Is Schizophrenia a form of Demonic Posession ?

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LittleHamster wrote: Tue Jun 12, 2018 9:07 pm We have a case here where a man says he is the second coming of Christ - just after running over and killing six people, injuring dozens more. He is diagnosed possibly as being schizo. Seems there may have been a fair bit of drug use involved as well.

I don't think anyone in his "right" mind would do such a thing. When is say "right" mind, I mean that which is close to our true (loving) nature.

I suspect that drug use opened up his psychological doorway to the other side and he got possessed. It's terrible stuff to go through and the horror it caused was far worse.
It does not sound like Demon possession to me but just mental illness and drug abuse.
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abelcainsbrother wrote: Fri Feb 01, 2019 7:31 pm
LittleHamster wrote: Tue Jun 12, 2018 9:07 pm We have a case here where a man says he is the second coming of Christ - just after running over and killing six people, injuring dozens more. He is diagnosed possibly as being schizo. Seems there may have been a fair bit of drug use involved as well.

I don't think anyone in his "right" mind would do such a thing. When is say "right" mind, I mean that which is close to our true (loving) nature.

I suspect that drug use opened up his psychological doorway to the other side and he got possessed. It's terrible stuff to go through and the horror it caused was far worse.
It does not sound like Demon possession to me but just mental illness and drug abuse.
Unless the Holy Spirit shows us/tells us, we'll never know for sure what the cause is. I'm guessing it's a combination of both. Maybe bi-polar and subsequently attracted some nasty spirit(s) which influenced him. Either way, there's always a chance he can receive a healing in prison (& get saved too).
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I don't believe that just because a person is doing evil doesn't mean it's possession, but schizophrenia, from what I know and then think, is when you hear a voice or maybe more talking to you. You might feel like people are reading your mind. You might feel you have superpowers. God already knows the future. It is already there waiting to happen. Just for it to reach that time. The maniac of gadara was possessed. So that man could've been possessed too.
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https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-schizophrenia.html
There are also those who believe schizophrenia is spiritual in nature, as in demon possession. This idea comes from the Bible’s accounts of people whose symptoms appear to mirror schizophrenia. While demon possession is possible in some cases, it is unlikely to be the cause for the majority. Schizophrenics do not have a reaction to the name of Jesus, nor do they possess supernatural knowledge. Also, when the biblical accounts are carefully compared to cases of schizophrenia, the symptoms do not truly look the same (see Luke 4:41).
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I believe schizophrenia and bipolar are legit mental illnesses and not a form of demonic possession.
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1over137 wrote: Sun Apr 19, 2020 12:27 am https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-schizophrenia.html
There are also those who believe schizophrenia is spiritual in nature, as in demon possession. This idea comes from the Bible’s accounts of people whose symptoms appear to mirror schizophrenia. While demon possession is possible in some cases, it is unlikely to be the cause for the majority. Schizophrenics do not have a reaction to the name of Jesus, nor do they possess supernatural knowledge. Also, when the biblical accounts are carefully compared to cases of schizophrenia, the symptoms do not truly look the same (see Luke 4:41).
Is there any real evidence of obsession? Or is this reasoning akin to a medieval witch hunt? It's just that very often a strong faith, supported by the necessary "motivation" turns into fanaticism and obscurantism. And such people begin to reject real things (diseases in particular), explaining them with some kind of demonic interventions. How many children with serious illnesses were "treated" by believing parents with the power of prayer, and these children did not survive, and if they did, they became disabled.
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I mean it seems in the bible there are ways of telling if you are isn't there? I have seizure disorder and I go back to where a woman was seizure and sometimes I wonder if I have demons but if I did I would have rejected God and not be able to go into the house of the lord
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