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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 5:59 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: The concept of self, praise, perpetual identity, free-will, etc, all can be delusions as well. The difference with the former beliefs is that no one can do without them in reality, no matter what the intellectual position they take.

I'm not sure I understand what your point is here, Mystic. I'm lucky in that I seldom have phantom limb pain where my fingers used to be, but even if I were in chronic pain that I couldn't deny, what conclusion would you want to draw from that?


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RE: Belief in God can improve mental health outcomes. - by Angrboda - May 4, 2013 at 10:46 pm

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