Question 1:
When you can't find your keys, do you:
- Assume you misplaced them?
- Believe they've grown legs and walked off on their own?
Question 2:
When you see a bird in the sky, do you:
- Admire its flight?
- Assume it's a spy drone monitoring your activities?
Question 3:
When you're stuck...
via What Are Delusions?
The DSM also makes an exception for religiously held beliefs.
So, currently, believers are not seen as delusional.
But should they?
I think that they should when their beliefs lead to a sense of entitlement. There are enough examples, historical and present, that fall...
Hypotheticaly speaking I think the most delusional concept an individual could have would be to say that the world will end when they die, everybody's world that is. Feel free to share any other delusional ideas, not yours obviously. Just ideas that you might think someone may have had.
...to consumption of that amount of salt. And there would seem to be limited ways to account for this contradiction: (a) the person is delusional, holding a false belief despite knowing the evidence to the contrary; (b) the person is merely ignorant of the evidence relating to salt; (c) the...
I came across this earlier:
Source and full article.
Is he delusional, given that it was abundantly obvious a third-party candidate wouldn't win, or did he say that to save face instead of admitting he didn't stand a realistic chance to win?
Discuss.
Recently, I heard the news that the Palestinians were celebrating "victory" over the peace deal, in which both sides agreed to indefinite cease-fire or peace deal.
I know I am being harsh, in calling them "idiots", in my subject title, but it is the truth. And it i s nothing but Hamas...
Are mystical experiences delusional? How would you know?
For the purposes of this thread, a mystical experience is an experience in which subject/object perception comes to an end while experiencing remains.
BONUS QUESTION: Is normal, non-mystical experiencing delusional? How would you know?
Dieting & Ideology: Delusional Duality?
I suspect most of us have seen the NutriSystem commercial on TV many times. This is a weight loss system said to Transform Your Body. It is touted to be a healthy, balanced weight loss system thats easy and convenient.
The TV commercial...
I started a thread in the debating area to know how people would react toward treating dogs badly then shooting them. It was so interesting to see that, when people knew that it was an analogy to what was happening in Gaza, they directly switched from sympathy to a totally different attitude. I...
...who committed mass suicide because they expected their souls would meet "Jesus" riding in a spacecraft behind the Comet Hale-Bopp as it was passing through our solar system . . . .
Were they delusional?
How do you know?
If you answer the first question, please answer the second one, too.
...secular beliefs forum. I thought I'd get a wider range of opinions.
...If someone says that God speaks to them and you still maintain that you see no evidence to believe in God/s, are you implicitly stating that they are delusional?
Do you believe you communicate with/have a sensation...