Why are Messiah claimants usually male?

[Vinayaka]

Some men love to feel powerful and in charge of the situation. A lot maybe from childhood trauma of being to made feel weak by one or both parents. I don't think women are as often targets of this air of importance and responsibility fathers give their sons.

They then feel the need to prove themselves to the parents. What better way than to claim to be a messiah? Self delusion and a need to prove ones importance I could see leading to delusions of grandeur and a god/messenger/messiah complex.
They probably have little man issues.

Yes, probably. It is a known side effect of the wider psychiatric disorders, bipolar disorder, and of multiple personality disorder. In those cases it fades in and out due to a variety of factors. Not fun for the loved ones around, for sure.

Quite literally one moment you're God, and within a few more moments you're a dog.

 

[Ellen Brown]

Actually it is controlled in the US. It's a Schedule III Controlled Substance.

They need to control what males make themselves, the nasty little devils.

 

[ChristineM]

I dunno. Did Romans crucify women?

Roman law didnt discriminate at crucifixions.

 

[Tumah]

Because in the Tanakh the Messiah is described as a King, so a man.

"Behold, the Messiah shall have wear glasses, saith the L-rd"

"Why do messiah claimants usually wear glasses?"
- OP probably

 

[Dan From Smithville]

Maybe, for all their shortcomings and faults, women
are not quite as loony as men

Reminds me of a joke. One that I cannot tell here.

 

[ChristineM]

Uh, no, explain plz?

You just gotta watch it, it really is good fun

It was banned for 28 years in america

 

[wandering peacefully]

Yes, probably. It is a known side effect of the wider psychiatric disorders, bipolar disorder, and of multiple personality disorder. In those cases it fades in and out due to a variety of factors. Not fun for the loved ones around, for sure.

It's already been shown that delusions of grandure caress the ego and light up the same area of the brain as drugs will.

Imagine someone today claiming to be a messenger of God. He wrote thousands of incoherent and repetitive journals espousing his greatness and his personal connection with "God" in his manic states?

We would work hard to see he got the help he needed!

 

[Revoltingest]

What does doinked mean? Could you elaborate, Sir?

My post might could possibly be seen as intolerant of both women and religions.
Mods might reprimand (aka doink).

 

[Vinayaka]

My post might could possibly be seen as intolerant of both women and religions.
Mods might reprimand (aka doink).

Well it's just such a lovely sounding word.

 

[Vinayaka]

It's already been shown that delusions of grandure caress the ego and light up the same area of the brain as drugs will.

I did not know that. Looking at brain activity is useful then, looking to a possible treatment program.

 

[Revoltingest]

Well it's just such a lovely sounding word.

I just invented that neologism.
But it seems so obvious that other must've invented it too.

 

[Rival]

"Behold, the Messiah shall have wear glasses, saith the L-rd"

"Why do messiah claimants usually wear glasses?"
- OP probably

In the middle of this, some people in the year 2,000 bce...

'Wait! HaShem! What are"'glasses"?'
'You'll see.'

 

[Vinayaka]

I just invented that neologism.
But it seems so obvious that other must've invented it too.

Same word, different meaning. (Google is my friend.)
Urban Dictionary: Doink

 

[Tumah]

In the middle of this, some people in the year 2,000 bce...

'Wait! HaShem! What are"'glasses"?'
'You'll see.'

I feel like there should be a diminishing echo at the end there:

"You'll see...see... see...see..."

*people look confusedly at each other*
*one person squints confusedly at the others*

 

[Dan From Smithville]

Considering how many (majority of) men do see
things that way, if a person does not even specify
that they are attempting a joke, I will assume they
mean it, and make no allowance for any nuance of
slight over / under statement.

If a person is not up to the challenge and consequences of
saying something equivalent about our friends of African
lineage, they might (might) consider the sorry excuse for
courage it takes to "joke" about women that way.

Whether women might make better rulers, who
knows, Considering the record, it might be well
to let someone else try for a bit.

More women leaders are fine by me. Merkel seems to be doing a good job for Germany and the EU.

 

[Dan From Smithville]

Roman law didnt discriminate at crucifixions.

That reminds me of another joke. But like the previous one I was reminded of, I cannot repeat it here. Probably would not if I could. Not certain if they would be seen as sexist, this particular one seems to favor equality at its core, but they are dirty.

Dad was a Marine, and another thread I responded to brought him to mind. He told me those jokes a long time ago and the associations just popped into my head.

 

[Dan From Smithville]

Looking through this list List of messiah claimants - Wikipedia one can't really help but notice it's predominantly male, if not all male.

Are males more susceptible to delusions of grandeur? If that's the reason, then how come? it seems to me that most psychiatric disorders would happen to both genders.

Is it perhaps that women are more predestined to sanity, or humility?

Conjectures, anyone?

All I can think to say is that if two men claim to be the messiah, one of them is clearly lying.

 

[Vinayaka]

All I can think to say is that if two men claim to be the messiah, one of them is clearly lying.

Or both. Sometimes it could be several. I can see that at an institution's round table group therapy discussion. In reality, I'm sure no therapist in his/her right mind would go there.

 

[Rational Agnostic]

Looking through this list List of messiah claimants - Wikipedia one can't really help but notice it's predominantly male, if not all male.

Are males more susceptible to delusions of grandeur? If that's the reason, then how come? it seems to me that most psychiatric disorders would happen to both genders.

Is it perhaps that women are more predestined to sanity, or humility?

Conjectures, anyone?

I think you are correct. Males are more susceptible to delusions of grandeur. It could be the result of the interaction of testosterone with an existing mental illness that would manifest differently in females. For instance, women are more prone to Borderline Personality Disorder.

 

[Dan From Smithville]

Same quality, same mentality as "men" who have
their fun, seeing what reaction they can get by
flashing their equipment at the girls.

Whatever reply you wish to make at this point,
I wont see it.

I have never heard of that ever working out. I cannot even understand it.