Religion is a Delusion/Mental Illness

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If you replaced some of those words your rhetoric resembles young earth creationists very closely

So you don't think a mental illness is literally a mental illness? What is it then? Is it just half-mental illness? A quarter? Are you a psychiatrist and know what a mental illness is? - Since your basis to classify religion as a mental illness is the fact it is irrational/delusional then we are all mentally ill because we all have delusions and irrational beliefs. We are not robots and rationality is not always widespread even among brilliant critical minds.

Also, can I label someone who believes in something I disagree with as mentally ill? Because that's the basic premise you are proposing.

Sorry I typed incorrectly and was editing when you quoted me. Re-read my edited post:
I don't think mental illness is a negative thing and I have no bias against people with mental illness (I have bipolar). It is what it is. Some people are born with mental illness just like you are born into a religious family. Believing in a God/Heaven/Hell/Angels/Demons/Witches is a delusion. Having delusions is a symptom of mental illness. I don't think that religion is literally a mental illness that needs treatment. They just need some atheist cognitive behavioral therapy to heal their brainwashing from growing up in a religious family/school.

I think that religion could be classified as a mental illness because it is a false belief (delusion) based on zero evidence that is harmful to people. I don't advocate anti-psychotic medicine for religious people if that's what you mean. What are your delusions? I'd be glad to diagnose you