Zone1 Grant Christianity protections as a registered disability

[john54]

I see this thread has taken to heart lessons we see throughout history. Want to mistreat a group? Dehumanize them. We saw it slavery, in sexual deviance, in abortion. Worked so well, let's try it with Christians, even separating them from all other faiths that believe in God.

How to broach the topic? First, spend at least five years studying and researching Christianity--and probably even more time studying mental illness. One of the first things to learn is that the majority of Christians do not see faith in God as what was outlined in the opening post.

Consider the possibility that seeing people of faith as having something you don't, you are anxious to drag people of faith down to your level. If you don't have something, no one else can have it either.

Saying having religious philosophy prevents people from knowing science and logic makes no sense. It is like saying those who have artistic abilities prevents one from knowing how to cook.

You're taking an extremely common and whether you realize it or not, ableist stance on the issue of disability and mental health. Recent years have brought to light the vitalness of addressing mental health issues and have luckily normalized therapy more, but stigma like what you're describing sadly still exists.

You're misunderstanding and immediately equating Christianity's link with mental health disorders as "dehumanizing" and as mistreatment when it's the opposite. Acknowledging the disability-element of Christianity helps to reveal the human side of Christians- the side that we don't hear about- the struggle many have lying awake at night, fearing their loved ones will burn, that the end times could come tomorrow, and that some one else will save them from the fires if they only praise him, and love him and love him and love him.

You might want to read about rapture anxiety and how it effects even those who have left the religion as a lingering trauma.

While Christianity as "belief" leaves it open to ridicule, if recognized as disability it will gain both legal status and emotional status in people's minds. Who makes fun of people who are already struggling with a difficult disability? The disabled are strong and persevere in the face of challenges but need people to lay off them given how much they already go through - don't you see how this designation would increase understanding for Christianity and for Christians' uphill struggle?

 

[Meriweather]

You're taking an extremely common and whether you realize it or not, ableist stance on the issue of disability and mental health. Recent years have brought to light the vitalness of addressing mental health issues and have luckily normalized therapy more, but stigma like what you're describing sadly still exists.

Actually, I am not, having worked with people with actual disabilities. I have also worked and worshiped with Christians. It is a night and day difference. Have you worked with either or both? If so, for how long?

 

[Meriweather]

You're misunderstanding and immediately equating Christianity's link with mental health disorders as "dehumanizing" and as mistreatment when it's the opposite. Acknowledging the disability-element of Christianity helps to reveal the human side of Christians- the side that we don't hear about- the struggle many have lying awake at night, fearing their loved ones will burn, that the end times could come tomorrow, and that some one else will save them from the fires if they only praise him, and love him and love him and love him.

Respond to this: People without faith and no belief in God obviously have a mental disorder in the brain that does not allow them access to a spiritual life and therefore, God. This disorder also prevents them from understanding any faith in the same way people who do not have this mental malfunction understand. They are utterly confounded and cannot think clearly on the topic of faith.

This is not demeaning people of no faith any more than it demeans people with Down's syndrome or any other mental malfunction.

 

[Meister]

Thread closed, the OP is not zone1 compliant