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[–] 127 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Religion is a mental illness

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  • [–] 27 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

    I'd say it's a reaction to mental illness. An attempt by people to try to get a handle on something. If you look at religious people, they tend to all be a little off.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 weeks ago

    It’s a broad range of problems they try to fill.

    Alcoholism, various mental illnesses, loneliness, and desperation get new ones in. But I think the most problematic are the ones there for life and because the whole community is there. Or for political reasons.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago*

    You don't have to be mentally ill to be religious. Some people just grew up with it and see it as their reality, and some people adopted it. Most religious people are not more or less mentally ill than the average religious none or atheist.

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