So why is this not a religious wacko?

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Originally Posted by LargeKingCat

I too vote for mental illness. Similar to many mental patients I have encountered, sadly.

Any shrink will tell you that most of their patient's neuroses and psychoses are directly or indirectly rooted in religious ideations.

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Originally Posted by NoCapo

I find it a bit patronizing to dismiss these sincere believers as mentally ill, as if anyone that holds an irrational belief that shapes their lives ( hint: we all do) is defective. I don't know what the answer is. I certainly don't want people who hold those beliefs that strongly to control the laws that I live under, but I think we have to counter the ideas, rather than just dismiss it as crazy.

I agree, but I think it crosses over into mental illness / dysfunction or at least maladaptive behaviors when it leaps off the rails into contexts where it's not appropriate to act in such ways. And it is certainly not healthy to not act in your own best interests. Do you think she'll keep her job when she thinks she has the right to disrupt congress? I rather doubt it.

It's one thing to act like an idiot in an environment where it's expected, encouraged, and provided for; it's another thing to impose it on other people, disrupt workplaces, etc.

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Originally Posted by Vizio

I personally don't believe that God speaks to people like that today. There are some on this board that think that God does speak directly to people today...I'm curious what they think--if they believe her or not.

It's hard to believe or disbelieve her because it's hard to understand what she's even saying. It is hard to imagine that god could "prepare" a person for many days and the resulting message couldn't be more coherent than that.

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What is the probelm? She is just as sick as the politicains that work there. Just think she has a government job with a security clearance

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The Holy Spirit seems to take advantage of women when they are most vulnerable.... in the cover of darkness.

First he got a young girl... who was betrothed no less... preggers.

Now he bothers this young lady for days... in the middle of the night too.

Aren't there any female spirits available up there in heaven that he can mess around with? Geesh!

Message to all the ladies in the audience: Watch out for the Holy Spirit... after you turn the lights out tonight.