Superstiton/religion & anti intellectualism

[Excited Penguin]

How many believers have you successfully talked out of their beliefs with that attitude? Oh, none, really? That's a shocker.

Chill, EP.  I think that we need to hang on to the knowledge that there are many, many different types of believers out there.  You and Brian37 can both be correct, in different contexts, different places, different belief systems and different people.  There is no magic formula.  
   While I agree with Brian that ideas / beliefs should not be scrutiny or blasphemy free.  I'm a fan of cold hard facts, and I rather enjoy applying them to unsubstantiated woo. But that doesn't mean that I think de-converting people is my business.  Their beliefs are their business.  And some of them would happily die rather than doubt.

I don't disagree with Brian either. I just think he is strawmanning me, that's all.

I don't agree that their beliefs are their business and I think it's our responsibility, as people who know better, to help others think more rationally as well.