RE: paranoid personality disorders
September 11, 2011 at 8:43 am
(This post was last modified: September 11, 2011 at 9:06 am by zip_ster.)
(September 11, 2011 at 1:45 am)MilesTailsPrower Wrote: There is no doubt religion causes mental disorders. Teaching kids about hell should be considered mental abuse.
Kids tend to take what they are raised in as "normal" so we never knew what was "abusive" about out childhood until we were taught. By the time I was exposed to other ideas, i thought the idea of God being sadistic or cruel or manmade was utter blasphemy.
Since I am playing devil's advocate, what about the whole "spare the rod and spoil the child thing? were you spanked as a child? Did the absence of fear of corporal punishment cause you to "run amok?
(September 11, 2011 at 1:45 am)MilesTailsPrower Wrote: All you have to do is look at all the genocides caused by religion to tell it causes mental problems.
The denying of reality part.. it took years of seeing how some of these "holy people" really act and think to cause me to beleive the whole of religion was garbage. What I still question is why so much of amercan society still embraces some form of Christianity, if it is all so destructive.
more devils advocate stuff...
Supposedly, absence of the "rod of correction" of godly punishment is the cause of all of the worlds ills. Suppose this fear of correction was properly instilled from early childhood, do you think as an aduly that a person would ever truly think for themselves? Fundamentalists cal this " anything goes philosophy the most dangerous thing, while atheists say it is what we need. Confusing.
(September 11, 2011 at 1:55 am)aleialoura Wrote: When I hear the word 'religion', I automatically think of disorders, delusions, insanity, etc.
When I hear people talking about their faith, I automatically assume they're out of touch with reality.
You were never indoctrinated? The whole, You must believe or be damned scenario is a powerful tool, developed over hundreds of years. I don't know why I have thought for years that it it always and only about control, this religious faith. It took a few years of trying to stop my own doubts and not being able too. To be honest, the beleivers wil tell you that if you don't believe you are crazy, or just plain evil.
I'm still trying to sort through how my own disbelief makes me agree with atheists more than with Christians, so pardon me for going back and forth.
I might also argue that people who have mental health and abuse issues are drawn to some churches, and are sought after by them. The whole idea that God can "heal me of any sickness" was a powerful one. Where would these people be if they had to heal themselves?
My question, is there any science behind religion and mental illness? Why doesn't psychology seem to recognize a connection? Or is psychology just as questionable as religion.
