If I told you I talked to an invisible, imaginary being, you would think I was mentally ill. But if you claim you talk to God, no one thinks you're mentally ill. What gives?
2007-06-02 18:20:40 · 10 answers · asked by hyungbinkim 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Because they're in control.
2007-06-02 18:23:19 · answer #1 · answered by S K 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's because they are strong unit of loony people and they will be "right" all the time so for them to talk to an imaginary friend name "god" is sane since there is a manual that goes with it.
2007-06-03 01:25:30 · answer #2 · answered by felpa_de_osa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As long as it falls under the category of spirituality and religious belief, you can have a stuffed purple talking dinosaur for a god and still won't be considered crazy.
2007-06-03 01:38:35 · answer #3 · answered by smallbluepickles 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some of them are, but the majority of them are still what professionals consider "functional" meaning that they can survive adequately in society without need for a caretaker
2007-06-03 01:26:37 · answer #4 · answered by Matthew Star 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have very large support groups. They meet in large buildings with steeples on top.
2007-06-03 01:23:49 · answer #5 · answered by Resident Heretic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are to me. I see every last one of them as schizophrenics living in a delusion.
2007-06-03 01:27:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought we were "considered crazy"
2007-06-03 01:26:15 · answer #7 · answered by expertless 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mikhail thinks they are, and he's not alone...
“Religion is a collective insanity.” -- Mikhail Bakunin
2007-06-03 01:23:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Who says they aren't?
2007-06-03 01:34:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It would not be politically correct.
2007-06-03 01:23:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋