# Naxos Is From An Alternate Universe

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naxos-is-from-an-alternate-universe/583704>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [May 29, 2011, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naxos-is-from-an-alternate-universe/583704 "2011-05-29T22:16:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naxos-is-from-an-alternate-universe/583704/181 "2011-06-02T00:05:45Z")

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> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> You won’t be able to do that because “mental illness” involves an impairment to function in everyday life. Now, there are certainly people whose beliefs in religion fall in that category, but that is a tiny minority of those who do believe in religion.

Nonsense. Just look at all the people who thanks to religion have been disowned or abused by their parents for being gay or converting to the “wrong” religion or for being female. How is that not an “impairment to function in everyday life”?

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naxos-is-from-an-alternate-universe/583704/182 "2011-06-02T01:10:07Z")

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> [@Der\_Trihs](#):
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> Really. So believing in influenza is a religious belief?

No, believing religion is a virus akin to influenza is a religious belief.

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naxos-is-from-an-alternate-universe/583704/183 "2011-06-02T01:11:37Z")

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Since the target of this pitting has been suspended, I’m closing this thread.

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