RE: Should we ever foster delusion?
July 26, 2017 at 8:38 am
(This post was last modified: July 26, 2017 at 8:39 am by emjay.)
Sounds like the guy wanted and expected a pity party but you threw a spanner in the works. Guess you could've told him that his existing band of conforming glarers should be enough... if two or three gather in Jesus's name it should be a done deal according to the Bible. See if that has any affect on his delusions.
If it were me in your situation I wouldn't want to be complicit in either delusion... ie his behaviour may be driven by religious feeling and/or social gain/validation of some kind (such as the pity party) so I'd probably just say 'I'm an atheist, so no' or at the very least 'whatever, dude' if it was the only way to get away... either way imply that I don't believe what he believes and/or that I'm wise to what he's doing.
If it were me in your situation I wouldn't want to be complicit in either delusion... ie his behaviour may be driven by religious feeling and/or social gain/validation of some kind (such as the pity party) so I'd probably just say 'I'm an atheist, so no' or at the very least 'whatever, dude' if it was the only way to get away... either way imply that I don't believe what he believes and/or that I'm wise to what he's doing.
