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their mental illness out of debate? Well, it's been a huge weekend of pie fighting and it's only Saturday! Within the comments section of one diary on Atheism, a topic which I generally support as an Atheist, three or four comments referred to those with religious beliefs as lacking mental fortitude.
A couple even went so far as to suggest that religious fundamentalists are mentally ill. One said Christ was crazy! I imagine that would be pretty offensive to Christians, so I understand why you'd be upset.
In the interest of hyperbole I'm sure, the "I'm so pissed off" counter-shot in this pie fight included "crazy" among the honor badges the diarist gets to wear for being religious.
I can't speak for other atheists, but I think interpreting a belief system as a mental illness is a ridiculous conflation. One is a constantly evolving set of things that a person builds and maintains over a lifetime. The other is a potentially horrible disease that often strikes at random and is deserved by no one.
So, whichever group you belong to, please stop using Mental Illness as a weapon in your debate.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2011/1/1/932871/-Please-leave-Mental-Illness-out-of-your-debates
A couple even went so far as to suggest that religious fundamentalists are mentally ill. One said Christ was crazy! I imagine that would be pretty offensive to Christians, so I understand why you'd be upset.
In the interest of hyperbole I'm sure, the "I'm so pissed off" counter-shot in this pie fight included "crazy" among the honor badges the diarist gets to wear for being religious.
I can't speak for other atheists, but I think interpreting a belief system as a mental illness is a ridiculous conflation. One is a constantly evolving set of things that a person builds and maintains over a lifetime. The other is a potentially horrible disease that often strikes at random and is deserved by no one.
So, whichever group you belong to, please stop using Mental Illness as a weapon in your debate.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2011/1/1/932871/-Please-leave-Mental-Illness-out-of-your-debates