Thus, Christian theology should recognize the difference. At least six factors differentiate schizophrenia from demonic possession as described in the Bible. These factors can be helpful when trying to determine if an individual is possessed or has an NBD. Attraction to vs. Aversion to Religion. Demons want nothing to do with Christ. Conversely, people with NBD are often devoutly religious. Irrational Speech vs. Rational Speech. In New Testament accounts involving demons, the demons spoke in a rational manner.
Untreated people with schizophrenia will often speak in nonsense and jump rapidly between unrelated topics. Ordinary Learning vs. Supernatural Knowledge Demons in the New Testament would speak through people to convey knowledge that otherwise could not have been known to the possessed individuals.
Those with NBD have no such ability to know facts which they have not acquired by normal learning. Normal vs. Demonic possession can manifest with a range of bizarre behaviors which could be interpreted as a number of different psychotic disorders with delusions and hallucinations. The hallucination in schizophrenia may therefore be an illusion-a false interpretation of a real sensory image formed by demons. A local faith healer in our region helps the patients with schizophrenia. His method of treatment seems to be successful because his patients become symptom free after 3 months.
England Servants possessed by the devil on the 3. Malachi Martin, in Hostage to the Devil , outlines the stages of possession: The actual entry point, when the evil spirit first enters the victim; a stage of erroneous judgments by the possessed in vital matters, perhaps including the making of unethical choices; the voluntary yielding of control by the possessed person to the invading spirit, even though he knows the spirit is alien to his personality; and finally, perfect possession Guiley It is important to note that demonic possession is not the automatic explaination for unexplained behavior.
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