Dr. Stephen Uhl speaks for a moment about theistic disorder

http://www.rationalresponders.com/stephen_uhl_imagine_no_superstition

Dr. Stephen Uhl author of "Imagine No Superstition" joins the show, and one of our listeners cut this piece and sent it our way as he thought it was a good show moment. So we made a little video for it.

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[drahyden]

Please develope this issue, Can you explain differently the question?

Ill try to anwser it as i could understand it ok?

If by eny destiny shift i find myself captured by a muslim extremist group that has a gun on my head and the only thing i have to say is that i belive in Allaha to get out of there you bet ill be singing prayers to Alaha until im out of there.

[BSintolerant]

They are not as delusional as much as selfish. They think they get something remember. I'd like to see them muster up faith without their rewards. Not likely.

[OutOfTheBoxThinker]

Bill Gates? Seriously? Your best example of a good atheist is a guy who earned a fortune almost entirely by stealing ideas from others and monopolising and industry to the point it limits progress and creative freedom, just because he spends some amount of his vast wealth on charity for the purpose of marketing. With friends like you, who needs an enemy?

[ProcInc]

Wow, Cameron and Comfort were brutalised.

They were way out of their depth here

[RabidApeForRRS]

"So in 1976 all his knowledge just flew out of his brain?"

You're being dishonest. In absence of peer reviewed literature we have just have one person expressing an personal opinion, not a fact. His opinion is counter to the APA opinion which doesn't support imposing one's own religious/spiritual, antireligious/spiritual, or other values, beliefs and world views on their patients. (APA Resource Document 200604 Religious/Spiritual Commitments and Psychiatric Practice, Dec 2006)

[RabidApeForRRS]

Improper use of logical fallacies is a staple of Rational™ Atheism. Dr. Uhls unsupported statement is just as weak as RaptureJ. The DSM-IV TR clearly defines delusion as a false belieffirmly sustained despite what almost everyone else believes despite INCONTROVERTIBLE and OBVIOUS PROOF or EVIDENCE to the contrary (e.g. it is not an article of religious faith) (DSM-IV delusion p765). If you believe something someone tells you without critical review, it's a sign of being foolish idiot!

[morthim]

false. you THINK that christian views are false because of what the claims are. it is based on verifiable evidence, therefor not a belief.

also you can prove there is no god-X, by showing any two attributes of said god as contrary. therefor the idea/notion of said god is invalid. the more detail that exists for said god, the higher probability of being falsifiable. only the idea of god which exists in your brain is not falsifiable logically.

[Chaotheist]

Perhaps you are unfamiliar with what "ad hominem" means.

Perhaps you would care to explain how disagreeing with the man automatically makes my argument a religious one.

[ColoradoMikeyS]

"Maybe next time he'll interview a "Dr." with a current license."

Ad hominem, the staple of religious retards who can't create a logical argument.

[ColoradoMikeyS]

"This guy hasnt renewed his medical licence since 1976"

So in 1976 all his knowledge just flew out of his brain?

[ColoradoMikeyS]

"I think calling a person who believes in God clinically delusional is irrational and irresponsible"

What else would you call an adult who has an imaginary friend?

[ZarlanTheGreen]

The contradictions of christianity, and the apparent evil of their god, is actually, not necessarily an argument against the christian god.

If he isn't omnipotent, omniscient, honest and loving, it would still make sense.

It would be kinda funny, if a religion would be formed, based on the christian god being true, but that he is a evil, lying bastard, who isn't all powerful and knowing at all, and that he didn't like Adam and Eve's eating the fruit of knowledge, because we would rival him.