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Thread #75036   Message #1313163
Posted By: Joe Offer
01-Nov-04 - 11:34 AM
Thread Name: BS: Is Religion a form of Mental Illness ???
Subject: RE: BS: Is Religion a form of Mental Illness ???
Well, I dunno. I feel sane, and I've worked in the Catholic Church all my days. I know a lot of sane, wonderful people who work in various denominations. There is something about religion, however, that draws some pretty weird people. Maybe it's because they're social outcasts who don't fit in other groups, and religious people are generally supposed to be nice to others and are more-or-less compelled to accept the weirdos. Back in my recent period of being single, I had some pretty weird Catholic women pining after me. It was downright dangerous to go to church at times.

I also worry about church leaders who take themselves and their authority too seriously - the ones who have absolutely no sense of humor.

-Joe Offer-