the analogue in context of the New York Ten Cent Millionaire is the depressed atheisthttps://twitter.com/chaosprime/status/1156210569357287435 …
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Replying to @chaosprime
Not that I think religion would make them less depressed
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Replying to @p_cstl
it would if they were doing it right, but that's a big if
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Replying to @chaosprime
Honestly, as an Actual Person With Depression, what helps depends a lot on the person Religion may help in giving a sense of purpose, but not every case of depression is resolved by a sense of purpose
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Replying to @p_cstl
doubtless. maybe religion could even have a number of affordances greatet than one! i’ll just be over here white-knuckling it through the incandescent rage at the rank pulling maneuver here
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Replying to @chaosprime
Oh, it definitely does. I'm just trying to say there are cases where religion doesn't help. It's not a certain solution. By the way, saying I actually do have depression wasn't pulling rank, I was just trying to say "I have some experience with this".
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Replying to @p_cstl @chaosprime
I apologize if I came off as trying to pull rank, or anything of the kind. It was not my intention.
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Replying to @chaosprime
I am deeply respectful of the value of religion both for the individual and for society, despite not being religious in a conventional sense myself. I would never say something so short-sighted as that religion only has one function.
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Replying to @p_cstl @chaosprime
In fact, I believe humanity as a whole has only barely scraped the surface of what religion does for us.
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*nodnod* i’m not coming from the perspective of a religion stan or nothin’, i’m coming from trying to scratch that surface harder
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Replying to @chaosprime
I honestly believe that scratching that surface harder might be the key to a series of social (and other) issues which seem intractable today. So keep scratching :)
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