>>43844398I have to agree. People say I can be an ass about it, but its like ex smokers being stronger opposition to the tobacco companies because they've lived what it does to you. I suffered from serious depression since middle school, and thought that god had my back and all I needed was hope and faith. Fast forward to age 20, and I realized nothing changes. I could pray all day and nothing would happen. It was when I was in the suicide watch ward or some shit I realized if god existed, he was at best, just an observer. Meanwhile friends and family helped me the best they could. I wasted years of my life looking to a nonexistant god for help when every one who cared about me existed here on earth. It makes me sad to see people believe because they need to hope because I know what happens when mental gymnastics fail and you cant make excuses for why faith and prayer fail over and over again. I might come of like a prick but it's out of a place of caring. Personal experience tells me that facing reality on your own terms is much less painful than having the blindfold removed forcefully. Pic related. Churches are safe spaces where your peers reinforce your collective delusion
