defenitive proof of how our qorld came to be and if their's and afterlife, so live your life by whatever morals you want, but that doesn't give you the right to force thise ideals on someone else and/or demean them for it.
This video was great wish more people were like this in the United States we need god
LOL!!!! 0:25 I wonder if buddy was smoked by that honking car as he darted into the street. : {
"there are no atheists in foxholes" 4:08 ask the guy who didn't believe in God until they became really sick & then they began believing
Well if there 's no Atheists in the foxholes then the foxholes are probably not a good place to live in. Still, if you want the entire world to believe in god the best thing to do is to turn the world into a giant foxhole.
people know that if you follow God, there are certain things they can and cannot do. certain rules to abide by and since people have already broken those rules or do not want to abide by those rules, they simply say God does not exist. the fool says in their hearts that there is no God.
ouch ! People don't believe in God because they want to 'sin' I'm sorry but your thinking is flawed
also, u can ask them in which god do they believe,
The guy who said if you do not believe in god then you have no idea of your creation 😁😁😁😁, evolution fool,
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You will be surprise if the same question was thrown in western world...
Majority would say there's no God...... Africans/Blacks all over are still delusional...
Psalm 14:1
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
This is what I find interesting in the comment. you ppl don't believe. However your watching a video and writing on it on something you don't believe..... It shows me that deep in your heart you know there is a GOD. GOD the creator that made you and brought Jesus to die on the cross for your sins. Yet you don't believe. Its funny how you don't yet your all on ever video concerning my GOD. please examine yourself and seek the Lord and repent. He is coming soon and it will be so sad unbelievers parish
Oh shut up with your "he's coming soon" bullshit. People have been saying that for thousands and thousands of years now you dumbass. Get a life
Mimi i thout he was supposed to come over two thousand years ago, the people he promised that they would not die untill they saw him coming in his kingdom are dead and he said elijah has come already because in milachi elijah is supposed to come first before the world ends???.
if elijah has come already wtf are we still doing here???.
For the Son of Man will come with his angels in the glory of his Father and will judge all people according to their deeds. And I tell you the truth, some standing here right now will not die before they see the Son of Man coming in his Kingdom.”
Matthew 16:27-28 NLT
bible.com/116/mat.16.27-28.NLT.
Then his disciples asked him, “Why do the teachers of religious law insist that Elijah must return before the Messiah comes? ” Jesus replied, “Elijah is indeed coming first to get everything ready. But I tell you, Elijah has already come, but he wasn’t recognized, and they chose to abuse him. And in the same way they will also make the Son of Man suffer.” Then the disciples realized he was talking about John the Baptist.
Matthew 17:10-13 NLT
bible.com/116/mat.17.10-13.NLT
The Lord of Heaven’s Armies says, “The day of judgment is coming, burning like a furnace. On that day the arrogant and the wicked will be burned up like straw. They will be consumed-roots, branches, and all. “But for you who fear my name, the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in his wings. And you will go free, leaping with joy like calves let out to pasture. On the day when I act, you will tread upon the wicked as if they were dust under your feet,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “Remember to obey the Law of Moses, my servant-all the decrees and regulations that I gave him on Mount Sinai for all Israel. “Look, I am sending you the prophet Elijah before the great and dreadful day of the Lord arrives. His preaching will turn the hearts of fathers to their children, and the hearts of children to their fathers. Otherwise I will come and strike the land with a curse.”
Malachi 4:1-6 NLT
bible.com/116/mal.4.1-6.NLT
Quite a fertile soil for witch doctors. This obscurantism fascinates me so much that I started learning Pidgin English.
I’ll take he witch doctors any day. They are at least immersed in the natural environment. These “Christians” are quack!!
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These people are just so oppressed by there own cultural theology way of thinking but I blame no. I think the more you think out of the box the more innovated we become as a species. The more knowledge in the world the more we uncover the mysteries of the unknown. I think through the ways of science and philosophy the more we will continue to uncover this vast universe. We cannot keep oppressing our minds in the mindset that if we don't understand something or an event we used God as an answer. Before some goes irate this my opinion in all of this. I'm an agnostic I don't believe our definition of god its at it right definition I mean do we really understand what orchestrated this vast universe . We center ourselves as too much as being supreme as if we are the chosen one's and the so called god cares about human beings. This universe is so vast and violent in nature that I can't seem to phantom we are the center in this so called god’s mind. We have to continue opening our minds and stop creating unproven god beliefs and its oppression. There is a way to live life with good morals and ideals. Man created religion to live life at its own moral standard that some oppresses the mind when its leads to questions outside of its own realm. There is good and bad in every religion but i think its more of just living through ethics, morals, and philosophy created my human thought. I say if you have the freedom to live life with the opportunities you have live life by your own means through happiness, good moral righteousness, and open minded. This universe is full of mysteries and with our natural ability through the process of nature's evolution in life that lead us here let us continue to grow in the mind and continue to unravel the mysteries of curiosity of our environment and this vast universe. Thank you... Peace and happiness to all.
Agnostic atheists are the one that don't believe 100% in the existence of God and atheist are does who believe in is existence but do not believe in religion for me i am a proud atheist
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brother in a pink shirt thought he was so profound 😫
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John 1:9-11
Everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting, for whoever greets him takes part in his wicked works.
Wait I think I finally get the point of this vid. It's about the difference between smart an dumb ppl. The smart one's are using the bridge to cross the busy road. An the not so bright one's are darting across the road like a real life frogger game!
Same here I believe god
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I believe God is a spirit of eternity. Why? Because this is what God is and what he offers to all if we are willing to believe this and except. If there be no God, then there be no life, no love, there be nothing. Us even being here is proof that there is a God, a greater power that is in control of all. We don't just have body and mind but also have soul and spirit. There are 2 God's in this world. God of life and of love and God of death and hate. The God of life is greater than the one of death and hate because God created all even the devil, Satan. God is love or devil would have been put under his feet when he tricked and deceived man and thrown into hells fire. None can see air, yet we know it to be. Not because we can see it or taste it, but because we can feel air, we can hear air, can even smell it, it keeps us alive. What more proof you need than being alive???
+Shawna Giguere , So why would God be stupid enough to create a devil, who presumably is responsible for the rape and impregnation of children captured by Boko Haram and ISIS in full view of this God who is enjoying the whole spectacle, and doing absolutely nothing about.This God of yours has already seen hundreds of Girls and Women forcibly detonated as suicide bombers by Boko Haram, and is enjoying the explosions as s/he is completely powerless to do anything about it.Please enlighten me, what is the difference between God and Devil? Are they not one and the same? Otherwise, neither exist, and you are severely delusional!
ow gould they knot beeleave in god, he make every thing. lol
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like many scientist in nigeria there are many electrical engineers from Nigeria who do not know how to fix a ceiling fans Nigerians are so in delusion
Whoever says Nigeria(9ja) or any country in our Motherland Africa ll not not rise I pray they live to see her gr8ness n b put to shame. Like it or not Africa's rising, it shall b among d Best Nations on planet earth eventually n won't b dat long anymore. It's already happening.
Any update on the progress of Nigeria? It’s been 4 years or has God taken a prolonged vacation?
greeting it so sad that these so call Africa believe, or should l say lie to them self, bless for the sun nt son, the black African woman is god now man can create a child. bless the truth will set on African people free soon, enough said
i feel bad for them religiots...
wow look at all those princes that need just 500$ to get their millions. Thank god they are all willing to give you a reward!
Sad sad sad
AFRICA will have the last laugh on this planet, mark my words, Alpha and Omega of mankind. If there's one thing Africans got right its faith and connection to the creator. That is all you need in this temporal existence, forget cash, forget cars, forget jewellery, etc. Its the connection to the source of the heavens who is above this playground of the two worlds. If there's any people on this planet who have witnessed the work of the Almighty for thousands of years, its the original inhabitants of this planet (AFRICANS)
I don't think it is sin to not believe in God, however, I think it is foolish. There are lots of reasons why people don't believe in God like personal bad experiences, upbringing, dogma, etc. There are just too many issues with Atheism which atheists generally do not seem to consider such as no ultimate meaning/purpose in life, a lack of an objective moral basis and the origin of life problem, among others. If all this world is is simply a bunch of chemicals reacting with each other, there simply is no right and wrong; "Murder is just one bag of chemicals impacting another bag of chemicals" - Dr. Jonathan Safarti. You could come up with your own subjective standard for morality but this of course means that you cannot judge another person's actions as right or wrong seeing as they would have a different standard from you. Atheists have also failed to tell us how it is possible that everything came out of nothing or how life came from non-life. It's interesting, Atheists will not believe that their honda civic came about by a random explosion in honda's assembly factory, but they will believe that the ENTIRE universe came about by an explosion of nothing... because you know, a honda civic is just waaaay more complicated than the whole universe.
Like I always say, anyone who is interested in finding the true creator of the universe should just humble themselves and ask Him to reveal himself to them. If God is real, then He isn't just a great theological/philosophical idea... he is a God that can interact with His creations and is able to show Himself. I have personally seen God do amazing and undeniable (and somewhat unbelievable) things in my life, if anyone is sincerely interested in finding out whether or not God exists, just ask, "Creator of the universe, if you are real, show yourself to me!"
"God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble" - James 4:6.
By the way, not all scientists are atheists as many of the commenters and people in the vid seem to think. In fact, an organization that hires one of the largest number of phd scientists in the world is a group called creation ministries... need I say more?
+ricardomaman I take it you are not at all a scientist, or maybe Nigeria trained, as your opinions are not at all worth debating.
For one, the Big Bang is a hypothesis and not a theory. Secondly, the hypothesis itself does not record events at time t=0. And thirdly, the hypothesis has never stated that the universe emerged out of nothing. What you need to do is stop repeating nonsense you have heard from others and go and learn about things yourself. That's if you can ever understand them, which I very much doubt given what you have regurgitated.Finally, please ask yourself why this silly God of yours has not interacted with his creations in order to release all the girls and women kidnapped, molested and raped by Boko Haram and Daesh, to the point that a lot of them are now pregnant. That is the ones, they have not detonated as suicide bombers. All this in full view of this God of yours!This really nonsensical God just interacts with deluded minds, and not with critical events taking place on the ground. You should learn to decode pure and absolute nonsense passed down by your forbears, and not swallow rubbish hook, line and sinker.It's even worse regurgitating swallowed rubbish!
ricardomaman how can someone who believes in a afterlife evn say that if you believe that you gonna have go to heaven when you die the whats the point of this life on earth
God is each any everyone of us and everything else in the universe, we all connected. When we remember that. We love each other so much, everything else falls away. Oh I believe in God and I believe in us, we will become beautifully connected again remembering who we are and where we came from.
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Lol 😂 eeii
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And I thought they knew DA way.
Excellent show excellent segment I believe in God .most Nigerians do believe in God.Salvation in Jesus Christ o!
I like what these people are saying! Well done Nigeria! God bless your country!
Bible???? "To much of everything is bad"?