(August 30, 2018 at 5:49 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: But even the "non medical" definition of delusion doesnt fit, and says it is typically a mental illness.
Maybe some of the people here who call me delusional don't mean it in a medical sense, but it still has a demeaning connotation due to its association with mental illness. And they know that. Otherwise they would just say I'm wrong or mistaken.
Typically is not always... meaning that even if something is typically used in a certain way, that doesn't mean that each time the term is used it refers to mental illness.
On the second point, I think it's inaccurate to call you delusional. You once said something like, "The Bible is a spiritual and moral guide; it is not a science book." While I think there are better moral guidebooks out there than the Bible, I have a hard time classifying you as delusional when there are people out there who say, "The Bible is a science book." I'll reserve the term for them. Lol. You, CL, are just wrong.