How can Christians not admit Christianity is all a pile of garbage when ...?

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I'd go so far as to guess that the vast majority of people do at times exhibit symptoms of some disorder or another, without meeting clinical criteria (and in most cases, not even coming close). This doesn't mean that people who do meet the criteria aren't disordered.

Well, I certainly agree with that.

In fact, in the case of schizophrenia (merely imagining things to the point where they appear lucidly real), if this mental phenomenon could be mastered to the point where it could be called upon only when a person wishes to do so, then could that even be called a "disorder"?

If you have full control over it, and can call upon it at will, and potentially even call only 'spiritual archetypes that you are attempting to call', then should that be considered to be a 'disorder' or a 'skill'?

I mean, even if these hallucinations are being manufactured by the brain, shouldn't it still be considered a 'skill' to be able to induce their creation willfully?

And would there be anything wrong with this?

I mean people are often encouraged to use their imagination, and surely just about everyone daydreams, not to mention dreaming at night.

So if they could summon up characters who they could actually converse with shouldn't that be considered to be a cerebral 'skill'.

In fact, if our minds are capable of such feats shouldn't we all be interested in learning how to tap into this potential resource, if only for the purpose of entertainment?

I think it would be cool to be able to conjure up in my mind characters who are so convincingly real that I could actually have a 'chat' with them and feel as though I have just had a conversation with a totally separate being.

I personally think that would be super cool.

I'd love to be able to do that. I mean, assuming that I could control when it happens and control some aspect of the characters that I'm summoning up.

Right now I can imagine in my mind such characters. Surely everyone can. But bringing them to life to the point where they actually appear to have a mind of their own in terms of a conversation would be pretty interesting I think.

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Actually I used to think that if I could imagine such a seemingly independent character that would be "proof" of a separate spirit. But now I m not so sure. It could still just be an illusion even though it seems to be real. Such a character would need to be even more convincing by actually telling me something I don't already know, and couldn't have possibly known prior to being told.

But if that were to happen that would be impressive!