Religion
In reply to the discussion: Religious Belief = Mental Illness: A More Venomous Response [View all]TM99
(8,352 posts)First, the moment you used the word 'shrink' you lost all credibility.
Second, some does not equal most nor does it equal many. It is just some.
Third, you quote one section of the article that I posted to bolster your agenda but neglect to quote the part that Jim finally did for you where psychologists do not see religion as pathology. Period.
Fourth, I am in the field. I have also been a member of the APA in good standing for over two decades. I am on several subcommittees, involved in various SIIG's, and have been to yearly conferences. There are always interesting discussions on religion, psychology, and their intersection in culture as well as mental health. There is no growing consensus that has ever been presented that religion is on the way to being labelled a diagnosed psychological disorder.
Fifth, studies linking mental illness to those that are also religious are correlative but hardly representative of causative certainty at this point in time. Even the articles you have presented here, many of which I have read, conclude with recommendations for further research, practice, and exploration. They do not draw the conclusions that you are attempting to make here.
I am sorry but you are simply stretching well beyond your field of expertise with this and starting to look quite silly doing so.