[MD] Dawkins quotes RMP on religion.

[Ham Priday]

On 3/12 at 3:10 AM David Harding wrote:


> Hi all,
>
> Something I'm not sure has been noted before,
> Extract:
>
> "He is sympathetic to an observation by American author and
> philosopher Robert Pirsig that "when one person suffers from a
> delusion it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a
> delusion it is called religion.".

Yes, and America's leading atheist Richard Dawkins, who quoted him in his 
book 'The God Delusion', defines a "delusion" as a persistent false belief 
held in the face of strong contradictory evidence.

What is the contradictory evidence?

--Ham