How could mentally ill person(s) have written the Bible?

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How could mentally ill person(s) have written the Bible?

I've been pretty firm on my belief that belief in God is infantile narcissism, first posited by Freud. This would mean that everyone who believes in God is mentally ill. But, how could a mentally ill person have written something as great as the Bible? I see the Bible as great literature yet if we believe in Freud and see belief in God as mental illness...I have trouble seeing how a deluded persons could have written the best book ever written. Plus, I've read books (including the Bible) and Jesus didn't really seem to be mentally ill, just kind. I don't believe he was schizophrenic or anything like that but had good parents. But, really, how could mentally ill people have written the Bible?

Help please.

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