Why religion is a mental illness.

[morbidenigma]

Hallucinations - the person has invisible friends who (s)he insists are real, and to whom (s)he speaks daily, even though nobody can actually see or hear these friends.

Delusions - the patient believes that the invisible friends have magical powers to make them rich, cure cancer, bring about world peace, and will do so eventually if asked.

Denial/Inability to learn - though the requests for world peace remain unanswered, even after hundreds of years, the patients persist with the praying behaviour, each time expecting different results.

Inability to distinguish fantasy from reality - the beliefs are contingent upon ancient mythology being accepted as historical fact.

Paranoia - the belief that anyone who does not share their supernatural concept of reality is "evil," "the devil," "an agent of Satan".

Emotional abuse -  religious concepts such as sin, hell, cause feelings of guilt, shame, fear, and other types of emotional "baggage" which can scar the psyche for life.

Violence - many patients insist that others should share in their delusions, even to the extent of using violence.

[Knett]

Yay.

Religious people can be rediculous.

It's not to say that a higher power is ruled out. But no one knows.
I do believe that some people NEED religion in order to have a motive in life, so I treat them with respect.
Sad to say people don't know where they have to draw the line. World leaders acting in the name of ........ (fill in a religious god) should be fired immediately.