Did Muhammad Have Paranoid Schizophrenia? (hell, prophet, Muslims, bible)
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Because I'm told that it's great to label religious figures with psychological disorders. People really appreciate it.
So? Do you think he had this? Some of his writings were jumbled and contradictory. He seemed to have a great deal of distruct for outsiders. And he writes about some pretty weird stuff.
(Btw, this is just to prove a point. Just as Christians shouldn't put up with someone who thinks they have a grandson who "might be autistic" I'm pretty sure most Muslims would be pissed off at this suggestion that their leader "might be crazy". Feel free to do whatever with this thread.)
Because I'm told that it's great to label religious figures with psychological disorders. People really appreciate it.
So? Do you think he had this? Some of his writings were jumbled and contradictory. He seemed to have a great deal of distruct for outsiders. And he writes about some pretty weird stuff.
(Btw, this is just to prove a point. Just as Christians shouldn't put up with someone who thinks they have a grandson who "might be autistic" I'm pretty sure most Muslims would be pissed off at this suggestion that their leader "might be crazy". Feel free to do whatever with this thread.)
Because I'm told that it's great to label religious figures with psychological disorders. People really appreciate it.
So? Do you think he had this? Some of his writings were jumbled and contradictory. He seemed to have a great deal of distruct for outsiders. And he writes about some pretty weird stuff.
(Btw, this is just to prove a point. Just as Christians shouldn't put up with someone who thinks they have a grandson who "might be autistic" I'm pretty sure most Muslims would be pissed off at this suggestion that their leader "might be crazy". Feel free to do whatever with this thread.)
Coming from a guy who thinks Autistic kids are "twits", and that you shouldn't be able to challenge religion until you are an adult, or challenge anyone older than you.
Muhammad was probably just like the people from the Bible: Fictional.
There is a certain pattern of neural circuit that trigger religiosity of various degrees in humans.
At present there are tons of research done to support that drastic changes in that neural wirings in the brain that manifest various degree of religiosity in patients.
There are many factors and variables that can trigger that religiosity neural circuit in the brain, i.e.
1. Mental illness - e.g. schizophrenia, temporal lope epilepsy
2. Brain damage - e.g. stroke in the case of Jill Bolte
3. Hallucinogens, mushrooms, fungus, millipedes,
4. Drugs, artificial and natural
5. Accidental knock on the head
6. Out of the blue - Paul of Damascus
7. Spiritual training
8. Various altered states of experiences from the above
9. .. and others - anything that trigger that circuit
From the Quran and the historical biography of Muhammad there are obvious indications Muhammad have had experiences of altered states during his life which are most likely to be from Temporal Lope Epilepsy or some other similar mental illness.
Note this video on Temporal Epilepsy and God which is a psychiatric case;
When Muhammad experienced his first altered states he was scared to hell and his wife in collaboration with others had to console him he was the prophesied messenger. Generally those who have had altered states related to religion usually experienced some sort of epiphany and tremendous bliss.
If Muhammad had gone through specific spiritual practices, he would have anticipated it and not be scared stiff.
Muhammad is not likely to have paranoid schizophrenia which usually effect the person's cognitive functions. From the raids and battles Muhammad has schemed and planned we can rule out schizophrenia.
Muhammad most likely suffered from some form of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy and experienced certain altered states. He was convinced by third parties he was the prophesized messenger which many Jews and Christians then were expecting. So Muhammad was corralled [guided] into the mold of a prophet by others.
Just imagine, solely based on the grounds of a mental illness, humanity is now suffering from SOME [not all] Muslims who blindly believed Allah conveyed his message to Muhammad via angel Gabriel.
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