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When Is a Belief a Delusion? Religion, Culture, and Mainstream Acceptance | Astrology Ride of the Day
Psychology defines a delusion as a fixed false belief that doesn’t change in light of conflicting evidence and doesn’t line up with a person’s cultural or religious beliefs. That last clause is the catch. Believing you’re the second coming of Jesus may be read as a delusion in a predominantly Christian society, while believing Jesus rose from the dead is not, because millions of people share the second belief. The same logic runs through the examples: a prophet taking commands from God versus someone taking commands from an alien, a saint who gives away everything versus someone who does the…
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