Quote:Do you think fundamentalist theists who carry their delusions through whatever else they learn about the world have some kind of mental disorder?
Some, of course, just as I think some militant atheists are loons. EG I think Pat Condell is a paranoid nutter.
I'm unconvinced there is a causal connection in principle.
Being a truly ignorant,stufwitted loon is not a job requirement for being a dogmatic fundamentalist of any kind, merely an advantage.
If you spend any time on an atheist forum,it's easy to get the wrong impression. For some strange reason,atheist forums seem to attract some of the more extreme religious nutjobs. Proof of that pudding is how easy it was for our mods to Poe us for an April fool's joke. Often just about impossible to tell the difference,
I cling to the hope that our resident dogmatic fundamentalists are actually deranged rather than willfully ignorant drongos.
