Is Mankind really intelligent?

[R1Geezer]

I mean we are supposedly, yet so many people seem to indulge in the most harmfull activity known, ie "religion". Surely if your IQ is above your shoe size then it must be patently obvious that all religion is complete and utter h0rsesh1t. So are we being unfair to the rest of the animal kingdom who seem at first sight short on cerebral cortex but have the remarkable advantage of not being servile to this bunkum?

[naomi24]

Meglet, I don't know if you ever visit Religion & Spirituality, a sub-section of Society & Culture, but we have some very interesting debates there at times. Do come along. Maybe you'll even be tempted to join in.

When you've finished The God Delusion, a couple of books I'd recommend (if you haven't read them already): God is not Great, by Christopher Hitchens, and The End of Faith by Sam Harris.

Panic Button, nothing like hedging your bets. That sounds like Pascal's Wager! :o)

[Toureman]

I think it might have been Richard Dawkins that said " The biggest mental health problem in this world is the delusion of religion"

[Toureman]

I think it was richard Dawkins that said "The biggest health problem in the world is the delusion of religon"

As someone here said, where's the believers ?

[meglet]

Thanks Naomi. I popped over there last night to have a read, some interesting debate.