(August 30, 2018 at 11:51 am)polymath257 Wrote: There may well be religious notions that are not delusional, but they are few and far between and I can't think of one off the top of my head.
A belief in a god, combined with a belief that a god would want you to be a good person - is an easy example. It may be wrong, or at least half wrong..but it's not delusional.
In any case, I think you're watching people twist themselves into absurd knots and thinking that this is delusion..but allow me to suggest a counter-factual.
That's a non-delusional mind trying to make sense of a delusional and massively contradictory set of beliefs. If they were really space cadets..they wouldn't even make the attempt.
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