I'm kind of with you on this
I think they're fucking ridiculous but in general I'll tolerate them hoping that in a generation or 2 they'll all have gotten over it.

Religion was a really useful crutch for humanity for 2000 years but it's not needed any more. Before we can walk properly we need to throw it away.
( Fenris temporary Lazarus, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 19:24, archived)

So what would you suggest we do,
turn towards scientific fundamentalism? If you look purely at the concrete when examining the weird and wonderful questions about life, the universe and everything, you can very easily forget the things that are not concrete - from the nature of human interaction to the boundaries of human knowledge. What about nationalism/"patriotism"? It's obvious what the problems are with an overdose of that.

It's all the same bloody thing, and people will find something else to fight about.
(s0WmVHAwZgpG, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 19:33, archived)