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feeling depressed after becoming atheist
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RE: feeling depressed after becoming atheist
July 5, 2012 at 4:46 pm
thanks for all the replies lol yeah im fine now .... and noo this was not a fast transition it took me a year what i meant was i just now officialy said i am atheist lol
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RE: feeling depressed after becoming atheist
July 6, 2012 at 9:17 am
Only a year?

Well done! Took me at least two - five to get to the Atheist label.
"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
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RE: feeling depressed after becoming atheist
July 9, 2012 at 2:41 pm
How is the atheism and depressed connected?
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RE: feeling depressed after becoming atheist
July 9, 2012 at 3:29 pm (This post was last modified: July 9, 2012 at 3:30 pm by Welsh cake.)
finalyawake, a tentative suggestion, you may want to tell us why you are depressed.


(July 9, 2012 at 2:41 pm)Opsnyder Wrote: How is the atheism and depressed connected?
I'll kudos that on the assumption it was a rhetorical question, even though it probably wasn't. Ho-hum nevermind. >.>
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RE: feeling depressed after becoming atheist
July 11, 2012 at 1:03 am (This post was last modified: July 11, 2012 at 1:05 am by Jeffonthenet.)
(July 3, 2012 at 2:30 pm)Faith No More Wrote:
Jeffonthenet Wrote:What reason did you become an atheist? Perhaps if your reasons were incorrect and atheism is false, you will regain your happiness. If God does exist and is the source of all goodness, it is no surprise that you lost your happiness when you lost your faith in God.

If god is the source of all goodness and losing faith in him causes unhappiness, can we infer from that that anyone who finds happiness without a belief in god is proof that a god that is the source of all happiness does not exist?

Decent point, however, what I made was just a suggestion, not necessarily applicable in all cases due to the fact that rules have exceptions.
(July 3, 2012 at 1:41 pm)Cinjin Wrote:
(July 3, 2012 at 3:07 am)Jeffonthenet Wrote: If God does exist and is the source of all goodness, it is no surprise that you lost your happiness when you lost your faith in God.


The idea that any religion's god is the source of all goodness would be hilarious if it wasn't so insulting to all those who have been slaughtered in his "holy" name.


Tut Tut

this is an example of the logical fallacy ad-hominem
(July 5, 2012 at 4:46 pm)finalyawake Wrote: thanks for all the replies lol yeah im fine now .... and noo this was not a fast transition it took me a year what i meant was i just now officialy said i am atheist lol

Can I ask you what made you lose the belief that God exists?
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RE: feeling depressed after becoming atheist
July 11, 2012 at 3:05 am
Like someone already said. Cheer upSmile I'm not sure how taking God out of the equation makes life any less amazing. With or without a god existence is just as impossible and infinite as it always has been. I myself am glad to be a part of that impossibility.
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RE: feeling depressed after becoming atheist
July 11, 2012 at 3:10 am
A reformed Muslim? I cannot begin to tell you how happy I am for you. I'm glad to hear you're feeling better. Don't let anyone cause you to doubt yourself. You've made the right choice for yourself.
You really believe in a man who has helped to save the world twice, with the power to change his physical appearance? An alien who travels though time and space--in a police box?!? [Image: TARDIS.gif]
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RE: feeling depressed after becoming atheist
July 11, 2012 at 3:52 am
(July 11, 2012 at 3:05 am)BrotherMagnet Wrote: Like someone already said. Cheer upSmile I'm not sure how taking God out of the equation makes life any less amazing. With or without a god existence is just as impossible and infinite as it always has been. I myself am glad to be a part of that impossibility.

If there is no God, Hitler got away with it.
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#29
RE: feeling depressed after becoming atheist
July 11, 2012 at 3:57 am
Facepalm
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RE: feeling depressed after becoming atheist
July 11, 2012 at 4:08 am
(July 11, 2012 at 3:57 am)LastPoet Wrote: Facepalm

He lived a quite entertaining and extraordinary life. He was essentially King of country and could have whatever he pleased. We all die eventually, and he lived a reasonably long life and didn't get 10000000000th of what he deserved.
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