Is religion a mental disorder?

reply to post by SHgNaTrinityinme1333


The physical is only half of your current reality

SisyphusRide
I don't know where you're from... I practice American Free Speech...

So?
I am not preventing you from voicing your opinion in anyway...that's a dreadful mischaracterization on your part and had I actually done that, the specific posts you are thinking about would have been removed, as was the case with KellyBear. I'm just pointing out where you are wrong.
I can understand why you find that upsetting but do you actually mean to tell me your free speech somehow trumps mine?
Is that how you think this works?

-Peace-

Eryiedes

SHgNaTrinityinme1333
Perspective my friends, its all about perspective.

This is false.

truth is subjective, it is always subjective... there is no objective truth.

source : philosophyforums

Humans spend most of their time abstract thinking,. Look around you, EVERYTHING was abstractly created first and then we made it or proved it. You can't even make your breakfast without first creating it in your mind.

So, why is religion out of the norm for how our brains work? We think of questions within out brains that we want answers to and then we abstractly crate those answers that may or may not be correct.

I would be surprised if we didn't have religion. We would most likely not have science or math too and be living like our chimp cousins. Just because it is a big question to answer and people have faith that the answer is correct doesn't make it any different than a scientist trying to answer a much smaller question that started as a thought.

Eryiedes

SisyphusRide
I don't know where you're from... I practice American Free Speech...

So?
I am not preventing you from voicing your opinion in anyway...

no man...

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SHgNaTrinityinme1333
reply to post by Eryiedes

 

You have a very mixed up view, exploitation of the young? I see you have a very deep hatred of religion. Every single ideology a person can have whether its religious or something more dense like evidence and fact can be dangerous for a person depending on how that ideology has left the world for him to perceive.

You have also ignored the OP because ideology effects the brain like a drug.
It rewards the brain identical to when a junkie recieves a fix meaning the EXACT same brain regions light up when defending said ideology.

(It also explains political ideology and even internet trolls.)

Ideology is poisonous to the human condition and all the emotional appeals in the world will not change that medical fact.
Try again.

-Peace-

reply to post by Xtrozero


This guy gets it

SisyphusRide

Eryiedes

SHgNaTrinityinme1333
Perspective my friends, its all about perspective.

This is false.

truth is subjective, it is always subjective... there is no objective truth.

So, by that logic, when I tell you exposing your hand to open flame for an extended duration will result in a serious burn you actually believe this is a subjective observation of truth?
Forgive my use of the word but I pray you are joking.

-Peace-

reply to post by beatbox


I understand your point. Having been raised Roman Catholic, I lost my religion about 30 years ago. It is most superstition and guilt, but organized religion does accomplish some good things. The dark side of the religious is positively barbaric.

But the question regarding the negative connotation of the term 'conspiracy theorist' is very relevant. The masses must be kept in thrall, and painting those who question government as being dangerous is a bad thing. It sets citizen against citizen, and that's a bad thing.

Eryiedes

SisyphusRide

Eryiedes

SHgNaTrinityinme1333
Perspective my friends, its all about perspective.

This is false.

truth is subjective, it is always subjective... there is no objective truth.

So, by that logic, when I tell you exposing your hand to open flame for an extended duration will result in a serious burn you actually believe this is a subjective observation of truth?
Forgive my use of the word but I pray you are joking.

-Peace-

ask a Buddhist...

or someone who can't feel pain (congenital analgesia)

reply to post by Eryiedes


Ironic you go against the actual meaning of ideology so you can mold it into your argument. Again ideology is a set of ideas, you have an ideology everyone has an ideology it doesn't effect the brain like a drug because it is a compulsory outcome of having one. Read up on your sociology and psychology.

reply to post by wildtimes


well first thing that happens in the video is he tries to establish that if there was only one christian in the world, people would think he was crazy. then he lists off the reasons for why they would think he was crazy. that is strawman evidence as far as i'm concerned. you can't establish a psychological profile on trumped up charges and then consider it real evidence. i will listen to the rest if you can guarantee me that it has nothing to do with his initial strawmen

reply to post by undo


I believe she asked you to refute the medical and psychological data concerning this. Not your own interpretation of what he said.
Please...try again.

-Peace-

SHgNaTrinityinme1333
reply to post by Eryiedes

 

Ironic you go against the actual meaning of ideology so you can mold it into your argument.

I have molded nothing and your statement establishes YOU too have ignored the OP material in your quest to counter facts with ascertion.
Well done!

-Peace-

reply to post by Eryiedes


You have and I haven't, I'm just saying it doesn't apply when you look at the bigger picture.

Look at the bigger picture.

SHgNaTrinityinme1333
reply to post by Eryiedes

 

You have and I haven't, I'm just saying it doesn't apply when you look at the bigger picture.

By bigger picture I can only assume you refer to god?
Sigh....

-Peace-

reply to post by Eryiedes


I think what they are referring to has more to do with Sociology.

Eryiedes
reply to post by undo

 

I believe she asked you to refute the medical and psychological data concerning this. Not your own interpretation of what he said.
Please...try again.

-Peace-

what was the point of the video, if i can't comment on it?

SisyphusRide
ask a Buddhist...

or someone who can't feel pain (congenital analgesia)

Ask a straight forward question?
You respond with nonsence.
Buddhists feel pain and do you know why?
Because they are human too.
As for "mister congenital analgesia", this is a birth defect and can't be considered normal. When gestation occurs without incident, this never occurs. Now if EVERYONE had it then your question might have some validity but as it stands, you are clutching at straws and their only good for building a strawman.
Try again.

-Peace-

reply to post by undo


the ultimate point is a weak and failed attempt at social engineering...