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Belief in God can improve mental health outcomes.

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Belief in God can improve mental health outcomes.
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RE: Belief in God can improve mental health outcomes.
May 4, 2013 at 9:11 pm
This is like lying to win an argument; this article leaves my already uncharitable view of psychiatry unchanged.

Exchanging a socially unacceptable delusion for an acceptable one. If a falsehood can bolster the desired result of whatever endeavor one is engaged in, then the endeavor itself is inherently dishonest.
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RE: Belief in God can improve mental health outcomes. - by cneron - May 4, 2013 at 9:11 pm

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