(August 30, 2018 at 4:55 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: For those claiming that theistic beliefs mean a person is delusional, I assume you realize that 17% of people world wide are non religious. Do you really think 83% of the earth's population have delusional disorder? (plus whatever percentage would come from the non religious group). That is an astounding number of people with a pretty serious mental disorder. Maybe we are wrong for having a religion, and you are right for not. But to claim we are all mentally ill, all 83% of us, is unreasonable and illogical.
Fortunately, the delusion is localized in most people to performing crazy rituals. It becomes a problem when they start to require others to adopt their delusions also.
Yes, I think our tendency to see faces in clouds and then attribute emotions to them is delusional. I certainly don't think that the majority of people on the Earth would choose an unpleasant truth to a pleasant falsehood if given a choice.
