Christianity is not a mental disorder. But there are Christians who are mental.
My friend Jeff nails it with typical grace and aplomb.
Is Christianity a form of mental disorder?
by John Doe 63 Replies latest jw friends
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passwordprotected
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PSacramento
Well said ATJ,
I think that extremissim is the mental disorder that effects many religious people and it is the one that truly gives religion a "black eye".
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snowbird
Mark chapter 3 shows the family of Jesus and the Pharisees charging Him with a mental disorder.
Just sayin.'
Sylvia
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MissingLink
So being mental is simply following the (imaginary) leader. Makes sense I guess.
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undercover
Having red herring for lunch today, Slyvia?
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passwordprotected
How'd I know PP would show up spouting nonsense about his oppressed people? Now all we need is Perry.
Y'know, it's weird, but when I saw your typically blunt post about locking all religious people up, I wasn't at all surprised!
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AllTimeJeff
I think extremism is the issue, and it looks for a suitable structure to express itself.
PWP, I think on occassion that you are over the top, but (if you will allow me) I put you with Chalam and PSacramento as Christians who I enjoy talking and debating these issues with, in spite of disagreements, etc.
May your god bless you.
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snowbird
Now, all we need are UnderCover and Spook!
Tee hee hee.
Danged!
Speak of the Devil.
No herring - red or otherwise.
Why do you ask?
Sylvia
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passwordprotected
PWP, I think on occassion that you are over the top, but (if you will allow me) I put you with Chalam and PSacramento as Christians who I enjoy talking and debating these issues with, in spite of disagreements, etc.
May your god bless you.
Cheers mate.
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Dixie
PSacramento, I agree. Like, passwordprotected I am not ignorant of some of the bad things that so-called Christians have done. But the fact is that no one is perfect and people, religious or not, are capable of doing bad things. There are good people & bad people regardless of religion. Sitting in a church doesn't always necessarily make you a good person.
Just because a Christian does something bad doesn't mean that every Christian is a bad person. But the newspapers sure do love to print things like "Baptist caught with prostitute" but you never see "Atheist assaults wife" or "Non-churchgoer molested children". I think it's because most people have the incorrect perception that Christians think we're perfect & better than everyone else. It's actually quite the opposite, we know we're sinners and bound to screw up.
It's unfortunate that ones like Fred Phelps, the JWs, etc take the bible out of context and twist Christianity into something that it's not. They focus on what they perceive as sin instead of focusing on Jesus' command to love and forgive our fellow man.