are Religious people mentally Ill?

nbachris2788
Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:23:01 +0000

Alone said:



Now concerning the examples of more or less ‘realistic’ idea of God, and ‘not realistic’ idea of a of umm… Pink horse under the earth? We find God more realistic because he/she was mentioned in Holy Books, has more or less established presence. The pink horse doesn’t. And YES, if it was presented in some books, and we were raised in a contact with some culture that used it as some God, we would have had different beliefs. But it is not comfortable to believe so… Just not comfortable. Not comfortable to realize that there are no morals, that thousand years ago one thing was right, and in 500 years people will look at us and laugh, not comfortable to realize that we will die and nothing will change. So we believe in something, and feel happy.



The mental weakness in this paragraph is appalling.

It contains two reprehensible reasons for choosing to believe in something:

1) An appeal to tradition: It’s gotta be true because all the old people and the old people who came before them said so and wrote it down! Never mind thinking for myself!

2) Choosing what to believe based on self-interest: The most important aspect of choosing to believe in something is how it will benefit me. Me! Me! Me! And those I love.