-=> ROY J. TELLASON wrote to RICHARD SMITH <=-

 RJT> Richard Smith wrote in a message to Fredric Rice:

 RS> ...And so it would seem that there are those who STILL insist that
 RS> a lack of religion is a religion.

 RJT> I never could understand that particular insistence...

 RJT> A tv "science show" some time back detailed various
maladies involving
 RJT> the brain.  One of them was of particular interest,  as the poor guy
 RJT> who had it, the result of an injury I think,  saw *everything* in what
 RJT> I can best describe as a "mystical" point of view. 
Sorta like dropping
 RJT> acid without having to drop acid,  I guess.

 RJT> My take on this is that there are an awful lot of people out there
 RJT> whose everyday brain functioning includes a milder form of this
 RJT> condition,  where they "gotta BELIEVE",  so they pick
something that
 RJT> they're comfortable with, something that fits with their upbringing,
 RJT> their culture,  whatever,  and they stick with it.

 RJT> That doesn't work for me,  though.  

Nor here either. I'll drop a belief in a heartbeat after
seeing persuasive evidence that contradicts my views.
 
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