Is belief in an angry God a likely indicator of mental illness?

[VinnyParticipant]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/17/study-belief-in-an-angry-god-associated-with-variety-of-mental-illnesses/

The study examined the links between beliefs and anxiety disorders like social dysfunction, paranoia, obsession and compulsion among three different broad categories of believers:

those who see God as angry
those who see God as neutral
those who see God as loving

The authors attempted to keep non-believers out of the subject pool, but I’m curious as to what the results would be if you were to study similar categories of non-believers:

those who are hostile toward or actively avoid organized religion / belief in God
those who are indifferent to organized religion / belief in God
those who positively interact with organized religion / others who believe in God

[ParadoxPromised5Participant]

@Vinny. Based on anecdotal evidence, yes. LOL. It would be interesting to see more studies on this.

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