I think we're getting a bit off-topic here. Religion has nothing to do with clinical depression, nor does culture, country or race. Its a clinical, physical illness. Those who find enough comfort in their country, religion or circumstance to overcome the blues are not clinically depressed. Those who ARE clinically depressed need medical assistance to battle their disease whether its medication or counselling. And the disease of clinical depression can affect anyone - from any culture, religion or race.
Off-topic but your statement "their gov. is facing the issue how to stop conversions" is way off base and simply not true. I can attest to that as a christian-born and raised gori very happily married to a Muslim Pakistani man for over a decade.
I never used the words culture, country or race while putting forward my point. I only used religion. And i also never said, while using word religion, that ppl with clinical dep shouldnt seek help.
I was conveying a point, that i also personally believe in i.e., connecting depression to religion.
But ur post's first part made me also realize that depression is treated independently as a disease. Like anyother disease one suffers. Ok that was good to add to my facts list.
And now the last part "Off-topic but your statement "their gov. is facing the issue how to stop conversions" is way off base and simply not true. I can attest to that as a christian-born and raised gori very happily married to a Muslim Pakistani man for over a decade".
I dont know on what basis u can call it untrue. It isnt me who produced the report , it isnt me who reserached it , iwasnt the analyst. They were all americans. I read it sometime beginning of dis year or end of last. And until iread it , ihad always heard similar things, but didnt believe cuz i didnt come accross any such evidence , I dont have the report with me unfortunately, but iwill try to google it and see if ican find it. Not only the article discussed conversion issue, it listed major issues faced by gov. It included dropping literacy rate, economic downturn. Now if one doesnt believe in the "conversion" part i wrote here, he wud definitely know the other two , are real and existing issues faced by US gov. Then if those cud b true den y cant the first one be.
Anyhow u can google and find some amazing facts urself. And Sorry but ur statemnt chirstian-born raised gori....married to Muslim man, i dont c how it fits in this discussion, or how u can use it to attest that above statement wasnt true. I dont c how u can compare an individual case to a population over 303million . And didnt even talk about a specific one case, christian wife and muslim husband. I just dont c how it fits in here.
N den i didnt make up any facts or details. Govs keep such information discreet, how things get leaked,... idont know.