Originally posted by wolfgang59 I think the OP is alluding to a Priest reinforcing a schizophrenic's "Voice of God" in their head.
It's a good question - I would always support freedom of religion but when
that religion (and presumably that is most) accept the phenomenon/miracle
of a god "speaking" directly to an individual where do you draw the line?
I'd be worried if I saw someone with certain serious mental health issues in orbit of a bunch of self-aggrandizing and manipulative pentecostals pretending to speak in tongues every day.
Originally posted by stellspalfie im guessing that you know i work in mental health as its been mentioned in various debates. so i can only assume you are trying to bait a reaction...if so, considering the topic, its rather pathetic.
Since you work in mental health, you should know who to go to in your organization to get those answers.
Originally posted by wolfgang59 I think the OP is alluding to a Priest reinforcing a schizophrenic's "Voice of God" in their head.
It's a good question - I would always support freedom of religion but when
that religion (and presumably that is most) accept the phenomenon/miracle
of a god "speaking" directly to an individual where do you draw the line?
Every religion I know of directly encourages believing in things that aren't real. I see no reason why the mentally ill should get special protection from this. If anything it is far more dangerous to the supposedly sane individuals.
But outlawing religion is a dangerous game as invariably those enforcing it believe their own religion is true and thus exempt.
It's better to think of somebody not as a 'paranoid schizophrenic' but as somebody who has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. (A person is so much more than their diagnosis).
For example, somebody with asthma wouldn't be spoken of and summed as purely as an 'asthmatic' and we wouldn't be having a conversation as to whether or not an asthmatic has the right to access the religion of their choice.
That said, as a mental health worker, i am fully aware that religion and mental health are not always good bedfellows.
Originally posted by stellspalfie im guessing that you know i work in mental health as its been mentioned in various debates. so i can only assume you are trying to bait a reaction...if so, considering the topic, its rather pathetic.
On the contrary your question was ill conceived and poorly worded. There is nothing pathetic about pointing that out.
Originally posted by RJHinds The theist or atheist is right in his own eyes. 😏
Not true. It is often quite obvious in threads on this forum, that theists know they are wrong - maybe not with regards to their theism, but certainly with regards to the arguments they make to support it.
Originally posted by robbie carrobie hey there whats that sound everybody look what going down, man takes me back to my Nam days , fighting in the jungle way back in 1953.
Originally posted by josephw But you did say "There is no 'correct religion'." That means everybody that has a religion is wrong for having an incorrect religion.
Are you about to argue that everyone has a religion?