Nougat , 3 months ago

... you could instead try to understand them and find out what systems lead to religious beliefs ...

Been doing that already a long time, thanks for assuming I haven't.

... including religious belief in people who are objectively smarter than you are.

Isaac Newton is a wonderful example. Absolutely brilliant in so many ways, and absolutely wrong in others. Just because someone is "smart(er than me)" doesn't mean that they're always right and I'm always wrong.

Somebody wants to be religious, have theistic views? That's fine, I don't care. I think they're wrong, but I don't care. I believe that people who put so much into it that they get accredited (why?) degrees in their beliefs (ones that I think are wrong, as previously mentioned) are well beyond just "being religious" and deep into fantasy indulgement. I also believe that there is a great deal of overlap between such people and those who want government to adhere to a specific set of religious rules or laws.

You don’t help anyone by treating them entirely in this sneering, beneath you way.

I sense some projection here.