Reformingstudent
Puritan Board Junior
Is Hypochondria a mental disorder or is it sin and can it be both?
I have known someone who has used their supposed illness to garner the sympathy of others to get what they wanted and felt no shame at all even though there was no real evidence of the person ever being really as sick as they claimed to be. This person has no shame and feels no guilt for using illness to manipulate others. What is worse is the fact that this person is a Christian or at lest claims to be one.
This person may actually believe them self to be ill but by their actions, I sort of doubt it. If in fact that is the case then, does it mean that they are just out and out lying? and if so, how can they repent if they feel there is no real need to? This same person has often claimed to be terminally ill and yet whenever anyone has tried to find out what is wrong they are never given a straight answer. I would not think of this person as being that wicked but her past history of lying about other things makes me wonder.
I have known someone who has used their supposed illness to garner the sympathy of others to get what they wanted and felt no shame at all even though there was no real evidence of the person ever being really as sick as they claimed to be. This person has no shame and feels no guilt for using illness to manipulate others. What is worse is the fact that this person is a Christian or at lest claims to be one.
This person may actually believe them self to be ill but by their actions, I sort of doubt it. If in fact that is the case then, does it mean that they are just out and out lying? and if so, how can they repent if they feel there is no real need to? This same person has often claimed to be terminally ill and yet whenever anyone has tried to find out what is wrong they are never given a straight answer. I would not think of this person as being that wicked but her past history of lying about other things makes me wonder.