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All atheists are depressed

Mark A. Siefert said:
That's never been a very good excuse.
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No, it isn't.

All the more reason we secularists need to take the offensive in this "culture war" and start taking on the traditonalists rather than letting them dominate the debate.
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To be too aggressive may cause even less change and more hatred towards us. That doesn't accomplish much. Not that I'm saying what we should or should not do (I don't really know the answer myself), but too much aggression can put off the "fence-sitters"; and there are plenty of fence-sitters.

Yeah, but it's also something that can be easily avoided with communication and protection. As we are all well aware, the abstinence that the right advocates 1) only works when it's used, 2) isn't much fun, which is the reason why it fails so often.
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I have a better solution: Sex-bots.
 
"And then he discovers that the perfect woman is not made of chips and diodes, but of flesh and blood!"

Yeah, didn't see that one coming.

I want to see a story where it's the exact reverse.
 
I am an atheist. Sometimes I get depressed. Do I need god at those times? Or do I just need a hug and a there-there?

I never heard of anyone getting a hug from god so I think I will stick to the hugs and there there routine. And maybe some drugs.
 
RandFan said:
Is there any scientific evidence to support the idea that all atheists are depressed?
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No, but I think there's some anecdotal evidence that people who sign on to cults and fundie sects (as adults - religious upbringing is a different matter) started out depressed. The ones I've heard talk in terms of having been empty, searching for something they couldn't identify, in the dark, miserable sinners and nobodies, etc. etc. Doesn't that sound kind of depressive? So you join a sect that gives you all the answers in one fell swoop, makes you feel like somebody special - you've cracked the code and God loves you for it, and now instead of being a poor miserable worm, you are not only saved and basking in grace, but entitled to preach to everybody else!

Some people think that's a pretty good deal. Of course you have to sign over your brain as well, but it was broken anyway.
 
bruto said:
The ones I've heard talk in terms of having been empty, searching for something they couldn't identify, in the dark, miserable sinners and nobodies, etc. etc.
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Of course the leaders of the cults/fundie sects usually tell members "You were empty, searching for something you couldn't identify, in the dark, and a miserable sinner and a nobody, etc. etc".
 
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