Originally posted by rvsakhadeo
Yes, exactly. I was telling him this again and again. He ignored or did not understand.
Actually I did neither. I both paid attention and understood.
What I possibly didn't do was agree.
What I suspected, and was trying to confirm, was whether your figures for number
of theists included minors, while the adult population numbers didn't.
Ie whether you were comparing like with like.
You say that you weren't, ok fine I will take your word for it, but the numbers have so
many possible points of inaccuracy I still think they are pretty meaningless.
However as I stated and you didn't respond to, Neither the OP or I said that believing
in something stupid/idiotic/whatever made the person doing the believing stupid or idiotic.
Everyone makes mistakes.
There is a difference in how many, and whether you learn from them or not, but nobody
is immune from being wrong, or thinking or doing things that are stupid.
Also the number of people who believe something has absolutely no bearing on its truth.
So on both counts the numbers are irrelevant.
Which is why I moved on, and didn't pursue the point further.
I am sorry if you thought this meant I was ignoring your post.