Sopho wrote:
But surely they're just deluding themselves? I don't see how it's possible for people to actually believe in a 'god' today.
Possibly, however, there is a lot of delusion. It is possible to believe in a god of some form today, it just depends on the nature of this deity in one's conceptualization.
Kosmonaut wrote:
Well these religious people say a lot of other crap too.
Well, a lot of people say a lot of crap, but we are talking about the people who honestly believe in something rather than those who want goodies for conforming to a societal norm or some meaningless answer, correct? I mean, the true believers are harder to deal with than the opportunists of some variant.