Question For Fellow Atheists...

[Asmodee]

Well I'm not necessarily suggesting that we shame Theists.  We don't shame people who are mentally ill.  But it might be a start if the medical community collectively agreed that religious belief is a delusion.  Once that acknowledgement is made, we can then work towards a cure.

Although I must agree that it's not likely to be completely successful.  Delusional people quite often refuse to admit, at least initially, that they're delusional.  Here's a good book that talks a lot about how we should deal with this...

https://www.amazon.ca/Not-Sick-Dont-Need...+need+help

Bold mine. A cure for theism? I'm scared to ask. Would you expect this to be forced upon people? A theist is not going to submit themselves for "treatment". There is nothing particular about theism here, any kind of delusion can be broken with regular talking therapies, but it requires cooperation and motivation from the deluded person.

If you're suggesting optional clinics are offered where you can get "cured of theism", do you really expect a single person to attend?

Sadly, such places already exist for the other side.  Christians send their children to these horrible place to be beaten, abused and treated like prisoners, broken down, ready to receive a new identity if the child should dare reject their magical belief system or, worse, choose to have been born gay.  Completely unregulated, almost completely unchecked these places are often as bad for the kids as the toughest prisons for the worst criminal offenders.  If they can do that to kids, fuck 'em.  I can at least sign off on involuntary treatment for any asshole who ever did that to their kids.