I was just in a thread that was discussing mental illness and this question came to mind. I will first state that I was recently diagnosed with severe depression, and anxiety. I also take medication for this as well as counseling. So I am going to be the first person to put myself in this category. Is my "illness" as an excuse to go against God? I am by no means saying that anyone that suffers from a mental illness is deliberately sinning, but trying to clarify(mainly for myself) do we use too many excuses to act sinful and try to put a diagnosis to it to clear our own conscience?
If you look in psychology books or even google it you will see that about every sin mentioned in scripture can be seen a some type of mental disorder. Killing, lying, cheating, even worry(anxiety). If you know in your mind that what you are doing is a sin, but still do it due to mental illness is it still a sin? What is everyone's take on this?
If you look in psychology books or even google it you will see that about every sin mentioned in scripture can be seen a some type of mental disorder. Killing, lying, cheating, even worry(anxiety). If you know in your mind that what you are doing is a sin, but still do it due to mental illness is it still a sin? What is everyone's take on this?