First of all thanks to the Christians/Atheists/Agnostics etc who have answered my questions
I was wondering what you all think of the following theory:
If you hold to the premise that Jesus, Moses, Abraham etc were real people (there is reasonable evidence for this) - could their visions/experiences of 'talking to god' could have been as a result of a condition like Temporal Lobe Epilepsy or Schizophrenia, both of which are characterised by the inducement of hallucinations (visual, auditory etc)
There are examples through history where symptoms of neurological/mental illness has been mistaken for possession etc
The lady who founded the seventh day adventists had classic signs of TLE for example.
Stimulation of the temporal lobes in a controlled setting results in induced hallucinations relevant to ones beliefs
Were these prophets suffering from mental illness/ hallucinations that manifested itself in forms relevant to their beliefs?
Thanks for any responses
2007-08-28
01:25:27
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