Yes.

1. Religions come in various forms.
2. No single religion holds a majority of people.
3. If one religion is correct, the others must be partially or fully incorrect.
4. Therefore, a majority of religious people are delusional even if one religion is correct, but all of them may be delusional.

But it's understandable. It's pretty painful to think you and everybody you know will not exist after death. So it's a coping mechanism for many. I think I'd prefer eternal torture to non-existence. I'd prefer to believe in the supernatural even if I knew for certain I was damned, but I can't believe something simply because I want to. I believe things because they seem seem to fit experiment and reason.

From the 8 steps site:

Non Sequitur, not that I fully agreed with the premises to begin with... The concept of God is actually contrary to rationality as far as I can tell. It relies on faith, which is the opposite of rationality. Why must a supernatural being exist for rationality to exist? A more reasonable explanation is that rational thought confers an evolutionary advantage to a species that is physically weak for its size, i.e. humans. (Not that rationality is completely limited to humans.)

And why can't they all be wrong? A googolplex of false statements wouldn't prove anything except that some number of people spent a lot of time coming up with ridiculous gibberish.

If the universe has a cause, there is no reason to assume that God is the cause of it. If anything, God complicates the equation more than what we've observed thus far of the natural world would suggest.

Lets not leave out the possibility that mankind cannot comprehend the beginning of the universe, if such an event even occurred, in much the same way that a dog cannot comprehend calculus. Does this prove there is a God? No, it certainly does not. It's actually kind of silly to make up an anthropomorphic explanation for the universe. We're pretty infinitesimal. Of course, some higher being who made us in his image designed it all? Right... It's arrogant to assume that we are of the level of intelligence to understand all things. Something might currently or forever be out of our cognitive reach. I'm not saying this should limit inquiry, but when there is not enough evidence to make a claim, why make it? Before we understood lightning people believed in deities like Thor, Odin, and Zeus. Maybe if we ever fully understand the universe, the more abstract Gods will die too.

I dunno, maybe cause we:

1: kill each other in the name of >insert deity here<?

2: live like ignorant rednecks and pollute the world in the belief that we're going to a better place soon?

3: let our loved ones die while we pray, instead of taking them to a certified doctor?

4: oppose some forms of science, 'cause we believe they are sins?

5: are delusional if we talk to things that doesn't exist?

6: aren't supposed to follow a set of rules, that is 2000 years old and with little relevance today?

As i said i've got no clue.... Pick one

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People kill each other by thousands every day in the name of money, sex or drugs.....so I dont see your point here. You act as if without religion no one would ever be killed...lets be realistic here shall we?
Everyone in the world does this and you dont need to be religious for this broad generalization to apply to you I know plenty of Atheists who pollute so again I fail to grasp the logic of this argument , religious people are not solely responsible for pollution.[/quote]

Your quoting from a known cult "Jehovah's witnesses and yes they are known for this type of stupidity which is why any true christian shuns them.
again a broad sweeping statement about all religions when in fact it applies to less then 1%.

Just as scientists oppose religion because they believe these is no proof or that the rest of us suffer from a lack of education on evolution? Again this so called example is meaningless.

Kind of like how anyone who used to think the world was not flat was thought to be delusional or possessed? Through time, logic and investigation it was in fact proven the world was not flat. Again this argument fails to implement even the most basic amount of logic.

Religion is no more irrelevant then many scientific facts that were discovered by Newton, Magellan, DaVinci or Einstein hundreds of years ago?
As I said before this argument in my mind is ill thought out and comes across as nothing more then an attempt to derail a legitimate thread with meaningless drivel.

I couldn't have said it better myself

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I worship Mammon, or is it Mammories, I get mixed up, so I got my wife to have a tatoo of the Euro on her left breast, and £ on her right breast, so when I feel like sucking the "Tit" of capitalism I have a choice! but I am weak and greedy and I believe in equal rights so I take advantage of my "position" and suck both Am I a sinner?

You can not be sinning according to scripture if your having relations with your wife, thats more of a duty

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Considering the universe is...well, atleast extremely large if not even infinite, any conclusion you draw from solely "deep studying of the earth" is actually pretty worthless. That just for the technicalities, I do believe there is a God, but trying to proove it by rationale is pointless for it cannot be done. Same goes for the opposite.

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Thank you, as a mammonoralologist I also indulge in the exploration of the precious metals spot markets,the gold or "G spot" is my fav, it bring great results if you know how to dip in and out of it with vigour, you have to be cunning, as to duty I think you are being fallacious!

Aztek
Yep.
We will only get an answer to that question when we die. There is no way of proving anything for or against the theory of God. (hope I don't get a helluve shock when I finally turn up my toes

Even if god were to exist why would that indicate an afterlife? This is basically one illogical assumption built upon another illogical assumption which is built upon even a third illogical assumption.

I don't think there are many athiests, like myself, who would claim that there is no god. However, many of use believe that it is illogical to believe in something that has no positive proof, even if there is no negative proof. There could be a god, and since I don't know, I won't believe in it as a default.