November 27, 2006
The Greatest Bipolar Disorder Article Ever
Think that rates of diagnosis of bipolar disorder have gotten out of hand? Here's an old article from The Onion, which I'd forgotten until running into it on My Back Pages. "God Diagnosed With Bipolar Disorder" starts with:
"In a diagnosis that helps explain the confusing and contradictory aspects of the cosmos that have baffled philosophers, theologians, and other students of the human condition for millennia, God, creator of the universe and longtime deity to billions of followers, was found Monday to suffer from bipolar disorder."
And ends with:
"'One of the major 'heresies' of Christian history is the Gnostic belief that the Creator, or 'demiurge,' of this troubled world is a blind, idiot god who is insane,' Jurgens said. 'This idea surfaces in many religious traditions around the globe. As it turns out, they were only half right: God has His problems like anyone else, but He is essentially trying His best. He just has a condition that makes His emotions fly out of control at times'."
Classic shit.
Posted by Philip Dawdy at November 27, 2006 12:55 AM
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I love this.
..."living in a universe run by an Omnipresent Loved One not fully in control of his emotions."
This somehow gives me strange comfort, that I can run my universe the same way. Whereever I go, there I am.
Ah, such good stuff. Thanks for the back-link. Interesting site you have here.
