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General Discussion / Re: is it you?
« on: October 28, 2008, 03:49:54 pm »Because telling people that the reason they want to kill themselves is that they don't believe in God -- or are "seperated" from God, whatever -- is a perfectly acceptable form of trying to convert people...
I don't really agree; what if I posted a flyer just like that one, except I said that the cause was that there are too many terrorists alive, and the solution was to join the military? I think that would be equally immoral, and equally wrong.
I hope you can tell I was being sarcastic. I didn't come right out and say it, I apologize, but, coming from someone who has suffered from severe depression, the *last* thing you should ever tell someone is that they're depressed because of something they did wrong.
This is just one more case of a fanatic group trying to take advantage of people under a really great time of trial in their life -- I'll admit, having a support group and hope, which a church can provide, is essential to getting through hard times, but forcing a belief system on someone who is trying to find a stable ground in their life is a prime example of how the church is taking advantage of people.
Don't get me wrong, Christianity is a wonderful religion (except for a few minor discrepencies I have), but the organization is effectively distorting it. Especially for the people attending this specific church -- I feel sorry for them, that they have been lead to believe that this is acceptable.