(October 17, 2010 at 3:23 pm)rob_hollar Wrote: With no proof whatsoever, people believe in God. That’s fact. They actually believe they can have a one way conversation with an unseen god and that , through some kind of magical telepathy, hears every word they say. Why aren't these people in an Insane Asylum?
They're not because literal religious belief is not yet considered a form of insanity. It may never be. After all, the U.S. Constitution protects it. I personally don't think it's so much insanity so much as it is the effects of brainwashing. Brainwashing is treatable, but most people don't want to admit to having been brainwashed. And I think most people would have a hard time putting most of their relatives in an Insane Asylum. Probably over half the country would be in one.
