Is belief in God idiotic?

[harmonyluvver]

Belief or disbelief in God is a personal choice and as such should be respected, so long as they don't try to force their beliefs onto others. We believe in lots of "scientific" things that we as "people" have never seen and have only the word of a few boffins to back it up. Science continually changes its mind and finds out they are mistaken or that there ideas were/are wrong and just like religion, science often raises more questions than it answers.
It has just become sort of fashionable to scorn religion and babble science, due to nob heads like James randy an ex magaician who uses deceit, lies and trickery to discredit anything he cant explain. He has no scientific or psychological or medical background yet he spouts all kinds of biased crap. He has no interest in finding out the truth only in disproving things and sometimes the alternative is more bizarre than a belief in some other worldly or divine power. However when you have cocks like Acorah, acting like a crazy on national tv and getting posessed every 3 seconds, can you blame people for thinking it's all rubbish.
It's easy to say religion is all about control and money. Most didn't start off to do that though and there still are some positive religions out there. They just happen to be, generally, in more "primitive" societies or in the eastern religions. It is not the idea that is at fault it is what people have done with it. Science cannot explain everything, even when it's right. Until then a belief in some form of higher power is as good as anything else. As for the question I think it would make very little difference, even if Gabriel did appear, as one vote against the rest of the jury would not change the verdict. Though people have gone to jail with lots of "scientific" evidence which has later been found to be wrong.
Babble over...phew

[Shelley Louise]

Testicles - specticles - wallet and watch!

[Shelley Louise]

Oops wrong way, spectacles - testicles wallet and watch

[Sam Slater]

Agh Jacques.......an answer without sarcasm.........I thank you.

Of course my questions were leading. I usually try and be as objective and fair as possible, but then I thought 'fuck it'.

I don't think a belief in God makes someone stupid. Intelligent people can believe in stupid things (like England winning anything at sport for instance). The point about the court case is a good one because we all want justice. Can a really devout theist be trusted on the big decisions if a crazy dream could sway a decision?

As for Dawkins being a cock........well, that may be so, but I live in Sheffield, and when those floods happened can you remember what the Arch Bishop of Canterbury(i think) said? That "the floods were a punishment from God for our sins". The mother and father of that little lad who got washed away and killed on his way home from school might have expected sympathy and condolence from such a man; all they got was being called dirty sinners. How nice. Dawkins just seems a cock because we're all taught to bow our heads in respect of religion, or avoid the problem completely, and because Dawkins doesn't, he sticks out like a sore thumb.

I'll not even go into the Muslim communities round here that will chase youung couples with a knife if they see teenagers kissing eachother in public. No, for once, I'll leave out the muzzies.

[Sam Slater]

Those southern nazi baptists don't get their beliefs from their heads, but from the Bible. They take the Bible more literally, that's all. So who are the proper Christians?

[Sam Slater]

You've either got balls or you haven't. Maybe that's why you refused the question above. !laugh!

[keithphillips]

Before anyone can answer the question, you have to specify which God you mean. There are dozens of them out there.

In regard to the question of faith. Faith means believing in something even though there is no evidence for it, quite bizarre really.

Keith