(November 30, 2015 at 7:08 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(November 30, 2015 at 6:56 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: You are conning yourself, but not intentionally. I accept that you actually believe what you believe.
The main tool of your con is one of omission. You are purposely omitting the only known methods of determining fact from fiction.
And you are basing your beliefs on faith and wishful thinking. Faith and wishful thinking are not virtues, nor are they paths to truth. They are tantamount to gullibility.
By definition of the word conning, it isn't something that can be done "accidentally." Like lying. People don't accidentally lie.
A "con" or "confidence trick" is when a person gains another's confidence in order to take advantage of or defraud the other person, so in that respect I agree with Cathy that one cannot "con" oneself.
What Simon is describing sounds more like self-deception.
Quote:And respectfully, you don't really know what I'm basing my beliefs on.
Since you brought it up, what are your beliefs based on?
Teenaged X-Files obsession + Bermuda Triangle episode + Self-led school research project = Atheist.
