Steve Allen, once more: some religions are rationally superior to others. That means the others are dumber.

Kat, I meant no post in particular, but this thread, especially the first post, reminded me of a general tendency to do extremely silly things if only they are supported by a faith. And the word 'faith' doesn't deter me from criticising sillyness.

Another example, this time from the USA, true to the spirit of this thread:
The physics of firewalking is well known and there is no wonder involved. Nevertheless, some people make money by convincing others to give them a lot of money in order to be given the opportunity to 'firewalk'. The organisers of these walks speak a lot of 'faith' that has to be strong enough to allow the walking unhurt. Chanting and other methods are used to increase the faith and the invulnerability. Actually, the main thing to remain more or less unhurt is to walk fast enough.

Then there was the old lady with crutches who could only walk very slowly. Nevertheless, the organiser let her walk and as could be safely expected she got severely burnt when collapsing in the middle of the walk. To add insult to the injury the organisers told her that her faith was not strong enough. These persons were either extremely stupid (and dangerous for others) or extremely cynical.

I'd love to see the organisers walk as slowly as the old lady could. I'd love to see whether their own faith is strong enough. There are no doubts in my mind that it won't be.

Wolfgang