Human Psychosis Hidden As Religion/Christianity

[Edwardo Piet]

I think the belief in any supernatural God is a delusion, in the sense its a false belief and its also often held very strongly - despite the fact its completely baseless.

I don't see why Christianity would be any more delusional in particular than any other religion. Or indeed any supernatural belief.

Sure perhaps some religions are arguably crazier than others (Sam Harris makes the point that Mormonism is basically just Christianity + some really stupid ideas, so it's objectively slightly more improbable than Christianity in general).....BUT - belief in any supernatural being in the sky that is totally omnipotent and having such strong belief in him, having faith, - having such a big belief as this despite no evidence whatsoever is a delusion. Whatever supernatural God it be.

I agree with Dawkins that its a delusion as in the 'false belief' a delusional belief sense....to believe in any form of SUPERNATURAL God...

Dawkins states in TGD that he is attacking all Gods....as in all supernatural Gods. I also think that belief in a supernatural superbeing altogether is delusional....

I don't see why on earth to single out Christianity in particular (or indeed any religion....deism is still a massive claim IMO even without all the absurdities....just due to sheer improbability that is believed completely on 'faith' (no evidence whatsoever)...and say Christianity is psychosis???

I think belief in all Supernatural Gods is delusional. Some may be arguably more intuitively absurd than others. But they are all delusional because they are all false beliefs in a super being completely taken on faith without any real evidence whatsoever which wouldn't be accepted (or at least, not as much) on other matters.

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[infidel666]

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

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. Religious belief, by its very nature, is extremely irrational. The best example of a "gestalt delusion" is religion.
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That is an opinion,not fact. "The quaint custom and irrational belief" approach to anthropology was the dominating principle anthropology in the C19th,but has not been for nearly 100 years. It certainly was not the case when I was an undergraduate.

Studies I've made of various belief systems and millennial movements have demonstrated the exact opposite of your claim.

If you're really interested perhaps have a glace at Burridge's "New Heaven New Earth".I'd also be happy to give you a reading list if you like.Without some basic knowledge and no evidence at all you're simply presenting an argument from personals incredulity or lack of imagination,both forms of argument from ignorance.

Hal is simply presenting an unintentionally hilarious argument from ignorance. The accurate diagnosis pyschosis is clearly established. There is no more debate about religion being a mental illness than there between evolution and ID (ie none) .Therefore, I have nothing further to say on this matter.

[Mark]

Well, religious belief certainly does not equate with psychosis. To say that it does is at best a metaphor and at worst an expression of bigotry. I am indeed quite suspicious of atheists whose belief appears to facilitate their very strong conviction that they're superior to other people.

I do agree that all religious belief is fundamentally a delusion, and that religion on a social level does more harm than good, and I am quite willing to say so to religious believers. But as someone who is interested in engaging these people and winning them over, the last thing I would do would be to say that they personally were sick or morally deficient. It would be a lie, in any case.

I agree that there is an important sense in which all religions are equally false. Nevertheless I will agree that there is something uniquely preposterous, indeed repulsive, about the Trinity and the Christian account of the supposed Christ's life, deeds and purposes, particularly those versions that would have the bulk of humanity condemned to eternal torment in a lake of fire. The idea that the whole Cosmos was created as a backdrop to an immorality-getting game for a particular species of ape on this particular planet really stands out among the world's religions for its anthropomorphism and triviality.