Is it normal when people do what god tells them to?

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I was reading a news article last night and it's not the first time reading something this.
A woman chopped up her baby because "God told her to". She ended up getting the insanity plea. There's something to these stories though that I will never understand.
I've been diagnosed schizo before and personally I think it overactive esp that can makes the brain go haywire and I have had experiences where God talks to me as well. However when you have these experiences you must question where the voices come from. Just because they say there are God the other possibilities are endless. It could be aliens, ghosts, Satan, Santa, Barack Obama, time lapse glitches, radio broadcast waves, cats using mind control or maybe it's just insanity.
Even if it is God wouldn't you think and all knowing being wouldn't expect us to just obey any voice that says they're God. Wouldn't an all knowing being understand that we have no proof of anything other than we are aware of our own perception?
Also if God said to chop up babies wouldn't that be an evil God? Why would someone want to serve an evil god that commands torturing your own children to death.
I cannot comprehend this and I do not think insanity is an excuse for this. I've had these experiences too but I think for myself and not thoughts and voices trying to manipulate me. I do what I believe is right and don't need anything but my own judgment to decide what is right.

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  • Tommythecat.
    10 years ago

    If it were god you wouldn't hear him in the first place as no person can hear his voice on earth. He did send Jesus to do the talking remember. God would not tell someone to do such things, one of the commandments is not to kill.

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  • RoseIsabella
    10 years ago

    It's because those poor sad people are not only insane but very weak minded and of course completely paranoid and delusional. I would also imagine that they have not been property diagnosed yet so are therefore not on medication or if they have been diagnosed they are refusing to take their medication or not prescribed the correct medication. Either way my heart goes out to the sufferer's of paranoid schizophrenia. I can hardly begin to imagine what it would be like to live with such an affliction.

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    • [Old Memory]
      10 years ago

      This is why I made this post. I have, or had, schizophrenia, meaning I had the symptoms for years but have been mostly symptoms free taking meds for years now.
      I've had episodes where I've heard voices and received messages from other places. I've felt controlled by other forces too. Personally I think I am susseptable to outside influnces and telepathic mind control.

      At the same time I would never do what something tells me to do if I don't agree. I would agree with some people are weak minded. With psychosis you have to be strong minded to not let those things control you.

      Now I have been controlled by other things that don't feel like me, but it doesn't last long and I would imagine that in some people it does and they may be capable of anything.

      But obeying a voice saying to kill your kids is ridiculous and I cannot excuse it. I don't think it's normal to be obedient towards anything other than yourself.

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      • Tommythecat.
        10 years ago

        Oh and i agree with you about psychic attack and influence.

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      • Tommythecat.
        10 years ago

        I think when someone does something that bad it isn't just schizophrenia, I mean of all the schizophrenics in the world very few kill others. It's a stigma that is unfairly put on them I think. They're more a danger to themselves because they want to escape the voices, not obey them.

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        • [Old Memory]
          10 years ago

          Yes. I know quite a few other people with schizophrenia or some other hallucination causing disorder too and none of them act like this.

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  • [Old Memory]
    10 years ago

    yeah I don't think that every crazy person is violent, it doesn't sound like your a violent person, just nuts

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  • RomeoDeMontague
    10 years ago

    Alright no this is not normal. This is a sign of schizophrenia. One of the things that identify it is messages or demands from god, demands from demons, voices talking to them and telling them what to do. A belief god told you to do something like kill a baby is a sign of Schizophrenia. She has mental disorder that was probably not identified until it was too late and so killed her child. Its very sad but this happens. When is mental illness really ever considered normal though? Its fit that she was took the insanity plead because she was clearly insane. She clearly did not realize the voices were fake and if she believed it was god probably feared what may happen if she did not obey.

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    • [Old Memory]
      10 years ago

      My point was that even if it was god, only an evil god would tell someone to kill a baby and only an evil person would obey an evil god. It makes no difference to me if she was delusional or not. Its still not ok to do.

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      • RomeoDeMontague
        10 years ago

        Well you are probably not understanding this. If god promised you both will go to heaven and if not you are both going to hell what do you think is the better option? Yes, I would not want to kill my child(if I had one) for anyone either but you have to understand in whats probably going on in that persons mind. Not what is going on in yours. You also probably don't fear going to hell unlike this person probably does.

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        • [Old Memory]
          10 years ago

          It's still unacceptable to me. I don't think the Christians idea of hell is true but even if it I still wouldn't do it. I would refuse to serve anyone who allows something horrible like that to exist. If it does I would just hope I can not exist as well. I never asked to be here and if that's how it is I would rather not exist. I will stand for what I believe no matter what entity says otherwise. Only an evil God would allow this. Anyone who does not stand up for what they believe whether it is the police, God, aliens, etc. I can not respect.

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          • RomeoDeMontague
            10 years ago

            That really is not the point. You are not getting what this person is thinking. No use in trying to answer you since you are just going to ignore any explanation you are given. So talking to you is useless.

            Also you are saying "Wishing" something does not exist will make it go away. If hell does exist we must avoid going to hell. If it does not than we just disappear. That is like saying "I wish fish did not exist and so they will disappear." To this person they fear this thing exist and that they are going to be punished for not following orders.

            There fear is overpowering to the desire to protect the child. Schizophrenics are often incredibly paranoid and when people are scared they do things to protect themselves.

            This seems like a pretty simple concept and one which we all follow. You might be willing to say "Fuck you god" but some people simply are not. Its like putting a gun to a persons head and say "Kill this group of people". You can choose to die or you can choose to kill the other people. The mother chose to not get shot in the head and killed the child. This is probably the way the mother was seeing things at the time. However no matter how many times I explain this you are not going to understand such a concept.

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            • [Old Memory]
              10 years ago

              You're right that I probably will not understand the way other people think. Personally I think the person with a gun to their head would still be guilty as well for not standing up for themselves and others.

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  • Psoriano
    10 years ago

    A man once hallucinated that God told him to kill his own son, and he would have done it if his wife hadn't hidden behind a rock and told him in a God-like voice that it was a test and he had passed, so he didn't have to actually go through with it. It's in the bible.

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  • MeowMixMeowMix
    10 years ago

    You sound a bit paranoid :c

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