Gene,

"I don't find Icke's inherently any less believable than anybody else's, and whilst they may be speculative, the same could be said of any religious, political, or even scientific theory."

Religions can say what ever they like, they are unencombered by much evidence.

If one says chocolate teapots circle the moon then ok, shall we look for them. It's an idea we can try to test. David and his lizards - well let him bring forth the evidence.

Most religions look ok if you look at them one at a time. When you look at them all together they mutually contradictive. Does that make them valid? Well I suppose yes if you want to believe anything you like.