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Edit: Eternal Oblivion
Depression Support / by necrodancer
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 June 8th, 2020
...See more Is it possible to be content/happy and a nihilist? I'll expand on this. Often, I have been asked why I don't simply adopt a religion to "change my outlook" on things or blame my existential numbness and "nothing matters" mentality on my lack of religion. But here's my argument to that: I was raised in a catholic household and from a very young age I have had these fears and anxieties and I have never understood nor agreed with the concept of an afterlife. It just never made any logical sense to me. How can it be simplified to "just be religious" "your problem wouldn't exist if you accepted the lord into your heart"? How can I "just" believe something that doesn't make any sense? I can't "just" believe something. I don't want to be in denial, these fears won't just disappear if I adopt some form of religion. So my question remains, is it possible to be happy and also an evangelical atheist?
Depression Support / by necrodancer
Last post
 June 7th, 2020
...See more So there's an explanation for what I've been afraid of all this time, why I can't sleep, why I panic at night. I've been reading into it, they call it the concept of "eternal oblivion" and I guess I'm just wondering, do any of you struggle with this fear? I feel very alone and isolated because either nobody wants to talk about it or nobody else feels it and I'm insane. I need someone to talk to about this, my therapists always bring religion into the conversation and while I am wholeheartedly respectful of religion and I like discussing it with faithful friends and family, it just isn't my cup of tea. For me, based on my personal beliefs and feelings about this "eternal oblivion", trying to be religious just feels forced, like I'm lying to myself. I've tried to force myself to believe in something because anything is better than this, what I believe death will be like someday - but it doesn't help. It makes me feel like I am in denial. Anyone else feel this way?
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