SCEPTICAL JAYDON

Having been a believer in Christianity and the Bible for several years, in July of 2018, after several months of close observation and reflections, I officially took up the position of a sceptic, and, a few weeks later (circa September), I was a full-on apostate. Many have asked me for an account of how and why I gave up belief in Christianity (including the existence of God) and religion altogether. It will take time and space to give a full narration of all events that led up to my apostasy, and memory itself may fail me in providing all the details as accurately as I should. However, I will give a comparatively brief account of what really led to me quitting the faith in this article. (I will, hopefully, do a more concise publication on this someday.) 1. In 2018, I did a personal Bible study on the gifts of the spirit, with a special focus on 1 Corinthians 12-14, to better understand some doctrinal subjects that I was arguing over with some of my Christian colleag...

A few weeks ago, I ran  a poll on Twitter  asking irreligious people (atheists, agnostics, nonbelievers and apostates) in Nigeria a simple question. The poll gathered a decent degree of response, as there were over 550 votes and about 36 replies. Not a large sample set, but an informative one no less. As an atheist/agnostic/nonbeliever/irreligious/apostate Nigerian, would you fill your correct religious status in a national census or would you fill in the religion you grew up in? Reply with your reason(s) for your choice. Pls RT. — Jaydon #FreeMubarakBala (@Jaydon225) October 9, 2019 The poll's outlook was to assess the confidence level to speak freely about their [lack of] faith, and possibly understand why that level is so, among people who dissent from religion in arguably one of the most religious nations in the world. Nigeria is a country in which 95% of people say they pray every day , the highest nation in that study conducted by Pew Research. The resul...