Well, I wouldn’t say it was “nicely done.” Perhaps it is the nicest way anyone has ever told me I was delusional and therefore unfit to make any decisions of import because I believe in the Creator, God.

Yes I pride myself on being nice.

Just to clarify…I didn’t mean to imply that religious people all have brain disorders simply because they believe in god. People believe all manner of erroneous things (religious and otherwise) because they’re taught them by schools, society, churches, families, governments, etc.

I was specifically referring to people who say that god is talking to them and/or are hyper-religious. Those things have been definitely linked to temporal lobe disorders. Even in a “normal” person if you stimulate their temporal lobe they will say they feel “god’s presence” and that sort of thing.

Some of the mysteries of the brain are being unraveled and it explains a lot of behaviors. And now that we know these things it becomes clear that people who are saying these things are having brain issues which alters their perception of “reality”. I don’t think that most people would want a leader with schizophrenia, paranoid delusions, or anti-social or borderline personality disorders (Stalin, Hitler, Hussein, etc) running a government would they? It’s the same with these delusions of god talking to someone. It’s taboo to say these things at this point in our society, but that doesn’t make them any less true.

Like I said, with all the issues that humans have, the more reasons for faulty behavior/actions we can eliminate the better.

But you know I still love you Chaddy

A fanatic is a fanatic.

Yes and a rose is a rose and a frog is a frog what’s your point? Where’s the fanaticism that you imply? All I see are facts in that post. Please tell us which of those facts are wrong.

Contrary to what most religious types believe, just because you disagree with someone doesn’t mean you’re a fanatic.

Really, really offensive

Thank you

HJ

“or the people at Jonestown as crazy religious nuts or cults.”

I’ll try not to get offended by that one.

I meant those other nuts at that other Jonestown

“If a person is delusional enough to believe that an invisible man in the sky is talking to them, they should not be trusted to make decision for themselves, much less an entire country.”

Classic. Couldn’t have said it better myself. Although I do have a sense of “God” it is not anywhere near the same as the Christians, Muslims etc. The idea of the “Big Poppa” is strange.

“or the people at Jonestown as crazy religious nuts or cults.”

I’ll try not to get offended by that one.

Gravy and grits