> So yeah, you're right, it's not fair to frame delusion as just a strong belief.

You were directionally making a worthwhile point about the power of belief, but at some point you discarded the mantissa and kept on with the math.

Fear delusion. Let yourself believe.

k00b

I wouldn't conflate belief and delusion like this

Mhh, you are right! I made a big jump from belief to delusion here:

[...] their belief in some supernatural power on their side is what gives them power.

So essentially, I need to face that, apparently, I believe in the power of humans deluding themselves [...]

Here, I framed delusion as simply a stronger belief. As if believing something really hard necessarily makes it a delusion, where it doesn't matter anymore if there's incontrovertible proof against it. So yeah, you're right, it's not fair to frame delusion as just a strong belief. You can believe in something really hard and still not be deluded. Good point!

https://www.selfauthoring.com/

 posting about this! This is the perfect time to bring it up again. I've been writing for myself in a journal pretty consistently for a while, and I started to wonder about other forms of writing that could help me. Like this!

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Christianity

The Power of Delusion?

> I wouldn't conflate belief and delusion like this

Mhh, you are right! I made a big jump from belief to delusion here:

> [...] their belief in some supernatural power on their side is what gives them power.
>
> So essentially, I need to face that, apparently, I believe in the power of humans deluding themselves [...]

Here, I framed delusion as simply a stronger belief. As if believing something really hard necessarily makes it a delusion, where it doesn't matter anymore if there's incontrovertible proof against it. So yeah, you're right, it's not fair to frame delusion as just a strong belief. You can believe in something really hard and still not be deluded. Good point!

> https://www.selfauthoring.com/

Ohh, I remember @elvismercury posting about this! This is the perfect time to bring it up again. I've been writing for myself in a journal pretty consistently for a while, and I started to wonder about other forms of writing that could help me. Like this!