by excession » Thu Jan 31, 2008 1:55 am
Hmm.. omnipotent deities (according to their advocates) break the law of conservation of energy, ignore entropy, act at a distance faster than the speed of light (and I don't mean quantum entanglement), deliberately manipulate every fossil, gene and physical feature of every species to make it look as if evolution happens even though it doesn't, and exist entirely outside of space-time.
I have generally found religious people to be perfectly kind and generous folks, often given much back to their community. My parents in law are very active in their local church and are some of the kindest and most decent people you will ever meet.
I just avoid theological discussion with them and will make sure that for every 'Baby Jesus loves you book' they leave around for my kids to read, I will leave one around about Greek Myths and Monsters, Norse Mythology etc so they can more easily place the Christian God in his proper context...