Jesus added to our understanding of human existence by forcing the demons out of a man ~ and then sending them to a bunch of pigs who then ran into the sea to their own destruction. This was in His 'first to the Jews' part of His mission ~ some argue, with evidence, that this took place in Spain.
That clarified the question of what about the people who can never achieve control ~ and the answer is without Jesus' power, they can't.
That's an incredible adjustment of Biblical teachings. Those who ponder the event know this is the way to address genetically controlled mental illness ~ not as a moral failing, but something to be grasped, and tossed out ~ in some manner.
God picks his prophets in His own way and in His own time. The last couple of months have been very blessed for humanity. The discovery of the enzyme that turns off in the 'adult brain', and the discovery that schizophrenia and 5 other conditions are genetically related, and caused, are simply mind boggling.
We have a neighbor girl who just wrapped up medical school at johns Hopkins and is moving on to complete a doctorate at I believe she said Harvard. She was going to research neuron activity, and this popped up, and she was ON FIRE because for the first time in human history we may well be able to actually do something meaningful for people with schizophrenia ~ this has been a revelation
To some extent we are speaking with a different language set. I am not religiously conversant, I spent too much time listening to tapes on the bible from the Teaching Company; by Bart D. Ehrman who is an apostate and a Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The reason I bought these tapes is because I wanted arguments against becoming Christian. He inadvertently changed my mind, ironically, I found his arguments weak and unconvincing. In other words I purposely sought out my own destruction, but instead, I was graced with a thirst for truth, and to search for this truth were ever it leads me.
I cannot speak to your other comments because of my ignorance. However. I have learned that my mind, takes all of it in in some fashion, so hopefully I will be in a place where your words become meaningful. At the Present, I can only imagine what you mean, and will not comment.
Your subject on mental illness is interesting, though.
Aborting ones own child certainly fits in to your description of the mentally ill. At least for those who believe abortion is a sin.
The moral choice, I am speaking to is how do we react and what actions do we take in light of our current laws? This is a real dilemma in my estimation.