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[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 51 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I've always wondered how many prophets, witches, and possessed people throughout history actually just had undiagnosed mental disorders.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 28 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Most of them. The remaining ones were constantly getting high.

[–] taladar@feddit.de 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

There were probably some con-men among them too.

[–] Rusty@lemmy.ca 13 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I think all of them were con-men. Just read about Joseph Smith and Lafayette Ronald Hubbard, people who created two modern religions. The former had dozens criminal charges including banking fraud and treason and the latter was forging bank checks.

[–] normanwall@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Lol how did I not know his first name was Lafayette?

[–] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 3 points 8 months ago

I thought his name was Elron. Now I understand it's L. Ron

[–] KISSmyOS@feddit.de 3 points 8 months ago

Jesus' criminal record wasn't exactly clean either.

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Once you throw in either deliberate, or accidentally high, basically all of them. Though there are/were likely some charlatans mixed into that too.

[–] Enkrod@feddit.de 3 points 8 months ago

I can't decide who's more dangerous, the zealous madman or the power hungry charlatan. But the mix of both is just... yikes.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

or you know, covering up for stuff using supernatural mambo jambo