Atheists believe in themselves?

[Mystic]

If somebody bases his life on fiction, that fiction character (like Jesus perhaps) becomes more then fiction at least to that person.

If someone bases his life on a fictional character, like Dumbo perhaps, the character becomes more than fiction only in the individual's deluded mind. In reality, the fictional character remains fiction.

In reality, that person lives. That person concept of himself be it justified or not, is a reality in the sense, this projection is made. That projection also has an impact on other human beings.

If I based my perception of myself on a lie, the lie is not just fiction, it plays to what makes me, me.