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Originally Posted by Textcritic
My mother-in-law speaks to and "hears" God every day. She has participated in exorcisms in which she has communicated with demons. She has "sensed" the presence of angels and experienced their influence in her day-to-day behaviour. And yet, she experiences no problems communicating with others, or in her social interactions. Her beliefs are not exclusively "self-assured", as they are affirmed regularly by dozens of members in her "tribe" who all hold very closely to the same sets of beliefs. She is not in any way compelled to forcefully influence the belief systems and social practices of others. In short, she is not by any conventional measure "mentally deficient"; she does not even conform to your description of what constitutes "mental deficiency. She is unconditionally certain about the existence of God. She very clearly fits the definition of a gnostic theist.
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I can't believe in one sentence you can say she has two-way conversations with an invisible man and communicates with demons, then follow it up with saying she's not "mentally deficient" just because other people do as well. Guy, that's as mentally deficient as it gets.