Quote Originally Posted by apocolips31
Who gave you the knowledge to judge if it is just a superstition? Lets keep ignorant posts out of our forums.

If I insisted upon the existence of leprechauns, they'd call me crazy and demand proof. If I insisted that voodoo works, I'd be called crazy and proof would be demanded of me. But as soon as a supernatural, unproven believe is called "religion", we're told that we have to respectfully shy away and have no right to demand proof. This is the greatest protection that religion has created for itself; the notion that a belief must be respected just because enough people hold to it.

For those of us who live in the world of logic, however, we see no reason as to why religion shouldn't be held to the same scrutiny as any other belief. The greatest mechanism of ignorance is the belief that some things should be exempt from scrutiny, for no other reason than that believers demand they not be held to the logical standards of every other person making any other claim.

For thousands of years, mediterranian civilizations were certain that thunder was created by angry Gods, and ships were sunk by Poseidon, not atmospheric changes. Why can we question these beliefs now, but not 2000 years ago when it was popular?