Omokri, atheism and imminent death experience

My Nigerian pastor and Nigerian political commentator Reno Omokri recently drew my attention to a recent tweet. In this tweet, Omokri was targeting atheists and atheism. He stated:

"If you have friends and family who are atheists, do not argue with them. Pray instead for them to face a near death situation. Nothing gives meaning to Atheists that (sic) face death. They see things clearly and begin to shout OH GOD OH GOD SAVE ME ".

This tweet is ridiculous and petty. This shows the comic side of this pastor! Omokri exhorted his Christian disciples not to engage in debates with atheists. D & # 39; agreement! He would prefer theists to pray for their atheist friends and family members to experience an imminent death experience. For Omokri, death makes atheists sober and forces them to recognize God and seek salvation. Omokri, in his quest to break the atheists, revealed his ignorance of the Christian scriptures and the Christian tradition. He has forgotten in his Bible an instructive verse that says, "Come now and reason together" (Isaiah 1:18).

So why did Omokri not ask his Christian theists to extend this invitation to atheists? Omokri should urge his theistic followers to engage atheists, to interact and to exchange ideas with them. After all, the Bible says, "Iron sharpens iron" (Proverbs 27:17). Argumentation, debate and reasoning have been part of Christian history and business. Christianity owes its worldwide spread to the teaching and education of non-believers. Omokri therefore asked his followers to evade this solemn responsibility.

In the meantime, suppose that Omokri does not sufficiently understand Scripture and thinks that an impending death experience caused by prayers would expose the depths of atheism.

Omokri suggests that in the face of death, atheists see things "clearly". What does that mean? What are the things that atheists see very well on their deathbed? God? Angels? Satan? To the sky? Hell? What's a dying person? Why does Omokri have more confidence in the sight, knowledge and exclamations of a dying atheist than one who is healthy in spirit and healthy?

I mean how does a situation close to death validate theism? How does confrontation with death make belief in God a more credible and plausible option? How does a deathbed layout invest with a special meaning and view? What other meaning does a dying person have outside the meaning of his mortality?

If death does something, it validates atheism, not theism. What value is shouting "Oh my God, oh my God, save me," on a deathbed. What is it for? What difference does it make? Suppose that an atheist on a deathbed shouts: Oh my God! Oh my God, save me. How does this change the ontological status of God? Does this make God less an imaginary being? Shouting the name of something does not mean that it exists. To shout the name of God does not mean that God exists. People shout the names of God, Allah, Jesus, etc. because they are socialized to do it. It's like screaming and calling on the ancestor, the late father or the grandfather. The god and the ancestors are imaginary entities and can not save anyone, no matter how clearly you "see" him on a death bed or shout their names. Death demonstrates the helplessness of God and the uselessness of seeking a savior from above. In the face of death, seeing God or invoking him is a futile exercise. This is the meaning and realization of a situation close to death.

Unlike Omokri, I say to all theists, "If you have atheist friends and family members, talk to them, challenge them, talk to them, find out why they do not believe in God. Take every opportunity to educate and enlighten you, and rid yourself of illusions and illusions that prevent you from facing death with courage. Do not waste your time praying that atheists find themselves in an imminent death situation, because the prayer cup is empty. Please, do not wait to realize this on your deathbed "

It may be too late.