(March 30, 2012 at 7:41 pm)Telsa Wrote:Quote:What would you say if a Muslim or Hindu told you the same thing? Probably that it's nonsense and you'd be right. When you understand that you will have some insight into the way people view what you have just said.
If a Muslim or Hindu told me that they were experiencing similar things, I would have a bevy of questions for them. I would probably assume their schizo, just based on pure probablity and the fact that I don't think Hinduism is accurate or Islam is true. On the other hand, Buddhism is obviously true, as any seeker will find (meditate!); and Christianity is true, as any seeker will find (pray!).
I think I'm different b/c I DON'T have any of the symptoms of schizophrenia--I have coherent, logical, and critical thinking (as opposed to fuzzy, incorehent delusional thinking); I am a participating member in the community (as opposed to isolative); I don't suffer from bipolar, depression, or any other co-occuring disorder (unlike many schizos); I shower reguarly (unlike many schizos) and no-one who knows me well thinks I am suffering from schizophrenia (usually those close to sufferers from schizophrenia find it painfully obvious). There.
I don't neccessarily think you are schizophrenic or psychotic, which refers to a specific cluster of symptoms outlined in the DSM-IV, I don't have enough info to make a diagnosis. A person can have false beliefs without being overtly delusional. Take white supremecists or folks who believe in new age medicine. This is the difference between mental illness and incorrect superstitious belief. I think you are correctly skeptical of other religions but like many theists you appear to have a blind spot for your own. Take that same skepticism and apply it to your own beliefs and it will yield similar results.
"A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything." -Friedrich Nietzsche
"All thinking men are atheists." -Ernest Hemmingway
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." -Voltaire
"All thinking men are atheists." -Ernest Hemmingway
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." -Voltaire