Do Born-again Christians Have OCD? Bangee...hello....
May 31, 2014 11:42:10 #
Religious OCD: 'I'm going to hell'
A form of obsessive-compulsive disorder known as scrupulosity is a fear of sin or punishment from deities characterizes this condition.
Jonathan Abramowitz, professor and associate chairman of the department of psychology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill says OCD with religious obsessions is called scrupulosity. St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of Jesuits, and Martin Luther may have suffered from the condition. Exposure therapy helps patients face uncertainty.
OCD makes you think in black and white. There are no gray areas. Clean or not. Good or bad. There's nothing in between.
More here...............
http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/31/health/ocd-scrupulosity-religion/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
A form of obsessive-compulsive disorder known as scrupulosity is a fear of sin or punishment from deities characterizes this condition.
Jonathan Abramowitz, professor and associate chairman of the department of psychology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill says OCD with religious obsessions is called scrupulosity. St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of Jesuits, and Martin Luther may have suffered from the condition. Exposure therapy helps patients face uncertainty.
OCD makes you think in black and white. There are no gray areas. Clean or not. Good or bad. There's nothing in between.
More here...............
http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/31/health/ocd-scrupulosity-religion/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
May 31, 2014 11:58:45 #
If your are truely a BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN you should not have OCD. JESUS has paid the price of guilt for ALL of your sins...past, present & future.
May 31, 2014 12:36:18 #
Babushka317 wrote:
Great! Now I can sin all I want. If your are truely a BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN you should not have OCD. JESUS has paid the price of guilt for ALL of your sins...past, present & future.
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May 31, 2014 13:57:32 #
Jun 1, 2014 20:52:27 #
magicray wrote:
Great! Now I can sin all I want.
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If you sin all you want too then you have not accepted Jesus as your savior and you sins are not forgiven. If you love and have faith in Christ then you strive not to sin. Denying Jesus is one sin that will condemn you to hell. Be every careful what you say. I was once a non believer like you and told my sister so. A few years later when she passed away what I said stressed her emotionally in her last few days. Even though I had accepted Christ long before she passed that was the one thing she remembered and I truly regret saying that to her.
Jun 2, 2014 23:35:03 #
magicray wrote:
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OCD, BY DEFINITION, IS DEFINED BY UNWANTED/ INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS (IE SINFUL) WHICH THE SUFFERER PERFORMS RITUALS (HOLY WATER, PRAYING ETC) TO ALLEVIATE ASSOCIATED ANXIETY/ FEAR. I DO NOT BELIEVE RELIGIOSITY IS TRUE OCD, HOWEVER, BUT IS PERPETUATED BY THE SAME REINFORCEMENT/ REWARD CYCLE. "MAGICAL THINKING" IS A COMMON WAY OF DESCRIBING THIS USAGE OF RITUALS.
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