(March 6, 2018 at 8:48 pm)Cecelia Wrote: So the guy really believes he met Jesus.
If he said he really met Elvis Presley in a bar last week would you believe him then? Assuming he was genuine, I mean. Or would you assume him a liar?
If he was genuine, I would believe he believes it, whether or not it is true is a different story. The only thing is assuming it was a hallucination, can hallucinations be altered by thoughts during a hallucination? For example, if I am hallucinating a bright light and I think about Jesus, or assume that light is Jesus, could I actually hallucinate seeing man's face who says he is Jesus? I was thinking maybe that is why Christians report seeing Jesus, they have him on par with God, some say he is God. Therefore, could it be they see a light, think "gee that light must be Jesus" and then they start feeling that they are talking to him? I know Muslims only think of Muhammad as a prophet and not on par with Allah, so if a Christian and a Muslim both see light at the end of a tunnel, the Christian is more likely to interpret it as Christ than a Muslim seeing it as Muhammad. Getting beside myself here, but I guess the main question is, can thoughts and ideas shape and or change a hallucination while it is going on?
