Pantheism

[long_fong]

I am convinced that much of teenage and suburban depression is a direct result of Christianity and Islam or any religion that focuses on the afterlife. When we see our home as being a place we must die to go to, it makes this world seem bleak and foreign- manifesting feelings of isolation and alienation. However, I do not believe in any afterlife

Comments

I disagree

[anonymous]

I disagree it has to do with all the time spent with computers, video games, and tvs.

Re: I disagree

[long_fong]

i wasn't saying it is the only reason, or that it is the same for everyone. I was just saying it is one possible reason. I do agree that those 3 are big problems too...but i'll be damned if i am gonna give them up.

Re: I disagree

[anonymous]

If your theory were to be correct there would have been more depression at times when religion was at its height, I don't believe you would find statistic uphold your theory. There are many reasons for more depression today but it has more to do with a basic disconnecting of personal interactions.....you used to live your life in 5 square miles and know everyone you spoke with......now I would not wish to go back to that kind of life because there is much to be gained by our ability to "see more of the world" however somewhere along the line we disconnected with people.......we don't care what they think, or how they feel, we no longer put on any guise of politeness for politness sake we just say FU and if you don't like it too bad the funny thing is that in some way when we do these things is seems to reflect back on us and have some sort of negative effect call it karma if you wish.... it has to do with the fact that we are all connected in some way....I can't tell you to believe in an afterlife but I can personally assure you there

[long_fong]

I wouldn't call it the force . I would call it a manefestation of a necessary emotion that is collectively present inside human beings. I have for the last few years since reading up on M-theory/ "Advanced SuperString theory" believed that one of the main functions of religion, explaining creation, can finally be explained by science. The Ultimate Multiverse is a multidimensional thing. And because our mind lives in a 3-dimensional world, it thinks in a 3-d sense. Creation, if there is a need for it, is something that must have happened in a 4+dimensional state. Because we cannot even grasp the 4th dimension, we cannot possibly hope to understand creation

[anonymous]

Boredom, or ennui (a French word, from Old French enui) is a reactive state to wearingly dull, repetitive, or tedious stimuli: suffering from a lack of interesting things to see, hear, etc., or do (physically or intellectually), while not in the mood of "doing nothing". Temporarily being in a situation of boredom may also be felt as a waste of time, but then it is usually considered worse than just that. Alternatively one may have the feeling that boredom is caused by having too much time