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Religion as a mental illness
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RE: Religion as a mental illness
(August 23, 2015 at 2:26 pm)Pyrrho Wrote:
(August 23, 2015 at 2:21 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: You can be mentally ill and not delusional and delusional but not mentally ill. Society sets the standard.

Which means that it is a relativistic concept, where one could be mentally ill in one society, but not mentally ill in another.  Which means that it is not about what the person is, but rather about the standards of a particular society.
I agree. Look at different societies and human killing, i.e. head hunting.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental. 
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Religion as a mental illness - by RedRod - August 23, 2015 at 11:23 am
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by Alex K - August 23, 2015 at 12:16 pm
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by Pyrrho - August 23, 2015 at 12:45 pm
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by Aroura - August 23, 2015 at 1:47 pm
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by Pyrrho - August 23, 2015 at 2:18 pm
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by drfuzzy - August 23, 2015 at 5:10 pm
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by brewer - August 23, 2015 at 12:18 pm
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by abaris - August 23, 2015 at 12:27 pm
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by robvalue - August 23, 2015 at 1:22 pm
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by Iroscato - August 23, 2015 at 1:30 pm
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by Longhorn - August 23, 2015 at 1:39 pm
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by AFTT47 - August 23, 2015 at 2:06 pm
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by brewer - August 23, 2015 at 2:21 pm
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by Pyrrho - August 23, 2015 at 2:26 pm
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by brewer - August 23, 2015 at 2:29 pm
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by IATIA - August 23, 2015 at 3:15 pm
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by brewer - August 23, 2015 at 8:34 pm
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by Cephus - August 23, 2015 at 3:11 pm
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by AFTT47 - August 23, 2015 at 3:55 pm
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by Cephus - August 23, 2015 at 3:58 pm
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by AFTT47 - August 23, 2015 at 4:30 pm
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by Angrboda - August 23, 2015 at 3:56 pm
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by Cephus - August 23, 2015 at 4:03 pm
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by IATIA - August 23, 2015 at 4:09 pm
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by Cephus - August 23, 2015 at 4:14 pm
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by IATIA - August 23, 2015 at 4:21 pm
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by Angrboda - August 23, 2015 at 4:20 pm
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by Cephus - August 24, 2015 at 1:21 am
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by Angrboda - August 24, 2015 at 2:02 pm
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by abaris - August 23, 2015 at 5:42 pm
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by brewer - August 23, 2015 at 8:30 pm
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by Cephus - August 24, 2015 at 2:12 am
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by brewer - August 24, 2015 at 7:46 am
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by Cephus - August 24, 2015 at 12:23 pm
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by brewer - August 24, 2015 at 12:28 pm
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by rexbeccarox - August 23, 2015 at 3:03 pm
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by rexbeccarox - August 23, 2015 at 4:15 pm
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by Longhorn - August 23, 2015 at 5:47 pm
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by I_am_not_mafia - August 23, 2015 at 5:34 pm
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by Silver - August 24, 2015 at 1:24 am
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by robvalue - August 24, 2015 at 2:54 am
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by RedRod - August 24, 2015 at 5:04 am
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by abaris - August 24, 2015 at 6:06 am
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by AFTT47 - August 24, 2015 at 8:57 am
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by robvalue - August 24, 2015 at 5:11 am
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by brewer - August 24, 2015 at 8:29 am
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by robvalue - August 24, 2015 at 9:25 am
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by brewer - August 24, 2015 at 10:11 am
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by Mister Agenda - August 24, 2015 at 1:10 pm
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by robvalue - August 25, 2015 at 2:12 am
RE: Religion as a mental illness - by brewer - August 25, 2015 at 11:00 am

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