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I have learned a lot from this site ... some observations...

Many more male agnostics than females
Dont hate me but us atheist suffer a bit of anxiety and depression since we can't believe in eternal happiness
In general I find people here are a bit more open than the average
There are some cool supportive people here
More liberal than not, but some crazy conservative agnostics
Doesnt matter who you are if you are a married man . It's not cool to chat with women.

Lol no haters

Bigwavedave 8 Sep 26
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...I see depression as a pause to take
an assessment of my goals ; I must
keep them reasonable/attainable---
when I attack windmills(wrong not
happening).
Keeping interpersonal contact
broad benefits all. win/win
Who am I to know tommorow,
I prepare and do the best I can...
Haters will hate::😕cew the TROLLS

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Since I've been an atheist since age 13, it feels normal.

The only thing I miss about a church is singing alto in the choir. But I can sing with other people.

The mountains are my sanctuary. I feel deeply centered and happy high in the mountains.

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In my experience, depression and anxiety are not more or less prevalent in the atheist/agnostic community than they are across the population. Belief or non-belief does not determine mental health. The difference is atheists and agnostics don't talk about it from a religious perspective.

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I have no anxiety or depression over my disbelief. I find it liberating to not have to live under arbitrary asinine rules or to have to pretend imaginary entities created the universe just for me. Damn, that's pressure.

JimG Level 8 Sep 27, 2018
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Ironically, many of the men on this website don't seem to have a clue how to court/interact with/or treat women.

They argue violently, are snarky, insulting, rude, lewd, act like alt-right people whenever a woman says something with which they either disagree or know little about.

They don't even consider that not only are they convincing the women to avoid or block them, but other women who read the posts are also taking notes.

There's often a good reason people are single...

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Chatting is fine ....chatting up is not, if you are a married man. There is a big difference between harmless banter in the open forum of this site, but private messaging with more serious sexual chat is not cool if you are married and the woman in question is unaware.

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“If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration but timelessness, then eternal life belongs to those who live in the present.”

― Ludwig Wittgenstein

skado Level 9 Sep 27, 2018
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married men can't chat? chatting with an eye toward romance, yeah, that's a no-no, but chatting? i'm a straight woman and i am spoken for anyway, but i'll chat with anyone who doesn't get rude lol.

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Me too

Thanks~for the statement...
most are not one track minded.In
public I talk to ladies ;I don't assume
anything(never have)-they are more than
50%of population+how will I understand thier
views and opinions if we talk only"chatup"

@sweetcharlotte to chat someone up -- to initiate and continue conversation with someone with romance (or sex, or scamming) in mind.

g

@sweetcharlotte i don't know. common knowledge? semi-common? anyway i've heard it before. it might be more british than american. i'm american, myself.

g

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Perhaps do some meet ups locally if you feel trapped and in a rut. I belong to a few, and its a good way meet people who enjoy similar activities.

Thanks

What meet ups?

@Bigwavedave you can Google meetups in our area. l for instance I belong to the 50s higher hikers we go on Hikes, we go to movies, we do taco Tuesdays, we go to the beach, we go to Gardens...... there's all kinds of meetups in the triangle area.

@Kojaksmom thank you

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I believe you may miss the the point of a agnostic. I think most of us(agnoatics) worry as much as atheists do. For many years I considered myself a atheist but realized that we need to keep a open mind to all possibilities. I believe that eternal happiness does not come from God or a religion but rather a manner of perception of the world around you. You can be a atheist and still find peace, it's just much more difficult because both agnostics and athiest find it hard to accept certain things that religion can answer, whether it be the wrong answer or not. I'm not saying I'm right, just wanted to give my two cents

that is ONE possible point of an agnostic. i am an atheist and yet i think i have a very open mind. the thing is, it just seems unlikely enough that there are any gods for me not to spend a lot of time wondering about it. i also don't think it's harder for an atheist or agnostic to find peace than it is for religious folks. i think it's entirely an individual matter. as for eternal happiness, we're not eternal, so we can't have eternal happiness, and neither can those who believe in eternal happiness. we live. we die. no eternal anything for us mortals. some of us take it better than others and i don't think belief or disbelief plays as big a role for most people as we assume.

g

...beg to differ on Religious answers®!
they have an agenda friend and it doesn't
include truth & objectivity!-noone
is handed peace or happiness,we create and maintain
these.

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Is it fear,a Woman will lose her husband to interactions,with another Woman in subject matters he's knowledgeable in? I suppose,if the couple have grown apart,or boredom has set in, the marriage is being taken for granted?

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That there are more male agnostics and atheists than female really irritates me. Women have suffered so much more because of religion. It's infuriating.

@powder I kind of think it's more sinister than that. I think by offering a magical reward after death, religion can make injustice in this life more palatable to the oppressed. It keeps people in their place.

@powder if you don't see women as being in a lower "caste" in virtually all world religions you're not paying attention.

Indeed what you said

on what basis do you say more men than women are agnostics or atheists?

g

@pashaonenine I also see corallation-
woman have less choices .⁴

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You're married?

Yes

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