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Originally posted by adpiucf
Alert your pastor and walk away. Don't return calls or emails. If he threatens you personally, go to the police.
His problems are not your problems, and your continuing to be his crutch does not help him.
Move on. While you may feel you are being cruel, this is the right thing to do -- sometimes you have to push the baby bird out of the nest in order for him to spread his wings and learn to fly.
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I think this is excellent advice. I had dinner with my family and their Pastor over the weekend. She was talking about a mentally ill parishoner who attends church services and causes chaos for the other attendees. It is a tough situation because they feel they need to tolerate this guys behavior, even though he is a threat to the entire "church community". That is not the case though. 911 exists for a reason in cases like these. I am not a religious person, so I do not mean to offend, but you are not doing this person any good by tolerating his behavior. That has nothing to do with God or any kind of religion. I am also a Social Worker and I work with the severe mentally ill. One of our cases was referred by a churchgroup because of her behavior and she actually has gotten better now because she was able to get the help she needs. I know that this may not apply directly to your situation, but often people who have mental health issues also are preoccupied with church and religion, and will manipulate people at their church to avoid getting the help they need.
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