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shadownight333 You might want to hear a psychologist's perspective on that. ;-) Interestingly DSM IV-TR actually makes very clear that delusions must be of a different nature than the subject's cultural beliefs" for a diagnosis of psychological disorder or illness to be considered. For schizophrenics of different cultures, delusions can be remarkably similar but totally distinct from their cultural beliefs which distinguishes schizophrenia as a separate psychological disease or group of diseases. There are no "psychologically normal" people, normalcy is a myth. Everyone has some type of psychological disorder (not an illness) but for most of us those disorders are mild and do not impair functionality, so there is no need for a diagnosis and treatment. Personal ability to function is one of the key determining features for diagnosis of psychological disorder or illness because ethically one needs to justify the necessity of labelling the delusion a "disorder" or "illness" From current perspectives in Psychology, - In most people (and with most religions) - sharing delusional beliefs is not generally thought to impair the person's functionality in a given society enough to warrant a psychological intervention. (Or at least did not generally warrant a necessity for intervention until recent times - that depends on how you want to look at it). Islam may well be an example where religion impairs one's ability to function in a modern society and (if more of our leaders read the Quran in their own language) perhaps one day we shall declare Islam to be psychologically damaging and deem the diagnostic terminology and psychological intervention to be necessary steps to rehabilitate someone, like save a child from indoctrination. I would very much welcome that decision. Anyway, hope you find it somewhat elucidating. Also having said that, - most people don't believe in these absurdities anyway, not in the Western society. Instead - they naively believe that pretending to believe will make one a better person. Their repeated attempts at converting someone come from a folly that if another person will pretend to believe these absurdities with you - you will find them more convincing yourself, only it never quite works out that way ;-)

Even if there is a theological bent in the general doctrine of the school you must remember that the information isn't tainted by the obvious bias that this might present. You can see this objectively by comparing the lessons to the surrounding literature. Furthermore, any rationality that I might see in you, or the rationality you probably overinflate to yourself, coming from being religiously skeptical is dashed by damning an entire institution for the association of a specific individual.

Compared to being willfully ignorant, It is equally blind to be irrationally disgusted.

This video series is multiple years old.

yet, without him you wouldn't be watching this course