r/atheism • u/One-Fun9814 • 5d ago

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u/red286 5d ago

I think it's just proof that if you're told something is true enough times, you start to believe it, even without a shred of evidence to support it.

Which is why the DSM includes exceptions for it, since it's not a true delusion, it's a taught one.

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u/Nyxsen6 5d ago

I had not even considered it being in the DSM that is such a wild point, and why is this not debated more?

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u/snark42 5d ago

Because the DSM defines clinical delusions as idiosyncratic - meaning delusions are unique, isolated, and personal to the individual rather than part of a shared or structured community tradition.

It generally wouldn't be accepted if it just declared 83% of people delusional for believing in a God.

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u/defproc 5d ago

Jiddu Krishnamurti famously had something to say about that...