• jordanlund@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    78
    ·
    8 months ago

    You know, some day extreme religious belief will be classified as a mental illness. I hope I live to see it.

    • Maeve@kbin.social
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      21
      ·
      edit-2
      8 months ago

      I asked someone who said they are a psychiatrist in another thread last week why belief* in any religion outside mainstream religions are classified as magical thinking while belief* in mainstream religions is not. I don’t really care what beliefs people entertain as long as they’re not mentally or physically harming* anyone, I just really want to know how DSM psychiatrists reconcile that.

      *Autocorrect

    • kromem@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      6
      ·
      edit-2
      8 months ago

      There’s another option, which is that the extreme doomsday beliefs become a self-fulfilling prophecy and no one lives to see it classified as a mental illness outside of the momentary ‘oops’ when things are crashing down all around and no dead bodies come floating down from the sky to stop it.

      I think about Popper’s paradox more and more these days.