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Worshipper rips out both eyes in Mass with his BARE HANDS [View all]
Churchgoers were left stunned after a man tore out both his eyeballs in the middle of a priest's sermon at Sunday Mass in a scene that resembled a horror film.
Parishioners in Viareggio, near Pisa, in northern Italy, could only watch as one of their number calmly stood up and carried out the horrific self-mutilation in front of them.
Aldo Bianchini, 46, who was born in Britain but has lived in Italy most of his life, is believed to have suffered from voices.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2044605/Horrific-scenes-British-born-worshipper-tears-eyes-Mass-BARE-HANDS.html#ixzz29sx1jMBd
Parishioners in Viareggio, near Pisa, in northern Italy, could only watch as one of their number calmly stood up and carried out the horrific self-mutilation in front of them.
Aldo Bianchini, 46, who was born in Britain but has lived in Italy most of his life, is believed to have suffered from voices.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2044605/Horrific-scenes-British-born-worshipper-tears-eyes-Mass-BARE-HANDS.html#ixzz29sx1jMBd
Yes, the man is/was suffering a mental breakdown. I posted this because had the voices he heard told him to give everything he owned to charity, he would be hailed as a good christian following gods word. See what I am getting at?
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The Daily Mail article is dated October 2011, and you posted in the R/T thread on this back then,
struggle4progress
Oct 2012
#20
You claim to be unable to distinguish between a poor man, who blinds himself after skipping
struggle4progress
Oct 2012
#27
The percentage of child sexual abuse for public school teachers is almost equal to
humblebum
Oct 2012
#50
There are also many reputable Christian counselors and psych professionals. nt
humblebum
Oct 2012
#51
As opposed to starting a thread based on the notion that atheism is a mental illness? That's OK?
2ndAmForComputers
Oct 2012
#71
You actually cut and paste a year old story about a schizophrenic to try to connect it to religion?
rug
Oct 2012
#14
So what's the difference between mental illness and hearing gods voice, when both tell you to kill?
cleanhippie
Oct 2012
#32
Not clear who's dodging here. Perhaps you need to restate the topic at hand, as I answered
LARED
Oct 2012
#65
The behavior of the faithless and those with mental illness can sometimes be similar.
rug
Oct 2012
#30
When faithlesness becomes a method for treating mental illness, your point will be valid.
cleanhippie
Oct 2012
#33
"The notion of hearing voices had a much different meaning three milennia ago than it does now."
cleanhippie
Oct 2012
#44