On 01/08/2015 03:49 PM, Marcus G. Daniels wrote:
Or that they are mentally ill and need `retraining'. But that takes us down the road of recognizing the danger latent in faith, which I don't think the US is close to doing.
Exactly ... though it goes beyond just faith to any sort of psychological problem, I think. E.g. It's fine if you're deluded into believing, say, the "law of attraction" <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_attraction_%28New_Thought%29> as long as you don't do things like rely on it to heal your children or somesuch.
Beliefs don't kill people. People kill people. ;-) -- ⇔ glen ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
