IS PSYCHIATRY A RELIGION, RATHER THAN A DANGEROUS FASCIST QUACKERY, OR BOTH ? by Justice Lover As a secular person I am not concerned about "spiritual" problems, i.e. if the word serves as a euphemism for religious/superstitious beliefs. Therefore I do not subscribe to the definition of people's mental or emotional problems as "spiritual" problems. However, in the context of psychiatry - a fascist quackery which is based on delusions/speculations, rather than on medical science as it purports to be - there are many similarities between psychiatry and religion, as the author of the article below points out (never mind the humorous aspect of it ). This is a very serious matter. Both in the USA and in Australia the Constitutions forbid the imposition of religious rules on other people. In Australia Section 116 of the Constitution states as follows : "The Commonwealth shall not make any law for establishing any religion, or for imposing any religious observance, or for prohibiting the free exercise of any religion, and no religious test shall be required as a qualification for any office or public trust under the Commonwealth." Thus ,The High Court of Australia decided in 1983 that "The conclusion to which we have ultimately come is that (the Church of )Scientology is, for relevant purposes, a religion" and therefore should be exempt from tax like any other religious institution. This legal ruling, based on the Constitution, must be regarded as a binding precedent also for regarding Psychiatry too as a religion. Consequently, it must lead to the abolition of psychiatric coercion, since the laws which legalise such coercion violate Section 116 of the Australian constitution ! The dogma of psychiatry is at best based on blind faith, and at worst it based on irrational delusions and horrendous lies . It is devoid of any scientific proof, therefore it is certainly more of a religion than the Church of Scientology. http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Religion-of-Bio-Psychiatry&id=109330 "The Religion of Bio-Psychiatry by Dan L. Edmunds, Ed.D

If we examine the term 'psychotherapy' we will see that it literally means the 'healing of the soul'. Much of emotional distress is actually a spiritual problem, where an individual has lost meaning and hope. In today's society, we have lost sight of spiritual values and many have in turn decided to turn to the religion of bio-psychiatry.

Bio-psychiatry has a creed, the creed is that all problems of life are the result of so-called chemical imbalances. Any professional or individual challenging such conception is branded a heretic and subject to sanction.
The psychiatrist is the priest, and in some cases is also looked upon as a messianic figure. As the priest, the psychiatrist defines the Social Law and the infractions thereof.

The religion of bio-psychiatry has its 'sacraments.' The sacrament of initiation occurs at intake, and confirmation occurs when the individual is indoctrinated into the credo of bio-psychiatry and led to believe that their problems lie in 'wiring' problems in their brains.

The religion of psychiatry has absolution. Through their ritual, adults and institutions are able to be completely absolved from taking any responsibility for meeting the real emotional needs of a person or examining how their own actions and choices could have impacted the challenges faced by the individual.

Ordination occurs at the conferring of the Medical Degree and the completion of a residency in psychiatry.
The religion of bio-psychiatry has the 'sacrament' of Matrimony. Bio-Psychiatry is wedded to the pharmaceutical industry, and what a generous dowry the pharmaceutical industry has provided!

The American Psychiatric Association serves as the "Ecumenical Council" to promulgate the creed of bio-psychiatry and to institute the definitions of the Social Law and the infractions thereof.

The Bible of bio-psychiatry is the DSM-IV.

The Deity is the enormous ego of the bio-psychiatrists themselves".