Does anyone else see the existance of psychiatry as proof that there is no such thing as a god?

You can't prove negative statements. "There are no pink elephants" is only true until someone discovers a newborn albino elephant.

I accepted that there's no requirement for a god; and that the god posited by the ethical monotheisms is incompatible with this world, a world of earthquakes and hurricanes and grandmothers living with multiple sclerosis for 40 years; long before I had any encounters with clinical psychiatry.

Its worth noting that some of the most prominent voices for the agnosticism of the modern age were the psychoanalysts of the late 19th and early 20th century. Dreams, obsessions, and aversions were products of the brain, and not demonic possession, and I'm fine with that new interpretation.

For all the the ill treatment some have had at the hands of psychiatry, many among the cognitively divergent were burnt at the stake not so long ago. I just want psychiatrists to start looking at long term outcomes before they start messing with our brains.

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