Why the Classification of Christianity as a Disease is Necessary [View all]

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By Harry H. McCall at 1/15/2013 First, let’s established an objective definition:

Disease: 1. An abnormal condition of an organism or part, especially as a consequence of infection, inherent weakness, or environmental stress, that impairs normal physiological functioning. 2. A condition or tendency, as of society, regarded as abnormal and harmful. (The American Heritage Dictionary, 2ed. 1985)

While the older definition of disease only considered the pathology of the cell as affected by bacteria, viruses or genetics; a more modern definition includes both mental illness and addiction in relation to Behavioral Medicine such as Alcohol dependency, Drug dependency, Post-traumatic stress syndrome, Sleep disturbance (unspecified) , Somatization, Stress reaction (acute to gross stress) and Tobacco abuse (unspecified).

This wider view of disease is backup by Dr. Drew Pinsky (TV’s Dr. Drew)who classifies an addiction as a disease: “A disease is a complex relationship between the genetic makeup of the individual and the environment that results in an abnormal state of physiology (called pathophysiology) reflected in signs and symptoms. Those signs and symptoms follow a predictable pattern (called a natural history). And that natural history has a predictable response to treatment."

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