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APA Classifies Belief in God As Mental Illness
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RE: APA Classifies Belief in God As Mental Illness
September 12, 2015 at 1:44 pm
(September 12, 2015 at 10:47 am)Chad32 Wrote: Yeah, religion can make you pretty crazy. The more fundie people are, the more likely they're going to be to kill people over this stuff.

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RE: APA Classifies Belief in God As Mental Illness
September 12, 2015 at 1:46 pm
Oh, I see.  It's a joke.  I should have realized that.

I shouldn't try reading threads whilst half-asleep.
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RE: APA Classifies Belief in God As Mental Illness
September 12, 2015 at 2:10 pm
Ah, thanks for posting the Snopes article.

I can see where extreme religious fanaticism would be classified as potentially a psychological condition, though, but it did seem like the APA was biting off more than they could chew with that one... hell, the fundies are still butt-hurt over the APA revoking the classification of homosexuality as a disorder, a couple of DSMs ago.
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RE: APA Classifies Belief in God As Mental Illness
September 12, 2015 at 4:40 pm
(September 12, 2015 at 1:44 pm)MTL Wrote:
(September 12, 2015 at 10:47 am)Chad32 Wrote: Yeah, religion can make you pretty crazy. The more fundie people are, the more likely they're going to be to kill people over this stuff.

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Yeah. I think once it gets to the extreme end, the people really are somewhat crazy. Then it all depends on how much power they have. They'll either be sent to the loony bin, or they'll run a country into the ground. Can you imagine if Mike Huckabee really got into the presidential seat?
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RE: APA Classifies Belief in God As Mental Illness
September 12, 2015 at 4:41 pm (This post was last modified: September 12, 2015 at 4:42 pm by MTL.)
" Can you imagine if Mike Huckabee really got into the presidential seat? "

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RE: APA Classifies Belief in God As Mental Illness
September 12, 2015 at 5:38 pm
(September 12, 2015 at 4:40 pm)Chad32 Wrote:
(September 12, 2015 at 1:44 pm)MTL Wrote: [Image: a0f213d98dd55e29d05192e567ba9ca6.jpg]

Yeah. I think once it gets to the extreme end, the people really are somewhat crazy. Then it all depends on how much power they have. They'll either be sent to the loony bin, or they'll run a country into the ground. Can you imagine if Mike Huckabee really got into the presidential seat?

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