Comments on: 100% Un-deluded http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/01/24/100-un-deluded/ Atheism with Positivity Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:55:38 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: J. J. Ramsey http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/01/24/100-un-deluded/comment-page-1/#comment-118496 J. J. Ramsey Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:09:03 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/01/24/100-un-deluded/#comment-118496 "100% Un-deluded" is a rather tricky claim to put on a shirt. If the psychiatric connotations of "deluded" are taken seriously, then it's a banal claim, since most people, including most religious people, can claim to be 100% un-deluded for that sense of "deluded". If "deluded" is treated as a loose synonym for "mistaken," then "100% Un-deluded" is a brag that no one can live up to. So the shirt's message can range from a "no, duh" to a statement of astonishing arrogance. I have to admit it would be really funny if Brian Flemming or Christopher Hitchens wore that shirt. ;) “100% Un-deluded” is a rather tricky claim to put on a shirt. If the psychiatric connotations of “deluded” are taken seriously, then it’s a banal claim, since most people, including most religious people, can claim to be 100% un-deluded for that sense of “deluded”. If “deluded” is treated as a loose synonym for “mistaken,” then “100% Un-deluded” is a brag that no one can live up to. So the shirt’s message can range from a “no, duh” to a statement of astonishing arrogance.

I have to admit it would be really funny if Brian Flemming or Christopher Hitchens wore that shirt. ;)

]]> By: valhar2000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/01/24/100-un-deluded/comment-page-1/#comment-118220 valhar2000 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:47:34 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/01/24/100-un-deluded/#comment-118220 So, you got the hang of the big red A? So, you got the hang of the big red A?

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