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Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
I'm certain there are many atheists who came to their beliefs on their own, without the help of Darwin, insane or not.
Originally posted by Annee
I consider myself a Spiritual Humanist - - because I believe their is a Creationist element to our existence. Not a man or god - - but an energy.
Originally posted by Skyfloating
Lets instead take a mentally ill persons word for it that humans came about as a matter of coincidence and that a humans Consciousness does not .
Originally posted by LoneGunMan
Originally posted by Annee
I consider myself a Spiritual Humanist - - because I believe their is a Creationist element to our existence. Not a man or god - - but an energy.
I own a metaphysical bookstore and have studied most spirituality and have many people like yourself that come to my store.
You said not a man or a God but an energy.
What do you think God is? Of course God is an energy, some call that energy....God.
Originally posted by dl2one
The words crazy, and mentally ill, are just labels we can stick on people to make them irrelevant... no?
Originally posted by Xcalibur254
I haven't gotten through the entire thread yet, but I had to comment on this. Darwin was actually rather astute by electrocuting himself to cure his depression. Even today electroconvulsive therapy remains to this day as the most effective means of dealing with severe depression.
Originally posted by Skyfloating
Originally posted by dl2one
The words crazy, and mentally ill, are just labels we can stick on people to make them irrelevant... no?
If its an arbitrary label would you then say that the rubber room inmate and the college teacher are of equal qualification to teach?
Originally posted by WolfofWar
If that rubber room inmate is an expert in his field, and in the cell for a reason unrelated to his field of knowledge, then yes.
Originally posted by WolfofWar
By your logic, anybody with a mental condition, or a person whom at one point had a mental condition debilitating enough at one point to have been hospitalized, should be immediately disqualified from education, no exceptions.
Originally posted by Zeta Reticulan
I was under the impression everyone was mentally ill.
who is actually truly well-adjusted ... there is a disorder for everyone.