Attention Atheist, can you please do me a favor and listen to me.......

[tkmorris]

97. Yes

I think that anyone who believes in a thing which is both fantastical, and which has no evidential support whatsoever, is a bit delusional. I do try to refrain from using words like "fool" because it just isn't necessary to be hurtful towards people who, usually at least, mean well. However the difference is largely one of tone rather than content.

I am sorry to have to be blunt about this. Normally I don't care what people wish to tell themselves, but when you try to bring these beliefs into the public sphere I find it imperative to confront them. Superstition has ALWAYS manifested itself as an obstacle to human progress, and it makes little difference whether the belief is that the Earth is flat, Poseidon is angry, or that Jesus died for your sins. Beliefs without basis are harmful, even murderous things, and are antithetical to a modern civilized society.