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Showing Original Post only (View all)Can the mentally ill hold religious beliefs? [View all]
Just a discussion here,every time someone commits a crime in which God told them to kill, or they were possessed, or something like that, their reasoning gets discarded and they get labeled "mentally ill" which takes precedence over any beliefs they might have.
Which leads to my question: Can the mentally ill have religious beliefs? If they bad things they do are a result of their mental illness, then aren't the good things? Is: "well, she did it for god, but she's mentally ill, so doesn't count" a neutral statement whether it's a good or bad act? Can religions claim the good acts of the mentally ill, but disown them when it might make them look bad?
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I think a better title would be "why don't we allow the mentally ill to hold religious beliefs like
Heddi
Apr 2014
#11
From a clinical perspective, it is more about social norms than belief in god...
Act_of_Reparation
Apr 2014
#24
The frightening part is that's essentially par for the course in Orthodox communities...
Act_of_Reparation
Apr 2014
#28
Yeah, it's never the religious beliefs causing the problem, just the mental illness.....
Manifestor_of_Light
Apr 2014
#20
Well, that becomes a very sticky issue when the distinction between psychotic religious delusion
Warren Stupidity
Apr 2014
#19
I'm not convinced "you choose your religion" is accurate for ~90% of the population.
Warren Stupidity
Apr 2014
#29