(July 27, 2012 at 5:16 pm)5thHorseman Wrote:(July 27, 2012 at 4:52 pm)HappyHumanist Wrote: When you find out that someone you admire and respect -- someone who is very intelligent and otherwise full of common sense -- believes in god, does your opinion of him/her take a nosedive?
Not in the slightest, unless they waffle on about it.
If they're a really good mate, i'm likely to be jokey with them about it.
I support that opinion. I actually have some friends who are very smart, but very religious (just getting raised that way, can't help it.). However, we never talk about religion since we have accepted our believes/disbelieves.