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Atheists & Agnostics

NeoGreen

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4. The real harm from religion is that it can act as an ...

Reply to trotsky (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 2, 2016, 12:43 PM

Mar 2016

... unnecessary social mask to underlying psychological problems.

Religion doesn't necessarily cause psychological problems, but it is an effective means of hiding/masking many of these disorders which then subsequently fester and get worse, often with catastrophic consequences as seen here.

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Religion..ugh! [View all] AlbertCat Mar 2016 OP

It's the perfect framework. trotsky Mar 2016 #1

The real harm from religion is that it can act as an ... NeoGreen Mar 2016 #4

It does seem to throw up less red flags for folks temporary311 Mar 2016 #5

if Allah told her to commit the crime... RussBLib Mar 2016 #2

Religion only provides a convenient framework to hang all the voices and other hallucinations on Warpy Mar 2016 #3

I agree with the theists. She's mentally ill. Iggo Mar 2016 #6

nothing makes you quite as ugly as religion es35 Mar 2016 #7