God is the great spirit friend

[jstrodel]

This is a direct quote from Strudel:

I was involved in a demonic ritual in which I told an evil spirit that it could rule over me. I gave the evil spirit dominion over me through a sexual ritual. During this time, I would spend long periods of time communicating with evil spirits, who would move and influence the world around me. I would feel the spirits touch me and talk to me.

For 3 years I did not have control over my body. I would walk around, and try and move my arms and hands and try as hard as I could to stop myself from moving around and I could not do so. I have felt many evil spirits try and hold on to me. They possessed my body for several years, like I said. I collected disability because I could not work. I could feel the spirits inside of me.

This is what Wikipedia has to say about schizophrenia:

Schizophrenia (/ˌskɪtsɵˈfrɛniə/ or /ˌskɪtsɵˈfriːniə/) is a mental disorder characterized by a breakdown of thought processes and by a deficit of typical emotional responses.[1] Common symptoms include auditory hallucinations, paranoid or bizarre delusions, or disorganized speech and thinking, and it is accompanied by significant social or occupational dysfunction. The onset of symptoms typically occurs in young adulthood, with a global lifetime prevalence of about 0.3–0.7%.[2] Diagnosis is based on observed behavior and the patient's reported experiences.

How does anything I wrote relate to that? I said I didn't have control of my body for around 3 years. You posted that I had hallucinations. How are the two related?

---

Would you listen to them, or would you just dismiss anyone that views things differently as being closed-minded and biased as you have done repeatedly?

There is not one true belief that I am aware of that I have rejected without deeply considering its merits and relating it as best as I can to everything else I know in the last 6 or 7 years. This is not necessarily the best way to approach everything, to believe that you know better than everyone else, but this is the way that I have lived for years and years.