ps your doctor does not know of these things only a priest can help you.
All a doctor will do is fill you with drugs and it will not help you.
Some do not understand the power demons have over our health.
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Religion and Philosophy
Mental Demons
Demon Possession or something else?
The question asks in a nutshell, “Why are Christians so hostile against those with mental illnesses?” The most simple answer might be fear. After all, we’re almost always hostile to that we fear. Why fear? Chances are, because a lot of us don’t understand mental illness. Lack of knowledge = fear = hostility.
Another questions asks, “What is the cause of mental illness?” Some say it’s demonic possession, while others say it’s chemical imbalances in the brain. The answer? Very likely both are the causes.
Let’s take a look at least two disorders that are blamed on demonic possession/oppression; hearing voices, and self injury.
Hearing voices - Often hearing hostile voices either inside the mind or outside the mind. First, the hearing of voices isn’t limited to just schizophrenics. With that out of the way, those who support the demonic possession cause might be on to something. First of all, the voices are almost always extremely hostile and damaging. These are voices that tell people that they’re useless, pieces of ****, that nobody loves them, and that they should die.
Demons are masters of discord, it could be said that they’re miserable, and want humanity to be miserable as well; or it could be said that demons derive from their happiness and pleasure from causing misery.
There’s also the voices that tell people to do certain things. We all know about this; those people who kill ,maybe once, but often more, and because a “higher power” told them to kill. Now, more often than not, those who blame their murders on God or the Devil or whatever are not always telling the truth. Those that are sincere in claiming that God or the devil is responsible are deceived in that it’s always a demon or even Satan causing this. The Godhead would never command someone to kill another person, not in this age, not when we have the justice system (which is flawed) which has the death penalty. (The Godhead will use all things for their purpose.)
In the case of science, the answer seems to be that it’s a chemical imbalance in the brain. However, often these voices can say things not known by the hearer, so a simple chemical imbalance seems unlikely.
If hearing voices is demonic possession, does this mean that Christians should go around tossing holy water at these people, screaming at them like raving lunatics? God forbid, because that would make most look like lunatics themselves, and the demons may cause their host to attack them.
Until the person receives knowledge that they’re being possessed/oppressed, then the best course of action would be treatment. Note that this is not a cure, or even healing, but better for the effects to be lessened until the full healing from the Godhead can occur, than to remain completely miserable.
