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good post.

So be skeptical.
Some of the greatest religious thinkers were.

- There comes a point when you have to 'throw in your lot' with a religion, there's just too many coincidences to keep doubting..

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Thanks.

I continue to be skeptical. It's a reasonable attitude to have towards most things that do not have sufficient evidence.

I disagree that there comes a point where people need to become religious but that shouldn't be a suprise that we differ whether there is a God or not or whether there is a need to be religious. Thanks for the good replies.

And what comes to goodgrief, although he said it in a bit harsh way he's actually quite close to the point I was making about subjective experiences. I don't really care about the correlation of religiousness and intelligence. There are smart people who are religious so casting everyone as dumb or egoistical isn't quite right.

There seem to be more liberal theists, agnostics and atheists amongst scientists and intellectuals percentage wise than amongst general population but that shouldn't suprise us. In most parts of the world being an atheist requires a lot of thinking and individual thought because of the religious pressure from the society so those who are not interested in thinking about these things are usually bound to be religious at least in some way. And those who are curious usually have a higher chance of becoming part of "the intelligentsia". I repeat however that being religious doesn't mean that you have to be dumb.