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wreck's avatar

"we've walked with one lady who was diagnosed with 32 distinct personalities as a result of horrific occultic abuse, and she eventually was one whole, complete individual, healed by Jesus"

Sure, Jan.

RegularJoe's avatar

Roses are red

Violets are blue

I'm schizophrenic

And so am I!

Bensnewlogin's avatar

Really, you do not understand the purposes of poetry. I have to explain everything to everybody! No one has any pity for me.

Roses are red

Violets are blue

I’m schizophrenic

And I am too.

RegularJoe's avatar

Sure, if one wants rhyming poetry. ;-)

Die Anyway's avatar

Roses are red,

Violets are purple.

I love you

Like I love maple syrple.

ChaplainGumdrop's avatar

Is that a What About Bob reference? Hell yeah.

Also, to get a little pedantic on ya, the described symptoms are more consistent with Dissociative Identity Disorder, which is tends to manifest in response to early childhood trauma, particularly sexualized trauma. I would suggest that DID is an expression of PTSD/CPTSD particular to neurodivergent folks, purely because everyone I have ever known with DID also had a diagnosis of Autism or ADHD.

Schizophrenia is associated with bizarre delusions and can include auditory hallucinations which may or may not be what we call "command hallucinations" in which "the voices tell them to do things". A bizarre delusion is a delusional belief that is inconsistent with the culture a person is from. So particular religious beliefs might be delusional, but not necessarily bizarre, like The Rapture in the context of Left Behind sweeping the West around the turn of the century. In contrast, economist John Nash believed he was in line to be the Emperor of Antarctica during one of his more public episodes.

Flatland Jonny's avatar

Making a joke of a mental illness? Not cool.

RegularJoe's avatar

Living with mental illness makes it okay.....kinda like when I tell I woman I'm crazy for her, then produce documentation. ;-)

Flatland Jonny's avatar

Only if you are the schizophrenic. But you still can’t make jokes about my depression.

RegularJoe's avatar

I wouldn't make jokes about *your* depression...I don't know you¹. I'll make whatever jokes I want about my depression, anxiety, post-concussive, etc....i paid the price for the Right to do so in a desert half a world away.

(¹ Nor do I want to, you seem quite the enema nozzle. Have a day.🙂)

Flatland Jonny's avatar

You agree with me, then insult me. 🤔

NOGODZ20's avatar

Another xtian claim not backed by evidence. Dismissed without evidence.

Micheal's avatar

Even worse. The person apparently told her to stop taking her meds.

Ethereal Fairy's avatar

Of course they did, these douche nozzles (like Tom Cruise, to Brook Shields on her post-partum depression.) live to cause more harm in people's lives.

ericc's avatar

And yet, despite his expertise, he worked (past tense) as a web page advertising admin instead of a licensed professional health worker. Who'd a thunk it?

Ethereal Fairy's avatar

I blame Reagan, those people belong in an institution.

Brian's avatar

Was her name George Glass, by any chance?

Mommadillo's avatar

Guessing we’ll be seeing a wrongful termination lawsuit from Billy Butthurt claiming discrimination over not being allowed to freely exercise his religion at work. Keep in mind these are usually the same people who throw screaming fits if a Muslim woman wears a headscarf on the job.

ericc's avatar

And honestly, if BGG continues with their line of "the ads would've not been allowed anyway", he could easily win that lawsuit. Because basically they've admitted he made the right decision and they fired him for being religious about making it.

They really screwed the pooch here. They needed to say it was the wrong decision made by an individual based on that person's bigotries, not company guidelines.

Troublesh00ter's avatar

Ha. That reminds me. At one customer I used to support, in the cube next to him was a Muslim woman who always wore a very beautiful hijab. Further neat fact: she was an engineer!

Joe King's avatar

The Satanic Panic never really went away, it just went underground until religious bigotry gained power again.

Linda's avatar

It’s almost like we never moved on from the Satanic Panic or Ronald Reagan…unbelievable and embarrassing as a nation.

Troublesh00ter's avatar

And it's been OUT a lot more lately, owing to a certain occupant of the White House.

Linda's avatar

Absolutely. He’s weaponized these looney tunes. He has to. Now the J6 rioters, criminals, and pedos will get a payout to do it all over again.

Crowscage's avatar

That's why I say that executed traitors don't get pardons or payouts.

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Ethereal Fairy's avatar

Same as it ever was.

NOGODZ20's avatar

To said ad mgr...

Satan is no more real than Jesus. Chillax.

Troublesh00ter's avatar

But-but-but ... they said SATAN! EEEEK! 😱😱😱

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Troublesh00ter's avatar

My answer to that hasn't changed. The people deserve respect only as far as they respect me. Their beliefs are irrational and have no basis in fact, and thus deserve NO RESPECT.

Ethereal Fairy's avatar

The trolling name is to prove their point.

Daniel Rotter's avatar

Chilled axes ("Chillaxes") are definitely real, though, though such a situation makes it a bit more difficult to chop wood. Good that you mentioned them, as their existence contrasts with the non-existence of both Satan and Jesus./s

Bensnewlogin's avatar

You’re not being fair here. Satan is every bit is real as Jesus. So there!

Alverant's avatar

No doubt the advertising manager will play the victim and sue for "religious discrimination" because he wasn't allowed to religiously discriminate against others.

Boreal's avatar

You can sell or buy games where you murder your opponents, which I suppose is good christian fun since the bible advocates for it but heaven forbid (pardon the pun) that you present a game about god's own creation: Satan. Clearly, pitiful christians and their 'god' are powerless to stop imaginary enemies.

I do occasionally enjoy a suffering from demonic oppression. Typically tequila summons the devil for me.

larry parker's avatar

Mr. Mustard, in the library, with a candlestick.

Bensnewlogin's avatar

Have you ever been able to stop an imaginary enemy? I think not.

Val Uptuous NotAgain's avatar

I have a question that I haven’t seen posed yet. Where would this advertising manager be working with folks that are Satanically oppressed in the manner he describes? In what capacity is he working with them? What qualifications does he hold to even be a part of the woman with 34 personalities care team?

I do not believe he has seen what he says he has seen, religious testimonies tend to be wild exaggerations at best, but bald faced lies normally. And if he has actually seen these people, he doesn’t need to be feeding into their delusions like that. The only thing that would make his claims the tiniest believable is if he was institutionalized along with the folks he describes, but definitely not treating them.

ericc's avatar

It's probably members of his church.

It's ironic, when you think about it. He and his Christian friends play out make-believe scenes about demons...but this game? Too far!

Ethereal Fairy's avatar

Must be Charismatics, those fuckers are all frustrated actors, will say, or do anything for attention, like some kids in school, and seem to view church as entertainment.

Bensnewlogin's avatar

Christ on a gaming joy stick. I’m going to have to deal with this with only one cuppa?

‘First this: I don't begrudge you personally, as many people just plain don't understand the reality of it, but I'd strongly urge you to consider these things.” A man who more or less sells video games thinking that other people don’t understand reality? THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT DEMONS EVER BOTHER TO POSSESS ARE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THAT DEMONS ACTUALLY EXIST. maybe that’s the problem, right there. I mean, everyone knows that immortal, immensely powerful cosmic beings have nothing better to do with eternity then fuck with us.

So amusing. HOW WOULD ANY OF THEM EVEN KNOW? What experience do they have with demons and what motivates them? Maybe it has nothing to do with the chris God at all. Maybe it’s just Loki or Coyote or Maui or Hanuman having some fun. Even Netflix pales in comparison to eternity

But now the company has made it worse. They fired him. Now he’s a victim of religious persecution and you can bet the grifters will encourage him to sue the company so that they can erode civil rights protections or religious people— ironically enough— even further.

PS what are “generational curses”? How does that work exactly with an all powerful God? And again…how would he know?

Val Uptuous NotAgain's avatar

I think these jackanapes are misusing “generational curses” to promote their magical woo woo Christian nonsense. Black people use the term to mean the damage hundreds of years of chattel slavery caused their population, including physical changes to their bodies that were passed down, mental health issues, to even the continued systemic and individual racism that affects their abilities to survive in our society. Those are generational curses. Other groups of people have them as well, Jewish people for example.

But the generational curses he is talking about is just an attempt to discredit the real generational curses and promote his own magical thinking in the imaginary policeman in the sky.

Vanity Unfair's avatar

I cannot think of any NT references, but these are from the OT and characteristically repetitious.

Exodus 20:5

Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

Exodus 34:7

Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.

Numbers 14:18

The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.

Deuteronomy 5:9

Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,

Bensnewlogin's avatar

Oh, you mean THOSE generational curses. I didn’t know you were going to count THOSE generational curses. I thought he meant that God was cursing people with the things that he didn’t like. That wouldn’t be fair. That would be like murdering everybody on the planet just because somebody committed a couple of sins, and that would include the little babies who couldn’t even if they wanted to.

Val Uptuous NotAgain's avatar

I saw this reel the other day and saved it for just this type of article.

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1HuodBS2CW/?mibextid=wwXIfr

If you can’t see Facebook posts, this is a response to Candace Cameron-Burre (Kirk Cameron’s fundy sister) saying she doesn’t want anyone to watch scary movies in her house because it’s a portal for demons. The response explains that the religious people are taught from early childhood that their regular human emotions are not regular human emotions but rather religious fights with the devil.

I think it fits this story perfectly. The advertising manager assumes all these people managing mental health issues, or even just average mental wellness, are dealing with satanic possession or, as he says, oppression. To tout that you saved a woman from 34 personalities AND taking medication is just twisted. It’s giving RFK Jr. eugenics rhetoric. Stop, just stop. If people need medication to feel well and have medical supervision and support, then leave them alone. You wouldn’t work to make type 1 diabetes patients stop taking insulin. Don’t make people with mental health diseases stop taking theirs. Fuck!

Ethereal Fairy's avatar

Actually they are so far-removed from reality they probably would do so.

Linda's avatar

Great video. This is why I can’t be bothered to talk to these type of religious people. Waste of my time and energy. Also, as a horror movie LOVING, childless (but happily married) cat lady, I think I might just be their worst nightmare. Most horror movies are HILARIOUS and I find them comforting.

NOGODZ20's avatar

Too bad that xtians waste so much time on things like this instead of real issues their savior spoke of like feeding, clothing and housing the needy. Did they forget what the penalty was for ignoring these needs?

Richard S. Russell's avatar

You just gotta know that any message that starts out with "As a follower of Jesus ..." isn't gonna end well.

Maltnothops's avatar

OT headline at Christian Post: “The AI data center boom is coming to your town. Here’s what the Bible says about it.”

My gasts are flabbered.

Troublesh00ter's avatar

The bible probably said THE EXACT SAME THING about that nuclear power plant that went in near the county line, right?

Maltnothops's avatar

I commented something to the effect that data centers surely weren’t as bad as iron chariots.

Zizzer-Zazzer-Zuzz's avatar

Are those next to the "Biblical principles for investing your money" articles?

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Richard S. Russell's avatar

“So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.”

—Bertrand Russell, English mathematician, philosopher, and peace activist

Lynn Veit's avatar

"That is really stretching what is in the Bible badly written verses to idiotic dimensions!"

That is their specialty.

Straw's avatar

I thought AI was the new god of everything, and now you tell me I am worshipping fake deity.

Len Koz's avatar

Simple rule of thumb: if you worship a deity, you worship a false deity.

Straw's avatar

Are you sure? What about my neighbours cats? Are they false too?

Len Koz's avatar

All rules have exceptions.

All hail our feline overlords!

larry parker's avatar

"Keep in mind it's not over religion, but reality."

Well, at least he's admitting his religion isn't part of reality.

Linda's avatar

"In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point."

-Friedrich Nietzsche

Maltnothops's avatar

Yeah, that sentence leapt out at me too.

NOGODZ20's avatar

Quick OT

Happy Birthday to Cher. The icon turns 80 today.

instagram.com/reel/DYkJfEpxnMi/

ericc's avatar

They say we're old and we don't know

But she can still put on a show

Well I don't know if she'll still sing

But I know she's worth a lot of bling....

NOGODZ20's avatar

🎵She's got loot, babe...🎵

Len Koz's avatar

Cher is 80?

I'm getting fucking old.

XJC's avatar
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The Christer will undoubtedly sue for religious discrimination and persecution. It's the only card the followers of the almighty fictional deity have when reality collides with their carefully constructed mass delusion.

Lynn Veit's avatar

In 3...2...1....

Val Uptuous NotAgain's avatar

Do they deny The Who dunnit murder mystery board games? These are a stalwart of party games for generations, and people who have had murdered family members might be exposed. (Not trying to insult those here who have experience this trauma) Still, these games are all around and have been forever. Exploding kittens, most DnD type role play games, hell even Risk all deal in things like murder, genocide, death and destruction. Just because the theme is Satan or demons doesn’t make the game more dangerous or triggering.

If people don’t like the theming of the game, then it just isn’t for them, you don’t get to decide it isn’t for anyone. Mind yo business.

Lynn Veit's avatar

We own Risk, Clue, and Gunfight at the OK Corral. All three could be said to have rather dark themes.

Vanity Unfair's avatar

....Not to mention snakes.