(3) Seeing things that other people cannot see (visual hallucinations)
(4) Strong sense of mission, and the belief that the person is the only one who has the truth at hand (delusions of Grandeur)
(5)The first contacts with god are made at younger ages, mostly before 30 (genetic nature of the illness).
If we take all these characteristics and put them in the diagnostic criteria of mental disorders, we can quickly come up with schizophrenia and its' different variations. Those mental health professionals who have worked in state hospitals are quite familiar with a high number of schizophrenic patients, who claim to be god or a prophet of god, and stop these claims once they receive the antipsychotic medications. The main exceptions to schizophrenic prophets are those suffering from seizure disorder. In my book, Sword and Seizure; we were able to show how Mohammed's seizure disorder caused him to believe he is a messenger of God, and founded a faith which includes 25% of the population of earth. More astonishing of this phenomenon, is the behavior of the devout followers of polytheist religions. For example, if we were in India, we could observe people who would go to a grocery store, buy a can of cow urine, and wash their face with it as well as have a few sips. Considering the fact that at least one billion people on planet Earth believe in Hinduism, one wonders what makes a person believe in such an irrational behavior. Each one of these behaviors, drinking the cow's urine, worshipping statues, building pyramids, and believing in after life, are different forms of magical thinking.
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