Athiest biopsychiatry bashing religion to reduce stigma ?

The authors have analyzed the religious figures Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and St. Paul from a behavioral, neurologic, and neuropsychiatric perspective to determine whether new insights can be achieved about the nature of their revelations. Analysis reveals that these individuals had experiences that resemble those now defined as psychotic symptoms, suggesting that their experiences may have been manifestations of primary or mood disorder-associated psychotic disorders. The rationale for this proposal is discussed in each case with a differential diagnosis. Limitations inherent to a retrospective diagnostic examination are assessed. Social models of psychopathology and group dynamics are proposed as explanations for how followers were attracted and new belief systems emerged and were perpetuated. The authors suggest a new DSM diagnostic subcategory as a way to distinguish this type of psychiatric presentation. These findings support the possibility that persons with primary and mood disorder-associated psychotic symptoms have had a monumental influence on the shaping of Western civilization. It is hoped that these findings will translate into increased compassion and understanding for persons living with mental illness.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23224447?dopt=Abstract

Or it is hoped that these findings will translate into increased belief in the DSM billing bible instead of the real one maybe ?

I don't know what to make of this.

I'm just going to post links here to other threads where we have talked about similar type stuff in case people are interested

If Buddha was alive today, and went to a shrink

Psychiatry calls Jesus a paranoid schizophrenic

I still don't know what to believe when it comes to religion. I used to be a total atheist. But then after my suicide attempts and coming back, I kind of regained my catholic faith. Although sometimes I still doubt it cause I ask myself that if god exists why did he allow all these horrible things to happen to me.

In any case concerning your post copy, my full of crap shrink once told me when I mentioned to her that the reason Im afraid to smoke pot anymore is cause I read that it opens holes in your aura that open you up to possession, whether it be benign of demonic. Her response was "ohh hundreds of years ago they thought crazy people were possessed by demons and today we know that's not true"

I don't go to see her anymore, after she lied to me about supposed test they can give for the "chemical imbalance" fairytale. I said F that place and I don't think Ill be going back.