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Religion as a mental illness
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RE: Religion as a mental illness
August 24, 2015 at 9:25 am (This post was last modified: August 24, 2015 at 9:26 am by robvalue.)
(August 24, 2015 at 8:29 am)mh.brewer Wrote:
(August 24, 2015 at 5:11 am)robvalue Wrote: My question is, can someone who doesn't have something physically wrong with their brain develop full blown delusions? Or is it just an advanced level of self-delusion for the theists who really think they see/hear things?
Define full blown.

Good point. I don't know how you exactly make the distinction. When you're actually "seeing" things manifest that other people wouldn't see at all, I suppose.
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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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