Question For Fellow Atheists...

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I've had a think and I have changed my position slightly. I now fully support the removal of the religious caveat from any definition of "delusion", including medical.

I realised I was making an error. I figured that if this caveat was removed, then any religious belief automatically becomes a delusion by definition. This isn't the case. The definition and categorisation criteria are still quite subjective, and so it would be on a case by case basis that any religious belief was assessed (if there was a reason to do so). This is as it should be. The previous rule was simply excluding religious based beliefs from ever being a delusion, which is obviously incorrect, inconsistent and improper.

On this basis, I don't see how even religious people could object. They clearly think everyone in every other religion is deluded.

Of course, there is the further discussion about whether religious belief could ever not be considered a delusion. My answer is "probably not" naturally, but I doubt the world is ready for that additional step yet.