I consider them weak.

No more delusional than someone buying a lottery ticket, thinking that their chances of winning a decent prize are higher than their chances of getting struck by lightning, several times.

Both religion and the lottery are selling hope. If that works for people, then fine. Just as long as they respect that it doesn't work for me.

Well, we all are delusional in some aspect.
Many religious people want to feel like things will be OK when they die, want to feel like someone much bigger and stronger is looking out for them (the Bible says the opposite, but most people don't read it).

It's like the Christine Baranski quote in Bowfinger, "I think it was a beautiful lie.."

I consider humans as a species delusional

Yes, absolutely, Who could possibly think otherwise ? the following contributions are far better than I could offer.

Yes. It amazes me how otherwise intelligent people can continue to belive such nonsense.

Yes, they are delusional only in religion.

I can't give any answer except yes. They are deluded by themselves and by others, willingly in many cases.

No. They have a belief system. One which has stood in the face of scientific and technological progress.

Yes

Not really delusional. More like willfully ignorant.

I agree with those here saying yes. It is important to remember that delusional thinking is the product of beliefs not based on reality or evidence. We are all delusional at some time or another, like when we fall madly in love and then look back in a detached way and think, well that was silly of me. A person's religion can be a life long delusion, especially if they really believe it. But a lot of people are religious only notionally; they don't really believe it, but think being religious is good for one reason or another - fitting in with the group, following the family, social and other reasons. I don't think that's delusional as much as social conformity and frankly intellectual laziness. Religions rely on huge numbers of people like this. Personally, I look down on people like that more than the truly religiously delusional.

Thank you all for your responses! Glad to see that I’ve joined such a flourishing and intelligent community!

When it comes to their religious beliefs, probably, but that doesn't mean they are delusional in other areas.

Religion is based on fear and delusional in that sense. Most people here were once went along with Religion, are they delusional, ? Labels is such a wide brush.

I went to church with my sister this evening to hear my niece sing and had to mentally replace the lyrics with spaghetti monster for their god name in order to keep from rolling my eyes at every song. I had no idea the whole evening was going to be a christian rock/pop concert. I kept trying to remind myself that this form of spiritual expression helps some of these people through rough times but I couldn't help but feel a mixture of sadness and amusement at the spectacle. The concepts of delusion and self-deception both came to mind as I watched them dance with their arms in the air staring at the ceiling.

No ,they are gullible, fearful , and brainwashed people

yes but would never tell them that

I wouldn't say delusional, but self-deceptive. As a relatively intellegent animal we understand what the future holds for us and it scares us when we start thinking about being no more. So much so that we are willing to buy into ideas that bring comfort to our death anxiety. Because the fear of "being no more" is so ingrained in us, we construct ideas that deny our vulnerabilities. This denial is built into our social institutions and culture in many forms, religion/god being one of them. Culture is a product of the human mind, therefore it is a reflection in how the human mind works, denial as self-deception is part of that, both cutural and psychological.

Nope... I like to be Nice.

Definitely!

I think that there are some who are delusional. Others have had religion so embedded in their thought processes that they don't know any better. I used to be like that. The embedded one, not the delusional one.

Completely!

I think if you are raised on religion it's ingrained. I think they know it's false just feel they are trapped. Can't say so or they risk relationships etc. It is a great network if you are in sales. I always walk away when someone says they are religious in order for me to believe they are honest. They aren't. I know that I am more moral than any Christian I've ever met

I do but with the caveat that I think most people are religious by default. They don't really question it; so much as they just go along for convenience.