Religion and Delusion: Branch Davidians and the Siege of Waco

[longship]

75. Well, this is the Religion group.

One should be able to express religious beliefs here, as well as non-belief. Again, the measure is not belief, or not.

And I take sides consistently against the usual anti-atheist narratives.

Concerning the recent lather, rinse, repeat. This delusion discussion is one which has been going on for some number of days. (Actually, it has been going on for decades -- didn't Freud, among others, address this?) I ignored it because I find that discussion uninteresting, in spite of my appreciation of Dawkins' The God Delusion. I see no point in bringing it up here. It's old wine.

But when there is thread after thread on the same topic within a couple of days, then it becomes near trolling. So I have a say about that. I can understand a couple of threads -- one can contribute or not. But this is getting ridiculous.

Again, I don't give a damn what people believe, and I do think that religion is a sort of delusion -- the same way that a rustling in the savannah grass is always a lion is delusional. But there is probably an evolutionary advantage to such beliefs. Therefore, I do not malign people for their beliefs in spite of the fact that I do not share them.

However, I will defend my right to not believe and will promote atheist rights. I just don't have a need to convert my theist friends to non-belief. They can decide for themselves, like I did. And If they want to talk religion with me I certainly don't insult them for their beliefs.

What's bad about that?