Ritter was 45, so he was rejecting God for 45 years, finally breaking the 5th Commandment on his way down to hell. If you live a life without God, then taking your life will be no big deal to you. So you think God should reward this guy into heaven's embrace after all is said and done?
> mental illness is only caused by sin, a person’s continued rejection of GOD.
What rot.
That’s like saying that cancer is only caused by sin, a person’s continued rejection of GOD.
> So you think God should reward this guy into heaven’s embrace after all is said and done?
What I think and what you think luckily have no bearing on this matter. God decides whom He will reward with heaven’s embrace. I don’t think He intends to consult with this thread.
You have GOT to be kidding. Do you actually believe that?
A person with clinical depression is just a sinner? A person suffering from schizophrenia is just a sinner? A person suffering from manic-depression is just a sinner?
If you actually believe what you wrote then you are nuts. (I guess that would make you a sinner by your own logic, right?)
It is statements like "mental illness is only caused by sin" that give legitimate religion a bad name. People who try to promote such whackjobbery make me want to puke.
Your small mindedness, ignorance and lack of compassion are breathtaking. Pain and suffering were brought into this world by sin, but not all who suffer do so as a direct result of their sin. Mental illness is only different from physical handicaps in the minds of the petty and uncaring.