(August 27, 2013 at 12:30 pm)BadWriterSparty Wrote: I've said it before, but I find it utterly repugnant that people with voices in their heads are considered crazy, but when these norms are attributed to deities like god or Jesus, then that person is merely religious. If there's a fine line between these people, I'm not seeing it.
The fine line in regard to diagnostic criteria is that "religious experience" aren't considered delusional or psychotic - unless patently bizarre according to societal norms. The "societal norms" is their trump card.