Megachurch Pastor: No Such Thing As Mental Illness

The Christian Post reports:

In what at least one critic has dismissed as the Dunning Krueger Effect in action, Pastor John MacArthur of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, claims there is no such thing as mental illness. MacArthur, who is also the president of The Master’s College and Seminary, called mental illnesses “noble lies” while speaking during a panel discussion at Grace Church of the Valley last Thursday.

MacArthur urged parents not to believe in “noble lies” he alleges are being supported by the pharmaceutical industry so they can sell medication. MacArthur’s comments about mental illness came in response to a question about helping parents navigate America’s “cultural disaster.” “The homosexuals say we are coming after your kids. They’re not trying to protect them, they’re targeting them in the schools. They’re targeting them through the media.”

Read the full article. MacArthur last appeared here in February 2024 when he declared that Martin Luther King was not a Christian. Earlier that same week he raged that Christians who attend same-sex weddings are “celebrating stepping into the fury of God’s judgment.”

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