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A comment on Existential Depression in Gifted Children and Adults (2009) [pdf]. Parent comment

Re:Existential Depression in Gifted Children and Adults (200... by return0 on Sunday September 18, 2016 @12:04PM (#12525800)
To a degree, i wonder if we need a new breed of atheist idols. The old guard is too gloomy and frail. Atheism can be a rosy cheeked child. This perceived unhealthiness attached to existentialism should go away.
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Re:Existential Depression in Gifted Children and Adults (200... by nitrogen on Sunday September 18, 2016 @03:01PM (#12526615)
There is a trend sometimes called New Atheism that you may find satisfying. Its main tenets seem to be that all claims can be subjected to scientific inquiry (including religous claims), and that atheism needn't be depressing.

Prolific authors in the trend include Richard Dawkins, Jerry Coyne, Sam Harris, and others.

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Re:Existential Depression in Gifted Children and Adults (200... by mcguire on Sunday September 18, 2016 @08:04PM (#12527882)
"...that atheism needn't be depressing.

"...Richard Dawkins..."

Whelp, I'm already depressed.

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Re:Existential Depression in Gifted Children and Adults (200... by nitrogen on Monday September 19, 2016 @04:56PM (#12534622)
Why?
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Re:Existential Depression in Gifted Children and Adults (200... by mcguire on Monday September 19, 2016 @08:08PM (#12535831)
As a small-a atheist, I find all of the capital-A Athiests so irritating that I have considered Catholicism.
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Re:Existential Depression in Gifted Children and Adults (200... by nitrogen on Tuesday September 20, 2016 @11:02PM (#12545086)
That's the great thing about atheism, there's no governing body so it's whatever you want it to be.
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Re:Existential Depression in Gifted Children and Adults (200... by eli_gottlieb on Sunday September 18, 2016 @01:37PM (#12526206)
I don't think David Graeber believes in gods. Let's try him.
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Re:Existential Depression in Gifted Children and Adults (200... by karma_vaccum123 on Sunday September 18, 2016 @01:23PM (#12526141)
We do but they are awful and flawed...Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk etc...we revere the rich as if they were gods. I would not be surprised if John Gruber has prayed to Steve at least once.
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