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59. Cured by a dystopian science fiction scenario, you mean

Fri May 31, 2013, 01:03 AM

May 2013

Just as the decision about who should be called a heretic and who should be burned at the stake for being different and thinking in a nonconforming manner, the burning question is this:

Who diagnoses? Who decides?

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Religious Fundamentalism 'May Be Categorised As Mental Illness & Cured By Science' [View all] amuse bouche May 2013 OP

The difference between fundies are "regular" religous folks snooper2 May 2013 #1

This is the unthinking DU religious feeling right here in a nutshell - a clear example. el_bryanto May 2013 #3

sorry if the truth is offensive.. snooper2 May 2013 #6

What a childlike view of religion. el_bryanto May 2013 #8

It's god's word right? snooper2 May 2013 #10

This is because you see religion as strictly a checklist of beliefs. el_bryanto May 2013 #14

I could care less about all the nuances you just brought up snooper2 May 2013 #17

Post removed Post removed May 2013 #18

#thingsthegodlysay amuse bouche May 2013 #24

LOL snooper2 May 2013 #25

Oh as a Christian of course I am required to love you el_bryanto May 2013 #32

I'm sure the religous will be okay... snooper2 May 2013 #33

But to say "You should love your enemies; REP May 2013 #43

"Which is why i am telling you to change your ways and stop being an ignorant bigot" said Jesus to piratefish08 May 2013 #81

So do you believe in a supernatural being that created the universe? Warren Stupidity May 2013 #39

Yes, some of them, yes, and yes el_bryanto May 2013 #42

But to say "You should love your enemies; REP May 2013 #44

Jefferson, Thomas, wrote his own version of the gospels, sans miracles. Warren Stupidity May 2013 #67

No, it is a typical waffle of an answer. Warren Stupidity May 2013 #66

Fair enough - if you want to create a continuum of belief say that at one end el_bryanto May 2013 #72

It is called "heresy" and the penalty *used to be* DEATH. IdaBriggs May 2013 #80

FWIW: My position on organized religion davekriss May 2013 #50

That was fun to read. Thank you. Warren Stupidity May 2013 #68

Exactly right amuse bouche May 2013 #23

And again that reflects a childish and muleheaded desire not to actually understand religion nt el_bryanto May 2013 #31

okay, then explain what we are missing? nt Javaman May 2013 #37

Well I don't know what your specific arguments against religion are el_bryanto May 2013 #38

Frankly, I was just curious... Javaman May 2013 #40

I understand all the silly, creepy nonsense amuse bouche May 2013 #41

You don't really get to complain about name calling when you start from a position el_bryanto May 2013 #45

Don't care about your name calling amuse bouche May 2013 #49

'a la carte'. and that comment demonstrates that your conception of religiousity is silly. HiPointDem May 2013 #52

The "Left Behind" end times mumbo jumbo was cooked up in the 1800's. antigone382 May 2013 #22

Whatever Christianity may have been before Constantine, the basic outline since... TheMadMonk May 2013 #64

Well said. n/t. lindysalsagal May 2013 #61

Not childlike. Childish. KamaAina May 2013 #13

That's a fair cop. - Childlike is sometimes a good thing. nt el_bryanto May 2013 #15

I swear to Cthulhu Drale May 2013 #28

Not silly at all. It's the belief in the sky god at all that's silly. lindysalsagal May 2013 #60

'silly' is not mental illness. and the claim that it is, and needs 'cure' is fascist, which is way HiPointDem May 2013 #70

your truth, not mine demwing May 2013 #27

Thanks el_bryanto Puzzledtraveller May 2013 #19

"Verges" on bigotry? cordelia May 2013 #34

the OP does way more than verge on bigotry. it's an endorsement of nazi practices. and written HiPointDem May 2013 #56

I'm sure you have evidence for that claim. Produce it. rug May 2013 #53

God, mate, you give us atheists a bad name n/t SwissTony May 2013 #65

Yes, he/she certainly does. n/t cordelia May 2013 #69

That's completely wrong. sibelian May 2013 #73

There's something offensive about that, many people have mental illnesses... hunter May 2013 #2

I think it's an attempt to smear. Neoma May 2013 #5

Agreed. Identification with powerful deities is a compensation for insecurity. lindysalsagal May 2013 #62

Being able to cure the fundies would solve a lot of the worlds ills Ohio Joe May 2013 #4

The first step is ostracizing all fundamentalists from national debate. BrotherIvan May 2013 #7

They claim to cure Fundies and child molestors amuse bouche May 2013 #9

Fundies believe Gay is a disease to be cured and some are insane but Dragonfli May 2013 #11

Absolutely. Zoeisright May 2013 #12

What is your solution to this abuse? el_bryanto May 2013 #16

I like this title. AsahinaKimi May 2013 #20

Fanatacism/fundamentalism may be linked to some mental illness? Puzzledtraveller May 2013 #21

2000 religions on earth-which one to choose? ErikJ May 2013 #26

Correct. Try being catholic in Iran. Saudi Arabia. Pakistan. lindysalsagal May 2013 #63

Exactly amuse bouche May 2013 #76

Do they have a pill yet-- Progressive dog May 2013 #29

Michelle Bachman is a good example of someone who is messed up with religious fundamentalism kimbutgar May 2013 #30

EXTREME is the key word here felix_numinous May 2013 #35

So . . . Anymouse May 2013 #46

delete felix_numinous May 2013 #48

Where did you get your political views? rug May 2013 #54

all our beliefs, thoughts and material practices, not to mention the "I" who "thinks" and "reasons," HiPointDem May 2013 #58

wow, orwellian. HiPointDem May 2013 #36

Sad thing is people will cheer it on if it helps them with their hatred The Straight Story May 2013 #51

surprisingly, i agree with you. i think it's just the mirror image of fundies who think gays or HiPointDem May 2013 #57

Comparing being Gay to religion is absurd amuse bouche May 2013 #75

For years, the Espoused One Le Taz Hot May 2013 #47

if the other thread about fundamentalism was locked so should this one. liberal_at_heart May 2013 #55

Cured by a dystopian science fiction scenario, you mean Hekate May 2013 #59

+1000. the 'cure' is no different from the disease. HiPointDem May 2013 #71

Admitting religion is a disease amuse bouche May 2013 #74

it may be a socially transmitted disease, but it's not a mental illness. but then, life is also a HiPointDem May 2013 #77

"life is also a socially transmitted disease" amuse bouche May 2013 #78

yes, well. having read your comments, i don't much care if you agree. rational humans have HiPointDem May 2013 #79

"yes, well. having read your comments, i don't much care if you agree" amuse bouche May 2013 #82

oh, i had no doubt HiPointDem May 2013 #83

At one time LostOne4Ever May 2013 #84

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