RE: Religion is a Delusion/Mental Illness
May 9, 2015 at 2:37 am
(This post was last modified: May 9, 2015 at 2:43 am by Salacious B. Crumb.)
I don't feel it's technically a mental illness. However, when the person is radical, and thinks god is answering his/her prayers, or actually thinks he/she is carrying on a conversation with a spiritual deity, there is some type of delusion going on there. Religion can lead to loss of reality and very hazardous, delusional behavior. People will pray to jesus to heal their kid from a life-threatening curable illness without seeking medical attention, or they might stop looking for a job because they have all the faith in the world that god will bring them food and pay their bills. Religion is exceedingly dangerous.
We had president Bush, who believed god told him to invade Iraq. How these kinds of people are considered electable, is beyond me.
Religion isn't technically a mental illness, but there is a definite likelihood of it becoming one, when practiced by radical, gullible, close-minded people.
We had president Bush, who believed god told him to invade Iraq. How these kinds of people are considered electable, is beyond me.
Religion isn't technically a mental illness, but there is a definite likelihood of it becoming one, when practiced by radical, gullible, close-minded people.
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.' -Isaac Asimov-
