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SnailTeeth · 36-40, M
It depends on how the spirituality is nurtured and utilised.
I think the idea of Hell triggers an amygdalic response so intense in some people, that it makes them highly suggestible by hijacking their fight/flight response, and it's being weaponised with fundamentalism.
I think the magical thinking can lead to deep repression, and cause cognitive distortions/dissonance, which can result in further social development problems. As well as cases of inflated egotistical self-aggrandisement, which can often be a precursor to extremely volatile depression.
Those are examples I often think of, as to why I am averse toward religion (not necessarily religious people).
I think the idea of Hell triggers an amygdalic response so intense in some people, that it makes them highly suggestible by hijacking their fight/flight response, and it's being weaponised with fundamentalism.
I think the magical thinking can lead to deep repression, and cause cognitive distortions/dissonance, which can result in further social development problems. As well as cases of inflated egotistical self-aggrandisement, which can often be a precursor to extremely volatile depression.
Those are examples I often think of, as to why I am averse toward religion (not necessarily religious people).