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In reply to the discussion: The Atheists Conundrum [View all]cbayer
(146,218 posts)108. There is a clinical definition of delusional
A delusion is a belief held with strong conviction despite superior evidence to the contrary. As a pathology, it is distinct from a belief based on false or incomplete information, confabulation, dogma, illusion, or other effects of perception.
Now, you can either accept that definition or not, but calling religious people (or non-religious people) delusional is inaccurate and, as I have repeatedly said, just a weak, broad brush and bigoted attack on a group of people that hold a different POV.
You are welcome to believe or not believe anything you want. My original point, which you challenged, is that you would most likely be offended if I said that you, as a self-identifed member of a group, had a psychiatric disorder simply because you were a member of that group.
In addition to being personally offensive, it is offensive to people with true psychiatric illnesses.
But, whatever floats your boat. If it makes you feel better to take that position, take it.
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That was my first thought of a Reply. What on Earth does any of it matter, next to how we treat one
patrice
Jan 2013
#9
It's one of those things that once you become aware of it you can never quite completely ignore
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#14
I understand atheism & its critique of religion & I agree with it to the extent of the limits inhere
patrice
Jan 2013
#19
Losers in the sense that if you are a thoughtful person it's hard not to be alienated
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#7
k, I don't know which threads specifically you are referring to. The one's I saw usually began with
patrice
Jan 2013
#17
Nadine, cali and Will Pitt all found it necessary to pen OPs to dump on the atheists
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#18
I'm sorry they were un-necessarily disrespectful. We're all like that, including me. & I'm not sure
patrice
Jan 2013
#20
It's not the mention of theism not be fact based, because it clearly is not fact based.
cbayer
Jan 2013
#42
I think most to all of us, even skeptics, view some imaginary things as real.
ZombieHorde
Jan 2013
#12
As a fellow Atheist, there is a third option, and it's not quite the dilemma you think it is...
Moonwalk
Jan 2013
#16
Well, perhaps you should stop supporting them, making it easier for them to get away with it.
mr blur
Jan 2013
#79
Is it your contention then that everyone should be bothered or not bothered by the same things?
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#36
I'm not trying to wage a war, that's where you are entirely missing my point.
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#40
You are generally a very positive poster, so I truly do not understand where you are coming
cbayer
Jan 2013
#41
There's some big chunks of American culture that I do not buy at all, that leave me feeling
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#43
Every single word or metaphor I can think of to use to describe my feelings is offensive to theists
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#58
You were called a troll by a fellow atheist who often shares your point of view in
cbayer
Jan 2013
#53
When atheists start having a worldview that exists outside of reality, you will have a point.
cleanhippie
Jan 2013
#50
It doesn't bother me that people believe in different things than I do. People believe in all sorts
robinlynne
Jan 2013
#51
Well that's not a psychosis. That's a personality, which may or may not represent a disorder.
cbayer
Jan 2013
#70
Personality doesn't refer to mental processes that affect the perception of reality
NoOneMan
Jan 2013
#71
I think that the answers you seek are held in fields other than psychiatry or even psychology.
cbayer
Jan 2013
#88
And that would be accurate too! Because it's atheists that believe dead people come back to life...
cleanhippie
Jan 2013
#102
So a republican who doesn't believe that Obama is a Kenyan Muslim is delusional?
Warren Stupidity
Jan 2013
#105