False Hope
False hope may provide a genuine feeling of peace, but that doesn’t make the hope any less false.
~ NDDaveLogically you would think if you knew a comforting lie was lie, it would have no ability to comfort, yet Christians are like children, who still gain comfort from teddy bears, even though they are under no delusions Teddy could actually come to their aid. It also a little bit like people who fantasize some movie or porn star will come into their life. They know it would never happen, but they get pleasure pretending it could.