@ghost-of-a-duke saidWhat is divegeester here pray tell, in the GF? - Unhinged?
So, you only think Dive is delusional in the SF?
What is he here pray tell, in the GF? - Unhinged?
I think he is a good poster who starts good threads.
@ghost-of-a-duke saidYes. I used to believe in things like everlasting life and miracles and I now view them as delusions.
Beliefs you once held yourself?
@ghost-of-a-duke saidI held religious beliefs that I now perceive to have been delusions for 25 years.
For how many years do you consider yourself as being delusional?
@ghost-of-a-duke saidProbably because I was indoctrinated with religious beliefs when I was young in a way that resulted in them extending well into adult life, supported by the fact that, until my faith weakened and then finally was lost altogether, I felt I derived significant benefits from holding those beliefs.
Why were you susceptible to these delusions for so long?
@fmf saidI'm making pizza.
@Ghost-of-a-Duke
Are you running out of questions to ask me about my former religious beliefs?
@fmf saidEven in the every day sense, a 'delusion' is a 'false belief or judgment about external reality, held despite incontrovertible evidence to the contrary.'
Probably because I was indoctrinated with religious beliefs when I was young in a way that resulted in them extending well into adult life, supported by the fact that, until my faith weakened and then finally was lost altogether, I felt I derived significant benefits from holding those beliefs.
For 25 years, what was the 'incontrovertible evidence to the contrary' that you were ignoring?
@ghost-of-a-duke saidMy perspective now as an atheist looking back at my religious beliefs is that they were delusions. We only have our subjective opinions when we weigh mankind's speculations about supernatural beings and phenomena.
Even in the every day sense, a 'delusion' is a 'false belief or judgment about external reality, held despite incontrovertible evidence to the contrary.'
For 25 years, what was the 'incontrovertible evidence to the contrary' that you were ignoring?
