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I don't think it's right to involuntarily send someone to a psychiatric ward because he believed that he was chosen by ChatGPT to be the pope. For the same rea

I don't think it's right to involuntarily send someone to a psychiatric ward because he believed that he was chosen by ChatGPT to be the pope. For the same reason I don't think we should send the pope to a psychiatric ward because he believes that he was chosen for that role by an invisible man in the sky. At least there's no doubt that ChatGPT exists lol. People should be allowed to be as whacky as they like so long as it's legal. And who knows, he is getting some attention now so his probability of becoming pope actually went up a tiny bit lol.

xyzsparetimexyz 5mo ago
Faith and psychosis are not the same thing.
- noduerme 5mo ago
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  - jongjong 5mo ago
    Exactly, the difference is literally only based on the number of people who believe the fictitious concept and how much political power their wield.
- nkrisc 5mo ago
  What’s the difference?
- DonHopkins 5mo ago
  Does it require faith to rape children and protect child rapists, or is that psychosis? It certainly requires psychosis to put your faith in leaders who do that, be it the Pope or Trump.
  - xyzsparetimexyz 5mo ago
    The Pope and trump are incomparable at this point
noduerme 5mo ago
This deserves some kind of Vonnegut award.
embedding-shape 5mo ago
> he believes that he was chosen for that role by an invisible man in the sky. One thing is clear, you should not be sent to the HN gulag simply because you don't understand what you're talking about. Me and others realize you don't know how the pope is chosen, but damn if I'm not willing to die for your right to state something that is utterly wrong.
- card_zero 5mo ago
  You mean the pope doesn't believe he was chosen by God, just by cardinals and other primates?
  - embedding-shape 5mo ago
    I hope so, considering he seems to have all mental facilities intact. I hope he believes he was elected by the cardinals, which is what happened in reality. I think they usually say the Holy Spirt guides the process or similar, rather than God directly selecting the new pope.
  - throwaway52348 5mo ago
    This is what former pope Benedict XVI said about it: > I would not say so, in the sense that the Holy Spirit picks out the pope... I would say that the Spirit does not exactly take control of the affair, but rather like a good educator, as it were, leaves us much space, much freedom, without entirely abandoning us. Thus the Spirit’s role should be understood in a much more elastic sense, not that he dictates the candidate for whom one must vote. Probably the only assurance he offers is that the thing cannot be totally ruined. > There are too many contrary instances of popes the Holy Spirit obviously would not have picked! Source: https://www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/does-god-pick-the-pope https://www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/does-god-pi...
- DonHopkins 5mo ago
  Are you saying God is not invisible? If God created man in his own image, then why can we see each other?
antiloper 5mo ago
Found Richard Dawkin's alt account
- mplanchard 5mo ago
  Dawkins is too busy falling in love with his AI girlfriend to care: https://unherd.com/2026/05/is-ai-the-next-phase-of-evolution/?edition=us https://unherd.com/2026/05/is-ai-the-next-phase-of-evolution...

xyzsparetimexyz 5mo ago

Faith and psychosis are not the same thing.

noduerme 5mo ago
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- jongjong 5mo ago
  Exactly, the difference is literally only based on the number of people who believe the fictitious concept and how much political power their wield.
nkrisc 5mo ago
What’s the difference?
DonHopkins 5mo ago
Does it require faith to rape children and protect child rapists, or is that psychosis? It certainly requires psychosis to put your faith in leaders who do that, be it the Pope or Trump.
- xyzsparetimexyz 5mo ago
  The Pope and trump are incomparable at this point

noduerme 5mo ago

This deserves some kind of Vonnegut award.

embedding-shape 5mo ago

> he believes that he was chosen for that role by an invisible man in the sky. One thing is clear, you should not be sent to the HN gulag simply because you don't understand what you're talking about. Me and others realize you don't know how the pope is chosen, but damn if I'm not willing to die for your right to state something that is utterly wrong.

card_zero 5mo ago
You mean the pope doesn't believe he was chosen by God, just by cardinals and other primates?
- embedding-shape 5mo ago
  I hope so, considering he seems to have all mental facilities intact. I hope he believes he was elected by the cardinals, which is what happened in reality. I think they usually say the Holy Spirt guides the process or similar, rather than God directly selecting the new pope.
- throwaway52348 5mo ago
  This is what former pope Benedict XVI said about it: > I would not say so, in the sense that the Holy Spirit picks out the pope... I would say that the Spirit does not exactly take control of the affair, but rather like a good educator, as it were, leaves us much space, much freedom, without entirely abandoning us. Thus the Spirit’s role should be understood in a much more elastic sense, not that he dictates the candidate for whom one must vote. Probably the only assurance he offers is that the thing cannot be totally ruined. > There are too many contrary instances of popes the Holy Spirit obviously would not have picked! Source: https://www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/does-god-pick-the-pope https://www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/does-god-pi...
DonHopkins 5mo ago
Are you saying God is not invisible? If God created man in his own image, then why can we see each other?

antiloper 5mo ago

Found Richard Dawkin's alt account

mplanchard 5mo ago
Dawkins is too busy falling in love with his AI girlfriend to care: https://unherd.com/2026/05/is-ai-the-next-phase-of-evolution/?edition=us https://unherd.com/2026/05/is-ai-the-next-phase-of-evolution...