Re: Prophets & Schizophrenia
If that 'divine scripture' that they have regurgitated out was merely psychotic episodes then those who define their lives by it are merely playing out the thoughts of, oh let's be political incorrect, madmen. Yesterday’s Prophet, today’s mentally ill homeless, do they share a vision?
Re: Prophets & Schizophrenia
you haven’t answered any of my questions
figures
BTW, if your theory holds true, schizophrenics sure have a way with words 
Certainly fooled me, and pretty much everyone else who has ever lived.
Anyway, you ain’t up for a discussion and I am not into spouting rhetoric, so I’ll leave you to your musings.
Good night.
Re: Prophets & Schizophrenia
utd bhaijaan, there is no proof to say who had schizophrenia and who didn't after all even if they all were alive today and were willing to go through a CT scan, it still cannot be proved beyond doubt that their experiences are schizophrenic or not.
The litmus test of true prophets always have been the life they spent before they proclaimed to be prophet. Usually their previous life has known to be an anonymous, with large amounts dedicated to secluded worship where people admired them for their honestly, truthfulness and wisdom and then these individuals outburst into a life of passionate missionary work where most people around them turn against them & they are considered to be heretic, insane and blasphemous.
Then again the above is common for prophets of the Ibrahamic traditions, so only God knows.
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I thought slanderers such as Abu Jahl, Abu Lahb etc. existed in the Prophet’s time only. To see a modern-day miniature version of them is truly an amusing experience for me 
Reminds me of a few ayaah’s of Surah Al-Qalam:
1. Nun. By the Pen and the (Record) which (men) write,-
2. Thou art not, by the Grace of thy Lord, mad or possessed.
3. Nay, verily for thee is a Reward unfailing:
4. And thou (standest) on an exalted standard of character.
5. Soon wilt thou see, and they will see,
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15. When to him are rehearsed Our Signs, “Tales of the ancients”, he cries! 16. Soon shall We brand (the beast) on the snout!
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51. And the Unbelievers would almost trip thee up with their eyes when they hear the Message; and they say: “Surely he is possessed!”
52. But it is nothing less than a Message to all the worlds.
Re: Prophets & Schizophrenia
UTD I guess you are free to day dream.
A person does not need to wonder about something when they know it is not so.
Re: Prophets & Schizophrenia
Insensitive and offensive question, does not take into account sentiments of those who have faith and deep reverence for their Prophets.
Iam sorry, but such questions really dont mean crap to those who have faith…
Re: Prophets & Schizophrenia
I think admadjee answered it well.
Even in the Bible, the disciples (along the lines of prophets) are human and have human characteristics and slants. Any one who reads about John the Baptist would certainly wonder about his mental stability.
But just because someone is mentally ill (along the lines of schizophrenic) does that mean that they cannot be religious or closer to God?
Re: Prophets & Schizophrenia
Ok- I posted the above not to instigate but because if I put aside the initial knee-jerk to attack and say no way, it could be a possibility.
While doing clinicals when I was younger I worked with a lot of mentally ill people and most were a lot purer in the soul than people who were not.
Re: Prophets & Schizophrenia
Thanks for the comments ahmadjee.
MQ faith does not equal fact.
Hulk & FG, it is common for religious members to get upset when someone looks for a scientific reason to explain religious acts or in this case persons. It is not meant to offend but to examine.
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UTM,
Iam not offended, stating the common human behavior expected when such questions are raised. Does your question lead to any examination? More speculation than examination I must add. Scientific results are either based on actual results OR theoretical assumptions. Your question falls in the later, speculative/theoretical argument. Such theories based on human assumptions are first of all directly related to the persons conditioning which moulds their thinking and biases. Also, theories are theories which have a tendency to change as new information is obtained.
Whereas, religioins belong to the metaphysicals, spiritual aspects of human experiences. To try and find scientific answers to such beliefs like I said is speculative. QED
Re: Prophets & Schizophrenia
UTM,
Although the guy from the Beautiful Mind was accomplished, it was not due to his visions of his roommate, the lil girl, or the secret service that caused any of the great leaps in mathematics. It is true that when a part of the brain is damaged, it sets a person back in some aspects while causes unbound innovation in the other. They may become extremely creative in art or music or mathematics (depending on what part of the left or right brain gets damaged)...however they feel extremely out of sync with social customs and emotions. If you pick up last months issue of Scientific America MIND (its a spinoff magazine) it talks about creativity and relation to brain damage.
We could assume that Prophet Muhammad's right brain had some damage to it and therefore his poetic creativity became unrivaled. However, there is no evidence that his social behaviour changed for the worse, and in fact he went from isolation and into the limelight...a leader of a social structure. Even if he did have some schizophrenic tendency; there is no reason to believe that God cannot use aspects of the brain to reveal visions to Prophets. After all, if one person sees an angel..and another person standing there doesn't...then that would require the brain of the seer to be different in order to process that image..or quite possibly the brain itself creates that image and the sound etc. However, this does not prove that its not from God...because otherwise ur asserting that God can only affect things outside our mind.
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It is not possible for a human being to produce a new thought which has no link with previous information in their mind. When it comes to languages the Arabic of the Qur'an is very much distinct from the spoken arabic of the time. This gap is unexplained as all languages develop and no gap is produced.
At the time of the Prophet Moosa(as) magic was what the society was involved in. When in Pharoah's court when dropped his staff and it became a snake even the other magicians knew this was more than simple magic.
At the time of the Prophet Isa(as) medicine and healing was what the society was involved in. The Prophet Isa(as) healed people and even brought back people from the dead.
At the time of the Prophet Mohammad(saw) poetry is what the society was involved in. Even the arabs around him said he didn't write it. Also the fact that no one has been able to imitate it shows that it is not from any human.
All prophets bring with them miracles so anyone who claims to be a Prophet needs to be able to produce miracles, something that anyone who has claimed to be a Prophet after the Prophet Mohammad(saw) has been unable to produce and proven themselves to be liars and are probably as you say schizzos