When is a Religious Belief Delusional?

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Yeah, I don't know. It's hard to pin down criteria for a religious belief, but "getting a pass" is certainly part of it. Let's try:

Religious beliefs :

1) should be respected, even protected by law
2) don't require evidence
3) don't count as delusions
4) are held dogmatically
5) speculate on the nature of reality at best, or contradict current knowledge at worst

It's like if you say your belief is religious, you've raised a force field around it. I would hope that no beliefs I hold would qualify for any of the above criteria. I raise no force fields. I encourage thorough examination of all my beliefs, and I'm always prepared to change them.

They're generally socially accepted, but only the generally established ones. One-off religious beliefs of some cult of one would not be similarly accepted.