Psychosis - another reason to be anti-theist

[bennyboy]

I also knew a schizophrenic guy who had (I'm guessing) about a 160 IQ. Talk about challenging assumptions.

A coworker who told me that when he was a police officer, he was told about a homeless person in our area who was actually a millionaire. This homeless person had some tragedy in his life and just started wandering the streets.

My sister used to volunteer distributing donuts every week to homeless. She told me about one homeless man in particular who was very intelligent, well educated, charming, etc. He had spent many years in the Navy before something caused him to become homeless.

There is another guy I often see who always wears shorts and a T-shirt - even when it's winter time. My mother said she saw somebody give him a blanket for warmth, but he just looked at it confused and rolled it up under his arm. Another guy used to jog down the median every day pointing at the sky. He would kneel and cross himself at every stop light. My sister in law offered him a ride once, and he said "I'm just that crazy guy. I don't need a ride, but thanks anyway."

It's a shame that these people are homeless. They seem like good people. aside from their problems.

I'm not so sure that it's so much a problem for some of them as for us. Nothing pisses normal people off like someone who doesn't want to live their life eating, shitting and making babies.

When I was a kid I used to meditate, fast, do drugs. . . whatever to explore myself. I'd walk 10 miles barefoot just to enjoy the soothing feeling of walking on a cool beach. I'd spend the night on the beach, freezing my ass off, even though my hotel room was a 10-minute walk away. . . just to see what it really meant to appreciate the sun when it rose.

Now, I'm making money. My wife is hot (to me at least), my kids are coming along okay. But it's a rare week when I don't wish I could kick of my shoes and walk off into the horizon. Ask my in-laws, and that kind of talk is stark raving insanity. But that's just because I wouldn't be acting the way they want me to.