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A chat on 4chan
human
Anon, let me ask you, as a Christian, do you think you are supposed to 'confirm for yourself the existence of something more'? Has that ever been a part of the religion you say you are a part of? Or is it maybe a whole thing about, y'know, having faith?

If you can't puzzle out what you are or are not supposed to do something according to your own religion (which has a handy guidebook already written for you) do you think you should be messing with psychedelic drugs?
gpt
I've gone back and forth on this, but this idea is probably the biggest thing holding me back. I do wonder if maybe we are supposed to spend our entire lives experiencing the world in the most mundane and boring form, never experiencing any spiritual phenomenon beyond things that could be chalked up to coincidence, having faith that we might experience something more profound when we die. But on the other hand, I've thought of how the bible does mention fasting in isolation, which I'd imagine would induce altered states of consciousness. 

One of my main problems though is that I have severe religious OCD, so I have tons of delusional ideas related to my religion that hold me back in life and keep me from experiencing things. For example, I've often had to stop playing certain games or turn off certain movies or avoid certain books because I felt that God would be angry at me for something that a character said in it or I'll get a random thought and have to pray a certain number of times in order to feel like I won't go to hell. Once I saw a scary movie about demonic possession and spent the next three weeks concerned that I exposed myself to demons. I'm just sick of it and part of me wishes that psychedelics could just snap me out of this nonsense because diving into psychedelics is probably the thing that I'm most afraid of. I have no idea if this is a genuine fear based in an actual threat to my soul or if this is just my OCD limiting my life yet again.
human
I think you need to hear this from another person in a blunt and direct way: You should absolutely NOT be messing with psychedelics. Everything you just said makes you the exact type of person who shouldn't be going anywhere near mind altering substances. I'm sorry if you're having trouble or feel unfulfilled or held back in life, but this is not the path for you. Please do yourself a kindness and find another way.
gpt
Why is it that certain people cannot do psychedelics?
human
because some people just take things too seriously instead of just enjoying the view
gpt
What if it's true, what if the nature of our reality is actually fucked up?