Belief in an angry god and mental illness

[Lillybee]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/17/s ... illnesses/

Not a big surprise to most of us.

[ILoveJellybeans]

I wonder if its because of mental illness that people believe God is angry, or because they believe God is angry they develop mental illnesses.

Id say maybe both, with the people like Steve Maxwell, Gothard and PP who are sociopaths or completely insane and just happen to use religion to further their insanity, and people like pretty much 99% of SAHD's we snark about on the other end, who have problems because they believe God is an angry abuser who will kill them for doing anything wrong.

[Effie]

I wonder if its because of mental illness that people believe God is angry, or because they believe God is angry they develop mental illnesses.

Oh that's a tricky one!