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Originally Posted by pelagius
I know this is going to sound kind of strange, but I kind of appreciated SU's response. Sure, he probably engaged in some pettifoggery, but you can hardly blame him for that. I am probably too sensitive about this issue because of close family members that are mentally ill. I hope members didn't assume or presume that about one of my sibling's Schizophrenia.
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Yes. I think someone needed to say this. To apply the epithet of demonic possession to a physical malady as real and serious and medically treatable as mental illness is medieval, and cruel, not unlike what happened in Salem. It's a classic example of religion run amok.
And in this thread we even have suggestion that apostates are possessed.
Truly, this type of talk is not fit for college educated people in modern times.