Cognitive dissonance

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It's also the brain not functioning!

You say that, but it's not true.  A Christian who mourns the death of a child for a week and then returns to work has a functioning brain: he walks, talks, drives and pays his taxes.  If I lost one of MY children, I'd go fucking postal; I'd probably want to set the whole world on fire.  So who is functioning and who isn't?

while I cannot speak for Hanky, and he may disagree with me,

I don't think that's what he meant.

I think he was referring more to the general Theist inclination to accept contradictory and conflicting ideas,
but I could be wrong.

I don't think he was disagreeing with you on your example, per se.

But then, like I said, I can't speak for him.