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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Whoa.  That is a big stretch there PP.  I guess if it helps you to blame the Church for your elderly parents mental health issues helps you deal with it then you have to do what you have to do.

But now I really have heard it all.
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+1. [b] Being Catholic normalizes substance abuse and mental illness?  [/b]

I have a big family with lots of Catholics and lots of non-Catholics.  I can assure you that there are plenty of both that ended up as alcoholics and that in every case religion had 0% to do with.  (Actually, the religious people sometimes stayed away from the drink more, but whatever.)

Maybe your family is just messed up. [/quote]

No, being Catholic can lead to substance abuse and mental illness. [/quote]

Cool story, care to link to any studies showing a correlation (let alone causation) between being Catholic and an increase in substance abuse and mental illness?  Like, something with a large sample size and statistically significant results?

My understanding to date is that these studies typically show that people of religious faith (doesn't need to be Catholic) actually have LOWER levels of mental illness and substance abuse, so I am interested to learn more![/quote]

Not called for — no study implied. Lots of  supposedly good things, e.g., relationships, can lead to bad things. [/quote]

So now the Catholic Church is responsible for mentally well people that enter good relationships that go bad?[/quote]

In some cases, yes, where people were influenced by church teachings and church authorities,  in other cases, no.

The point is, that a supposedly benign group with a loving savior at its center, shouldn’t actively be causing harmi[/quote]

You’ve truly jumped the shark.[/quote]

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