Comments on: Atheism, Faith, and MS http://unholy-ms.com/2009/10/atheism-faith-and-ms/ An atheist's life with multiple sclerosis. Mon, 19 Apr 2010 02:30:03 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: SamanthaB http://unholy-ms.com/2009/10/atheism-faith-and-ms/comment-page-1/#comment-10 SamanthaB Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:12:56 +0000 http://unholy-ms.com/?p=14#comment-10 Thank you for this blog! I can relate to the lack of faith, but so far, that lack hasn't felt like a loss at all to me, since I suspect I've always been all "show me the money." Except in my case, "money" is "proof of some all-encompassing all-knowing Q-like being who gives a shit about us and our petty and not so petty humanity problems." My mother has a neurological disorder that involves chronic pain, though she's not immunosuppressed (sp? Firefox gives me no help). In the last few years she's reached out to church, saying she's always been a person of faith, but I don't remember her being that way while I was growing up, and it seems more to me like grasping at straws in the face of a terribly difficult, but essentially human, situation. I simply can't relate to the deep desire for that rope to hold onto, because, hello? Invisible and in fact non-existent rope! Perhaps reading your blog can possibly help me understand what she's going through physically, if not mentally. Thank you for this blog! I can relate to the lack of faith, but so far, that lack hasn’t felt like a loss at all to me, since I suspect I’ve always been all “show me the money.” Except in my case, “money” is “proof of some all-encompassing all-knowing Q-like being who gives a shit about us and our petty and not so petty humanity problems.”

My mother has a neurological disorder that involves chronic pain, though she’s not immunosuppressed (sp? Firefox gives me no help). In the last few years she’s reached out to church, saying she’s always been a person of faith, but I don’t remember her being that way while I was growing up, and it seems more to me like grasping at straws in the face of a terribly difficult, but essentially human, situation. I simply can’t relate to the deep desire for that rope to hold onto, because, hello? Invisible and in fact non-existent rope!

Perhaps reading your blog can possibly help me understand what she’s going through physically, if not mentally.

]]> By: Millicent http://unholy-ms.com/2009/10/atheism-faith-and-ms/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Millicent Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:04:13 +0000 http://unholy-ms.com/?p=14#comment-8 Thanks Julie! I hope to have lots more content up within the next week or so. Typing is tricky for me, but my hunt-and-peck system is getting faster with practice! Thanks Julie! I hope to have lots more content up within the next week or so. Typing is tricky for me, but my hunt-and-peck system is getting faster with practice!

]]> By: JulieT http://unholy-ms.com/2009/10/atheism-faith-and-ms/comment-page-1/#comment-7 JulieT Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:37:22 +0000 http://unholy-ms.com/?p=14#comment-7 I do not have a chronic illness, fortunately, but I have friends who do. I'm also a budding atheist (I think) and have never believed for one minute that God caused anything bad that happened to someone, or that "God never gives us more than we can handle." I'll be checking in here once in a while because I'm interested in hearing your perspective! I do not have a chronic illness, fortunately, but I have friends who do. I’m also a budding atheist (I think) and have never believed for one minute that God caused anything bad that happened to someone, or that “God never gives us more than we can handle.” I’ll be checking in here once in a while because I’m interested in hearing your perspective!

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