RE: How I feel about my atheism and why I'd encourage religion
May 22, 2014 at 1:52 pm
(This post was last modified: May 22, 2014 at 1:53 pm by Mudhammam.)
Therefore, if someone has a struggle with depression and believing in a religion makes them feel better, then you should never tell this person the truth of atheism.
What condescending nonsense. So instead, we should encourage the depressed person to continue suppressing their intellectual faculties despite the fact that their imaginary friend "GOD" has failed to see them through the depression? At some point we should be honest with them, ya know since we usually appreciate others who are honest with us, and say, "Look, maybe God isn't working to heal your depression because God isn't real. But once you own up to the facts of reality, including why you're depressed, then maybe you can find the real root of your issues and deal with them."
What condescending nonsense. So instead, we should encourage the depressed person to continue suppressing their intellectual faculties despite the fact that their imaginary friend "GOD" has failed to see them through the depression? At some point we should be honest with them, ya know since we usually appreciate others who are honest with us, and say, "Look, maybe God isn't working to heal your depression because God isn't real. But once you own up to the facts of reality, including why you're depressed, then maybe you can find the real root of your issues and deal with them."
