[Yerfderf]

I used to be VERY superstitious and religious up until this year. I used to have religion based hallucinations and delusions which would consume my life. I was into blood magic and black magic and was going down a very dark path of mystical nonsense. None of my curses ever worked, none of my demon summonings worked for real, because I know I was psychotic and hallucinating constantly back then.

I have gotten a lot more skeptical of the supernatural now that I'm on the right medication. Its curious, how when I take my meds the demons seem to go away. The religious paranoid delusions seem to dissipate. What am I supposed to think when every religious experience I have ever had can be chalked up to psychosis? I still pray every night, I think its helpful in its own way.

I just don't really believe in the power of Demons anymore and I am VERY skeptical of God, aliens, magic and paranormal things.

I guess I have improved since I've developed this skeptic mindset. I can chalk it up to chemicals in my head rather than Demons from hell.

Thoughts?

[CANDC]

The deepest religious experience I have is of compassion for others. There are no angels or demons, just a feeling of well being and a connectedness to all beings.. It is not that spiritual experiences don't happen, it is just that when someone personalizes them they can seem more superstitious that real.

[CopperStar]

I think that one of the most utterly fascinating things about humans is that we can create entire worlds in our minds, that we can fathom things that have never existed. Our minds operate much like the concepts of creator deities throughout history. Everything from science-fiction to high-fantasy and our various mythological creations and beyond. That our brains are programmed to see faces where there are none, speaking of art and architecture with non-psychotic people. Humans in general seem to be ever creating and ever searching for something. And yet we seem to be so much more impressive than any of the deities we have ever conjured up. A god who knows everything and can never lose, could never possibly understand fear, or humiliation, or what it's like to overcome fear, or overcome humiliation, to do something just because it is right. They can never have courage or wisdom or humility. But they can also never suffer as a result. We seem to conjure them with envy in much the same way modern humans might contemplate robots. As a species we have that melancholy about us.. recognizing how unique we are compared to the rest of nature, but not knowing why, or if it's even worth it, and if so, worth what? We are far too extraordinary ourselves to need deities, in my personal opinion.