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Yorktown's Journal
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August 23, 2015

Religious devotion: a risk factor for mental illness?

From the summary of a paper by the Royal College of Psychiatrists. (link to full paper below)

religiosity (..) may lead to an increased propensity to develop obsessive- compulsive traits. (..)

there is a growing body of evidence to support the proposition that increased religiosity may lead to religious-type OCD symptomatology.
http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/PDF/Elizabeth%20Cosgrove%20Religious%20devotion.%20A%20risk%20factor%20for%20mental%20illness.x.pdf


In layman terms: religiosity can make you nuts.



August 21, 2015

I am back from the dead to guide you towards Pastafarian salvation

Verily, verily, I say unto thee:

my account was in the valley of death for three months that were like eternity,

and from my celestial abode, I watched and prayed for my brothers pastafarians.

And now I am reborn, which pretty much makes me the Pastafarian Messiah.


Now all please kneel and pray unto me as you should.

Ramen.

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