When is a Religious Belief Delusional?

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I guess you could compare and contrast different types of beliefs.

The kind of theist who mostly accepts mainstream science, but just shoehorns in "but God did it", isn't operating under a delusion as such. It's just forcing a conclusion which probably won't affect them much.

The kind of theist who prefers their literal stories to mainstream science is pretty delusional, I would say. They're living in a borderline fantasy land version of reality. This still might not impact them too much in everyday life, although I find it hard to believe that this kind of thinking won't have some knock-on effects.