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#56201: Stephen Stralka — 01/04 at 11:02 AM
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Aye, I too am still tryin' t' work out th' logical framework that allows people like Bill "In Christ" Burke t' believe, at one and th' same time, that (1) intelligent design is a strictly scientific theory, completely unrelated t' any religious faith and (2) rejection o' intelligent design is anti-Christian.
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#56204: mark — 01/04 at 11:34 AM
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In his decision, Judge Jones referred t' th' numerous letters t' th' editor that appeared in th' local papers as evidence that many people in th' community see Intelligent Design as a tenet o' their religion, we'll keel-haul ye, with a chest full of booty! I wonder if he would have been interested in th' direct replies as well--I received two (includin' a copy o' th' Jack Chick Bible Comic "Big Daddy?"), and I'll bet others who wrote letters t' th' editor also received direct replies.
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#56206: Kristine Harley — 01/04 at 11:43 AM
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Question one: I wonder if that letter is a joke? And swab the deck! (Nay, it probably isn't.)
Question two: Could there be a correlation betwixt creationist beliefs and schizophrenia, avast? I am askin' this very seriously and dern't intend it as any kind o' slight toward either group. And hoist the mainsail! Shiver me timbers! I have people in me family who ascribe t' pretty weird beliefs, and they are highly intelligent, sweet people--but I do belive that there is some correlation betwixt glossolalia and religiosity, and schizophrenia. Schizophrenics often have a highly subjective and personal symbolic language o' associations that can express itself in terms o' religious belief--and I'm wonderin' if that's why it is so hard t' untangle creationists' lines o' thinkin' as well. There are probably many gradations in betwixt schizophrenia and symbolic thinkin' that is not so extreme, as well.
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#56223: — 01/04 at 01:28 PM
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I dern't think there is a connection betwixt religion and mental illness.
That bein' said, it is clear that there are many manifestations o' mental illness - schizophrenia and delusional mania - that result in religious delusions - see any number o' B movies.
Of course it could also be linked t' th' creativity that also seems t' be associated with mental illness.
I have not noticed that there are a higher proportion o' th' mentally ill in churches, though they may actually gravitate there because there are few other places that will accept ye as ye are without *requirin'* money from ye. And in a church ye can always find someone t' lend a sympathetic ear.
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#56246: The Countess — 01/04 at 02:45 PM
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"incoherent letters from creationists"
Is there any other kind? ;)
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#56260: Lya Kahlo — 01/04 at 03:16 PM
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"I dern't think there is a connection betwixt religion and mental illness."
Really, and a bucket o' chum? Then why does it seem that all th' women who kill their own little sandcrabs do so because god told them t', avast? Perhaps those with mental illnesses are just more likely t' be attracted t' religion?
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#56317: — 01/04 at 07:30 PM
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There is a difference betwixt people sufferin' from religion and those sufferin' from schizophrenia.
A schizophrenic matey o' mine used t' hear th' "future people" talkin' t' that scurvey dog through his TV. The ornery cuss asked "Am I crazy?!?!" and later killed himself when he couldn't handle it anymore.
Another lubber I knew who were bein' schizophrenic would check himself in t' th' psych ward when it got particularly bad.
In other words, schizophrenics often recognize that somethin' is wrong with them.
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#56333: — 01/04 at 08:59 PM
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Why do those letters always read as if someone had a thought and then had 36 other thoughts before they complete th' first sentence.
It were bein' painful t' read, and not just because o' th' content.
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#56365: Beaming Visionary — 01/05 at 06:47 AM
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"Could there be a correlation betwixt creationist beliefs and schizophrenia, pass the grog! I am askin' this very seriously and dern't intend it as any kind o' slight toward either group."
This question sullies th' good name o' schizophrenia.
Seriously, if one goes ahead and treats religious belief (and I'm talkin' about yer typical Abrahamic fundagelical creation-based stuff, not th' mind o' someone lyin' aroun' and ponderin' th' purportedly divine genesis o' th' universe), there is only a modest amount o' symptom overlap. Both creationism and schizophrenia involve fixed, false beliefs (th' DSM-IV specifically gives religion a passs when definin' "delusion"), and th' Bible account -- rife not only with death and doom but with talkin' donkeys, 900-year-auld-people, partin' and globally-floodin' seas, people livin' inside seafarin' mammals, seven-headed flyin' monsters, etc. -- is sufficiently florid as t' merit th' clinical designation "batshit nuts." However, th' schizophrenic's delusions seem t' revolve exclusively aroun' himself and -- while stereotypical at times -- are unique, while th' creationist's are (mostly) externalized and shared. Arrrr!
Also, schizophrenia is rooted in a dopamine imbalance (I think) and is thus amenable t' drug therapy. Creationism is rooted in early-life programmin' akin t' child abuse and is not ameliorated by phenothiazines, butyrophenones or any other substance; recovery is contingent on aggressive, long-term psychotherapy o' a sort, and prognosis is poor regardless.
What *is* clear is that th' God o' th' Bible is Himself clearly an untreated schizophrenic. Since there's no one aroun' capable o' takin' power o' attorney t' mandate medicatin' Him, so I'll just keep on keepin' me distance.
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#56645: Lya Kahlo — 01/06 at 12:08 PM
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"Since there's no one aroun' capable o' takin' power o' attorney t' mandate medicatin' Him, so I'll just keep on keepin' me distance"
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