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Thread #75036   Message #1552796
Posted By: Amos
30-Aug-05 - 11:25 AM
Thread Name: BS: Is Religion a form of Mental Illness ???
Subject: RE: BS: Is Religion a form of Mental Illness ???
Curator:

I find your summation to be so summary as to be devoid of real information.

Is what you associate with mental illness, from your clinical experience, primarily religious thought per se? Or organized religious doctrine? Or badly misconstrued popular misconceptions of the religious dogma which once was based on religious doctrine which in turn was once based on religious thought which MAY have been based on an actual religious experience?

IS your perspective of "mental illness" defined? Defineable? Does it emphasize adaptation to the environment as the highest earmark of mental health? Is it predicated on the animal like nature of mankind? Does it include ANY metaphysics, or is all such outside the scope of your definition of mental health?

Enquiring minds want to know!


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