Some mental health experts are advocating for religious trauma to be considered an official disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.

  • Ekybio@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    43
    arrow-down
    3
    ·
    5 months ago

    Potential Hot Take

    Religion is a collective illusion at best and a reason for genocide at worst. So we should do everything to create a society, where people just leave this dangerous liability behind.

    A ban will not do it. But continuos reminders of what religion actually is and does, will pave the way for it to die out on its own.

    • meyotch@slrpnk.netOP
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      9
      ·
      5 months ago

      I agree. A ban would be a counterproductive disaster. It’s something we need to grow out of collectively and that will take a minute.

      We need to develop (we being humanity) a more moral equivalent to religion because it does fulfill some basic needs.