Vinny,
Come now, don't act the dumbass, surely you can do better than this?
"My premise is that faith is a form of self-deceit - lying to oneself." ****** Get it now?
I quote my post in full:
Vinny,
****** A "Misconception", Hilary, is not the same thing as "self-deception". I would hope you'd know this.
Noun 1. self-deceit - a misconception that is favorable to the person who holds it
self-deception
Of course I know the difference between a misconception and self-deception. One leads to the other. You have taken my usage of this one word out of the context of the whole Vinny. My posts are very clear on this matter. I have quoted a dictionary definition above to which this discussion has been consistently worked with, hence the term 'framework". It is not as you incorrectly termed it "my framework", but the framework supplied by a dictionary.
I would hope that you would know this. :)
I don't really care about your "framework of this discussion", as you wish to use the term "self-deception". Use it correctly, as it is properly defined.
As you can see, it is yourself who has used the term incorrectly.
Let me give you an example of how you are incorrect.
The concept of god is not a misconception. Adding to that concept, on grounds that are unfalsifiable and have been proved as such by history and science IS misconception and I posit is a form of self-deceit. When you understand this, you might understand what this thread is actually about.
Read it again. Then again. Get the sense of it.
"My premise is that faith is a form of self-deceit - lying to oneself."
Yes, that is my premise....and......?
You seem incapable of understanding the diffrence between, misconception, self-deceit and faith and actually do not seem to even understand the concept of this thread. I have to say, that you are the only person who has not been able to understand the deliniations between these terms. They are not particularly subtle to be honest.
I am pleased though that you seem to see that your original accusation :
****** A "Misconception", Hilary, is not the same thing as "self-deception". I would hope you'd know this.
...was put to rest by my quoting a dictionary definition that sorted out your error.
Misconception, self-deceit, faith. Three different signposts on the same road.
Get it now?
HS