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From: jmichael@noscvax.UUCP (James A. Michael)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Neurosis and Sin
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Date: Mon, 3-Dec-84 12:50:09 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec  3 12:50:09 1984
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(Whoever eats this line is guilty of sin)

I never equated "neurosis" with "the common cold."  If somebody
can believe that "... neurosis is a result of sin," then, using
the same arcane logic, he/she could conclude that any physical
or mental disorder also follows from sin.  I don't agree with this,
but if this is "juvenile," then I'm guilty.  Charley Wingate also
quotes Carl Jung as, "Neurosis is almost always a substitute for
legitimate suffering," and responds, "Sounds like sin to me."
Again, I don't agree with this difinition of sin, and doubt that
Jung would, also. 

				Jim Michael
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