Re: Slasdhot linked article RE; god

Posted by glen ropella on
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Slasdhot-linked-article-RE-god-tp7585918p7585926.html

On 01/08/2015 03:49 PM, Marcus G. Daniels wrote:
> Or that they are mentally ill and need `retraining'.  But that takes us
> down the road of recognizing the danger latent in faith, which I don't
> think the US is close to doing.

Exactly ... though it goes beyond just faith to any sort of
psychological problem, I think.  E.g. It's fine if you're deluded into
believing, say, the "law of attraction"
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_attraction_%28New_Thought%29> as
long as you don't do things like rely on it to heal your children or
somesuch.

Beliefs don't kill people.  People kill people. ;-)

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⇔ glen

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