Reply #20: do you believe in supernatural deities...?

[mike_c]

Gods? Saints? Angels? Fairies? Leprechauns? Some other brand of invisible friend? Why would anyone "consider themselves religious" without such beliefs? All of the social and intellectual trappings of religion derive from such delusions.

Look, I'm not trying to insult you. I genuinely don't understand. What do you find attractive about religion? To me, it all looks like anti-intellectual escapism-- "If I don't understand something, some supernatural being must have done it." That's the philosophical basis for every religion I know of. Under the social trappings-- the moral lessons and such-- there is this utter delusion about the existence of invisible sky people. I mean, just between you and I, is that what this is all about? This discussion? My rejection of invisible friends in the sky? Is that our major disagreement? Seriously?