On 10/4/07, Biju Chacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'd say gullibility would be belief in something illogical without
> realising it's illogical. Religious belief  (very often) is a
> conscious choice to believe in something irrational.

Fair enough, though I'd expect the majority of the hard-core religious
believers to be of the former kind.  Like the ones who ignore evidence
to the contrary and continue believing that the world was created in 7
days or that Adam's bridge was built by humans, just because a holy
book says so.

> > Venky (the Second).
>
> I think you'd be Venky (the Third) because
>
> a. There were at least two silklist Venkys before you.
>
> b. Somehow "the third" seem appropriate for you. viz
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Madness_of_King_George

I know only one other "Venky" here.  The other one is a "Venkat".  Nah
nah nah nah naaah nah! So there!

Venky (the Second)

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