I tried to reblog this and failed.

Actually, I think WordPress failed.

I just pushed the reblog button and received the “everything is okey-dokey message”.

But things were not okey-dokey.

My dad is diagnosed “bipolar”.

This means every bad behavior is due to his illness.

Every idiosyncrasy is also due to his illness.

Any unremarkable, normal behavior demonstrates the effectiveness of his medication.

My dad has been reduced to a list of symptoms.

His personality is officially a “condition”.

This is the article I was trying to link.

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  1. Ugh… posted my comment under the original article’s blog… Should have waited for the caffeine to kick in before posting… /sigh

    Here it is, anyway…

    Dave

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    John,

    In the Fall, all facets mankind were affected. That certainly includes our minds.Our “condition” became sinful, and sinful acts are the ourflow of our condition.

    We can’t just blame “The Fall” for every act of sin we do, as if that absolves us of our guilt for committing those sins. The same with mental illness, as I think you were saying.

    The same can be applied to mental illness, as you say. There are things that are different in how mentally ill people think, but the majority of people with mental illness can still differentiate right from wrong, and are held to a level of responsibility in courts of law. While illness can prevent someone from a long prison term, the result is often incarceration in a mental health facility instead.

    Same applies for someone sexually abused as a child who then abuses when they get older. They have been damaged, but are culpable for their own act of abusing, though they have a form of mental/spiritual condition from being abused.

    Now that I have rambled on, I am not sure that I arrived where I was headed, or stayed on topic…

    Dave

    Galatians 3:22 (ESV) – But the Scripture imprisoned everything under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

    1. What’s the matter?
      You don’t wanna talk to just me, Dave?! 😀

      Haha, I understand, actually. Truth be told, the conversations over here at “The Sojourn” are usually livelier than in my neck of the woods! (That is, when Dad is actually POSTING stuff!)

      1. Mrsmcmommy,

        Hehe. I actually had no idea whose blog it was that I posted on. I was so embarrassed that I miss-posted that I did not return there.

        Of course, were it not for my fatal honesty, nobody over here likely would have known my blunder.

        If that was your blog, I will gladly return and engage.

        Dave

        1. Don’t worry about it! I just wanted to let you know that you were still in friendly territory!

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