--- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 08:45:21PM -0500, Reggie
> Bautista wrote:
> >
> > > And you ignored my core argument, which is that
> not all religious
> > > people are irrational or extremist, and in fact
> the majority of
> > > religious people are not irrational or
> extremist.  The only number
> > > you cite, 60% is a number
> >
> > No I did not, and no, you are wrong. The majority
> of religious people
> > are irrational.
> 
> I'd appreciate you citing a double blind study
> published in a reputable
> journal to support this. :-)
> 
> Dan M.

Of course, a fair number of psychologists would argue
that _no one_ is rational, and that the very concept
of rational decision making is a post hoc explanation
that we impose upon our motivations to explain what
are, in fact, fundamentally irrational decisions :-)

Gautam

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Gautam Mukunda
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Freedom is not free"
http://www.mukunda.blogspot.com

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