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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 07:55 AM Original message |
Can we PLEASE stop equating religion with mental illness of any sort? |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
1. no. nt. |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 08:03 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. thats not helpful. |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 08:08 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. You asked and I replied. |
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northernsoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 08:48 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. a small quibble |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 08:56 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I am not a psychiatrist and am not constrained by the DSM |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 02:46 PM Response to Reply #12 |
57. You're only showing that some people with mental illness have religious |
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theredpen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 09:46 AM Response to Reply #3 |
24. Pretending and history |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 10:01 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Both Bush and bin Laden claim God tells them what to do. |
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theredpen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 10:26 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Lots of things are used as excuses |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 01:31 PM Response to Reply #27 |
46. And if the neocons are following the advice of their mentor Leo Strauss |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 02:08 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. true indeed |
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northernsoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 02:46 PM Response to Reply #46 |
56. Why did Strauss recommend religion as a means of manipulation? |
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theredpen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 04:04 PM Response to Reply #56 |
71. Religion evokes an emotional response |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:13 PM Response to Reply #71 |
112. I don't think it is all that new. What the neo con right wing preachers are doing now |
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2beToby (151 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 12:46 PM Response to Reply #26 |
39. While I wouldn't say |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 01:04 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. I've never said all religious people are mentally insane. |
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heidler1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 02:46 AM Response to Reply #42 |
94. I agree. One thing that keeps getting left out of the details is, it's not just the fundies. |
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theredpen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 07:21 PM Response to Reply #94 |
105. What are we going to do about that? |
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heidler1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 10:55 PM Response to Reply #105 |
107. Your snarky reply won't help, but reminding the Christian voters that they got sucked in might. |
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theredpen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 11:30 PM Response to Reply #107 |
108. No God lets Bush cry on his shoulder |
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heidler1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 12:34 AM Response to Reply #108 |
109. From where I sit it looks like the Christians want to take over the government. |
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theredpen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 12:42 AM Response to Reply #109 |
110. Oh no you did NOT just reference Ayn Rand |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 07:53 PM Response to Reply #94 |
106. Hey.... |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 12:02 PM Response to Reply #24 |
100. But aren't you overlooking that eight to fifty million |
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theredpen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 07:05 PM Response to Reply #100 |
104. 8 to 50 million? |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:26 PM Response to Reply #104 |
113. PBS in the San Francisco area had a TV documentary titled |
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theredpen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 03:36 PM Response to Reply #113 |
114. So, you don't really know where these numbers come from |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 09:51 PM Response to Reply #114 |
115. Article from a Sandra Miesele says this: |
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theredpen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-11-07 10:26 AM Response to Reply #115 |
117. If the self-proclaimed spokespeople for pagans insist on making up bogus statistics |
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okasha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 10:48 PM Response to Reply #100 |
116. The medieval Catholic Church in general and the Inquisition |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 12:23 AM Response to Reply #24 |
139. While I won't address the OP.... |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 02:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
58. No psychologist/psychiatrist in the world would call them insane |
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skater314159 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
133. so "some" behaviour entitles you to be an ass to all? nt |
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Mend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
4. that wouldn't be accurate...hyper-religiousity can be a symptom of several |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 11:34 AM Response to Reply #4 |
29. I'm not saying their aren't mentally ill people who aren't religious |
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youthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
5. Religious people are perfectly mentally stable. |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 02:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
49. Did you see the second episode they had her on? |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 02:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
51. being mentally ill doesn't depend upon religion. look at stalin. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
6. Hearing voices and believing in illusory reality is not mental illness? |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 09:14 AM Response to Reply #6 |
16. But that is not true of all religion. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 09:22 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I will concede your point |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 09:23 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. The OP asked us to stop making any comparisons. |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 09:29 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. You don't have to say everything you know. |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 11:38 AM Response to Reply #6 |
31. Then you are insane. But that has to do with your neurotransmitters! |
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Rydz777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
7. Good post, Turtlensue. Mental illness is indeed a serious |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
8. At the very least, we should specify exactly which illness |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 09:26 AM Response to Reply #8 |
21. As DU is a peer reviewed board for publication of |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 09:39 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. And your point is consistent with mental illness |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
9. We see bush's action every day. While |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 02:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
52. bush uses the facade of religion to justify his world view. if you take |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
11. Absolutely. All you have to do is to show why religion is not a mental illness |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 09:21 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. What can possibly be wrong with building your core identity around beliefs which have no evidence? |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 11:50 AM Response to Reply #18 |
33. let me ask you this.. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 12:06 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. I agree with you, and that is not the point I was making. n/t |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 12:55 PM Response to Reply #33 |
41. The criterion is not behaving irrationally |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
13. Humor and depresssion might not be linked but being a comic |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
14. You are correct that 'mental illness' is serious, but I will always believe that |
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Birthmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
15. There is no way around the fact... |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
17. There is compelling evidence that religiosity has an organic component, just as mental illness does. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
25. Good post. I entirely agree. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 11:11 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. I actually enjoyed reading your post |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 11:38 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. its ok to hate atheists and scientologists. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 11:43 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Yeah, I want a Kate Hudson |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 11:19 PM Response to Reply #32 |
123. Kate Hudson is a "Jew-Buh" |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 12:07 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. Probably for the same reason they're on my ignore list. n/t |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 12:53 PM Response to Reply #28 |
40. So what word would you use? |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 01:06 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. who is proposing (4)? |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 10:13 PM Response to Reply #44 |
91. Did you read the OP? |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 01:54 PM Response to Reply #91 |
103. Really? |
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northernsoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 02:56 PM Response to Reply #40 |
60. #3 overstates the position |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 10:22 PM Response to Reply #40 |
92. Who's stating number 3? eom |
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northernsoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 12:03 PM Response to Reply #92 |
101. I'm referring to post #40 |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
34. clarification |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
35. I'm with you. |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
38. I just put those people on ignore |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 01:52 PM Response to Reply #38 |
47. on pitching insults.... |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:37 AM Response to Reply #47 |
95. There are delusional religious people and delusional athiests |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 10:33 AM Response to Reply #95 |
97. I was once married to an alcoholic... |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 11:29 AM Response to Reply #97 |
98. We probably agree on many things |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 06:04 PM Response to Reply #38 |
136. Putting all the atheists on 'ignore' must have emptied the forum...lol! |
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moggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 07:45 PM Response to Reply #136 |
137. It waxes and wanes |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 11:33 PM Response to Reply #137 |
138. "waxes and wanes"...? |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 09:07 AM Response to Reply #136 |
141. It isn't about putting athiests on ignore- it is about putting asshoes on ignore |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
43. I disagree with you-- religion IS mental illness of a sort... |
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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
45. Sorry, but in many cases it is |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 02:32 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. You don't seem to be describing religion so much as ideologues. |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
53. Don't call them insane then |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
54. Thank you. |
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badgerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
55. I've always considered it like glasses, you know? |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 02:58 PM Response to Reply #55 |
61. So there IS a god for some people and for others there really ISN'T? |
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badgerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 10:33 PM Response to Reply #61 |
93. If there really is a god... |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 12:23 PM Response to Reply #93 |
102. I'll second that! |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
59. But, it's oh so creative and insightful, dontcha know? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
62. IMO religion is better compared to dogmatic ideologies like Marxism. |
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lvx35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 03:06 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Dogmatic religions are dogmatic ideologies, but not all religions are dogmatic. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 03:13 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. Religion does not equal Spirituality, Religion is DOGMATIC Spirituality. |
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lvx35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 03:19 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Ah, but it does, that's the tricky part. |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:38 AM Response to Reply #65 |
96. I would not call my religion dogmatic. |
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lvx35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
64. Thank you. The equating of ideological dissent with mental illness comes strait from the Soviet... |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 03:46 PM Response to Reply #64 |
69. Plenty of religious people think God talks directly to them. |
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lvx35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 04:01 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. I don't have problems with equating certain behaviors with mental illness, |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 04:14 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. Lots of mentally ill people are functional. |
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lvx35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 04:26 PM Response to Reply #72 |
75. I see a difference there. |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 04:32 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. So if you're functional and don't seek treatment, you're fine? |
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lvx35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 04:33 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. In the eyes of mental health, yes. |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 04:36 PM Response to Reply #78 |
81. You might want to read up on Dahmer and get back to me: |
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lvx35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 04:32 PM Response to Reply #72 |
77. By the way, thanks. |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 04:35 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. My complaint isn't with religion, it's with the way religion is privileged |
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lvx35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 04:50 PM Response to Reply #79 |
84. Right, and I basically support you in that. |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
67. I'm a little confused by your post. |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 04:23 PM Response to Reply #67 |
73. Here's what I am saying |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 04:25 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. What if God tells you to home-school your kids |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 04:36 PM Response to Reply #74 |
80. I think if you think God is talking to you.. |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 04:40 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. That's just not true. |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 04:44 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. so based on the actions of SOME |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 06:23 PM Response to Reply #83 |
87. Like I said, to me most religious experience looks like mild delusion-- |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 11:31 PM Response to Reply #80 |
125. What about people who think THEY are talking TO god? |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
68. Thank you Turtlensue. It does get pretty tiresome nt |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
85. If you genuinely think that god told you to murder people |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
86. Apparently, some people cannot. I don't know... |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
88. You say crazy like it's a BAD thing..... |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
89. I agree. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
90. Bill Moyers is a Baptist minister. I don't believe he is mentally ill. |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
99. Some people think saying half the forum is mentally ill is a great way to open communication |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
111. Problem of terminology/Degree? |
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Exiled in America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
118. If it is, then Obama, H. Clinton, Edwards, Kerry and Bill Clinton are all mentally insane. |
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Exiled in America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
119. If it is, then Bill Moyers, Martin Luther King, John and Bobby Kennedy were all insane. |
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ZoltanZ (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
120. +++ Accidental duplicate deleted +++ |
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ZoltanZ (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
121. PLEASE stop equating religion with mental illness |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 11:27 PM Response to Reply #121 |
124. I think you might be misreading the OP. |
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zonmoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
122. when religion is sane. I am ok with it. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 06:17 AM Response to Original message |
126. If much good can come of one's being inspired to be kinder to others |
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heidler1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 02:44 PM Response to Reply #126 |
127. To me, its never been proved that Christianity is the source of inspirations. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 10:31 PM Response to Reply #127 |
128. I'm cool with that, heidler1, but was just saying that no matter the |
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heidler1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 01:29 PM Response to Reply #128 |
129. Dobson's hatefulness proves to me that he is incapable of reciprocal kindness. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #129 |
130. Dobson's is a dark poison. Have you seen the bumpser sticker that says |
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heidler1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #130 |
131. We have a whole crop of people in leadership positions that are using religion to con their follower |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 06:31 PM Response to Reply #131 |
134. Yes. The manipulation lever is going to need all new parts once this |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
132. I do not suppose religious people are mentally ill. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
135. Sorry, I've been thinking about this. Exorcism is definately.... |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
140. I just put assholes who say shit like that on ignore- They aren't worth knowing. |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
142. Well there has to be some reason why so many think that.. |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
143. I have an officially mentally ill brother |
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