sunil wrote:HerMajesty wrote:
Sunil I really don't think she was trying to discriminate. She is trying to get perspective on an issue through the lens of her own religion, from people who study and practice her religion.
Like since I am a Christian, if I were to approach the subject of whether or not it is OK in the context of my religion to drink alcohol, I would not ask a Muslim. Of course a Muslim will tell me it is a sin to drink alcohol but that is in the context of Islam, not Christianity. A Christian would tell me alcohol itself is not a sin, in fact Jesus drank alcohol, but abusing alcohol is a sin and causing a brother or sister who is prone to alcohol abuse to stumble is a sin, so I need to seriously consider what role alcohol takes in my life.
This is the spiritual section, not the religious debate section, and Sunil if you ever choose to write about your beliefs or ask questions exclusively of others who share your beliefs nobody is going to put you down for that.
Don't you think when you are dealing with medical professions there should be no religion? Are they not meant to treat everyone equally? It touched something in me ... if you read my experiences with hospitals like St. Vincents and Sisters of Mercy you will know being told to go back to where I came from or not getting treated was hard for me. It does raise quite a few questions in my mind what if I see a doctor who is a Christian and I don't know they are ... will they treat me equally? From my experience probably not. Medicine and religion should not mix when professionals make life saving/changing decisions.
Sunil I know it touched something in you because I have read every word you wrote about your experiences and I am sorry you have been mistreated.
When you say in dealing with medical professions shouldn't there be no religion...yes I would never choose to go or not go to a Doctor based on their religious faith and a Doctor who treats a patient differently based on their religious faith should not be a Doctor.
But the reason there is a spiritual section on a medical board for patients is that for many, or most, of us dealing with chronic pain is an experience of spiritual significance. I know it is for me because I feel strongly I was not made to suffer randomly in an indifferent world, but I was made to suffer by a loving God for a purpose.
For Faith, I think the deal is, if she had never been to a psychologist before and wanted to know what everyone thought about psychology for PN patients, she would have posted elsewhere. I think upon being asked to see a psychologist, she wanted to know specifically if psychology was an OK thing for someone of her religion to be involved in, so she posted in this section.
Believe me I know about so-called Christians acting with hate towards people of other religions. I am a Jewish Christian and as I only became a Christian about 12 years ago before that I was a secular Jew (that is, an ethnic Jew not practicing their religion, which is common in the USA, my parents were ethnic Jews and atheists). Some very ugly things have been done to the Jews in the name of Christ, and some Christians did act in a very ignorant fashion towards me. So based on that if I cared about the evil works of man I would not have become a Christian. I became a Christian because I care about God more than about man, and nothing evil that man has ever done is going to take Jesus away from me.
Sunil I think you are carrying around a lot of hurt and anger from your experiences but I don't think Faith is the person to vent that anger at as there was no offense in her question unless you look at it through the lens of the hurt and anger you are already carrying around with you. I know you believe God calls us to love one another so I hope you will let those feelings go and look back at what she said through the lens of the love God has shown to you.
Wow! Nice response, HM! 
