RE: Atheism Doen't Equal Depression
August 15, 2015 at 1:16 pm
(This post was last modified: August 15, 2015 at 1:28 pm by Alex K.)
@GC
You may be surprised who else in your surrou dings fights depression of which you do not know.
If you've really met an unusual number of people with depression here, it's more plausibly due to it being an internet message board which makes it easier to connect with people while suffering from a mental illness. Unlike Christianity, we also don't have this hypocritical culture where you have to pretend to be happy all the time lest people doubt your committment to sparkle motion. However, where I'm from, being an atheist is such a non-issue that no one would even suggest that atheism causes depression. Maybe in your country, the Christians drive members of the atheist minority to depression because they are constantly told how they are second class humans... I've witnessed it first hand, it's real subtle. Just a thought...
I for one have been an atheist for 20+years and am not even close to having a real depression and never have been. And neither have my atheist wife, in laws, friends
You may be surprised who else in your surrou dings fights depression of which you do not know.
If you've really met an unusual number of people with depression here, it's more plausibly due to it being an internet message board which makes it easier to connect with people while suffering from a mental illness. Unlike Christianity, we also don't have this hypocritical culture where you have to pretend to be happy all the time lest people doubt your committment to sparkle motion. However, where I'm from, being an atheist is such a non-issue that no one would even suggest that atheism causes depression. Maybe in your country, the Christians drive members of the atheist minority to depression because they are constantly told how they are second class humans... I've witnessed it first hand, it's real subtle. Just a thought...
I for one have been an atheist for 20+years and am not even close to having a real depression and never have been. And neither have my atheist wife, in laws, friends
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
