Depression may have many causes, but I believe god, or a lack thereof, has nothing to do with it.
I reject your reality and substitute my own!
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Atheism Doen't Equal Depression
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They say believers have an advantage in feeling they have a purpose in life and confidence in that. Good for them. I prefer not to submerge myself in any purpose and to embrace uncertainty as the only constant. When I taught I had a strong, tangible sense of purpose each day but I was never a missionary about it. I never bought into any personal mythology in that regard. My goals in life would not be met merely by going to the grave as a chipper, upbeat guy. So religion isn't for everyone.
 (August 22, 2015 at 11:08 pm)Spooky Wrote: Depression may have many causes, but I believe god, or a lack thereof, has nothing to do with it. My depression certainly has a very specific cause, which is nothing whatsoever to do with any silly god notion. I never fell for the scam before; I'm fucked if I'll fall for it now.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
 (August 23, 2015 at 5:04 am)Whateverist the White Wrote: They say believers have an advantage in feeling they have a purpose in life and confidence in that. Good for them. I prefer not to submerge myself in any purpose and to embrace uncertainty as the only constant. When I taught I had a strong, tangible sense of purpose each day but I was never a missionary about it. I never bought into any personal mythology in that regard. My goals in life would not be met merely by going to the grave as a chipper, upbeat guy. So religion isn't for everyone. Hitler had a purpose. so did Nat Turner and Mussolini. Historically, people who've had a purpose in life have been relentlessly evil. They could never turn away from their evil ways without turning away from their purpose in life.
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers. Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities. --Voltaire Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind. 
My depression has nothing to do with the belief of God or the lack thereof, so my personal beliefs on the matter are irrelevant. And when I say 'depression' feeling 'down' may be more appropriate since I don't think I suffer from clinical depression, but I haven't been diagnosed.
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