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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

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

There’s a really good secular movie called “The Rapture” that covers this exact scenario. It stars Mimi Rogers.

[–] catfish@programming.dev 3 points 8 months ago

The Rapture

sweet, thanks for the recommendation

[–] groupofcrows@lemmy.ca 7 points 8 months ago

And there's the guy who got his daughters pregnant but claimed they got him drunk and raped him because they wanted to be teenage mothers.

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 7 points 8 months ago

White abraham?

[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Abraham: "This is the future libruls want WAKE UP SHEEPLE! mUh FrEEdOm!"

[–] CatZoomies@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

“I’VE DONE MY WAITING! 7 YEARS OF IT!! IN AZKABAN!!!” Abraham said calmly.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago

Does anyone know the history of this meme? Or what this image is from? I've seen the video now but it's too short to give any information and there's no identifying information.

[–] KISSmyOS@feddit.de 1 points 8 months ago

Are straightjackets even still a thing?

[–] harmonicPerc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] harmonicPerc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

Fear and Trembling is an extrapolation of details surrounding the story of Abraham traveling up the mountain to sacrifice his son, this meme does the same only through a modern lens