thrilldigger

Louis CK spoke to that very well. "Everything is amazing right now, and nobody's happy."

I doesn't seem that he's responded yet - I hope he does. I (and I'm sure plenty of other people who grew up in fundamentalist Christian/religious households) have experienced the same thing a bunch of times, but his experience with WBC was a thousand times more indoctrinating than mine.

The one that impacted my life the most was when evolutionary theory finally clicked. Can you imagine going from believing that the world is 6,000-10,000 years old to being fairly certain that the world is 4.5 billion years old... in the span of a minute? Talk about a huge shift.

It was really the first mind blowing epiphany I had, and over the next two years after that my entire world view changed - from hardcore far-right ultra-conservative to moderate liberal, and all that entails; from strict and unrelenting belief in an omnipotent, omniscient, immutable, atemporal god to Open Theism, then later to atheism; etc.

This all threw me into a harsh depression for a long time, as my strongly-held beliefs were falling like dominoes. I struggled with depression prior to deconverting, but since that all started I've struggle to accept that there's any purpose in life... what do you do when you realize that you can't believe in God anymore? What do you do when that belief was the only thing that you knew that you could depend on - the only thing that made life worth living? I didn't know, and I still don't. It's rough.

And yet I'd rather know what I know now than continue to live in blissful ignorance. My family, partner, and friends often ask me "wouldn't you rather be happy than right?" Of course I would... if I could. But I can't - I can't be happy without satisfying my curiosity and inherent need to know more; that has inevitably led to learning things I would be happier not knowing. I can't believe in any god, no matter how badly I might want to.

For what it's worth, I thoroughly enjoyed most of Kingdoms of Amalur, and especially liked the attention to detail and lore. I'm sad that it 38 ended how it did, but I really hope you get the opportunity to work on more games in the future.

I was in that habit for a while, but work having a strict no weapons policy (including pocketknives) means I never have one on me anymore. Sad times.

It would be tough competition with the guy who plays Linda Belcher.