Mick:

I really want you to know where I am coming from on this question, obviously a sensitive one.

1. Religion is NOT a form of Mental Illness.

2. Mental illness sometimes manifests itself as extreme religiosity, a dramatization which is not, in fact, the same thing as religion.

3. In the form that it is posed, you are absolutely correct that the premise of the question is untenable. It is something like asking "Is it crazy to understand things?", a question with self contradiction woven into its fabric.

4. Organizing the inherent spiritual religiousness of the human being is risky, and if badly manbaged can drive people toward madness.

That's my two cent's worth.


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