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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: tejek who wrote (141334)1/8/2002 2:21:43 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 1585968
 
Ted being wrong about something does not mean that you are in denial. Also in this case it has not even been established that people who believe in an afterlife are wrong.

Denial in the psychological sense (the only sense that you would use when you say someone is "in denial") is

" b.Psychology. An unconscious defense mechanism characterized by refusal to acknowledge painful
realities, thoughts, or feelings. "

It's a psychological defense mechanism. Also it isn't about failure to be convinced about something whether or not that thing is true. The defense mechanism is required because the person is too scared or too determined for some other reason to face the reality. If they totally thing something is true without any doubts or surprised feelings that it is not, then when you say its false and they say it is true, you just have a difference of opinion, not a case of denial.

Tim
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