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Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder

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RE: Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder

March 20, 2012 at 1:00 pm (This post was last modified: March 20, 2012 at 1:10 pm by Cyberman.)

See, this is exactly what I was referring to in your other thread, when I spoke about rationalising away any attempts at explanation and discarding alternative possibilites, some of which may be vaild. You have had this experience and you were clearly impressed by it. Naturally you're going to be defensive of it.

If you'll indulge me, I'd like to present a video to illustrate the problem. Please don't be put off by the cheesy 80's 'schools tv' type music at the start, I promise it's not that sort of video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T69TOuqaqXI

At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'

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Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder - by Hunter9035 - March 20, 2012 at 11:50 am

RE: Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder - by NoMoreFaith - March 20, 2012 at 11:52 am

RE: Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder - by zip_ster - March 20, 2012 at 1:21 pm

RE: Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder - by The Grand Nudger - March 20, 2012 at 11:58 am

RE: Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder - by Hunter9035 - March 20, 2012 at 12:01 pm

RE: Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder - by Nine - March 20, 2012 at 12:07 pm

RE: Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder - by NoMoreFaith - March 20, 2012 at 12:17 pm

RE: Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder - by The Grand Nudger - March 20, 2012 at 12:17 pm

RE: Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder - by Hunter9035 - March 20, 2012 at 12:19 pm

RE: Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder - by NoMoreFaith - March 20, 2012 at 12:38 pm

RE: Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder - by The Grand Nudger - March 20, 2012 at 12:23 pm

RE: Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder - by Cyberman - March 20, 2012 at 1:00 pm

RE: Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder - by Hunter9035 - March 20, 2012 at 1:42 pm

RE: Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder - by Cyberman - March 20, 2012 at 1:52 pm

RE: Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder - by Hunter9035 - March 20, 2012 at 2:04 pm

RE: Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder - by NoMoreFaith - March 20, 2012 at 3:04 pm

RE: Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder - by Phil - March 21, 2012 at 8:38 am

RE: Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder - by Norfolk And Chance - March 20, 2012 at 5:37 pm

RE: Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder - by Cyberman - March 20, 2012 at 2:11 pm

RE: Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder - by Hunter9035 - March 20, 2012 at 2:51 pm

RE: Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder - by Phil - March 21, 2012 at 8:36 am

RE: Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder - by Cyberman - March 21, 2012 at 1:37 pm

RE: Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder - by Cyberman - March 20, 2012 at 3:09 pm

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RE: Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder - by Hunter9035 - March 20, 2012 at 5:26 pm

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RE: Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder - by Hunter9035 - March 20, 2012 at 6:39 pm

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RE: Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder - by Creed of Heresy - March 21, 2012 at 9:12 am

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RE: Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder - by Creed of Heresy - March 21, 2012 at 9:39 am

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RE: Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder - by NoMoreFaith - March 21, 2012 at 7:53 am

RE: Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder - by Norfolk And Chance - March 21, 2012 at 8:20 am

RE: Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder - by KichigaiNeko - March 21, 2012 at 8:38 am

RE: Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder - by KichigaiNeko - March 21, 2012 at 8:40 am

RE: Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder - by KichigaiNeko - March 21, 2012 at 9:23 am

RE: Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder - by Phil - March 21, 2012 at 9:26 am

RE: Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder - by Nine - March 21, 2012 at 9:27 am

RE: Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder - by Phil - March 21, 2012 at 9:30 am

RE: Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder - by KichigaiNeko - March 21, 2012 at 9:31 am

RE: Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder - by Norfolk And Chance - March 21, 2012 at 12:09 pm

RE: Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder - by Creed of Heresy - March 21, 2012 at 12:54 pm

RE: Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder - by KichigaiNeko - March 21, 2012 at 9:43 am

RE: Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder - by Creed of Heresy - March 21, 2012 at 10:04 am

RE: Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder - by Nine - March 21, 2012 at 10:12 am

RE: Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder - by KichigaiNeko - March 21, 2012 at 10:14 am

RE: Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder - by Nine - March 21, 2012 at 10:19 am

RE: Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder - by Creed of Heresy - March 21, 2012 at 10:22 am

RE: Differentiating a religious experience/including hallucinations from a psyc disorder - by Nine - March 21, 2012 at 10:23 am

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