[ApplegateRanch]

People with schizophrenia often suffer terrifying symptoms such as hearing internal voices not heard by others, or believing that other people are reading their minds, controlling their thoughts, or plotting to harm them.

That, along with illiteracy and a rich wife, plus seizure disorders, combined with a taste for pedophilia, will get you "prophet" status in 7th Century Arab society....

[highlander_UW]

That, along with illiteracy and a rich wife, plus seizure disorders, combined with a taste for pedophilia, will get you "prophet" status in 7th Century Arab society....

Isn't it interesting that Islam really is a reflection of Muhammad..not so much so their god Allah?

As a side note, I'm not so sure that Muhammad was illiterate...I realize that is the muslim claim, but consider, this is a guy who for years handled the business dealings for a very rich widow. The most literate group of people in that era were the businessmen (and in cultures with written scriptures the priest class was also among the most literate). So it seems very unlikely that Muhammad was illiterate and still successful in managing the wife's business holdings.