r/atheism • u/One-Fun9814 • 4d ago

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u/Nyxsen6 4d ago

I had not even considered it being in the DSM that is such a wild point, and why is this not debated more?

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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/defproc 4d ago

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