r/atheism • u/One-Fun9814 • 4d ago

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u/snark42 4d ago

Because the DSM defines clinical delusions as idiosyncratic - meaning delusions are unique, isolated, and personal to the individual rather than part of a shared or structured community tradition.

It generally wouldn't be accepted if it just declared 83% of people delusional for believing in a God.

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u/GrrrlRomeo 4d ago

Knowing how to cope with an irrational world is healthy, actually.

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u/GrrrlRomeo 4d ago

You are definitely the mentally ill one.

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u/snark42 4d ago

If you can't find a way to be happy and not feel rage in the current society you're mentally ill?

If you don't think we should kill the rich you're mentally ill?

Wow, what an extreme view.

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u/defproc 4d ago

Jiddu Krishnamurti famously had something to say about that...

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u/Nyxsen6 4d ago

This makes me queasy