Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 months agoA lot of people who try to start a religion are seen as mentally ill. Like Jim Jones, David Koresh, the UFO guy, and L Ron Hubbard. Then could it be a safe bet that Jesus was mentally ill?message-squaremessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down19
arrow-up133arrow-down1message-squareA lot of people who try to start a religion are seen as mentally ill. Like Jim Jones, David Koresh, the UFO guy, and L Ron Hubbard. Then could it be a safe bet that Jesus was mentally ill?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squareEm Adespoton@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-23 months agoProbably not; he didn’t try to start a religion. A better question would be around Moses. Paul of Tarsus had a lot to say about appearing to be mentally ill because of what he believed, though.
minus-squareCompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 months agoPaul m, if I recall my Sunday school lessons, had a vision; mentally stable people don’t have visions without substances or fevers or the like. Also he was a bit of a bastard before that too.
Probably not; he didn’t try to start a religion.
A better question would be around Moses.
Paul of Tarsus had a lot to say about appearing to be mentally ill because of what he believed, though.
Paul m, if I recall my Sunday school lessons, had a vision; mentally stable people don’t have visions without substances or fevers or the like. Also he was a bit of a bastard before that too.