what is the name for when a person hallucinates a religious face appearing?

Question

There is a name for a person who may be drinking a cup of coffee and looks inside and notices the face of the virgin mary, I was wondering if anyone knew the name for it?

Answer 1

It's Gestalt. Anytime your brain ascribes human characteristics to something like that, it's Gestalt.

Answer 2

Psychologists have a simple way of describing these religious sightings. It's called “projection.” It's like seeing shapes in clouds, but produces an emotional response because the people finding the Virgin Mary are “searching for some kind of a sign,” said Douglas Bloomquist, professor of psychology at Framingham State College.

“We draw upon what's stored in our memories…when we impose this organization to make sense of what otherwise might be nonsense,” Bloomquist said.

Answer 3

Yet another reason Hitchens isn't going to win any philosophy awards. The "Hitchens Proposal" is a straw man. The Moral Argument *depends* on the fact that no religious person can perform a moral act that a non-religious person can't. Hitchens is trying to get theists to refute one of their own arguments. Now, that wouldn't be so bad if Hitchens actually knew what he was doing. But he hasn't bothered to study the subject in any kind of depth whatsoever, so he thinks that the "moral argument" means "you need religion to be moral."

Answer 4

Icon-specific personalization

Answer 5

Delusional.

Answer 6

Magic Mushroom Muncher.

Answer 7

Unstable comes to mind....

Answer 8

Apperition (sp?)

Answer 9

Pill time.

Answer 10

crazy