Dissociative Identity Disorder: A Solution For Relgious Paranoia

[CplFerro]

Thinking about my horrible religious paranoia again today, it occurred to me that the only way to be safe would be to adopt every religion out there, just in case, covering all the bases, so to speak. But how to do this sincerely? My solution is to try to find a way to induce multiple personality disorder, with each personality fanatically adopting a single religion. Perhaps in order to cement the deal I would need to find a way to destroy my memory of what I had done, and thus would have no "original" personality to return to, only an endless, random flickering between different religious "channels."

Do you think the Powers of the universe will buy it, or am I screwed?

Cpl Ferro

[Senor_Pointy]

Only if it involves filtering scans of your brain through the color green. :D

[Tumblehome]

Before inducing multiple personality disorder and destroying your memory, thus having no "original" personality to return to, only an endless, random flickering between different religious "channels"...

...I would try to fix the religious paranoia. That's probably best done without stimulants of any kind.

[Marquis de Carabas]

Thinking about my horrible religious paranoia again today, it occurred to me that the only way to be safe would be to adopt every religion out there, just in case, covering all the bases, so to speak. But how to do this sincerely? My solution is to try to find a way to induce multiple personality disorder, with each personality fanatically adopting a single religion. Perhaps in order to cement the deal I would need to find a way to destroy my memory of what I had done, and thus would have no "original" personality to return to, only an endless, random flickering between different religious "channels."

Do you think the Powers of the universe will buy it, or am I screwed?

Cpl Ferro
You're screwed. For your plan to succeed, you would have to have one personality devoted to each possible religious dogma, since the possibility remains that none of the currently realised dogmas are correct. The domain of possible beliefs is infinite.

Of course, several possible dogmas include the tenet that anyone who has attempted, successfully or not, to split their personality is destined for eternal torment.

You could take some comfort, I suppose, in the fact that just as many possible dogmas would assert that this splitting is essential for salvation.

But, really, you're screwed. Start praying the atheists are right.

[frank462]

Check out this cartoon at Russell's Teapot:
Cartoon (http://russellsteapot.com/comics/2007/my-fantasy.html)

[Dancing David]

Thinking about my horrible religious paranoia again today, it occurred to me that the only way to be safe would be to adopt every religion out there, just in case, covering all the bases, so to speak. But how to do this sincerely?

be a polytheist?

My solution is to try to find a way to induce multiple personality disorder, with each personality fanatically adopting a single religion. Perhaps in order to cement the deal I would need to find a way to destroy my memory of what I had done, and thus would have no "original" personality to return to, only an endless, random flickering between different religious "channels."

Do you think the Powers of the universe will buy it, or am I screwed?

Cpl Ferro

If this is not tongue in cheek, you might want to consider depression/anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder. (BTW there are no multiple personalities.)

Intrusive thoughts are very real, I had a paranoid fear of death by fire and death by car crash, the worst was the intrusive thought of death by fiery car crash. Then there was the intrusive thought I lived with for about eight years that I would have to eat everything I threw away in some sort of after life. I made sure I had plenty of Taco Bell sauce to go with the diapers!

Fortunately my OCD and depression is well treated, life is a little duller but more contented.