Thursday, December 12, 2013

"When We Talk To God It Is Called Prayer. When God Talks To Us It Is Called Paranoid Schitzophrenia"

I am not sure who to attribute this quote to.  As usual I heard these words on my car radio, while driving into town.  I am really grateful for the CBC radio, most of my topics come from listening to that station.  I do know that the statement is true.  I worked in the Mental Health sector for a long time and the idea of you talking to God "prayer" was usually thought to be a good thing.  It seemed to encouraged, even applauded.  But if you came to therapy and said that God talked to you, you were usually prescribed an antipsycotic drug and quite a few sessions with a therapist or psychiatrist.  Hopefully the drugs and therapy worked and you stopped hearing from God.

Is it just me or is this just a little bit silly?  Personally  I have never been able to nail down the God thing.  But if there is one I would hope that His/Her talking to me wouldn't call for drugs or rubber rooms.  Just saying.

Thursday,  December 12th, 2013............1:15p.m.

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