RE: Believing in Deities is a Form of Psychosis
August 3, 2017 at 10:17 am
(This post was last modified: August 3, 2017 at 11:37 am by Mister Agenda.)
Little Rik Wrote:Mister Agenda Wrote:That doesn't seem to follow. Love is an internal emotional state, not a delusion. You may be deluded that someone else loves you, but you are in an excellent position to know whether you love someone.
That is correct MA.
However the point I was making was about the fact that people here are not able to distinguish between spiritual love and delusion.
Most atheists think that to believe in God (God only not a myriad of deities in which case most probably is a delusion) is a delusion when in fact for most theists is real spiritual love.
With a physical entity you may well fail and your love for that physical entity may well turn into a delusion but with God that can not happen.
He can not refuse to answer and to reciprocate to your attention if you act with sincerity that is why this relationship can not turn into a delusion.
You can be genuinely in love with something that doesn't return your affection, or even something that isn't actually real. Your love isn't evidence of anything but what YOU feel.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.