Sentence examples for harmful delusion from inspiring English sources
To think otherwise is a harmful delusion, as de Waal makes clear in this intriguing, entertaining work.
"Johann Scheffler's The Kingdom of Heaven alone rejects the harmful delusion that you can be saved if you are not Catholic") 1675: D. J. Schefflers Vernünfftiger Gottes-Dienst.
From this truism springs one of the most harmful delusions of the modern world that when public money is spent on life-saving medical care, no account should be taken of the cost.
In his 2014 Stress Test, Tim Geithner warned about the harmful economic delusion of congressional default-deniers: "Many of them truly seemed to believe that default could cleanse the sins of the U.S. economy, which was insane.
I may delude myself, but my delusions are not harmful.
Indeed, the notion of an "alcoholic" is harmful because it fosters the delightful delusion that those of us who are not alcoholics can drink away regardless.
Treating delusions, he claims, might be harmful – instead we should "question our prejudices about normality".
"The other big misconception is that it is a cult, delusion, or something that is really harmful," Riviera says.
Delusion piled upon delusion.
