Religious but otherwise sensible and intelitgent people

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I dont get it, I watch the news and I see the 'Leader of the Free World' who for once is an obviously intelligent, well read and grounded person, who goes about his business in a reasonably objective and analytical fashion. Now this man on the TV talks about god but to my bemusement he does not talk about the fallacy of god but instead talks about his belief in god.

Two days ago a bunch of highly educated Rabbis flew all over Israel chanting prayers at 'god'' when they landed they proclaimed that the state of Israel was now protected from swine flu.

Here in Australia we have some seriously intelligent and well educated Parliamentarians who are devout believers in 'god'

For millennia the bible was and still is accredited as the 'true word of god' during the middle ages great thinkers were put to death for questioning various aspects of its voracity. Since then science has continuously ripped away at its credibility and yet still people believe this drivel. So which bits are the word of 'god' and which bits are not. Either it is the word of a super being or it is a compilation of superstitious beliefs from people that did not understand the natural environment, it cannot be both

So to sum up, I just do not understand how otherwise intelligent, objective and analytical people can believe in such superstitious clap trap from and age of unenlightened ignorance

"Either it is the word of a super being or it is a compilation of superstitious beliefs from people that did not understand the natural environment, it cannot be both."


Much of the Bible is historical narrative, mostly concerning the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, their sinfulness and God's patience and mercy, but justice also after a few centuries of putting up with crap. There's also the books of prophecy, such as Isaiah, Zechariah, et al. And the letters from Paul to the first Churches in the first century A.D. as well a couple from Peter and John, and one from James the half-brother of Jesus. I'm not sure what your definition of "superstitious" is, but I kinda doubt you have read very much inside the Bible as you probably have about the Bible. Though if you've actually read the Bible, I'm sure you or someone else will pull some that normal intellectual snobbery typical to Atheists, which is very convincing as peer pressure in person but not so much over the internet or on paper, whereby the claim of my stupidity and some random person's hyperintelligence and master race superiority of mental prowess will be made.

What I don't understand is why otherwise intelligent people continue to fan the flames of this "debate". You know there's no resolution to it ... why keep stirring it up? It's just attention-getting.

I like what someone here commented in an earlier thread .... those who whine and rant against religion are just as boring as those who whine and rant for it.

Enthusiastic adherant of "any train of through" can be construed as dumbasses and do god awful things.

Nazis killed jews for socialism. Russians killed beurgois in the name of communism. The French and the English killed eachother for a hundred years in the name of prestige. Religious people aren't the only people capable of being whackjobs. They're just the most likely at the current moment.

Heck, there is even ECO-terrorism.


As to the original thread. I am an atheist, and as such am not much of a fan of spirituality in any of its forms. But there are far better ways to go about it than veiled insults via intimating that religious people can not be sensible or intelligent.