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Originally Posted by flamesfever
I believe religion has been used quiet effectively to help people cope with mental illness, particularly those people suffering from addictions.
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Tom Cruise would even take that a step further.
I don't think this case has anything to do with religion. He was a sick SOB who would have done this even if there was no religion.
But I wonder if religion doesn't attract people like this. Not because religion attracts crazies, but because, similar to what Daradon mentioned, people are feeling like they are having a supernatural event and religion has a lot of explanations for supernatural events.
Additionally, the psychiatric/psychology sciences are relatively new. Historically, people often turned to their religious community in times of need, but it monetary, medical of psychological. There are still a lot of people who turn to their church for help.
So I think there is often a correlation between religion and things like this, but it isn't that the church causes it, just that a lot of people with these issues end up in the church.
If I had to guess, I would say more people die in the hospital than other places. This isn't the fault of the hospital, just a consequence of the purpose of the hospital.