Schizophrenia and Religion? |
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 Jul 9 2008, 07:08 PM
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 But why?  Group: Member Posts: 44 Joined: Aug 2007 Member No: 567,086  |
Wrong topic name.
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Jul 9 2008, 08:13 PM
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 DDR \\ I'm Dee :) Group: Mentor Posts: 8,662 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 384,020 |
LOL, sorry there's something that I find to be amusing about this.
Well, have you taken into consideration that religious people "talk" to their god, but their god doesn't talk back? Trees and animals will "talk" to schizo's, but they don't talk to religious people. Unless that person is a religious schizophrenic. |
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Jul 9 2008, 08:30 PM
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But why? Group: Member Posts: 44 Joined: Aug 2007 Member No: 567,086 |
Have you taken into consideration that people who "talk" to their god, have said they have gotten a response back? I don't understand how you can possibly say "their god doesn't talk back" when you don't know that. Sorry I fail to see the humor about this?
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Jul 11 2008, 02:00 PM
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 ;) Group: Duplicate Posts: 2,374 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,760 |
You're taking the term "schizophrenia" from a wikipedia entry and not thinking about the deeper contexts of the term. If you've studied this "mental illness," you'll know that there are medical treatments for it as well as certain symptoms such as paranoia, etc. that are what lead to the diagnosis "schizophrenia."
When you find the pill that will "cure" religion, please call and inform us. |
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Jul 11 2008, 02:02 PM
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;) Group: Duplicate Posts: 2,374 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,760 |
Oh, while you're at it, why don't you diagnose all the children who believe in Santa Clause as schizophrenics, too.
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Jul 11 2008, 09:00 PM
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But why? Group: Member Posts: 44 Joined: Aug 2007 Member No: 567,086 |
No no, I completely agree with you, I guess my real question(because remember I never really claimed to know what I was talking about, it was originally and still is a question) was, why do some people call someone who "talks to trees" etc, "not 'normal'", but not to someone who talks to a higher being? Forget the whole schizo mumbojumbo, if I could change the topic, I would, because it ultimately wasn't really what I meant.
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Jul 11 2008, 09:52 PM
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 Vae Victis Group: Official Member Posts: 1,416 Joined: Sep 2006 Member No: 460,227 |
Because religion has a persistent context dating back to centuries of worship. It is a refined, systematic doctrine with historically-significant icons. Find a tree-worshiper who was inspired by his or her love of foliage in the same way that Martin Luther King drew on a higher being, and your analogy will hold some water.
That doesn't make it any less absurd as an amiable truth, for me, but I can recognize its appeal, however frivolous I believe it to be. |
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Jul 11 2008, 10:16 PM
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But why? Group: Member Posts: 44 Joined: Aug 2007 Member No: 567,086 |
thank you very much.
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Jul 11 2008, 10:24 PM
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DDR \\ I'm Dee :) Group: Mentor Posts: 8,662 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 384,020 |
Reidar shuts down topics.
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Jul 24 2008, 12:36 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 5,166 Joined: Oct 2007 Member No: 585,858 |
dizz schizo religinn shiett madd gaay... alll nuttinn buttt makk upp shiett..
QUOTE(karmakiller @ Jul 9 2008, 09:13 PM)  LOL, sorry there's something that I find to be amusing about this. Well, have you taken into consideration that religious people "talk" to their god, but their god doesn't talk back? Trees and animals will "talk" to schizo's, but they don't talk to religious people. Unless that person is a religious schizophrenic. QUOTE(ernestprongs @ Jul 9 2008, 09:30 PM) Have you taken into consideration that people who "talk" to their god, have said they have gotten a response back? I don't understand how you can possibly say "their god doesn't talk back" when you don't know that. Sorry I fail to see the humor about this? DEMM PPLL NEEDAA TAKK SUMM PIX... 
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Jul 24 2008, 01:15 PM
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 asdfghjkl; Group: Official Designer Posts: 1,121 Joined: Jul 2008 Member No: 665,416 |
billions of people believe in a higher being.
people think ^religious people are normal, because they probably believe in God, or a higher being too. therefore accepting their belief as normal. &i guess if there were billions of tree talkers then, well, it would be normal? cause then it would be a common practice. and people wouldn't think it to unorthodox or anything. |
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Jul 24 2008, 01:17 PM
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Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 5,166 Joined: Oct 2007 Member No: 585,858 |
QUOTE(nikx618 @ Jul 24 2008, 02:15 PM) billions of people believe in a higher being. people think ^religious people are normal, because they probably believe in God, or a higher being too. therefore accepting their belief as normal. &i guess if there were billions of tree talkers then, well, it would be normal? cause then it would be a common practice. and people wouldn't think it to unorthodox or anything. suu wat dizz othaa higghurr beein...
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