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RE: Athiesm, religion, and drugs...
April 16, 2010 at 7:34 am
What if you beleive in the possible existence of a creator, but are not aligned with any religion? Unless Irish Buddhist counts. It doesn't. I am a believer, yes. I am not religious though. Dern it I don't fit in the pigeon holes again! I have had a life long problem with drugs. It is difficult. I suppose I''ve had many adventures and stories to tell. I have gone about as far from here in my own head as possible. I don't think I am gonna live too long or have a family or those normal people things. I would like to, but I think choices I made long ago will be the deciding factor. These days I just smoke. I guess I am still 'always high' but I certainly am not doing enough MDMA in a night to kill a horse anymore. I don't know the correlation between belief and drug abuse. You could say believers are more controlled, and so don't. You could say atheists are more open, so do. You could say atheists are less stressed, and so don't. Or that believers are less stressed, so don't... Kinda blurry.
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RE: Athiesm, religion, and drugs...
April 16, 2010 at 7:53 am
(April 16, 2010 at 7:34 am)Pippy Wrote: I don't think I am gonna live too long or have a family or those normal people things.
Me neither. Thank Goodness.
I used to tell a lot of religious jokes. Not any more, I'm a registered sects offender.
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RE: Athiesm, religion, and drugs...
April 16, 2010 at 3:02 pm
@ the OP.
I put that I don't do drugs (and obviously not religious), because I assume you meant "recreational"
As for medicated I'm on 600mg of Lithium a night (it's a mood stabilizer (no joke by the way))  (recently had it reduced from 800mg).
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RE: Athiesm, religion, and drugs...
April 16, 2010 at 9:10 pm
You should get off that junk. Drugs are bad.
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RE: Athiesm, religion, and drugs...
April 16, 2010 at 11:19 pm
(April 16, 2010 at 9:10 pm)Pippy Wrote: You should get off that junk. Drugs are bad.
What drugs Pip? I take a whole bunch of prescribed drugs,. They are to lower my blood pressure, lower my cholesterol, control my diabetes and osteoporosis. Without them I would probably be dead.
I've also been treated for unipolar depression for over 35 years. I've been stable for 5 years ,on an SSRI. Tried to get off the SSRI ,under medical supervision,last year. I was suicidal within a few weeks.
Pip, if you are going to make that kind of statement,perhaps be a little specific,citing the evidence for your opinion. If you don't have any evidence ,perhaps shut the fuck up lest some unwell person follows your advice.
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RE: Athiesm, religion, and drugs...
April 16, 2010 at 11:32 pm
maybe he was talking to me?
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RE: Athiesm, religion, and drugs...
April 17, 2010 at 12:50 am
Looks like we have 16 hypocrites on these boards  Alcohol is in-fact a drug guys
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RE: Athiesm, religion, and drugs...
April 17, 2010 at 1:01 am
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(April 16, 2010 at 11:32 pm)Dotard Wrote: maybe he was talking to me?
Because you smoke a little recreational weed ? Wait it's Frodo---OK.
Not that I really care if you smoke your brains out. I'm in favour of legalising ALL illegal drugs.
My arguments are pragmatic,not moral.
(April 17, 2010 at 12:50 am)theVOID Wrote: Looks like we have 16 hypocrites on these boards Alcohol is in-fact a drug guys
You say that as if hypocrisy is a bad or uncommon thing. 
OH, I do not drink alcohol nor smoke any substance.
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RE: Athiesm, religion, and drugs...
April 17, 2010 at 5:36 am
I do drugs. Not so much illegal drugs, as it wasn't common in my culture when I could afford it. Friends who did were total twats or out to prove something. I've spent a lifetime repulsed by the stuff of medication. I think of it as lowering one's defenses, and I try to avoid it.
I tried abstinence for a few years. I found I got high on everyday things more.
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RE: Athiesm, religion, and drugs...
April 17, 2010 at 7:05 am
(April 17, 2010 at 12:50 am)theVOID Wrote: Looks like we have 16 hypocrites on these boards Alcohol is in-fact a drug guys
Actually, I don't drink alcohol So you can lower whatever number is there by at least 1 
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