Posted by Sofia on August 24, 1999, at 23:54:20
In reply to Thanks for the follow-ups..., posted by Malia on August 24, 1999, at 10:53:33
>Speaking for myself alone, I am proud to have faults, and not ashamed to say I need a little bit of help. I'm only human and so are all of us here, and perhaps we should not be so ashamed of our conditions.
Amen! Way interesting topic. You just hit the nail right on the head!! We are ALL experiencing the less-than-perfect human condition, with or without depression, and we ALL need a little bit of help. I guess it just depends on the individual whether they choose to attach stigma or not to depression. Please be warned, I am about to make en even more shocking disclosure.....read on at your own discretion.
I am a born-again Christian, and what I have experienced in my naivete of telling the "thems" is that: if an individual tends to be judgemental and self-righteous so much so that they cannot possibly tolerate human faults or flaws on ANY level, they are consequently very lonely and unhappy with themselves as well. I have encountered this such response, it is sad to say, within my church family, which means much more to me than my co-workers. It's nice to be able to choose the "more excellent way" and forgive the "thems" for not being perfect. I mean, when you think about it, you could argue that a perfect person by definition would no longer be human, but then how could the perfect possibly understand, or relate to, the flawed, unless the being were both human and perfect. I believe The Holy Bible is The Word of God. The Bible says that only one person has ever been both human and perfect: Yeshua Messiah (aka, The Savior Jesus Christ, The Son of God, The Lamb of God, The Bread of Life, The Resurrection, The Truth, The Way, The Life, etc). I no longer believe I need to apologize to anyone for being less than perfect. As a born-again Christian I believe that there's Good News and bad news. The bad news: the human condition (i.e., physical death and spiritual death) and the shame that goes with it, we inherited from Adam and Eve.
The Good News: For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him, should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16
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