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minus-squareHathaway@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·26 days agoOne of my favorite quotes I’ve seen brought up “you don’t have to be evil/crazy to kill someone. You just have to believe you’re right.” - Yoko Taro Not that it’s an excuse for anything. This also smells of religion. And people kill in the name of religion all the time.
minus-squarebuddascrayon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·26 days agoYou say that like you think religious belief isn’t a form of mental illness.
minus-squareHathaway@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·26 days agoI don’t believe it is. I think that’s rather reductive considering how much it’s impacted human culture over history.
minus-squarebuddascrayon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·25 days agoI should have clarified. Fanatical religious belief is virtually indistinguishable from mental illness to my eyes.
One of my favorite quotes I’ve seen brought up “you don’t have to be evil/crazy to kill someone. You just have to believe you’re right.” - Yoko Taro
Not that it’s an excuse for anything. This also smells of religion. And people kill in the name of religion all the time.
You say that like you think religious belief isn’t a form of mental illness.
I don’t believe it is. I think that’s rather reductive considering how much it’s impacted human culture over history.
I should have clarified.
Fanatical religious belief is virtually indistinguishable from mental illness to my eyes.