WAYNE CHIRNSIDE wrote in a message to ROY J. TELLASON:

-=> 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.  

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

I'll go somewhat further than that -- I don't understand the *need* some
people seem to have for it.  Best I can say,  after viewing that program I
mention,  is that it's the way some people's brains are wired,  or
something...

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