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I don't feel able to continue discussing the things I wanted to discuss, if I have to worry about offending others by suggesting that their ideas are...

Although I can't control what people talk about, the thread was intended to be a discussion on the avoidance of religious delusion as an explanation...

Yeah, and in the unabridged version of his book, it goes all the way up to category 10 "I'm a bit of a twat". And we all know which of us fits that...

I'm really sorry to hear that. Very best wishes from me too. Keep on keeping on.

Oh, sorry for getting the wrong end of the stick then. I don't think there is a very compelling argument for being 100% sure of anything. But...

I fully accept that not all terrorists are directly motivated by their belief in "God's will", but I don't accept that none of them are. Do you? ...

@ Quak0r. I watched the whole TED Talk and found it very interesting. It didn't convince me that delusional ideas cannot be the root cause of some...

It's a shame that I'm causing a schism between the atheists of Relicnews though! OK, maybe it's just between you and I, Quak0r. But we obviously have...

Well you can if you want. But I've told you it's not true, so if you continue arguing that you know my motivations better than I do, then it's not...

Yes, Quak0r, I assure that I'm not being deliberately insulting. I can't speak for anyone else's motivations, but I've not interpreted anybody else's...

(I now see that you were addressing religious believers, although it was quite buried down at the bottom of your post.) This is already...

TDATL, while your "human bomb" analogy is interesting, it still seems to discount any violent religious extremists who are not being manipulated by...

Actually Koozer, I'm not really saying that religion is the root cause. I'm arguing that delusional thought processes are to blame, which would be...

If I could make another point relating to your reply, I don't think it's ignorant to say that. "Delusional" is just a descriptive term, and people...

I know. I'm sorry I offended you, but you believe in something without any evidence. Unless you're more a of a culturally religious person, like...