Reading posts from pete and Keith and reading about how religions are manipulated for wicked ends, I tend to be drawn to two conclusions ;

Religion is a powerful drug. Both posters are capable of typing words into sentences, both appear to be able to read and understand the challenges to their fairy stories in terms of being compared to reality yet both seem to genuinely think they are in the right. It is sadly the same religious fervour that allows terrible crimes to be committed too. The Voltaire quote that those who can convince you of absurdities can make you commit atrocities is bang on.

Of course our two aren't being told to do bad things, except perpetuate delusion I suppose, but both show that once you are hooked, you will justify the absurd all day.

The other point is more hopeful. Anybody thinking that a decent sized minority of lemmings can't be wrong might read some of pete's diatribe and realise that delusion isn't for them.

Not really.

Reality may not have a comfort blanket to suck on but at least you keep your intellectual credibility.