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Religion and Secularism
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If you go by this definition, 1 and 2a are inadequate as definers because they use derivatives of the word "delusion", thus you have to rely on 2b, which includes the modifier "psychotic". Hence by this definition, a delusion is a psychiatric condition.
It seems circular, but it is not as from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/delusion delusion was defined as:
: a belief that is not true : a false idea : a false idea or belief that is caused by mental illness
before the full definition. Hence, there are two types of delusion, not one. Therefore, a person who is not mentally ill can be deluded by false beliefs or ideas which is as it is in reality. Q.E.D.? :cheese:
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: a belief that is not true : a false idea : a false idea or belief that is caused by mental illness
before the full definition. Hence, there are two types of delusion, not one. Therefore, a person who is not mentally ill can be deluded by false beliefs or ideas which is as it is in reality.
TimB: There you go. It is not necessarily indicative of a pathology to have a false belief. So with this definition of delusion (a belief that is not true : a false idea, that persists despite objective evidence to the contrary) being deluded is not necessarily indicative of a psychiatric condition.
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TimB: There you go. It is not necessarily indicative of a pathology to have a false belief. So with this definition of delusion (a belief that is not true : a false idea, that persists despite objective evidence to the contrary) being deluded is not necessarily indicative of a psychiatric condition.
Exactly. As such, anyone with false beliefs or ideas (held with strong conviction despite compelling evidence to the contrary) can be sane and deluded which is as it is, in reality.
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TimB: There you go. It is not necessarily indicative of a pathology to have a false belief. So with this definition of delusion (a belief that is not true : a false idea, that persists despite objective evidence to the contrary) being deluded is not necessarily indicative of a psychiatric condition.
Exactly. As such, anyone with false beliefs or ideas (held with strong conviction despite compelling evidence to the contrary) can be sane and deluded which is as it is, in reality. Amen.