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Should we ever foster delusion?
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RE: Should we ever foster delusion?
I'm of the mind that someone's delusions resulting from indoctrination can result in that sort of mental illness that wouldn't otherwise materialize if not for the massive cognitive dissonance they're juggling in their heads. I mean, if the guy was so firmly of the belief that god would provide everything he was asking for, and was continually disappointed by that throughout his teens and twenties, and had to keep coming up with ways to rationalize how a good god could just so callously ignore a devout believer, then of course he's going to drive himself fucking nuts.

But if they are 'too far gone' as you say, I have no idea. I mean, yeah, they can be institutionalized for the remainder of their sad, empty lives, so what's the harm if the delusion is maintained by their caregivers as long as they don't interact with the general populace in any way? But only if those caregivers don't genuinely believe and are doing it out of pity, otherwise it would probably tend to get a little too weird.

But the idea should be not to instill those delusions in the fucking first place. It's a goddamn human rights violation. Parents should get to name you, and that's it. The rest should be determined by the professionals; vaccinations, education, etc. Parents have proven time and again that they're incapable of doing things properly.
Religions were invented to impress and dupe illiterate, superstitious stone-age peasants. So in this modern, enlightened age of information, what's your excuse? Or are you saying with all your advantages, you were still tricked as easily as those early humans?

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Should we ever foster delusion? - by shadow - July 26, 2017 at 1:57 am
RE: Should we ever foster delusion? - by Paraselene - July 26, 2017 at 2:11 am
RE: Should we ever foster delusion? - by ignoramus - July 26, 2017 at 2:11 am
RE: Should we ever foster delusion? - by Astonished - July 26, 2017 at 2:44 am
RE: Should we ever foster delusion? - by shadow - July 26, 2017 at 12:43 pm
RE: Should we ever foster delusion? - by Astonished - July 26, 2017 at 3:23 pm
RE: Should we ever foster delusion? - by bennyboy - July 26, 2017 at 4:50 am
RE: Should we ever foster delusion? - by emjay - July 26, 2017 at 8:38 am
RE: Should we ever foster delusion? - by Mister Agenda - July 26, 2017 at 10:28 am
RE: Should we ever foster delusion? - by brewer - July 26, 2017 at 10:28 am
RE: Should we ever foster delusion? - by Rhondazvous - July 29, 2017 at 5:30 pm
RE: Should we ever foster delusion? - by Seraphina - July 30, 2017 at 12:48 pm
RE: Should we ever foster delusion? - by Rhondazvous - July 30, 2017 at 6:07 pm
RE: Should we ever foster delusion? - by Fireball - July 26, 2017 at 11:39 am
RE: Should we ever foster delusion? - by Astonished - July 26, 2017 at 12:42 pm
RE: Should we ever foster delusion? - by Minimalist - July 26, 2017 at 12:02 pm
RE: Should we ever foster delusion? - by Succubus - July 26, 2017 at 9:45 pm
RE: Should we ever foster delusion? - by shadow - July 26, 2017 at 10:24 pm
RE: Should we ever foster delusion? - by chimp3 - July 26, 2017 at 9:49 pm
RE: Should we ever foster delusion? - by Dropship - July 29, 2017 at 4:58 am
RE: Should we ever foster delusion? - by Astonished - July 29, 2017 at 1:47 pm
RE: Should we ever foster delusion? - by Catholic_Lady - July 29, 2017 at 3:22 pm
RE: Should we ever foster delusion? - by Paraselene - July 29, 2017 at 3:27 pm
RE: Should we ever foster delusion? - by shadow - July 29, 2017 at 8:32 pm
RE: Should we ever foster delusion? - by Catholic_Lady - July 29, 2017 at 3:31 pm
RE: Should we ever foster delusion? - by Paraselene - July 29, 2017 at 3:34 pm
RE: Should we ever foster delusion? - by Catholic_Lady - July 30, 2017 at 11:17 am
RE: Should we ever foster delusion? - by Brian37 - July 30, 2017 at 11:48 am
RE: Should we ever foster delusion? - by bennyboy - July 30, 2017 at 8:02 pm
RE: Should we ever foster delusion? - by bennyboy - July 30, 2017 at 8:31 am
RE: Should we ever foster delusion? - by henryp - July 29, 2017 at 8:41 pm
RE: Should we ever foster delusion? - by shadow - July 29, 2017 at 9:14 pm
RE: Should we ever foster delusion? - by henryp - July 29, 2017 at 11:55 pm
RE: Should we ever foster delusion? - by shadow - July 30, 2017 at 1:05 am
RE: Should we ever foster delusion? - by brewer - July 30, 2017 at 1:03 pm
RE: Should we ever foster delusion? - by henryp - July 30, 2017 at 1:56 pm
RE: Should we ever foster delusion? - by Dropship - July 30, 2017 at 12:32 am

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