Originally Posted by: HammurabiIt looks to me like you were the one who started this argument, not the religious folks.

What Kev did was state his opinion... The argument began when the 'believers' took exception to the way he expressed it. Faith is a powerful thing, but so is the non-believer's lack of it and disdain for it.

This thread demonstrates that somehow a strong religious conviction is beyond question, and yet a strong distaste for it is somehow inappropriate.

If you want your Faith respected, you have to accept that some people's lack of it is strong enough that the mere mention of 'God' is enough to set them off... A negative belief is still a belief.

A delusion is a false belief or opinion, which in the view of a non-religious person would cover religion. Likewise, I guess to a believer I'm delusional for not believing.. :rolleyes: