I wish people would stop saying religion is a mental illness. It's insulting to the people who do in fact suffer from a real mental illness.
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@SIN_Notung@MrAtheistPants @ZOMGitsCriss Saying religion is a mental problem is neither medically accurate or a way to change minds.
@sjzara @SIN_Notung @MrAtheistPants @ZOMGitsCriss I think the USSR classed religious belief as a mental disorder: http://bit.ly/19g1lL6
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@PhilosophyExp@sjzara@SIN_Notung@MrAtheistPants @ZOMGitsCriss We're too quick to create new mental disorders. DSM is getting absurd. -
@Metamagician@PhilosophyExp@SIN_Notung@MrAtheistPants @ZOMGitsCriss Religion can be a mistake about reality, like optical illusion. -
@sjzara@PhilosophyExp@SIN_Notung@MrAtheistPants @ZOMGitsCriss Or merely a false set of beliefs that you've been socialised into. -
@Metamagician@sjzara@SIN_Notung@MrAtheistPants @ZOMGitsCriss Exactly. Indeed one could argue that there would be something cognitively...
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