How does God judge someone with multiple personality, one extremely righteous and two more split-off states that are sinfully evil?

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As an evil personalities becomes manifest, the attention span narrows to such a degree that it has no memory of the dominant, righteous personality, and diminishes the free well to where it severely limits culpability.
 
This begs the question as to whether multiple personalities actually exist as distinct and finite entities within the brain of a single human. I myself am skeptical that such exist, and while I’ve had no psychiatric or neuroscientific training, I’ve read much of the literature used by believers as evidence of multiple personalities existing and remain unconvinced. As it has been explained to me by various colleagues in the Neuroscience department at UCSD, there’s huge controversy among psychiatrists as to whether the symptoms of Dissociative Identity Disorder (formerly called Multiple Personality Disorder) arise due to real “personalities” in the brain or are actually induced by therapists treating patients (iatrogenic). Biological psychologists and neuroscientists tend to believe that multiple personalities do not actually exist while therapists who embrace psychoanalysis (which has its own bag of controversy) tend to believe that multiple personalities do exist.
 
God will judge the person in accord with the graces received and the soul’s response just like any other person. I don’t think we can get into precise mechanics of the process.
 
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As an evil personalities becomes manifest, the attention span narrows to such a degree that it has no memory of the dominant, righteous personality, and diminishes the free well to where it severely limits culpability.
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Only a fellow psychologist could ask such a question, Robert! The dominant righteous personality would probably be judged since it represents the true personality of the individual even though it may be diminished. And G-d’s judgment would be more merciful given that the individual is suffering from a psychological disorder.
 
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As an evil personalities becomes manifest, the attention span narrows to such a degree that it has no memory of the dominant, righteous personality, and diminishes the free well to where it severely limits culpability.
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I agree with meltzerboy, I would think that God would judge the person based on the actions of the ‘dominant’ or ‘true’ personality. If the person doesn’t have full control over the actions of the ‘evil’ manifestation, then culpability would be reduced.
 
meltzerboy said:
Only a fellow psychologist could ask such a question, Robert! The dominant righteous personality would probably be judged since it represents the true personality of the individual even though it may be diminished. And G-d’s judgment would be more merciful given that the individual is suffering from a psychological disorder.
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I agree with you. 👍 🙂 :gopray:
 
IMNAAHO, and only IMNAAHO, most of these instances are spiritual.

When there are nine or more “personae”, and some speak languages the body never learned, or have physical skills likewise never learned, or memories from places the body’s never been to – that looks more like Legion from the Gospel, than anything brewed inside a human mind.

Then again, IANAD, so feel free to shout me down if you care to.

ICXC NIKA
 
Brandon_Cal said:
This begs the question as to whether multiple personalities actually exist as distinct and finite entities within the brain of a single human. I myself am skeptical that such exist, and while I’ve had no psychiatric or neuroscientific training, I’ve read much of the literature used by believers as evidence of multiple personalities existing and remain unconvinced. As it has been explained to me by various colleagues in the Neuroscience department at UCSD, there’s huge controversy among psychiatrists as to whether the symptoms of Dissociative Identity Disorder (formerly called Multiple Personality Disorder) arise due to real “personalities” in the brain or are actually induced by therapists treating patients (iatrogenic). Biological psychologists and neuroscientists tend to believe that multiple personalities do not actually exist while therapists who embrace psychoanalysis (which has its own bag of controversy) tend to believe that multiple personalities do exist.
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Though not a neuro-psychologist I do believe that multiple personality disorders do exist. They may be less in existence than reported, but I think they are possible, especially in cases were an individual has had to survive extreme terror or abusive situations.

I say this in part because I did work with a woman who I saw, along with several others, go from a female personality to a male personality right before my eyes. Her mental capacity was diminished enough to rule out any chance of pretending on her part. The changes in physical appearance, posture, and tone of voice were so dramatic that is scared the living bee geegers out of all of us. One girl almost fainted, and all I could say was &$^6 if you know what I mean. (Rhymes with ship.)
 
Cricket2 said:
Though not a neuro-psychologist I do believe that multiple personality disorders do exist. They may be less in existence than reported, but I think they are possible, especially in cases were an individual has had to survive extreme terror or abusive situations.

I say this in part because I did work with a woman who I saw, along with several others, go from a female personality to a male personality right before my eyes. Her mental capacity was diminished enough to rule out any chance of pretending on her part. The changes in physical appearance, posture, and tone of voice were so dramatic that is scared the living bee geegers out of all of us. One girl almost fainted, and all I could say was &$^6 if you know what I mean. (Rhymes with ship.)
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That is likely to be a possession or walk-in, more than a multiple personality.
 
Robert_Sock said:
As an evil personalities becomes manifest, the attention span narrows to such a degree that it has no memory of the dominant, righteous personality, and diminishes the free well to where it severely limits culpability.
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A man has only one soul, and it is the one soul that is accountable for the totality of the man’s thoughts and actions. I am uncertain if there has ever been an authentic case of “multiple personalities”, though some illnesses may certainly mimic such a phenomenon. To the extent that the illness is authentic, the individual’s culpability is thus proportionately diminished.

If the illness deprives him fully of his use of reason, then he fully cannot be held accountable for his actions - even if the illness appears to be a rational, but evil “personality”. He may require hospitalization depending on whether he commits criminal acts or other harmful behavior in this diminished state, but his soul is not in peril if the illness is authentic.
 
runningdude said:
A man has only one soul; multiple “personalities” are but a manifestation of a mental illness. To the extent that the illness is authentic, the individual’s culpability, as you say, is proportionately diminished.
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Do you mean *spiritual *illness?

Abuse does some terrible, terrible things to a person. Terrible.
 
GEddie said:
IMNAAHO, and only IMNAAHO, most of these instances are spiritual.

When there are nine or more “personae”, and some speak languages the body never learned, or have physical skills likewise never learned, or memories from places the body’s never been to – that looks more like Legion from the Gospel, than anything brewed inside a human mind.

Then again, IANAD, so feel free to shout me down if you care to.

ICXC NIKA
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I’d disagree with “most”, but I’d willingly concede that we do not have the last word on this disorder.

A few things seem to correlate with it: a particular personality type, a history of severe trauma / abuse / neglect, certain neurophysiological states, the therapist’s influence, and - perhaps most of all - culture.

The last is important because in cultures that are superstitious, rather than “psychological”, it’s not uncommon for such states to manifest as an apparent possession, usually by a recently deceased relative or the local temple deity. Most such “demons” are usually related to stress, especially abusive interpersonal relationships, and can be disposed of quite naturally. But others - well, you could certainly be right.
 
Robert_Sock said:
As an evil personalities becomes manifest, the attention span narrows to such a degree that it has no memory of the dominant, righteous personality, and diminishes the free well to where it severely limits culpability.
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A lot of how sin is measured has to do with consent and intent. A person who is mentally unstable may not be consenting much at all.

I always warn folks though not to try and fool themselves over that. God knows all.
 
Cricket2 said:
Though not a neuro-psychologist I do believe that multiple personality disorders do exist. They may be less in existence than reported, but I think they are possible, especially in cases were an individual has had to survive extreme terror or abusive situations.
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Oh I don’t doubt that the disorder exists, and I don’t believe most DID skeptics deny that. These are real patients with real symptoms that really do affect their day-to-day functioning. I believe the controversy lies in whether there are actually multiple personalities (or more properly a dissociation of identity so profound as to warrant the invocation of “other personalities”) to explain the symptoms. It’s the etiology not the symptomology that’s in question.
 
gmx2014 said:
You said “mental” illness. I said, “do you mean *spiritual *illness?”.
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You said I said mental illness. You said you said do you mean spiritual illness. I say why is it relevant?
 
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