tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post1888583035343460186..comments2024-03-22T03:19:38.110-04:00Comments on Forever In Hell: A Sad Way to LivePersonalFailurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03034292023591747601noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-29834726085684264302009-03-06T21:11:00.000-05:002009-03-06T21:11:00.000-05:00That's just terrible. Imagine the inability to fin...That's just terrible. Imagine the inability to find beauty in this world, when there's so much around if you're prepared to look for it. It's also incredibly selfish desiring that the world should come to an end for everyone so that you can be gratified with personal bliss.FrodoSaveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15224011199139875343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-74757990610462059932009-03-06T11:45:00.000-05:002009-03-06T11:45:00.000-05:00ask and i shall receive, at least if joshua is aro...ask and i shall receive, at least if joshua is around. thanks!<BR/><BR/>leigh: it is disheartening, and i suspect that people with that worldview are attracted to that sort of fundyism, as opposed to fundyism making an otherwise content, happy person into a depressed, bleak one.PersonalFailurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03034292023591747601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-20405996092502855732009-03-06T11:31:00.000-05:002009-03-06T11:31:00.000-05:00This is one of the reasons why I haven't gone back...This is one of the reasons why I haven't gone back to the RR boards in a while. Because I feel so badly for these people. There is so much despair there that I can't stand it. If I was confronted in person with that much sadness and anger I would probably cry.<BR/>I think that every religion has it's share of people who are mentally ill, and have come to religion as a way of lessening those feelings of despair and sadness. However, for whatever reason, Fundamentalists/reclaimationists of any religion have a higher percentage. I always wonder if it's because the rules there are more strict and the concept of a punishment is more real, thus appealing to people with a bleak outlook on life to begin with.<BR/>But who knows?Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01264241978515946396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-28900336107006128792009-03-06T11:27:00.000-05:002009-03-06T11:27:00.000-05:00Also, a related study:http://www.accessmylibrary.c...Also, a related study:<BR/><BR/>http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-29867906_ITMJoshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00637936588223855248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-27523094868709862862009-03-06T11:26:00.000-05:002009-03-06T11:26:00.000-05:00Rapture Ready is extreme even by fundamentalist st...Rapture Ready is extreme even by fundamentalist standards so I'm not sure they are a representative sample. <BR/><BR/>There are differing results about religion and mental illness in general. There is, for example, some evidence that suggests that attending religious services is correlated with lower likelyhood depression but being a strong believer negates this effect. Extremely strong believers are more likely to experience depression. A relevant link (since I can't find the original study right now) is http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2008/11/11/CampusNews/Professor.Asks.If.Religion.Correlates.With.Depression-3536289.shtml which discusses a study done by a professor at Brown on just this subject.Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00637936588223855248noreply@blogger.com