(May 1, 2015 at 9:55 am)AFTT47 Wrote: Welcome!
Boy am I jealous about meeting 4 religious people your whole life. It should be we American atheists that are depressed.
I've got into American politics over the past few years through the daily show, bill maher etc. and the level of influence religion seems to have over there is both hilarious and infuriating, i'd probably find it less hilarious if it were my country. I remember hearing a quote from a supreme court justice on one of those shows along the lines of, "you don't see the devil doing much these days, because he got wilier" who thought that guy should be trusted with that much power?!
(May 1, 2015 at 11:26 am)ChadWooters Wrote: I thought depression just went with being British... Sorry, I was thinking of the Irish. My bad. Seriously though welcome. Many of us, including myself , struggle with depression. I'm pretty sure you'll find that you are in good company.
Is there a correlation between atheism and depression? Is it the god-shaped hole in our soul?
“The larger the group, the more toxic, the more of your beauty as an individual you have to surrender for the sake of group thought. And when you suspend your individual beauty you also give up a lot of your humanity. You will do things in the name of a group that you would never do on your own. Injuring, hurting, killing, drinking are all part of it, because you've lost your identity, because you now owe your allegiance to this thing that's bigger than you are and that controls you.” - George Carlin
