Friendly Atheism

[Belacqua]

Interesting that this book uses the term "unreasonable" and avoids "irrational."

It also seems to remove the use of "unreasonable" entirely from all criteria when it updated to the 5th. Perhaps due to its subjective nature.

Yeah, it makes sense that they would try to avoid personal judgment calls as much as possible. (I think that's a main purpose of the DSM...?) 

The new language is that a phobia is fear or anxiety that's "out of proportion to" the genuine danger. This still leaves room for the doctor's interpretation, of course. How much fear is the right amount of fear? 

But the new language does seem less accusatory. It sounds dismissive to say "you're unreasonable" but less so to say "your fear is out of proportion." So if anybody had asked me, I'd vote for the new version.