Checking out the latest religion news on www.pewforum.org, I came across this article. I must say that I find I rather often find myself defending the Roman Catholic Church (really, Protestants, we need to stop freaking out about silly things)...but many issues that bother people are indeed quite serious. Still today I think many people's uncertainty about mental illness has archaic roots in some idea that it's a sin, that suicide is an unforgivable sin, etc. I know this is still the case because I still run into families planning a funeral for someone who has committed suicide that are so grateful a pastor is willing to do the funeral. I've known this is the RCC's position for a while, but perhaps it doesn't hurt to share.
Catholic bishops promote a compassionate view of suicide -Times Online
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For some other resources, check out:
http://gbgm-umc.org/DISC/mentillb.stm
http://www.umc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content.aspx?c=lwL4KnN1LtH&b=5066287&content_id={0E911B8C-E939-4F2E-B8B6-C6644ABC71FB}¬oc=1
http://archives.umc.org/theme.asp?ptid=1&mid=2413&tid=43&rec=&search=
In interesting blog (I haven't read all of this, but it looks ok, but if there's something crazy it in, sorry!): http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/the-christian-and-mental-illness
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