But if god talks to me it's called "a psychosis"? 
THOU SHALT CARRY MY MESSAGE UNTO THE EARTH.
"No, I can't!"
DO IT, YOU SINFUL JABRONIE.
"I can't, I can't!"
*snickers*
I DON'T GET IT. 
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Check out the big brain on Aanile!
What is it called if you dream you are a goddess?
*snickers*
Delusion.
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
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Karnaj spewed forth this undeniable truth:
Because God only talks to the psychotic nowadays. Everyone else who tries just gets his voicemail.
I think you're onto something there Karnaj. Have you ever considered a role in the field of Psychology? Or maybe if you are the religious type you should become a Pastor.
[ 12-09-2002: Message edited by: Pesco ]
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Verily, Aanile doth proclaim:
What is it called if you dream you are a goddess?
*snickers*
Don't worry, you aren't dreaming. And for those of you wishing to talk to the Almighty, heaven's just a local call from Aanile's house. 
No, Really. Bite me.
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Sentow had this to say about Pirotess:
You ever wonder if those guys who walk down a city street talking to themselves are actually the next prophet?THOU SHALT CARRY MY MESSAGE UNTO THE EARTH.
"No, I can't!"
DO IT, YOU SINFUL JABRONIE.
"I can't, I can't!"
hehe, Jabronie
LONDON (Reuters) - Brain imaging may help doctors determine if people who are at high risk of developing psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia will go on to experience a break with reality, researchers said Tuesday.
Sophisticated scanning techniques may be able to detect changes in areas of the brain that occur before or while a severe mental disorder is developing, their study showed.
This would allow doctors to treat the patient before symptoms begin and may help to prevent the illness.
"The fact that progressive changes were found during the development of the illness has important implications for the treatment of psychotic disorders," said Christos Pantelis of the University of Melbourne in Australia.
In the study, published in the online version of The Lancet medical journal, Pantelis and his colleagues used MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scans to study the brains of 75 people with a high risk of developing psychosis. The patients were already experiencing some disturbing symptoms, such as paranoia or temporary psychotic-like ideas.
Although the patients' clinical symptoms were indistinguishable at the beginning of the study, the researchers did find differences between the brain scans of the 23 people who went on to develop severe psychotic symptoms in the next year and those who did not.
The researchers said it is still too early to say whether MRI scans could be used as a diagnostic tool. But they noticed that patients with a psychosis had less gray matter in regions of the brain associated with social behavior, emotion, memory and attention than the other individuals.
Pantelis and his team suspect the differences could be early signs of a psychotic disorder.
"Our data suggest that treating high-risk individuals before the onset of psychosis might minimize the brain changes we observed, and may even prevent the illness developing," Pantelis added in the research study.
Schizophrenia--any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality, thought and language disturbances and social withdrawal--affects about 45 million people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization (news - web sites). Many more suffer from other psychotic disorders.
SOURCE: The Lancet 2002 Online December 10, 2002. http://www.thelancet.com.
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The Burger had this to say about Optimus Prime:
Don't worry, you aren't dreaming. And for those of you wishing to talk to the Almighty, heaven's just a local call from Aanile's house.
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D's unholy Backstreet Boys obsession manifested in:
don't hate the player, hate the game.
No, Really. Bite me.
