Prismatic567:
There various types of illusions;
Illusion:
a thing that is or is likely to be wrongly perceived or interpreted by the senses.
“the illusion makes parallel lines seem to diverge by placing them on a zigzag-striped background”
synonyms: mirage, hallucination, apparition, figment of the imagination, trick of the light, trompe l’oeil; More
a deceptive appearance or impression.
“the illusion of family togetherness”
synonyms: appearance, impression, semblance; More
a false idea or belief.
“he had no illusions about the trouble she was in”
synonyms: delusion, misapprehension, misconception, false impression; More
In this case, the closer the illusion is related to empirical reality the lesser the delusion.
For example a person who believe in a mirage is real, that is a lesser degree of illusion or delusion because the illusion can easily be proven.
Thus the degree of illusion increases as the thing of the illusion move away from empirical reality possibility to impossibility. If a person believed in an apparition or ghost that is human like, the delusion would be of lesser degree.
Believing in a leprechuan [no likeness empirically] would be more delusional that something that is exactly human like [old man with a beard, long hair women, etc.]
As we move from empirical related things to merely mental concepts and ideas, then the degree of illusion increases. To believe a square-circle [contradiction] and human who can fly with own power would be highly delusional.
A belief in a God [illusory] is also highly delusional despite that 80-90% of humans do that.
Another factor to determine delusional is related to how insistent, emotional and persistent the person belief in the illusory thing.
If we are to put the above on paper and analyze it systematically we can roughly arrive at some sort of objective analysis in terms of degrees of delusion.
For example how it is possible for an organizer to rate beauty objectively as in Miss Universe and it is somehow accepted by many? It is possible because it is highly qualified to a set of criteria.
Well put. I concede, damn it, that there are levels of delusion.
I also agree that religious believers in the supernatural are highly delusional.
I will not argue against you on that as you seem to have given these issues some thought.
Given the damage religions and their adherents do, how can we help our friends and neighbors recognize their delusional thinking and help them return to reality when they dig in even more when we tell them the truth of their delusional thinking?
Regards
DL
Why this emoticon hatred?
As for Gods works and deeds, they are neverending connections between the animate objects and inanimate objects we call existence, but also our consciousness is directly linked to that of God’s in that he transferred his spark to create our fires.
WendyDarling:
Why this emoticon hatred?
As for Gods works and deeds, they are neverending connections between the animate objects and inanimate objects we call existence, but also our consciousness is directly linked to that of God’s in that he transferred his spark to create our fires.
Thanks for showing your delusional thinking, but let’s say I believe you.
If your consciousness is connected to God’s, linked is the word you used, ask your version of God why he always kills when he could cure just as easily.
Regards
DL
Living is learning, so is dying.
Nice that I drove you to speechlessness and an inane reply.
An intelligent person would have just recanted.
Regards
DL
phyllo
(phyllo)
June 14, 2017, 1:27pm
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Actually, it was a reasonable and intelligent reply to your post.
Really?
Tell me then what a person learns from dying.
Regards
DL
phyllo
(phyllo)
June 14, 2017, 1:49pm
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To evaluate well. To not take life for granted. To set priorities. To not waste time.
Thanks Phyllo!
[Edit: Erased some taunts against OP. Being mean detracts from a woman’s bust size. ]
When one reaches the age of reason it’s not so much a rejection of the supernatural as it is becoming a victim of the overwhelmingly prevalent, pervasive forces in play … ergo … getting on your hands and knees to crawl and lick the footprints of the rich … more politely … start a lifetime journey in the pursuit of prosperity.
A live mind might absorb that but not a dead one.
Regards
DL
pilgrim-seeker_tom:
When one reaches the age of reason it’s not so much a rejection of the supernatural as it is becoming a victim of the overwhelmingly prevalent, pervasive forces in play … ergo … getting on your hands and knees to crawl and lick the footprints of the rich … more politely … start a lifetime journey in the pursuit of prosperity.
Self subjugation of mind and body.
That was not my experience.
Regards
DL
you never went to school??
phyllo
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June 15, 2017, 1:21am
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Yeah. We’re talking about live people learning.
Sure did, but I did not subjugate my mind to what was taught.
Regards
DL
No we were not. But if we have switched, we have no argument.
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DL
phyllo
(phyllo)
June 15, 2017, 3:29pm
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Where in this sentence does it say that it refers to dead people :
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I replied to your poor wording and grammar above.
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DL
phyllo
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June 15, 2017, 6:01pm
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I didn’t write it but I understood it.