Your perception of theists

[Angrboda]

I think it's a myth that theists are irrational about their theism. I think our brain is constructed to always choose what it thinks is the best. You may believe that there are other ways of arriving at the truth than rationality. If you believe that, then it is rational not to put one's eggs in the basket marked rationality (just as a for example). I think people arrive at the conclusions they are destined to arrive at, independent of how rational or intelligent or educated they are, so no, I don't think any less of theists than non-theists. Even creationists have reasons for believing what they do. People don't intentionally come to flawed conclusions and I think the intuition that some are either crazy, dishonest, or stupid is simply an artifact of disagreeing with people with very different beliefs. I think that intuition can, however, color how we approach people with greatly different beliefs such that there is a tendency to be on one's guard when dealing with those people. So my answer is, no, but with reservations. I don't think people are really in control of what they believe, so I try not to judge.