(April 29, 2023 at 5:33 am)Belacqua Wrote:(April 29, 2023 at 2:42 am)Anomalocaris Wrote: bel’s motto is never allow religion be judged by a standard that does not only praise them as a whole, but also absolve them of all blame individually.
You've gone off-topic already, in post #4.
To determine when someone is insane, you'd have to decide on some criteria for what constitutes insanity. So I'm asking a pertinent question.
If you believe in some essential human nature, and that we can judge when someone is deviating from that, you might be able to judge who is insane. However, standards like that in the past have tended to change. For example, it wasn't long ago that a person with a penis who said he was a woman would be considered delusional. But things have changed.
Is someone necessarily insane if they are a danger to themselves or others? Or are some sane people just dangerous? If someone's mental state makes him unable to function in society, is that a sign of insanity? Or might there be societies that are so insane that sane people can't function in them?
These are legitimate questions.
Anom is NOT off-topic. The OP is asking if there is a point where religious faith qualifies as insane behaviour. If anyone has gone off-topic, it'd be yourself, by ignoring the question and attempting to define insanity with the aim of - here I think Anom has a valid point - attempting give religious nutters a pass.
Foucault was a kiddie fucker. Pick a better source.
Boru
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