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Re:Spanish climber emerges after 500 days in cave by michaelmrose on Friday April 14, 2023 @04:41PM (#35574464)
> At what point do we consider any religious beliefs that have deleterious effects on oneself to be mental illness?

Religion is basically always a socially acceptable mental illness that we not only tolerated but encouraged because it has been a part of civilization since before we formed the basic premises for what constitutes a civilization.

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Re:Spanish climber emerges after 500 days in cave by lazide on Friday April 14, 2023 @05:20PM (#35574924)
For any society to exist, we have to pick something to believe in. And anything we pick, will have contrary evidence or not make sense at least some of the time.

That doesn’t make it an illness, unless it produces massively negative outcomes.

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Re:Spanish climber emerges after 500 days in cave by shrimp_emoji on Friday April 14, 2023 @04:46PM (#35574515)
It's perfectly normal to have imaginary friends (especially when you have no one else to help get you through rough times).
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