Aren't schizophrenics who accept they have non-veridical experiences MORE rational than the religious?

Question

I find it likewise amusing that we can convince a blind person there is a world that we sighted people see... given the persistence of evidence, decades of testimony, and the unabashed consistency of the claim.

And yet, a person without any visible disorder will deny the existence of reality over and over again. The basis for which is the opposite of demonstration.

The schizophrenic realizes they are wrong, when they may be justified given their experience, which can be very convincing, to think themselves right. And yet the religious points to nothing, to lack of experience, lack of a God, lack of consistent data... and comes to justify the Truth of a deity.

What kind of bizarro world is this when the schizophrenic is the paradigm case for rationality?

Answer 1

u forgot to take ur meds again

Answer 2

Excellent question.

I would like to bring up a point here, its a bit of a tangent to your analysis. It has to do with a point of view of the metaphysical community (different from the religious community) in relation to your question.

Many in the metaphysical ............

Oh hell its late and don't feel like writing a few pages here!

Point is there is no rationality for many religious ones, and that is extremely dangerous for the rest of us.

Answer 3

I think sometimes that schizophrenics are, mentally, very powerful people. They've actually built their own reality in a way.

Answer 4

not necessarily, but they can hold their breath underwater longer and tend to have better batting averages than most major league shortstops,except for left handers and a very few righties

Answer 5

Sure they are. Have this thumbs-up rating.