Perhaps I'm biased (being an atheist), but I believe religion can cause paranoia, and it has to do with the thought patterns associated with belief. And when I say 'religion' I'm referring to the big religions like Christianity, Islam, Judaism, etc. In other words, religions that believe in a god. The main thought pattern that I believe leads a believer to paranoia is the belief that "God is always watching". I don't believe a person can escape paranoia with the belief that they are constantly being watched and strictly judged (to determine whether a soul gets tortured forever or rewarded). Personally that would drive me nuts. From what I've seen of religion's influence on people, it seems to be mostly negative, but maybe I'm biased.
I agree with you, you are biased. I also believe that this is a free country founded on Christian principles, people are aloud to be paranoid if they want. What you called paranoia, I called conviction. atheist and other religions say that they get offended by the Bible being displayed or recently the cross being displayed at the 911 site or the response for prayer coming up August 6 in Houston. Why fight against it if there is no God? or maybe is because the spirit that He gave you is causing a struggle and is jealous for you to know the truth.
ReplyDelete" atheist and other religions say that they get offended by the Bible being displayed or recently the cross being displayed at the 911 site or the response for prayer coming up August 6 in Houston."
ReplyDeleteI'm not offended by that...
"Why fight against it if there is no God? or maybe is because the spirit that He gave you is causing a struggle and is jealous for you to know the truth."
I'm not fighting against anything.