Ironclad wrote:What? How did his coming here deal you that hand? !

It's kinda complicated. You can read about it here:

http://www.rationalskepticism.org/islam ... 4-140.html?

Basically, because I broke the rules of their forum here on this forum, they considered that grounds for the ban hammer. I kid you not.

inshallah

Depressed? Yeah, depressed that the rest of the world not only believes ghost stories from a million years ago are true, but that people who don't share their strange delusions should be oppressed, silenced, and discriminated against.

That IS depressing to me.

When I was a Christian, to face the reality of sadness, pain, and loss while assuming that an inscrutable Father was allowing or causing it left me feeling somewhat unsteady as though standing on wet ice. When I abandoned the belief that all of these negative conditions were "for a reason", I was far happier in the face of them.

Now, when I stand upon the seashore at night and listen to the pounding surf under a brilliant canopy of stars, rather than feel awestricken at the power of their sculptor, I feel equally inspired but also genuinely connected to the scene, knowing that I came from those same stars and carry the sea in my cells.

pelfdaddy wrote:Now, when I stand upon the seashore at night and listen to the pounding surf under a brilliant canopy of stars, rather than feel awestricken at the power of their sculptor, I feel equally inspired but also genuinely connected to the scene, knowing that I came from those same stars and carry the sea in my cells.

That I am part of the Universe is something that no invented supernatural entity can convey.

JCDenton wrote:As a muslim I have to ask you guys if being an Atheist makes you depressed.

As an ex-Muslim I have to say absolutely NOT.
The happiest days of my life began when I renounced my membership of the death-obsessed medieval cult. It was like emerging from years in a dark prison cell into the sunlight. Hope that helps.

JCDenton wrote:As a muslim I have to ask you guys if being an Atheist makes you depressed.

Nope. Does the highly likely probability that atheists are right, making your whole mythological world view and theo-egocentric personal identity a sham make you depressed? Jus' wondering.

JCDenton wrote:As a muslim I have to ask you guys if being an Atheist makes you depressed.

What a silly question.

Does being a Muslim make you feel depressed?

From my perspective, there's a whole lot more to be depressed about if you are a Muslim than if you are a non-believer. Things like members of your religion wantonly abusing, torturing, and murdering others in the name of your religion. The way your religion treats females and non-believers. The requirement for you to spend your life genuflecting yourself 5 times a day to an unseen deity that surely doesn't give a toss about the squishy bags of meat prostating themselves.

If you mean because I think that when I die I won't go onto a celestial orgy, well, first of all, I was dead for billions of years before I was alive, and it didn't seem to present any unacceptable levels of hardship, and secondly, every night when I go to sleep, I lose consciousness of myself, and it's really not a cause of any angst.

On the other hand, if I thought I was going to spend an eternity - that's a bloody long time - being expected to leap through deistically ordained circles, I might feel a tad out of sorts. Lucky it's make-believe!

JCDenton wrote:As a muslim I have to ask you guys if being an Atheist makes you depressed.

There's many kinds of "Muslims". If you dont mind me asking, which kind are you? Which sect do you think is the correct type of "Muslim"?

I think these questions may be falling on deaf ears. he hasn't been here since August.

John

JCDenton wrote:As a muslim I have to ask you guys if being an Atheist makes you depressed.

Of course, as an atheist I'm depressed. Depressed at the state of the rest of the human race with it's never ending exhibitions of gullibility and just plain stupidity.
Now that I enjoy rational thinking and freedom from religion, I stand outside the box of human superstitions and wonder at the apparently moronic behaviour and feel so sad.

z8000783 wrote:I think these questions may be falling on deaf ears. he hasn't been here since August.

John

To be strictly accurate, he has not logged in since August. He could be a guest right now, for all we know.

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How depressing.






Not.

z8000783 wrote:I think these questions may be falling on deaf ears. he hasn't been here since August.

John

He probably got depressed from all the 'no' answers he had faith would not be forthcoming.

matt8819 wrote:If I remember correctly he only registered to troll Shrunk. He probably won't be back.

You remember correctly.