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<blockquote data-quote="AgonyApathy" data-source="post: 74375410" data-attributes="member: 423282"><p>I met a guy who thought he was Jesus. He genuinely believed that he was the Son of God returned to the Earth, and he went out into the streets to teach his new gospel. He was, in reality, babbling complete nonsense at strangers and he was quickly arrested. He thought the cops were taking him to be crucified, and he started praying and quoting scriptures and telling the police that he forgave them. </p><p></p><p>He was diagnosed with schizophrenia and the medications helped him a lot. He then had to live with the horrific realization that he was not anything special, just a man. </p><p></p><p>This seems like a cruel trick for God to play on someone. I can wrap my head around, say, cancer, as something God allows to be inflicted on a man. Mental illness is harder to digest. </p><p></p><p>Christianity is all about belief and action. If a disease can cause your personality to change or cause you to believe in a delusion that is blasphemous and self-destructive, how is that fair? Why would God create a world where we're judged according to our thoughts, words and actions, then allow people to contract mental illnesses, brain tumors or traumatic brain injuries that drive them to immoral, humiliating or even destructive actions?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AgonyApathy, post: 74375410, member: 423282"] I met a guy who thought he was Jesus. He genuinely believed that he was the Son of God returned to the Earth, and he went out into the streets to teach his new gospel. He was, in reality, babbling complete nonsense at strangers and he was quickly arrested. He thought the cops were taking him to be crucified, and he started praying and quoting scriptures and telling the police that he forgave them. He was diagnosed with schizophrenia and the medications helped him a lot. He then had to live with the horrific realization that he was not anything special, just a man. This seems like a cruel trick for God to play on someone. I can wrap my head around, say, cancer, as something God allows to be inflicted on a man. Mental illness is harder to digest. [I] [/I] Christianity is all about belief and action. If a disease can cause your personality to change or cause you to believe in a delusion that is blasphemous and self-destructive, how is that fair? Why would God create a world where we're judged according to our thoughts, words and actions, then allow people to contract mental illnesses, brain tumors or traumatic brain injuries that drive them to immoral, humiliating or even destructive actions? [/QUOTE]
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