(March 7, 2017 at 11:12 pm)Jehanne Wrote: I deplore the loss of life in that tragedy, and I am not ridiculing them; rather, I am ridiculing their moronic beliefs. And, yes, I think that religious faith does correlate with overall levels of stupidity.
So, calling them stupid isn't ridiculing them now?
And yes, you're ridiculing their beliefs, too, as a father has to bury his four kids and wife, all the while implying they got what they deserved. Stay classy.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell