Re: Theism is a mind disorder.

Traditional psychology deals with issues that an individual has. It's characterised by the issue in question being "out of step" with the particular culture to which the "patient" belongs.

To tackle the psychology of the Theistic mindset, I believe Evolutionary psychology can tell us more about the prevalence of Theism in the world as a whole.

Evo-Psy is a young discipline which is more academic than medical, so one has to think about the issues in a different way. I think this is where some of these youtube disagreements stem from.

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[Klarkster]

As you know RRS I don't disagree with your intentions or approach.

This video is a commentary on the issues surrounding the ability to define a "mental disorder". Which epistemic approach is better. Just because traditional psychology defines a mental disorder a certain way, doesn't mean to say that certain mindsets, theistic ones, can't be characterised as a disorder from a non-traditional psychological or social science perspective.

Keep up the good work!

[CeReAlKiLlErIsBaCk]

It's about time that religion is totally wiped off this planet.

Theists = deluded fools!

[Fribbler]

Reality is a crutch for people who cant handle drugs, religion is a crutch for people who cant handle reality. drugs are bad mmmmkay.

[mreous333]

Religion is not a mental illness, but a few mimic & encourage the development of them. Christianity, 4 example, mimics schizophrenia & psychosis. It presents delusions as reality that resist existential evidence. There is hearing of voices that are outside an individual's control & the illusion their thoughts are shared. It encourages the loss of contact with reality, paranoia, put down of intelligence, reason & critical thinking.

[crapname1]

why do americans have to speak so fucking slow? i find this too frustrating to listen to.

[perfectbark]

it would be nice to live in a world without wars started over religious conflict thats' for sure ........

[Fribbler]

And religion is a crutch for people who have done to many drugs!

[nontheistdavid]

It's characterised by the issue in question being "out of step" with the particular culture to which the "patient" belongs. If this is true then most of the greatest minds in science who changed our conception of the world were mentally ill. They surely were "out of step" in regards to their culture and thank "god" for that!

[nontheistdavid]

In fact cant we say that our entire mind is a sort of large mental disorder because evolution shaped our minds to just deal with approximates "out there". Knowing the constituents of atoms or the size of galaxies served no survival value. Our minds are just one huge mental disorder persay. I will surely be lambasted by posts.

[nontheistdavid]

Sorry for excessive postings LOL but I notice the first graphic Mental disorder/illness? That is revealing to me. Like I said before it is split into two. It seems you can have a mental disorder but it may not be considered clinically a illness. Mental disorder seems to be used as a pejorative along with illness. We all have a mental disorder. The mere fact that we do not know what objective reality is "out there".