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Originally Posted by rhy  I think anyone who relies on an imaginary friend for spiritual guidance is seriously lacking mental capacity. I wanted to say it that simply and strongly, and wanted to come out swinging. Find me a reasonable person who disagrees, and I'll go home and shut up.
One problem though: My definition of a reasonable person does not include any person who talks to imaginary people, or unseen and unheard beings that cannot be corroborated by another independent and skeptical observer. |
It's not necessarily the case that they are talking to an imaginary person ...
For example, a person who prays might actually be talking to a portion of their own mind ... something in the back behind a few boxes of ego.
Or perhaps it's a just a type of meditation, that lowers blood pressure, relaxes a person, so they can think more clearly.
What I mean is: even if the proposed explanation doesn't make sense, that doesn't mean there isn't some other real mechanism behind the scenes that's helpful for a person. This would make it a rational activity.