RE: My Loss of faith has caused severe depression
June 5, 2013 at 10:00 pm
(This post was last modified: June 5, 2013 at 10:03 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(June 5, 2013 at 9:52 pm)Aran Wrote: If I'm being perfectly honest with myself, it may be fear. When I was a believer I had confidence that good old God was policing the universe. God prescribed a definitive moral code, and deviation from this code was wrong. My dilemma probably stems from a lack of confidence in humankind which I can't seem to be rid of.I can understand that....but fear of what, that people may disagree? Back when "good ole god" was policing the universe..as you put it - people did bad things, didn't they? Despite there being some definitive moral code, despite that deviating from that code was wrong - people still managed to ignore, be oblivious to, or otherwise disagree with that code, didn't they?
What could possibly justify a change in your confidence in humankind, seeing as it's unlikely that humankind -et al- is doing anything differently between this moment and that moment? I mean, if you had no confidence in us before then you've lost nothing on account of your loss of faith in this regard - and if you had confidence in us before we're still doing the same shit...day in and day out. The status of your faith has changed, not humanity.
All these things you mentioned appear to be the sorts of things theists -say- about what would happen if you didn't believe...or if there weren't a god. However, you're not signing on with the things that they say anymore..are you? If you reckon they were wrong about the whole god thing.....why are you affording their ideas about what -is- or -is not-...... that stem from their god bit...... any credibility?
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