"The traditional way delusion is defined under the diagnostic guidelines of the American Psychiatric Association [is] that if a belief is held by a person’s “culture or subculture,” it is not a delusion. The exception accounts for rituals of religious faith, for example."
—Seen in the New York Times a couple days before the story of the minister who told a parishoner to leave a rotting corpse on the toilet of her house until it was resurrected. Here is the link to the Times story.
fair warning: on block island or manhattan or in missouri, we can be a little salty
That is an "American Standard"
ReplyDeleteYeah, it accounts for some of you journalists with no standards at all, too.
ReplyDeleteHow did you know iy was me?
ReplyDeleteYou are supposed to post a link to the article...
ReplyDeleteI've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore, Toto.
ReplyDeleteChristmas has nothing whatsoever to do with religious faith. It has to do with planning and shopping and obsessive compulsive disorder.
ReplyDelete"Row, row, row your boat, placidly over the liquid solution...Life is but a delusion"
I should have announced this earlier, but...
ReplyDeleteMy baby, Dakota Wolf Cub, turned 17 today.
Dakota made the observation that "by the time she was my age, Loretta Lynn had three or four kids."
I did wish her happy birthday on Facebook. Give her a hug for me.
ReplyDeleteAnd mazel tov, Mama!