Has this gone too far?

[Dorothea]

Does forced treatment work for anything, Adaephon? Look at how well forcing drug and alcohol addicts into rehab work (think of Lindsay Lohan as an example)? You can't force people into treatment for it and expect it to work, and that includes the mentally ill, when they don't want to change. Unfortunately, people choose to do evil things, and repentance is needed. In the Church from the beginning, there has been discipline (read St. Paul's epistles to find proof of that). If I commit certain sins, the priest may very well not allow me to receive the Eucharist until I repent for the sin that I am committing. He would be doing that out of love for me. Unfortunately, people who are protesting something have learned that committing outrageous acts gets attention for the issue they are protesting and there is no mental illness involved.

Also, these types of actions are not necessarily mental illness either. We need to be careful that we are not just assuming that a person must be mentally ill to be doing such acts. There are many, many people in the world are truly mentally ill who do not commit any of these types of actions like [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse] Riot does. Unfortunately, sometimes people just choose to commit evil acts that they fully know are evil. With all due respect, maybe we should just assume that every murderer and rapist is mentally ill and just let them be running loose in society.

By the way, there is hypocrisy in every person and every church. Maybe we should each be looking at ourselves and our own churches before slinging mud at others.

You are right, Katherine. We do not know for sure, and your reasons are valid.

 

[Dorothea]

1) wonder111, you're in the Orthodox forum. Please do not go any further. You've already crossed the line, and we have been charitable in responding and allowing you to continue in this thread.

2) I don't really care what these women had to say about Putin. I don't care what any person has to say about a politician because I'm indifferent to the majority of government officials. That's not the point.

 

[Thekla]

My point was that the method used is not a valid point to attack if Jesus used the same method. And actually all the girls did was sing a song haha

Except that He didn't.

The soleas is near the altar.

They didn't just sing a song, nor any song.

The intention, and the relationship to the Temple was different ...

 

[rusmeister]

Folks, when a troll visits the proper procedure is to report an offending post. If y'all would kindly do that we can put this to rest.

 

[GBTWC]

Oops sorry my phone was jacked up and it didn't show the whole thread lol I was replying apparently to a super old comment.

 

[RobNJ]

'nuff said

We return you now to Great Lent, already in progress...

 

[ArmyMatt]

yeah let's not feed the troll guys and gals.

I will gladly return to my regularly scheduled Lent. Rob, if you would be kind enough to pass the Oreos, I'd be much obliged.

 

[Anhelyna]

Oreos

Did someone mention them ?

Since my discovery of them I am going to have to lay in a supply

Back to Lent

 

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