RE: Definition of "delusion" in DSM-5
February 26, 2018 at 11:18 pm
(This post was last modified: February 26, 2018 at 11:19 pm by SteelCurtain.)
(February 26, 2018 at 8:54 pm)Alexmahone Wrote: I borrowed a copy of the DSM-5 from my university library today. In the glossary of technical terms, "delusion" is defined as
Quote:A false belief based on incorrect inference about external reality that is firmly held despite what almost everyone else believes and despite what constitutes incontrovertible and obvious proof or evidence to the contrary.
So far, so good. It then adds:
Quote:The belief is not ordinarily accepted by other members of the person's culture or subculture (i.e., it is not an article of religious faith).
Why do religious beliefs get a free pass? So if you're convinced Elvis Presley is still alive, you're delusional but if you think Jesus of Nazareth is still alive and can hear/answer your prayers, you're just a Christian. Why the double standard?
I feel like the answer lies squarely in the definition. (bold mine)
"There remain four irreducible objections to religious faith: that it wholly misrepresents the origins of man and the cosmos, that because of this original error it manages to combine the maximum servility with the maximum of solipsism, that it is both the result and the cause of dangerous sexual repression, and that it is ultimately grounded on wish-thinking." ~Christopher Hitchens, god is not Great
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