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Belief perseverance aka conceptual conservatism is maintenance of a belief despite new information that firmly contradicts it. (en.wikipedia.org)

posted 3 days ago by CottonHill 3 days ago by CottonHill +10 / -0

Belief perseverance - Wikipedia

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– free-will-of-choice 1 point 3 days ago +1 / -0

Are you suggesting religion is a mental disorder

Consenting to a suggestion implies mental fusion, hence religion/religo - "to bind anew".

Disorder implies the division (life) of natural order (inception towards death).

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