Normal version of multiple personality in Hebrew Bible and New Testament: “Double-minded men” are unstable and sinful, but not possessed by demons

Psalm 119:113,115

“I hate double-minded men…Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.”

James 1:5-8, 4:8

“If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives to all men generously and without reproaching, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways, will receive anything from the Lord.”

“Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you men of double mind.”

Comment

In the above quotes, “double-minded” could be taken to mean nothing more than hypocritical and skeptical, but it would be a rather peculiar word to express nothing more than those ideas.

Rather, “double-minded” would seem to suggest two minds or two souls, which in psychological terms would be multiple personality.