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Originally Posted by Anteater
Not all Christians fall into that Bible-Belt BS that many stereotype them to be, just as not all atheists are simple-minded, apathetic wannabe scientists who cannot see beyond the ends of their own noses. But I think this thread is getting off topic now...
streetwaves: what you consider truth may in fact be mere delusion. The same can be said of all systems of belief and thought.
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Delusion isn't the word you're looking for. While religious people are deluded because they base their beliefs on absolutely nothing, people like me have educated opinions that might be wrong, but are still rational because they are based on evidence.
And yeah, Bill Maher is agnostic. He doesn't deny that there could be a god, but he has a problem with people who claim they
do know the answers, because they couldn't.