I am not sure what your definition of antisocial personality disorder is. But I will address the issue of psychopathy, and the lesser forms of that disorder which are sociopathy and narcissistic personality disorder.
First, what progress have psychologists and psychiatrists seen with such people? Virtually none. MRI scans show that they have abnormalities in their brains. Like a lack of cortex in the empathy area of the brain.
What medicine or counseling can possibly give them new cortex?
Well of course there isn’t anything like that.
I would add an exception, in that some psychologists say that a covert kind of narcissistic personality disorder is not caused by an abnormality in the brain, but by childhood trauma.
As far as their eternal salvation is concerned, I would certainly think that the heavenly father would take into consideration the fact that they are actually physically sick.
Only he could determine to what extent the illness ruled, and to what extent they resisted it or turned to him for help.
But I would like to make some suggestions if you don’t mind. Don’t trust people with those disorders. They are generally pathological liars. They are known to enjoy hurting people. In fact, they are commonly sadistic.
Don’t trust them. Don’t even trust them around your animals as some of them have confessed to secretly abusing helpless little kittens and other animals. At the exact same time they may be presenting themselves as lovers of, and champions, for animals in public.
There are many videos on YouTube giving you advice, from psychologists and lay people, on how to deal with such people. Dr. Les Carter is one such, as is Dr. Ramini. As you watch such videos you will be no doubt see some of those disordered people in your lives, sometimes at work, sometimes in your family.
You can learn to spot such people and know how to handle them, and most of all how to avoid them.
if they are close members in your family, that is tough, but there are still ways to deal with them. You have to be the one to change in your approach, because they almost never change. Or at least that is what psychologists and psychiatrists are saying.
And by the way the consensus from mental health professionals indicates that domestic abusers are almost always suffering from narcissistic personality disorder, or sociopathy or psychopathy. That is why their counselors see them escalating in their abuse over time, rather than turning from it, even to the point of murder which is not that uncommon.
I think it is great to pray for those people. Of course. But not to trust them at all. I think it is great to love such people many times. But at a safe distance.
Many people think that they can pray for their abusers to be healed, in say, domestic abuse situations.
Yes they can pray. But what are the results? As mentioned above, the chances of those abusers changing is virtually nil, and the chances of them getting worse is great.
I am not saying that prayer can’t help. But I think it would take a mighty prayer warrior who can work miracles to help these people. And most people certainly don’t fall into that category.
