The problem isn't about being a Christian, it about your brother being uneducated about Mental Illness & even being uneducated about his Christianity (because Christianity doesn't teach what he's saying) & his personality refusing to allow himself to be educated about Mental Illness & also about his Christianity beliefs.

The fact is that prayer can help with our MI......asking for guidance to the right pdoc who will treat us with the right medication that can take care of chemical imbalance that's causing us to struggle so much with our MI. Prayer to help us accept the pdoc's treatment & strength to NOT stop the meds when we are feeling better. Prayer directed in the right way with God can help us deal much better with our MI.....not cure it.

Sadly, the beliefs your brother is holding are those of the Dark Ages before there was knowledge about MI & he's refusing to come into the modern day education that even most Christian's who are willing to become knowledgeable about MI & know that MI is an illness as all other illnesses.

I am sorry that you are having to put up with this. I remember my father had certain beliefs he held in his mind & no matter what he was told, he refused to learn new understanding (not about MI).....it wasn't just about his Christian thinking, it was his views on education, politics, & any other subject that he could hold a closed mindedness on.....his personality....not his Christianity.....think your brother has those narrow minded traits...which even non-Christians can have.

Prayer can also be good toward your brother asking for God to open his mind to the truth about MI.

Your mother does understand because BP is an inherited illness which is passed down through the generations.....so there are other's in your family who have been suffering with it......what your mother says is true.....the chances of your kids having the same MI as you is very great....definitely something to take into consideration.