Religion & insanity / by Charles Williams.

  • Charles Williams
Date:
1909
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Credit: Religion & insanity / by Charles Williams. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Then, again, the element of Faith must as far as possible be cultivated and de- veloped, and any latent scepticism on the part of the patient must be at once re- moved by the person in charge of this method, who should either be a regular minister of religion, or else some one suffi- ciently well up in theology to rebut at once all the popular arguments which can be brought against the truth of Christianity. This is most important, for unless there is strong faith no beneficial result can in most cases be looked for. Fortunately, however, this difficulty will not be very often experienced, for among sufferers of this kind the failing is not so much an attitude of scepticism towards religion as a failure to realise and feel its truth. This, then, is what must be parti- cularly borne in mind and aimed at by the instructor, namely, to remedy this de- 4«
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