RE: How can Christians not admit Christianity is all a pile of garbage when ...?
February 12, 2012 at 10:29 pm
(This post was last modified: February 12, 2012 at 10:29 pm by Jackalope.)
(February 12, 2012 at 10:14 pm)Abracadabra Wrote: I also agree that it wouldn't be considered to be schizophrenia if a person could control their lucid visions. You say, "if it were possible at all", but there are books written on how to invoke 'spirits' using these types of psychological 'thought-forms'. So evidently the authors of these books seem to be convinced that they can do it. Maybe they can?
There's at least one explanation beyond "they seem to be convinced that they can do it" that I can think of without trying very hard.
To be perfectly honest, I really couldn't care less what someone is convinced that they can do. Demonstrate it, and I my interest might be piqued. Aaah, but there's the problem.
Quote:In other words, they see these 'thought-forms' as being mere vessels that external spirits use as a means of communicating with you.
That may or may not be true. Maybe they are just having controlled schizophrenic hallucinations?
If they are controlled, they aren't "schizophrenic". There are many causes of hallucinations - and one who is able to control one's hallucinations likely doesn't meet the clinical criteria of dysfunction. On the other hand, if you mean "schizophrenic" as in hallucinations similar to those found in schizophrenics, you can drop the adjective and avoid the confusion. A hallucination is a hallucination.
