Religion
In reply to the discussion: Religious Belief = Mental Illness: A More Venomous Response [View all]TM99
(8,352 posts)It is not a minority opinion. There is simply some research on aspects of religion that may border on a psychological disorder. It is not discrimination against minority. I have already addressed that canard. Not everything new is better.
Your assumption that all religious believers are zealots notoriously censorious, coercive, and intolerant speaks more to your psyche than theirs.
One of the biggest flaws I see in most young atheists today is the assumption that all religions and religious people are fundamentalist and literalistic Christians in particular. I know that Millenials were born after the rise of the religious right in this country so perhaps that accounts for a great deal of that view.
You seem intelligent enough. Do some real reading and research on the subject. I would recommend Tillich, Kung, Hartshorne, Borg, Shelby, Fox (Matthew not Emmet), Sanford, the Jesus Seminar, and modern Gnostic scholars like Pagel & Ehrman. You really need to see that not all Christians are as you seem to 'believe'.