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Religion is a Delusion/Mental Illness
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RE: Religion is a Delusion/Mental Illness
May 9, 2015 at 4:20 am (This post was last modified: May 9, 2015 at 4:21 am by robvalue.)
My opinion is that it's more accurate to say religious beliefs can mimic certain effects of mental illness. The further problem is whether people really believe what they say they are experiencing, or if they are saying it to fit in.

I agree it is a real problem. It makes genuine mental illness harder to diagnose and treat. Encouraging people by treating what sounds like delusion as a good thing is dangerous.
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Religion is a Delusion/Mental Illness - by z7z - May 8, 2015 at 6:33 pm
RE: Religion is a Delusion/Mental Illness - by Jenny A - May 8, 2015 at 11:31 pm
RE: Religion is a Delusion/Mental Illness - by z7z - May 8, 2015 at 8:04 pm
RE: Religion is a Delusion/Mental Illness - by z7z - May 8, 2015 at 10:19 pm
RE: Religion is a Delusion/Mental Illness - by AFTT47 - May 9, 2015 at 12:17 am
RE: Religion is a Delusion/Mental Illness - by Pyrrho - May 10, 2015 at 1:17 pm
RE: Religion is a Delusion/Mental Illness - by Razzle - May 21, 2015 at 9:29 am
RE: Religion is a Delusion/Mental Illness - by robvalue - May 9, 2015 at 4:20 am
RE: Religion is a Delusion/Mental Illness - by Tonus - May 11, 2015 at 3:57 pm
RE: Religion is a Delusion/Mental Illness - by AFTT47 - May 10, 2015 at 7:52 pm
RE: Religion is a Delusion/Mental Illness - by Cephus - May 11, 2015 at 2:20 pm
RE: Religion is a Delusion/Mental Illness - by z7z - May 10, 2015 at 9:48 pm
RE: Religion is a Delusion/Mental Illness - by AFTT47 - May 10, 2015 at 10:06 pm
RE: Religion is a Delusion/Mental Illness - by Silver - May 11, 2015 at 1:44 am
RE: Religion is a Delusion/Mental Illness - by Cyberman - May 11, 2015 at 10:37 am
RE: Religion is a Delusion/Mental Illness - by Dystopia - May 11, 2015 at 11:14 am
RE: Religion is a Delusion/Mental Illness - by Pyrrho - May 11, 2015 at 3:53 pm
RE: Religion is a Delusion/Mental Illness - by Pyrrho - May 11, 2015 at 5:58 pm
RE: Religion is a Delusion/Mental Illness - by z7z - May 11, 2015 at 6:09 pm
RE: Religion is a Delusion/Mental Illness - by z7z - May 11, 2015 at 6:28 pm
RE: Religion is a Delusion/Mental Illness - by z7z - May 11, 2015 at 6:56 pm
RE: Religion is a Delusion/Mental Illness - by robvalue - May 12, 2015 at 11:09 am
RE: Religion is a Delusion/Mental Illness - by Razzle - May 20, 2015 at 3:13 am
RE: Religion is a Delusion/Mental Illness - by comet - May 23, 2015 at 8:56 pm

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