RE: Religion as a mental illness
August 23, 2015 at 12:16 pm
(This post was last modified: August 23, 2015 at 12:21 pm by Alex K.)
I would interject though that joining in a ubiquitous, traditional and socially accepted far-out belief is much less a sign of mental illness than being the only believer, because the genesis of the belief is usually very different. You can grow up in catholic society, learn to truly believe in the virgin mary and be a perfectly functioning member of that society. With that, the usual definition of a mental illness is afaik not met. If someone spontaneously starts to believe things of that type, there is usually something not quite right with that person a priori.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
