Yesterday, i came across a beautiful piece of analysis that described well, very well actually the so called prophets. the narrator said: in ancient arabia, there was no mental institutions for the mentally ill, the very first step of recognizing the mental disorder was to become a prophet.
i was blown away with the analogy for it was precise and describes well the life of the so called prophet mohammed!.
I don't suppose you have a link to the article? Failing that, do you have the author's name and/or the title of the piece? It sounds very interesting.
it is in arabic, however this is the link
@Basem Oh my. Well, thanks for posting it.
@AmyTheBruce do you understand arabic? i wish i could help if you can't!
@Basem I don't understand Arabic, no. I am unfortunately English-only.
Of course I wouldn't expect you to translate for me! The basics of the argument were described in your introduction, so thank you for that.
@AmyTheBruce
then please watch this, its the same guy interviewed by DW.. in english
@Basem Thank you! I enjoyed that.