(June 3, 2016 at 12:05 pm)paulpablo Wrote:(June 3, 2016 at 3:20 am)Little lunch Wrote: To blame this tragedy on religion is to turn a blind eye to mental health disorders.
I don't know the state of affairs in America, but I would be more inclined to blame the government for lack of funding.
That and the ignorance the general public have towards mental health.
Possibly many tragedies could be avoided if people picked up symptoms earlier and there was help to be had.
I think there's a pretty thin line between mental illness and religion.
It's basically the difference between "God speaks to me (In some vague indescribable way)"
And "God speaks to me (really, he speaks to me)"
Or "God guides me (in some vague way)" and "God guides me (God really is in control of me sometimes)"
All the more reason to be skeptical of religion. This attempt to placate bad claims is what allows the merely delusional think that it is a cure for the really mentally ill. It should have never gotten to this point, but it did because religious people basically handed their delusion to a mentally ill person, instead of getting them proper help.
