Religion and Mental Illness - Is there a Relation?

[Ingledsva]

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Just wanted to add that - Autistic people DO NOT have a mental illness.



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[mystic64]

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Just wanted to add that - Autistic people DO NOT have a mental illness.



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As always Ing you do bring up a good point. Generally speaking autistic people are so far ahead of everybody else that they just shake their head and wonder off. And the simplest way to do this is to just tune everybody out and refuse to be involved. The normal person is totally unaware of the chaos that they create around themselves. An autistic person is very sensitive to it and would rather not be a part of it . Hey guys, lets all go to a party, parties are fun!" Ya right, parties are stupid , what is the matter with you people? The hardest part of being autistic is playing the game of insanity so that those around you do not know that they are insane . Some autistic people get really good at it, and I admire them for it.

I am polarizing things again aren't I guys . Mystic64 looks to Riverwolf for sanity .

 

[Paranoid Android]

Of course. But, being Norms, they try to deny that there not totally logical. Religion is mental illness, but mental illness is seen as negative light, they try to deny it, Dementheology is the only religion that says God is mentally ill, and says that disabled people automatically are saved. Of Norms, I just leave them to there fate.

 

[Tiapan]

Maurice Brewer was declared insane after murdering my Aunt back in 1953. He was a member of closed sect of weird Christians called the Brethren. It was definitely the conflicts between his mothers fanatical christian dogma and the reality of life that sent him round the bend.

 

[arthra]

There was a recent study that seemed to be indicating "....people who believe in an angry, vengeful god are more likely to suffer from social anxiety, paranoia, obsessional thinking, and compulsions."

See: Religion & Mental Health: New Study Links Belief In 'Punitive God' To Emotional Problems

As to schizophrenia being related to religion I'm unsure... I 've met schizophrenics in mental health settings and one of the characteristics is a severe kind of disorganization... while the practice of religion on the contrary suggests a discernable pattern. Auditory/ visual hallucinations are not necessarily related to religious experiences either...