RE: Moderate Religious
July 3, 2017 at 8:50 am
(This post was last modified: July 3, 2017 at 9:00 am by YouOnlyLiveTwice.)
Well, they tend not to be as insistent as other religious people, from my experience. It's less about seeing their opinion as "better", but a matter of them needing to rely on personal fantasies (in this case, self-admitted fantasies) to provide emotional or mental security for themselves. A kind of placebo effect, if you will.
Regardless, I'm fine with people who want to believe in certain things for personally inspirational purposes or as coping mechanisms. That technically does count as a delusion, but even so, it's hardly a crime, especially if it's for the purpose of maintaining emotional composure and stability. Where I take issue is when they try to pass it off as fact and/or when it blatantly comes into conflict with reality and is still maintained. At that point, it becomes an undeniable delusion that absolutely deserves to be called out.
Regardless, I'm fine with people who want to believe in certain things for personally inspirational purposes or as coping mechanisms. That technically does count as a delusion, but even so, it's hardly a crime, especially if it's for the purpose of maintaining emotional composure and stability. Where I take issue is when they try to pass it off as fact and/or when it blatantly comes into conflict with reality and is still maintained. At that point, it becomes an undeniable delusion that absolutely deserves to be called out.
