Seems I’m bugging you a lot today...:)
Psychiatrists operate from the “hollow and deceptive philosophies of this world”, ie, not from truth.
They tell their patients that the guilt they feel, or the compensatory behaviors they do for that guilt, need to be rejected, as the guilt is false. There really isn’t anything such as sin, and therefore you shouldn’t feel guilty about it.
The reality, the Christian worldview, is that sin is real, it is the cause of all problems and all “mental illness” (barring actual physical defects). The “cure” is to confess, repent, and let Jesus action on the cross cover for that sin.
Amen...sin is insanity!!!
> The reality, the Christian worldview, is that sin is real, it is the cause of all problems and all “mental illness” (barring actual physical defects). The “cure” is to confess, repent, and let Jesus action on the cross cover for that sin.
Bollix. I am a Christian with Depression and Bipolar Disorder, neither of which were caused by “sin”, anymore than a diabetic’s Insulin Dependency is caused by “sin”.
It’s just one of those infirmities like what St Paul had: something to be lived with.
Barring Divine Intervention, none of these conditions can be “cured” but they can be treated with appropriate medicine and therapy.
Actually it’s much more likely that they’re saying that there’s no such thing as original sin. Which is true. The very concept of original sin makes a mockery of any kind of justice based on individual responsibility.