Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Jesus miraculously healed schizophrenia?



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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