If you don't want to read a life story, skip this, but I hope Drich reads it.
When I was a teenager, I developed epilepsy. I was super-religious and went to church every Sunday. As I got older, my epilepsy got worse and worse. Granted, I didn't go to church because I had a weekend job. Eventually, I got so sick I couldn't work anymore, and I was scared to death of God punishing me eith seizures. Then I started meditating and studying Buddhism. My fear of God weakened, and my seizures lightened up signifcantly. I began taking less and less medicine. Eventually, I gave up Buddhism and became a complete atheist. My illness lightened up even more.
What's the point of my telling my life story? To show Drich that faith isn't necessary to overcome a disease. Do I still have seizures? Yes, but they aren't anywhere near as bad as they used to be. Having faith in myself helped me, not faith in some supreme being. Are atheists perfect? No, they are only human, just like Christians. Drich, you fon't need faith in a god to save yourself, just live life to the best of your abilities, and good things will happen to you. And bad things, too. That's just a fact of life. It doesn't favor anyone, no matter what they believe.
When I was a teenager, I developed epilepsy. I was super-religious and went to church every Sunday. As I got older, my epilepsy got worse and worse. Granted, I didn't go to church because I had a weekend job. Eventually, I got so sick I couldn't work anymore, and I was scared to death of God punishing me eith seizures. Then I started meditating and studying Buddhism. My fear of God weakened, and my seizures lightened up signifcantly. I began taking less and less medicine. Eventually, I gave up Buddhism and became a complete atheist. My illness lightened up even more.
What's the point of my telling my life story? To show Drich that faith isn't necessary to overcome a disease. Do I still have seizures? Yes, but they aren't anywhere near as bad as they used to be. Having faith in myself helped me, not faith in some supreme being. Are atheists perfect? No, they are only human, just like Christians. Drich, you fon't need faith in a god to save yourself, just live life to the best of your abilities, and good things will happen to you. And bad things, too. That's just a fact of life. It doesn't favor anyone, no matter what they believe.
"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.”
- Buddha
"Anyone wanting to believe Jesus lived and walked as a real live human being must do so despite the evidence, not because of it."
- Dennis McKinsey
- Buddha
"Anyone wanting to believe Jesus lived and walked as a real live human being must do so despite the evidence, not because of it."
- Dennis McKinsey
