If anyone wants me to quote versus from either the Bible or Quran about these two absurd crazed characters, i would be more than willing to. It would only prove my point that they were insane, and would be diagnosed that way, if they lived today.
With a following:
Jesus Christ
Muhammad
Sun Myung Moon
Charles Manson
James Warren Jones
Marshall Applewhite
David Koresh
Aum Shinrikyo
Mark Prophet
Robert Earl Burton
L. Ron Hubbard
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
David “Moses”
Warren Jeffs
Elbert Eugene Spriggs
Tony Alamo
Wayne Bent
Matt F. Hale
Ervil...
Here is one study. There are more, i just have to relocate them. I have to go eat now, so wont be back for an hour.
Psychological characteristics of religious delusions
I would never assert that every case involves religion. I'm fully aware that not all delusions are religious based.
My research into studies say people who have grandiose delusions are more than likely to have a religious element.
My statement was that people who have grandiose delusions, are more likely to think their god, or speak to god,
not that religious people are prone to delusions.
In most cases religion is central and common with schizophrenia.
Religious experiences involve auditory and/or visual hallucinations and those with schizophrenia commonly report similar hallucinations, along with a variety beliefs that are commonly recognized by modern medical practitioners as...
Psychiatric illness can effect a broad spectrum of people, but people who have grandiose delusions are more likely to believe their a god, or claim they communicate with a god.
So the story claims Muhammad was a warrior.
In trials against war criminals, the defendants often plead not guilty by reason of insanity.
Insane people are military leaders.
de·lu·sion
dəˈlo͞oZHən/
noun
noun: delusion; plural noun: delusions
an idiosyncratic belief or impression that is firmly maintained despite being contradicted by what is generally accepted as reality or rational argument, typically a symptom of mental disorder.
I don't know where your going with this, but sex is used as anxiety treatment, and people do have sex many times a day, from my own experience without drugs.
Because it's the worship of anyone or anything other than god.
I personally don't have any idols, but their is nothing insane about a person worshiping an idol, as long as it's not imaginary.