Delusional is a better descriptor than insane. Insane is probably to found a cult or to deny that the square root of four is two because God told you something different, so to speak.
2 is a square root of 4 but the square root of 4 is not 2
You knew what I meant.
Actually, it wasn't a very good example. There are quite a few people who hoop and holler and go into a type of mania when they get in a religious environment with a large assemblage of people, but I haven't read enough about it to know what's going on in their heads when they do that.
If a person really thinks God is audibly talking to them, that's a type of schizophrenia.
The "speaking in tongues" bit I think has been pretty well roundly debunked as pious fraud. So those are probably some better examples.
I'm not sure when delusion becomes insanity or schizophrenia, that's for a psychiatrist. I'm sure there's a line somewhere.
Delusional is a better descriptor than insane. Insane is probably to found a cult or to deny that the square root of four is two because God told you something different, so to speak.
The leader of the cult is pretty smart. It's the followers that are insane.
Especially when there are so many examples of fraud right now and throughout history! i.e., doomsday talk, special relics (that was rampant in the Middle Ages), and the like.
