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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The atheists have still not come forth with their view of suffering and how it makes it feel better. Only one person said something about science and her conclusion was that she wasnt sure life is worth it. So, that pretty much supports what other PP said about thinking atheists being depressed. [/quote]

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This kind of question is why I eventually went from considering seminary in my mid 20s to becoming an atheist by 30.

[b]There is so much comfort in recognizing that everything in life is to some extent just a random expression of biology and physics.
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There is no allegedly all knowing, all powerful and loving entity which allows profound suffering on a heartbreaking scale in this world. There is just life while we have it, and love if we can embrace it.
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I have been overall a much more grounded person since becoming an atheist. I have suffered depression on and off as a result of childhood trauma and biological processes in my body, but not because I don't believe in a god. I'm in the best mental health of my life and not at all depressed now, and I don't believe in a god.

Also I should add that across my 50+ years of existence I've known far more religious that non religious people, and many of them suffered depression despite their religious faith. Religious faith doesn't cure biologically based depression. [/quote]

That’s great, glad you are doing well.

God doesn’t promise anyone a perfect, disease free life filled with happiness and joy and good health. He originally planned that life for us, but Adam and Eve decided they wanted to be gods. So we lost that ability to live immortal and disease free lives of perfect health and happiness.

God has not promised skies always blue, flower-strewn pathways all our lives through; God has not promised sun without rain, joy without sorrow, peace without pain. But God has promised strength for the day, rest for the labor, light for the way, Grace for the trials, help from above, unfailing sympathy, undying love. -Annie Johnson Flint

God doesn’t say if we believe in Him we will live forever on earth without aging or becoming ill. Christians get the same diseases and accidents and heartbreaks as non-Christians. Humans grow old and eventually die. So it’s not like God promises us stuff to become Christian and boom our troubles are over.

God sent His son to redeem us. He loves us and wants us to be happy. But He also gave us free will to choose our lives. We choose how we live. We can choose to believe in God, or not. We can smoke crack or shop til we drop or become pediatric surgeons or invent microwaves or whatever we think is best for us. We were not created to be humaniod robots pre-programmed with a thought process and pre-formed opinions and an organic hard drive in our heads programmed by God. [/quote]

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