Ever since the times we can refer to, we notice that man has been actively and condescendingly related to his suffering fellow, particularizing the patient in its ontic integrity --body, spirit, ...immortal soul--and not the disease. In short, there are patients and not diseases! Later, the same man, caring for the fate of his fellow man and the community, identified a disease of the spirit that changed the man into a kind of "inventor" of new, unreal, utopian facts. When these new facts--utopias were hidden among allegories and metaphors and the religious industry (the oldest type of corporate society) was "thought out", while the man personified and invaded the sky, the situation became complicated and the man in question was declared ill--mythomaniac. Much later other people introduced the concept of intellectual lucidity among "seven other distinctive signs, of the man who "trusts the invitation of God". Indeed!? We need a neuro-psychiatric certificate to justify our faith! We specify that we neither intend to analyze the "religious creativity of modern societies", nor to outline the ideational path of the "logic of religion". In this article we aim at identifying and introducing the roots and consequences of lying with the hidden pathological features of the human being that relate to transcendence, taking as a basis for research the text of the Bible. Here we will approach the following aspects: the falsehood in interpersonal relationships, falsehood related to Otherness and the father of lies--the one we have to beware of. In order to emphasize the pathology in question, we chose as an epistemological novelty to alternate the biblical quotations with text excerpts, personally collected from the newspaper Lupta Moldovei, a journalistic publication of Soviet propaganda, which was meant to work in the consciousness of our people to form the new ideological man. In short, we present good and evil, truth and falsehood. The reader will decide if we have succeeded. KEYWORDS: Patients, healing, falsehood, truth, knowledge, faith.
This article focuses on identifying and presenting the roots and consequences of hypocrisy within the hidden pathological features of the human being. Hypocrisy belongs to the hypocrite, that is, to ...the individual in his ontic integrity as an immortal body, spirit, and soul. In this respect this scientific discourse has its place within the religious space as well, at the spiritual level of the perfect process of creation, where the new spiritual individual is always active; At the empirical, scientific and material level of the human activity there is only the ideological individual, proficient or not, just like in the unfortunate case of the priest sacerdos in aeternum who became professor after he jumped the fence of the house and he got into the yard of the University, with the passport in his pocket of course. We will approach the subject strictly through the paradigm of the theological-philosophical discourse, framed by the constitutive horizon of moral philosophy (philosophical ethics), which is defined as the second strand of bioethics as a modern science, according to the traditional medical ethics (1). Within this paper we will look at the following points: the formalism of religious hypocrisy; the blindness of the hypocrite as a pathological manifestation and finally about the availability as a permanent risk of hypocrisy. KEYWORDS: Vice, virtue, disease, our faith, pride.
One cannot speak whereof does not exist, Wittgenstein stated in 1921, towards the end of his work, Tractatus logico-philosophicus, where he elaborated on the analysis of possibilities and on the ...essence of expressing thought through language, in the scientific description of the world. Within this paradigm, we shall dwell upon the concept of sexual identity as upon that of sex addiction from a religious perspective and from a medical, psychiatric one. Being aware of one's addiction to sex, does not make one a bad person or a hopelessly perverted one. It means that one might suffer from an affliction or obsession, which many others have been cured of. This is what Patrick Carnes, founder of International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professional (IITAP), affirmed. This paper shall focus on various aspects pertaining to the religious valorization of gender differentiated individuals, valorization of medical sciences and ethics: practice and intent. KEYWORDS: Sexuality, identity, addiction, normality, differentiation.
From ancient times, medical therapy was initially seen as the privilege of priests and has partly remained close to magic until today. The etymology of the word psychiatry makes us think that the ...treatment of the psychiatric patient should include a spiritual therapy closely related to the soul depending on the needs. Also, the etymology of the word psychotherapy refers to the healing of the soul, which has been discussed since ancient times, in a syncretic way, by the healers of all peoples. Thus, the need to open psychiatry to meditation, to prayer, and therefore to other therapeutic methods, can be taken into account. Any therapeutic process can also take into account the dialogue with the divinity, not necessarily in terms of the suffering person's communication with God, but especially taking into account the therapeutic attitude. It should not be forgotten that, as I have stated, since ancient times the art of healing was associated with the sacerdotal activity. Thus, in this article we aim to carry out an analysis of mental disorders, supported by the biblical foundation of religion and to highlight the symbolism of the concept of cleanliness (pure and impure--sacred and profane), as a necessary working condition in the medical service. The role of specialized medical personnel and the need for comprehensive care that looks at the person as a whole becomes an elementary necessity for the medical service everywhere. KEYWORDS: Mental disorder, ethics, social, responsibility, communication.
In this paper, we will capture the half-full glass, and relate constructively to the alcohol unit, discovering its culinary properties. But, on the other hand, abnormal patterns of alcohol ...consumption have been described since antiquity. Much later, with the colonial era, the industrial revolution and international trade, alcohol addiction became a global public health problem. During the 18th century, the working classes in Europe were threatened by alcoholism, while in China measures were already being taken to stop consumption. Thus, we underline the medical and theological approaches regarding the consumption of alcohol, especially wine and the necessity to have a more holistic and realistic view of this issue, which can became a problem for the health system. KEYWORDS: Alchool, vice, addiction, public health.
Saying prayers and enchantments to cast out demons from the body of a possessed person, the exorcism is a public act of the Christian Church, performed with authority, in the name of Jesus Christ, ...requiring that the person or object in question be protected from Satan's possession and released from his dominion. This definition includes the act itself as well as the means used. The tradition of the church considers that the clues of demonic possession can be: speaking a language unknown to the possessor or understanding it, revealing things that are far away or hidden; abnormal physical strength due to the person's age or condition, someone else's speech through the possessed, self-harm and suicide attempts, aggressive and restless behavior, anger, extraordinary perceptual power, supernatural knowledge, extraordinary demonic phenomena such as cramps, screams, falls, exhaustion, but also the perfect healing after the expulsion. Usually, before consuming the exorcism, it is crucial to determine whether it is the presence of the evil one and not a mental illness, the care of which is within the competence of the medical sciences. In this article we will analyse the following aspects: The Bible and the demons, Jesus Christ--the conqueror of demons and Satan, the church's activity on exorcisms, the medical perspective and finally some journalistic records about the seriousness of misunderstanding the phenomenon of possession. KEYWORDS: Illness, healing, sin, grace, mystery, mental disorder.
This article focuses on identifying and presenting the roots and consequences of hypocrisy within the hidden pathological features of the human being. Hypocrisy belongs to the hypocrite, that is, to ...the individual in his ontic integrity as an immortal body, spirit, and soul. In this respect this scientific discourse has its place within the religious space as well, at the spiritual level of the perfect process of creation, where the new spiritual individual is always active; At the empirical, scientific and material level of the human activity there is only the ideological individual, proficient or not, just like in the unfortunate case of the priest – sacerdos in aeternum who became professor after he jumped the fence of the house and he got into the yard of the University, with the passport in his pocket of course. We will approach the subject strictly through the paradigm of the theological-philosophical discourse, framed by the constitutive horizon of moral philosophy (philosophical ethics), which is defined as the second strand of bioethics as a modern science, according to the traditional medical ethics (1). Within this paper we will look at the following points: the formalism of religious hypocrisy; the blindness of the hypocrite as a pathological manifestation and finally about the availability as a permanent risk of hypocrisy.
Ever since the times we can refer to, we notice that man has been actively and condescendingly related to his suffering fellow, particularizing the patient in its ontic integrity – body, spirit, ...immortal soul – and not the disease. In short, there are patients and not diseases! Later, the same man, caring for the fate of his fellow man and the community, identified a disease of the spirit that changed the man into a kind of “inventor” of new, unreal, utopian facts. When these new facts – utopias were hidden among allegories and metaphors and the religious industry (the oldest type of corporate society) was “thought out”, while the man personified and invaded the sky, the situation became complicated and the man in question was declared ill – mythomaniac. Much later other people introduced the concept of intellectual lucidity among “seven other distinctive signs, of the man who “trusts the invitation of God”. Indeed!? We need a neuro-psychiatric certificate to justify our faith! We specify that we neither intend to analyze the “religious creativity of modern societies”, nor to outline the ideational path of the “logic of religion”. In this article we aim at identifying and introducing the roots and consequences of lying with the hidden pathological features of the human being that relate to transcendence, taking as a basis for research the text of the Bible. Here we will approach the following aspects: the falsehood in interpersonal relationships, falsehood related to Otherness and the father of lies – the one we have to beware of . In order to emphasize the pathology in question, we chose as an epistemological novelty to alternate the biblical quotations with text excerpts, personally collected from the newspaper Lupta Moldovei, a journalistic publication of Soviet propaganda, which was meant to work in the consciousness of our people to form the new ideological man. In short, we present good and evil, truth and falsehood. The reader will decide if we have succeeded.
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