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Originally Posted by ssecret132 In Chrisitanity, as far as i know, each human being has free will and full control of his actions. In cases of mental illness (bipolar, schizophrenia) this control can be lost with no external catalysts, such as drugs/pain..., to perpetuate the actions that could follow loss of this control. How does christianity view mental illness? What happens to an ill massmurder, or a suicide brung about by such a condition? are they immediately forgiven by god? Should loss of will within mental illness just be catagorized as an external catalyst? Shouldn't god give us the right to follow him without fear of throwing ourselves of a bridge without knowing it until you hear the sound? |
A mental illness is treated much like a severe physical one in most religions: "Pray for them and stay away from them." Actions one cannot control are nonexistant. Even a mentally ill mind has a clear pattern of thought, it is the perception of reality that is warped in these minds. That is often why they are misunderstood.
Religion, like many things, has no answer to this, only a band-aid: Isolate these persons that are a danger to "the flock" by locking them away. Condemn them as demonic to instill fear in those that would seek them, to keep them from harm. 'Though lately, the condemning is... fairly useless since demons no longer instill fear on the current global population... As much as they are mocked in children's cartoons...
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