If You Were An Atheist

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Man, this thread is depressing.

You know what I find sad? The many threads on this site in which atheists talk about their depression and other mental illnesses and how they hop from one drug to another looking for relief.

I think that atheists are more willing to admit when they have mental problems than some theists. There is still a stigma among some(not all) Christians that mental illness is a character flaw that the can be prayed away. I honestly believe that many people in my family suffer from bipolar and depression. They treat the disorder with addictions. Among the addictions that they use is religion. If they are down, they put on praise music and say stuff like, "the devil isn't going to get to me." Although they seem chipper on the outside-and would tell a stranger that they were super happy- they make their families miserable.  Admitting that they are depressed is a sign, in their eyes, that they are weak and worthy of contempt

In my own family, I realized that two of my children have depression-one is bipolar. They go to therapy and take prescribed medicine. We read articles about how to help them and they are pretty good advocates for themselves.

Atheism doesn't cause depression but because atheists are less likely to deny the disorder, they are more likely to be diagnosed.

I don't remember anyone saying that they hopped from one drug to the next. Do you think that your faith would cure depression, alphamale?