Alwyn  wrote:

> In article ,
>  "mark"  wrote:
> ? 
> > That some people may be *persuaded*  by myth, legend, assertion, falsehood
> > or historical re-writing is for the most part so inanely ridiculous as to be
> > discountable by any free thinking, rational, intelligent adult.
> 
> Not at all. You are seriously underestimating the role of the irrational
> in decision-making.

Ah but now you are moving from 'what people believe' to 'what people do
because of what they believe' which are two different things. My mother
for eg is a creationist, but I don't particularly care since she is not
in a position to do anything with that. In NZ the xian parties she can
vote for are so poorly supported they cannot get anyone into parliament
under PR.

Peter
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On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:48:37 GMT, pashby@blueyonder.co.ruk (Peter
Ashby) wrote:

>Alwyn  wrote:
>
>> In article ,
>>  "mark"  wrote:
>> ? 
>> > That some people may be *persuaded*  by myth, legend, assertion, falsehood
>> > or historical re-writing is for the most part so inanely ridiculous as to be
>> > discountable by any free thinking, rational, intelligent adult.
>> 
>> Not at all. You are seriously underestimating the role of the irrational
>> in decision-making.
>
>Ah but now you are moving from 'what people believe' to 'what people do
>because of what they believe' which are two different things. My mother
>for eg is a creationist, but I don't particularly care since she is not
>in a position to do anything with that. In NZ the xian parties she can
>vote for are so poorly supported they cannot get anyone into parliament
>under PR.

Would that the USA was like that.

When I emigrated there from Manchester in 1989, I never expected it to
be  this bad. But they had lawsuits over creationism even in Silicon
Valley dormitory suburbs.

>Peter