Evolutionary
naturalism, by definition, excludes the possibility of the demonic. A Christian
worldview recognizes that Satan and demons are real and active in the world.
Modern psychologists often cite the Christian belief in Satan as prima facie
evidence that we are all “screwball wackos.”
Modern
psychologists will often use the account of the demoniac at Gerasenes in Mark chapter
5 as an example of a primitive understanding of mental illness. The argument is
that because the Bible writers did not understand mental illness they used the
best explanation they could.
If your professor
uses the demoniac at Gerasenes as an example of primitive understanding of
mental illness, you might ask if he or she believes then that
Jesus miraculously healed schizophrenia.
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