Religious affiliation and psychiatric disorder among Protestant baby boomers.

Do some churches drive people crazy? Or do they attract crazy people?


Religious affiliation and psychiatric disorder among Protestant baby boomers. - PubMed - NCBI

 

In my experience, I think it's a combination of both. The worst case I saw was a Pentecostal lady whose husband I know. She doused herself with gasoline and lit a match. Knowing about her denomination and seeing what takes place in a typical service, I believe they drove her crazy.

In my cult experience, the church clearly drove people crazy to the point of thinking it was sin to wear a seatbelt. Or take medicine. And these were Southern Baptists, Methodists, Pentecostals, and walkins. The lead pastor had a THD and taught at seminary. One of his books on the Prophets is still widely used in seminaries today. Several other long term pastors among the victims.

 

It's true. They drove mainline Christians insane, including several pastors who spent their life in the ministry, killing over 100 who died from easily treated ailments.

 

These became Pentecostals. I'm giving their backgrounds.

 

The article confirms a high level of mental illness in Pentecostalism. And having been involved, knowing many, I believe they drive many crazy.

According to Curtis Edwards, Pagan Pentecostalism: Its Roots: Sex, Sin & Slavery, Voodoo was the religion of African slaves. And even before slavery they would voodoo any religion they took part in. They had voodoo Catholicism for the main part.

The after coming to Haitian and American shores, they voodooed what ever religion they encountered. Voodoo Methodism and voodoo Baptist churches, were common in Louisiana.

Wm. Seymour tried to voodoo the Church of God (Anderson) but got expelled.Shortly thereafter, he voodooed his Wesley Methodism at Azusa street in Los Angeles. He thought voodoo tongues were the same as Bible tongues. This became the Assemblies of God denomination with the Oneness United Pentecostal Church splitting off from them over their antitrinitarian views.

Curtis Edwards

Edwards, Curtis. Pagan Pentecostalism: Its Roots: Sex, Sin & Slavery .

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The article says they have a high level of mental illness the other mainline churches do not have. So this is why I asked if churches cause it, or attract those with mental illness. Then I shared one cult experience where men who served in the ministry went crazy after becoming Pentecostals. I didn't mention other Pentecostal side effects I'm aware of. A Pentecostal friend's wife dousing herself with gas and lighting a match. Foaming at the mouth, twitching, with eyes rolled back in the head in the same denomination I unwittingly visited at a friends request......