Is religion a mental disorder?

Question

Does the fact that religious people can't intelligently debate beliefs and always resort to "you either believe or you don't" proove that there is a malfunction in that logcal part of their brain? Is it a splinter in evolution that will be breeded out?

Pretty sure I'd own anyone who has ((((((hugs))))) as a psuedo name.

fyi....all religion. It doesn't matter what flavor you choose.....it's the same weakness in the brain.

Answer 1

Yes, religion is a mental disorder.


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Answer 2

No more than asking the same question about atheists. It is true that some Christians may not be able to debate their beliefs, but I couldn't argue how my carburetor works to save my life, yet I still drive. Crazy, isn't it? It is true though, that there comes a time where you have to make decisions about belief. Either you believe the eyewitnesses of the Bible, or you choose not too. Aren't they compelling to you? Maybe you think not, but even if a believer is wrong in the way they defend their faith, it doesn't mean that the reality behind it isn't true. I can tell you the Holocaust happened, and I can cite some historic WWII evidences, but in the end, it's up to you to accept it, and even if I do a poor job of explaining, I am still right and it did happen, and you would be retarded to reject it. Same with Christianity. God came, he explained, he expects following generations to accept that. If you can't, it's on your head, because for some odd reason, God expects that you can.

Answer 3

I've read that religion exists because it is how we kept our children safe when they were too young to figure things out on their own. For example, a parent tells her daughter, don't touch the stove or you'll burn your fingers. If the child is smart, she doesn't question this good advice and does what she's told. Hence, children have evolved to believe their parents, otherwise they'd be dead. The genes from the ones that didn't listen are no longer in the gene pool. Hence, religion fits into this same part of the brain where you believe what a person in authority tells you and you don't question it. Basically, it evolved as a survival strategy.

Answer 4

Your question presupposes the rational postion is materialism, particularly evolutionism. You must first show this to be sufficiently more philosophically defensible than theism as to make it unreasonable to hold the latter. I do not think you can do this reasonably. I rather think, on the contrary, that the implicit rebellion characteristic of atheism, from Lucretius in his disparagement of the sacrifice of Iphigenia all the way to the rather determined Prof. Dawkins, betrays a certain odor of ideological enthusiasm. Malfunction, perhaps?

Answer 5

Yes and for that matter the whole world is !
Sin is indeed a mental disorder and not only a spiritual one.
The trouble is because every one are being affected and so the psychologists decided to called themselves and all normal.
Anyone who have been saved and taken out of the World's System and are placed into The Kingdom of Light and of our Lord Jesus are considered insane.
Now which System would you rather be?
I am in My Father's House - The Kingdom of Light and you?

Answer 6

its funny how people always say that religious people are so stupid...actually if u think about it i would think that they are highly intelligent to be able to have belief and faith in something that isn't proven by science, i think those who can't grasp that concept are the ones who lack a part of there brain. why don't u go off and do something productive with your time instead of insulting people who don't think like you cause really your ignorance is showing...grow up

Answer 7

This question seems to get asked a lot. NO it is not a mental disorder. It is a belief. The same way you believe in no God, those of us with faith do believe in God. I often have intelligent conversations with non-believers who are friends of mine. We agree to disagree. I don't push my faith on him, he doesn't push his non-faith on me. Although when he served overseas in the military,he said everyone in the combat zone said some kind of prayer or another. So when you can get off of your high horse and allow those with faith to practice their faith,what ever it may be, without ridicule, maybe you can have an intelligent debate. You see, just because I can't see A human God walking and talking,I can believe he existed and it brings a sense of peace and hope to me.

Answer 8

Is life and breathing a mental disorder? The answer to this question will be the same as the answer to yours!

From what you say in your question, you obviously don't grasp the concept of Faith itself. So, I say that if you are a person without capability to have Faith or even believe in Faith, then thats where the mental issues lie.

Answer 9

I think that they sense the universe is more, but not being able to deal with larger ideas that are not absolutes. Having a black and white spectrum with only two things to consider (evil or good) is much simpler to comprehend. Then, as life goes on, a religious person can place events in one of two categories.

Answer 10

Well, if the majority of people believe something, it cant be called a disorder. I think the religious argument is based on faith, something that by definition has no basis in logic or reason. Since we non-believers don't have faith, their arguments don't hold any water with us. But on the same token, since our arguments ARE based on logic and reason, they will not convince a person of faith. Its a matter of having a completely different perspective on life, it has nothing to do with any sort of disorder.

Trying to understand your fellow man is much more interesting than trying to classify him as stupid or crazy because he doesn't share your values. This goes for both sides.

Answer 11

Real religion brings orderliness... but distortion of religion brings mental disorder.

The Original Kingdom Gospel brings orderliness, but the substitute Pauline gospel leads to disorder and the expression... "why do bad things happen to good people."

This resource explains the difference between real religion and the substitute.... that has lead to disorder.

Thanks for the question.