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Multiple Personalities:
There is a medical condition that has to do with multiple
personalities. It is a mental illness. It used to be called Multiple Personality Disorder. (MPD) It is now called Dissociative Identity
Disorder. (DID) DID is when a person has more than one personality.
The one they are born with is called the 'host' personality.
The various personalities, called "alters", usually do not know what
another one is like. It might be aware there are others, but it alone
tries to come out and be dominant.
These alters can be male or female, any age, and each with a different
name. And some may have an accent, or even another language. But these
alters may be missing past or present experiences, a form of amnesia.
Those suffering from this illness, sometimes 'wake up' in another
State or even country, not remembering how they got there. But it
doesn't end there, the person may suffer delusions, anxiety, a feeling
that they are not real. (depersonalization)
The cause of this illness usually has to do with early childhood, such
as being abused. They mentally go to that state as a psychological
defense to avoid the traumatic event. People used to think that such
ones were possessed by the Devil. Or that they suffer from
schizophrenia. But now it is said to be a mental illness.
Some examples:
Kim Noble (20 alters)
Jenny Haynes (200 alters)
Robert Oxnam (11 alters)
Truddi Chase (92 alters)
Herschel Walker (12 alters)
Jeni Haynes (2500 alters)
Jehovah God (3 alters- if you believe the churches)
Psychotherapy is the preferred treatment, with the help of anxiety
drugs for their depression, etc. There is no cure, but Psychotherapy
can help to smooth things out. Obviously, the more alters they have,
the longer it will take to 'piece them back together', if at all
possible.
Yet, we know of the churches' teaching that God is a Trinity. Thus he
has 3 personalities. God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. Trinitarians
teach that they are all equal, they are all God. Yet God is one. (Deut
6:4) Thus whether they realize it or not, they are calling God
mentally ill.
That they all didn't know what God is thinking, notice Mt 24:36,
-- Revised Standard
Matthew 24:36 "But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the
angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.
Thus our Great God Jehovah (Ps 83.18) really is only one (Mt 12:29).
Jesus is His Son.
The Holy Spirit is God's active force.
That's the Bible teachings.
Can we ever get to see a lasting peace? The Bible's coming peace may
surprise you.
See more at:
jw.org (6/8/2026)
zebrabible@proton.me
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