Do religions promote insanity?

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I think maybe there is a kind of group insanity in religion that just doesn't exist with an otherwise mentally healthy individual. Take preachers who can make whole groups of people fall down 'by the word of the lord.' You couldn't do it with an audience of one, but when people are in a pack they do ridiculous things because they think it's what's expected of them. We seem to get stupider the larger of a group we are in, and religion is the best example of that.