In regards to this topic, there is an interesting test we can do using conventional survey methodology. First you can ask the respondent, or yourself:
“do you think you are going to die”.
In most cases the answer is yes. Then you continue to ask:
“do you know the time of your death”
Not as often as yes in the first question, but mostly the answer is no.
Now we proceed by asking to rate the following statements on a scale of 1 to 5, 1 meaning “I don’t agree at all” and 5 meaning “I completely agree”.
1) I will die in the next 10 years
2) I wil die in the next 50 years
3) I will die in the next 10 minutes
It is of course delusional to answer anything but 3 (don’t know) to all of the questions and shows that the responded falls in to the trap of thinking that they surely will still live for a while. In other words, the respondent assumes that they can predict the time of their own death, to some extent at least. The respondent believes that while there are causes and conditions that affect things, to an extent, they themselves are above and beyond that.
Such respondent, was it ourself or otherwise, does not truly understand law of causality. At this level, there is no break we can take from cause and effect, there is no corner where we can hide for a moment.
Even really smart people seem to fall for this trap: http://bit.ly/1svqmoy
Theism comes in various forms.