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littlemissmartypants

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10. It's a psychosis, imo. But then maybe fervent believers

Reply to GulfCoast66 (Reply #8)

Thu Jul 1, 2021, 10:13 PM

Jul 2021

Borderline on the insane. One has only to crack the spine of The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James to figure that out. Especially, his story about George Fox, the Quaker, who he describes as a psychopath.

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Are the Q people a new Know Nothing Party or a new religion. [View all] GulfCoast66 Jul 2021 OP

I thought it was "know nothing" ? nt littlemissmartypants Jul 2021 #1

You are correct. I've made the edit. GulfCoast66 Jul 2021 #8

It's a psychosis, imo. But then maybe fervent believers littlemissmartypants Jul 2021 #10

Now I have some reading to do! Never heard of them. GulfCoast66 Jul 2021 #12

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Magical thinkers, which encompasses cults/religions. Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2021 #14