Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Religion

trotsky

(49,533 posts)

5. Accepted and officially endorsed by the largest Christian church in the world. n/t

Reply to edhopper (Reply #3)

Thu Aug 21, 2014, 11:41 AM

Aug 2014

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

35 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Supernatural 'Jinn' Seen as Cause of Mental Illness Among Muslims [View all] SecularMotion Aug 2014 OP

I think it is spelled "djinn" longship Aug 2014 #1

Sure she would, kentauros Aug 2014 #27

Cool. Thanks for the explanation. longship Aug 2014 #28

No problem! kentauros Aug 2014 #29

Are you familiar with Judith Tarr's novels? okasha Aug 2014 #34

No, I haven't heard of her. kentauros Aug 2014 #35

A song comes to mind. AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #2

Do you see psychiatric illnesses as failings? nt. cbayer Aug 2014 #7

Quick! To the Bat Thesaurus! AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #8

So you see psychiatric illness as a blemish, frailty, shortcoming, fault, failing, foible, cbayer Aug 2014 #9

You have an unreasonable fondness for negative connotation that I am not using. AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #10

Monster? Who in the world called you a monster. cbayer Aug 2014 #11

You are amazing. AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #12

Thanks! But you don't need to flatter me. cbayer Aug 2014 #13

When why did you bing up 'vice'? AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #14

Well, that all sounds good and I am glad to see that is your position. cbayer Aug 2014 #16

I cannot control what tone you ascribe to a word. AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #17

Disappointed? In yourself or in me? cbayer Aug 2014 #18

In that I had to repeat myself, and defend myself from unwarranted accusations. AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #19

So would that be disappointment in yourself for not being clear cbayer Aug 2014 #20

I could not be more clear than the bold highlight in post 10. AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #21

So I'm just too dense to see it? cbayer Aug 2014 #22

Re-visiting this thread. AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #30

Thanks for that. I think we both may have over-reacted, but cbayer Aug 2014 #32

Do they edhopper Aug 2014 #3

Accepted and officially endorsed by the largest Christian church in the world. n/t trotsky Aug 2014 #5

maybe its brain chemistry and environment samsingh Aug 2014 #4

Every culture has had ways of trying to understand psychiatric illness that cbayer Aug 2014 #6

Those aren't djinn, they're thetans! n/t Silent3 Aug 2014 #15

It's a poor headline. rug Aug 2014 #23

And that's what one would expect... MellowDem Aug 2014 #24

None of which rehabilitates the assertion that Muslims think mental illness is caused by genies. rug Aug 2014 #25

Ahem: SOME, not all. AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #31

Exactly procon Aug 2014 #26

Jinns...and Fairies... NeoGreen Aug 2014 #33