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All atheists are depressed

Tacita said:
I'm agnostic and I'm depressed. Since I am pretty sure that I'll go nowhere when I die, I think about death all the time. And it terrifies me that I'll suddenly stop existing.

Rather burn in hell than cease to exist.

(Sorry, I said I was depressed.)
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I actually look forward to it in many ways; it's being alive in the meantime that tends me toward melancholia and depression. I don't so much fear death itself as the likely slow deterioration in my physical and mental health. :(
 
I think the order is:

1. Athiests are outcast due to their lack of belief.
2. It's human nature to be depressed when you feel like an outcast.
3. Therefore, athiests are depressed.
 
Mark A. Siefert said:
Not to get political, but that's what always confounded me about conservatives, some libertarians, and other proponents of "limited government" who embrace religion. If tyrannical governments--or even just intrusive government--are so evil (and, as an atheist small-l-libertarian, I agree it is), then why do you worship a being that makes Hitler look like a boy scout, makes demand ridiculous that infringe upon your individual rights, and horrendously punishes you if step out of line?

Isn't God just the ultimate form of "big government" that you claim to despise so much?
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But that God's job, not the gubmint's.
 
Tacita said:
I'm agnostic and I'm depressed. Since I am pretty sure that I'll go nowhere when I die, I think about death all the time. And it terrifies me that I'll suddenly stop existing.

Rather burn in hell than cease to exist.

(Sorry, I said I was depressed.)
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You won't be when you're dead. :D

If you die when dead and go nowhere, you won't be depressed. You just won't care. If you go to hell, you'll not only be depressed, but tortured.

I guess it's a preference thing...

As Penn from Penn and Teller said, that's just all the more reason to try to make this life count. Instead of counting on an afterlife, we should try to make this world paradise. Instead of saving people's souls, you should try to help them while they're here, today.

I'd rather live 80 years of helping others and being helped myself, and having good moments on top of the bad ones, than to live 10 years, get molested as a child, and then get thrown into hell when I'm killed 'cause I didn't convert to Christianity.
 
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Tacita said:
I'm agnostic and I'm depressed. Since I am pretty sure that I'll go nowhere when I die, I think about death all the time. And it terrifies me that I'll suddenly stop existing.

Rather burn in hell than cease to exist.

(Sorry, I said I was depressed.)
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I'm not crazy about ceasing to exist but I'd greatly prefer it to burning in hell. If you think otherwise try putting your hand on a hot stove for three seconds.
 
Lonewulf said:
I wouldn't be cheerful. I'd be outright frightened that there was some guy up there playing a chess game with us as pawns, with the killed pawns going to be TORTURED for ALL ETERNITY.

I mean, really. TORTURED. FOR ALL ETERNITY.
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I'm not worried about hell. I was raised as a plain old Methodist in a non-fundamentalist church, and hell was never a big issue. I worried a lot about disappointing Jesus, but never about going to hell. In the unlikely event that I revert to my childhood faith, it will be a comforting faith.
 
Tanstaafl said:
This reminds me of part of a John Hagee sermon I heard a few years ago. I was only watching for the unintentional humor aspect, and he rarely disappoints in that department.

Anyway, he said he hates it when a Christian says he is unhappy, and he hates it when a non-Christian says he is happy, because both are a lie.

Apparently in his twisted little world, a Christian is by definition happy, and a non-Christian is by definition unhappy. I'm not surprised someone extended it to "all atheists are depressed".
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Who the hell is this guy because on the face of it he talks crap?
 
Super-fundie preacher from TBN television.

Really pours on the homo-phobia whenever he gets the chance.

And he talks crap through and through. I wouldn't have bought one word of it when I was a believer, any more than I do today.
 
Tanstaafl said:
Super-fundie preacher from TBN television.

Really pours on the homo-phobia whenever he gets the chance.

And he talks crap through and through. I wouldn't have bought one word of it when I was a believer, any more than I do today.
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He should get together with Fred Phelps and see if they can produce a child. If these televangelists is what one can receive from cable, or digital then I feel like sticking to just the 5 terrestial channels here in the UK.
 
Mr Clingford said:
He should get together with Fred Phelps and see if they can produce a child. If these televangelists is what one can receive from cable, or digital then I feel like sticking to just the 5 terrestial channels here in the UK.
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Hey! That reminds me, Phelps is alleged to be a VERY abusive father, most of his kids are just as bigoted and fanatical as he is. As far as I know, none of his kids are atheists.
 
Monkey Napoleon said:
I'm depressed. Who wouldn't be when the world is full of religious weirdos suppressing the advancement of civilization as hard as they can possibly manage?
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1. Depression is a part of human nature
2. If you are missing depression, you are missing part of human nature
3. Therefore you are depressed


At this point, it occurs to me that, if, when we all die, "nothing happens" doesn't happen, due to a technorapture, or this is a virtual reality, I wonder if that larger world will consider religiosity to be a dangerous meme that might escape from here to there. After all, nobody could convince a religious person that that larger world itself wasn't created by God. Or, in the case of a technorapture, that the science of the future was in unholy alliance with the Devil, doing Things That Man Was Not Meant To Do.
 
flume said:
Wasn't there some study that said pessimists had a more realistic view of their situations than optimists? So maybe people who are realists are more likely to be depressed and vice versa, and realists are more likely to see the flaws in belief, so they are more likely to be atheists.

(There are many ways to look at this, but whatever, I'm stuck with Paul's dilemma. I think I'd be a lot more cheerful if I believed in eternal life for me and the people I love, and I would be happier if I thought an all-powerful being cared about me and was paying attention to my every thought. Less lonely. less frightening. But dang, I'm stuck on the believing part - it just doesn't work for me. No placebo effect either. I'm stuck with gloom.)
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As a pessimist in just about everything in life I find that I am rarely dissapointed but sometimes, just sometimes, very, very surprised and pleased.

Keeps me going!
 
More like:

1. I'm a believer.
2. Thinking about being an atheist makes me depressed.
3. Therefore, atheists must be depressed.
 
Forget about the syllogism.

Here's what I hear invariably from devout Christians who learn of my depression.

"Do you have a relationship with The Lord? If you just accept Jesus into your heart, he will take all your troubles away."

So, there it is. Jesus is Prozac.

AS
 
AmateurScientist said:
Forget about the syllogism.

Here's what I hear invariably from devout Christians who learn of my depression.

"Do you have a relationship with The Lord? If you just accept Jesus into your heart, he will take all your troubles away."

So, there it is. Jesus is Prozac.
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Except that Prozac works.
 
More like:

1: Atheists are evil
2: If you are an Atheist we hate your evil nature
3: We will stay up late working to eliminate your kind
4: And why are you so depressed?
 
Lonewulf said:
Didn't some of his kids run from home, though? And speak out against him?
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[swiki]Fred Phelps[/swiki]

He mis-states the truth about his own behavior, about others, about the Bible, with apparent ease and regularity. He behaves with a viciousness the likes of which I have never seen. He accepts no genuine accountability in his life and is subject to no one. I also realize that my father is a very unstable person who is determined to hurt people ... He simply wants to hate and to have a forum for his hate ... He experiences no moral dilemma when it comes to doing what he wants to do. --- Mark Phelps
 
Dr Adequate said:
[swiki]Fred Phelps[/swiki]

He mis-states the truth about his own behavior, about others, about the Bible, with apparent ease and regularity. He behaves with a viciousness the likes of which I have never seen. He accepts no genuine accountability in his life and is subject to no one. I also realize that my father is a very unstable person who is determined to hurt people ... He simply wants to hate and to have a forum for his hate ... He experiences no moral dilemma when it comes to doing what he wants to do. --- Mark Phelps
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Yeah, I thought so.

Good for them. Fred Phelps was godawful (no pun intended). He would beat his kids, put them in danger, rip up the house... ugh. I read through a list of his history on wikipedia, and assuming that it was reliable (and it seemed like a decent article to me), he was just someone I would never ever like to meet. Period.
 
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