If you think the dog told you to do something bad, why the heck would you obey?
2006-11-02 10:10:56 · 21 answers · asked by Cyber 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I think that most of the time, people who listen to the voices in their head arent actually dumb, but mentally instable. If the voices sounded intelligent, or if they were so annoying that the only way to get rid of them was to do the thing they asked, then I can see how people would listen.
If it were me, I would probably consult a doctor if I thought the dog was telling me something to do! I would worry that I had eaten something strange.
2006-11-02 10:18:06 · answer #1 · answered by its_just_me 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This isn't a religious question. It's question about serial killer, David Berkowitz, and he probably didn't really believe the neighbor's dog talked to him. Now if you had asked, "Why would you actually listen to the voice in your head you say is God (Jesus)" then we'd have something.
2006-11-02 19:23:31 · answer #2 · answered by February Rain 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"Dumb" is the wrong word. Mentally ill people are often quite intelligent, but they are lacking something in their brain that lets them tell the difference between delusions and real happenings. Sad, really - so many lives are wasted because people can't function when that happens, even if they are very smart.
2006-11-02 22:48:28 · answer #3 · answered by Maple 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There actually are psychological conditions where things like that will happen. Those voices are so cronic, that the patient will sooner or later give in to them, unless they really know what's going on before hand.....
2006-11-02 18:23:17 · answer #4 · answered by TPCAN 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only time I ever listen to the voices in my head is when they start to use words far beyond my own vocabulary....
2006-11-02 21:11:24 · answer #5 · answered by Tom I 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The voices in your head can often be convincing. It's not a matter of intelligence either.
2006-11-02 18:14:02 · answer #6 · answered by neverbeenc00l 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd obey if I were schizophrenic. That's usually what happens when folks do something based on the voices in their head.
Son of Sam -- with the whole dog thing -- may be a schizophrenic, but I dunno if that was ever proven. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/crime/caseclosed/berkowitz1.shtml) I know that was a big discussion topic after he told folks his neighbor's dog told him to kill.
2006-11-02 18:15:57 · answer #7 · answered by Maggie P 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've never listened to the stupid voices in my head. I only listen to the smart ones.
~Morg~
2006-11-02 18:13:40 · answer #8 · answered by morgorond 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yeah...and why listen to a burning bush? or a pillar of fire? or a voice from the heavens?
all those people in the bible must have been insane as well don't you think?
2006-11-02 18:13:22 · answer #9 · answered by mesquitemachine 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i listen to the voices in my head
but usually they are giving me information i can check out and get validated
i have never been commanded to do anything
2006-11-02 18:13:59 · answer #10 · answered by Peace 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋