When is a Religious Belief Delusional?

[Whateverist]

It seems to me that strictly religious beliefs get a pass when it comes to being delusional.  One man believes that a Jewish carpenter was actually the son of God with power to cure leprosy, blindness, death, calm storms, wither fig trees, cast out demons and so forth.  A second man believes that leprechauns are real and have the power to grant wishes, bestow wealth and magically repair shoes.

Why are the latter beliefs adjudged to be delusional and not the former?

Boru

I think the answer probably goes back to what Mr Agenda was saying about the manner in which the beliefs were come by. For the Christian the beliefs are served up unquestioningly by his parents and his entire community. The beliefs are woven into how they express feelings for one another and celebrate passages and holidays. As he says there, when he stopped believing in the theology he didn't realize he'd been delusional before, just mistaken.

Of course we all know you don't need the xtian secret sauce to take part in a community, but it might well seem that way when you've been served the koolade since birth.

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It’s also interesting, that most are ignoring the questions, and just taking the opportunity to demean others and call them delusional.

You're welcome.  

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Ha ha.  

But you've got to expect some mistreatment coming to a forums where most of the people attracted have left religion, and in many cases are shunned to some degree by those communities.

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I was thinking from the beginning of your thread, from the title, of your thread, that atheism would be included in religious beliefs (beliefs concerning religion). Although the context of your questions points to a specific claim by some.   These threads have been somewhat enlightening, and I’m seeing a disconnect from reality in some things that are claimed.  

I can't even begin the address everything wrong with your first paragraph, so I'll leave that to leveler heads than mine.
P.s.  After looking into it more, I can now recognize this entire reply by you to be passive aggressive.  It avoids directing any of the arguments made and it sideways insults the participants (more than once), but in a really subtle way.

I skipped that part too.  Lets take a look: "atheism would be included in religious beliefs (beliefs concerning religion)".  Okay, true enough, beliefs atheists hold about religion do concern religion.  But whatever beliefs those may be are still extraneous to what makes us atheists which is our failing to be convinced by claims made by theists.  That we should acquire beliefs concerning religion is hardly surprising.  It is human nature to seek to understand our world and whether or not we participate in it, religion is very obviously in our world.  Personally I find it interesting, not as a hobby I'd like to take up myself, but as an interesting wrinkle in human nature.