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Just supposition but "wanting to believe" goes a long way.
A bit like believing in the powers of crystals, or wikkan, or reiki, or any of that woo really. I'm not talking about a placebo effect. Just being part of a club that has some secret knowledge that no one else has is very alluring.
This kind of thing has been seducing smart, though uneducated, people since the dawn of time.
Eh. If someone can't see the clear contradiction in their own behavior while simultaneously believing they're literally speaking with God and also giving God instructions on how He must act and respond I'm not going to give them the grace of calling them smart but uneducated. I'd be more inclined to say unwell and unmedicated.