Jesus Lied . For The Bible Tells Me So .

@ghost-of-a-duke said
I think you are incorrect to believe such things. I think it is born from a desire to have answers to all the big questions of where we came from, to make the world a less scary place.

Such is the cause and nature of a delusion, I think.

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It would raise more alarm bells I suspect that somebody following the beliefs of an established religion.

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Would it add anything new?

@ghost-of-a-duke said
It would raise more alarm bells I suspect that somebody following the beliefs of an established religion.

So there ARE levels of delusion?

You seemed to be claiming there aren't a while ago when it suited you to deny it.

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It probably deserves a place in the OP of a new thread.

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Belief in fairies etc would be a much more unusual belief than those held by followers of Christianity etc. I would have a lot of questions to ascertain the basis for the belief.

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Not especially.

I noticed you dropped reference to the motor cycle thing where evidence is immediately available to club members that you were talking nonsense.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Belief in fairies etc would be a much more unusual belief than those held by followers of Christianity etc. I would have a lot of questions to ascertain the basis for the belief.

That someone has a reason for believing something that is not true is not a litmus test for ruling out the conclusion that they are deluded. You have riffed on this previously on the other thread. I think the 'honesty' factor doesn't make the point you seem to think it does.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Belief in fairies etc would be a much more unusual belief than those held by followers of Christianity etc. I would have a lot of questions to ascertain the basis for the belief.

Another admission - inadvertent? - that you do think in terms of there being different levels of delusion.