American Psychological Association To Classify Belief in God As a Mental Illness By Kato Leonard on July 15, 2015 @ TheNewsNerd
According to the American Psychological Association (APA), a strong and passionate belief in a deity or higher power, to the point where it impairs one’s ability to make conscientious decisions about common sense matters, will now be classified as a mental illness. The controversial ruling comes after a 5-year study by the APA showed devoutly religious people often suffered from anxiety, emotional distress, hallucinations, and paranoia. The study stated that those who perceived God as punitive was directly related to their poorer health, while those who viewed God as benevolent did not suffer as many mental problems. The religious views of both groups often resulted in them being disconnected from reality. Dr. Lillian Andrews, professor of psychology, stated, “Every year thousands of people die after refusing life-saving treatment on religious grounds. Even when being told ‘you will die without this treatment’ patients reject the idea and believe that their God will still save them. Those lives could be saved simply by classifying those people as mentally unfit for decision making.” “Jehovah Witnesses for instance,” Dr. Andrews continued, “will not accept blood under any circumstance. They would rather die than to receive life-saving donor blood. Many religious people believe they have “healing power” in their hands. Many believe they can communicate with God using a personal language, which is unknown to anyone but the communicator and God (known as speaking in tongues). Many often tell of seeing spirits. All of these are signs of a mental break and a loss of touch with reality. Religious belief and the angry God phenomenon has caused chaos, destruction, death, and wars for centuries. The time for evolving into a modern society and classifying these archaic beliefs as a mental disorder has been long overdue. This is the first of many steps to a positive direction.” With the new classification, the APA will lobby to introduce legislation which would allow doctors the right to force life-saving treatment on those who refuse it for spiritual reasons on the grounds that they are mentally incapable of making decisions about their health. The American Psychological Association says more information about the study and the new classification will be made available to the public in their upcoming journal (which is expected to be release in early August).

I was like... Is this where we are at now?
Until I read the article, the topic is a little misleading, but with so many pastors or prophets coming up with several hit and miss prophesies in the name of God, you begin to wonder. After all,
Deutronomy 18 vs 22 states When a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord , if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.

This is not counting so many others do in the name of one religion or the other that you begin to wonder if it's not pure madness! In all, they took it a little extreme though, but maybe I see it this way because I have a certain level of the madness also.

By the way, who's to say they aren't mad also for thinking this way? Hmmmmmm

in that case,i am proud to be mad

Hmm

engrtee:
in that case,i am proud to be mad

I know say u nor read the post o.

Op, you can go Bleep yourself with your malicious headline.

two can play at that game

New information from a 22-year old study at a German University has many psychiatrists and psychologists throughout the world wondering if atheism is a sign or warning of a more serious mental illness already present or in the process of developing. Doctors are searching for a gene that might cause a correlation between serious mental illness and what they are calling “overt atheism

http://thedamienzone.com/2012/08/17/atheism-as-a-mental-disorder-or-illness-new-studies-say-yes/

Atheists and agnostics are more likely to suffer from mental illnesses than those who believe in God, says Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights.
"We prize the virtue of restraint. We understand the cardinal virtue of temperance. They believe that freedom is license to do whatever you want,

"They don't like the three dreaded words in the English language we got from our Jewish friends, thou shalt not. They don't want to be told anything, which is why they die prematurely, they're unhappy.
"That's why we have disproportionate numbers of agnostic and atheists in the asylum. All of this is true."

http://www.newsmax.com/t/newsmax/article/610886

http://m.news24.com/news24/MyNews24/Atheism-is-a-mental-illness-20120413

happy new year in advance

Wilgrea7:
two can play at that game

New information from a 22-year old study at a German University has many psychiatrists and psychologists throughout the world wondering if atheism is a sign or warning of a more serious mental illness already present or in the process of developing. Doctors are searching for a gene that might cause a correlation between serious mental illness and what they are calling “overt atheism

http://thedamienzone.com/2012/08/17/atheism-as-a-mental-disorder-or-illness-new-studies-say-yes/

Atheists and agnostics are more likely to suffer from mental illnesses than those who believe in God, says Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights.
"We prize the virtue of restraint. We understand the cardinal virtue of temperance. They believe that freedom is license to do whatever you want,

"They don't like the three dreaded words in the English language we got from our Jewish friends, thou shalt not. They don't want to be told anything, which is why they die prematurely, they're unhappy.
"That's why we have disproportionate numbers of agnostic and atheists in the asylum. All of this is true."

http://www.newsmax.com/t/newsmax/article/610886

http://m.news24.com/news24/MyNews24/Atheism-is-a-mental-illness-20120413

happy new year in advance

So either way, pious or faithless, we have one form of mental illness or the other all these scientists seff, I am not understanding

Sickos

You can imagine the desperation from nairaland atheists.

Even if it means, giving a misleading title.

Wilgrea7:
two can play at that game

New information from a 22-year old study at a German University has many psychiatrists and psychologists throughout the world wondering if atheism is a sign or warning of a more serious mental illness already present or in the process of developing. Doctors are searching for a gene that might cause a correlation between serious mental illness and what they are calling “overt atheism

http://thedamienzone.com/2012/08/17/atheism-as-a-mental-disorder-or-illness-new-studies-say-yes/

Atheists and agnostics are more likely to suffer from mental illnesses than those who believe in God, says Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights.
"We prize the virtue of restraint. We understand the cardinal virtue of temperance. They believe that freedom is license to do whatever you want,

"They don't like the three dreaded words in the English language we got from our Jewish friends, thou shalt not. They don't want to be told anything, which is why they die prematurely, they're unhappy.
"That's why we have disproportionate numbers of agnostic and atheists in the asylum. All of this is true."

http://www.newsmax.com/t/newsmax/article/610886

http://m.news24.com/news24/MyNews24/Atheism-is-a-mental-illness-20120413

happy new year in advance

I love this.

Wilgrea7:
two can play at that game

New information from a 22-year old study at a German University has many psychiatrists and psychologists throughout the world wondering if atheism is a sign or warning of a more serious mental illness already present or in the process of developing. Doctors are searching for a gene that might cause a correlation between serious mental illness and what they are calling “overt atheism

http://thedamienzone.com/2012/08/17/atheism-as-a-mental-disorder-or-illness-new-studies-say-yes/

Atheists and agnostics are more likely to suffer from mental illnesses than those who believe in God, says Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights.
"We prize the virtue of restraint. We understand the cardinal virtue of temperance. They believe that freedom is license to do whatever you want,

"They don't like the three dreaded words in the English language we got from our Jewish friends, thou shalt not. They don't want to be told anything, which is why they die prematurely, they're unhappy.
"That's why we have disproportionate numbers of agnostic and atheists in the asylum. All of this is true."

http://www.newsmax.com/t/newsmax/article/610886

http://m.news24.com/news24/MyNews24/Atheism-is-a-mental-illness-20120413

happy new year in advance

Ntorr!

For those who still wonder why religion should be classified as a mental illness!!!

Image 1: The Jainist Digambaras festival of Nudity!!!

Image 2: Thaipoosam is a festival that honours Lord Murugan

Image 3: Cow Trampling Ritual of the Hindus

Image 4: Garudan Thookam, a Hindu practice

That's why i have been advocating rehabilitation for the religious victims.
They are fettered in grand delusion.