Mental illness and religion.

Is it time society viewed religious beliefs as a mental illness?
How would society benefit if it couldn't control billions of people with this nonsensical belief?

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Mamapolo2016 · F

It wouldn't benefit. It is not the fault of religion as much as of bad people who use it for control. It would shift to other ideologies, such as politics. There are always the greedy and ambitious who convince others to follow them and weak who need to be led. That would not change, it would only mutate.

People who think others should be labeled insane because they disagree scare me at least as much as bad religious leaders.

Entwistle · 56-60, M

@Mamapolo2016 You make some good points. However it's not unreasonable to say that people who believe a man walked on water or rose from the dead are mentally ill.

Mamapolo2016 · F

@Entwistle In your mind, that's not unreasonable. In the minds of many, it is. When religious people do bad things, they should be punished by the standards of the law. Absolutely. When they don't (and most don't) they should be left alone. Most religious people don't believe a man walked on water or rose from the dead. They believe God did, which whether you agree or not, puts it in a different perspective.

Entwistle · 56-60, M

@Mamapolo2016 Okay. I have a friend called Eric,i saw him walk on water and raise the dead..would a psychiatrist deem me insane for saying and believing that? What if I told him my friend was a ghost called Jesus?

Mamapolo2016 · F

@Entwistle Probably a psychiatrist would. I have a friend who is violently opposed to the right of people to wear orange, even if they do nothing else illegal. She wants them all put in an insane asylum. She lobbies for this every chance she gets. Is she entirely sane?

Entwistle · 56-60, M

@Mamapolo2016 No she isn't entirely sane.