(September 2, 2018 at 4:41 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:RN here. The definition of delusion clinically is a fixed, irrational idea that is not shared by others.
"I am Harry Truman!" is an example of a delusion that I witnessed a person experiencing.
" Jesus is King" is just a belief that millions share.
Okay - except "jesus" is not "king" of anything. And if you want to play the argument from popularity card well then more people in the world do not believe it than do.
"Jesus" being anything other than mythological seems to be a fairly irrational idea.
Beliefs are different than delusions in the same way that tortises and apple pies are different. Delusions are treatable with antipsychotics. People on antipsychotics continue, and often are encouraged, to attend church. Antipsychotics do not cure religion.
God thinks it's fun to confuse primates. Larsen's God!
