Blind belief can be comforting, but it can easily cripple reason and productivity, and stop intellectual progress.
James RandiNo evidence against a firmly-held belief, no matter how good or abundant it may be, will sway the true believer.
James RandiThere is a distinct difference between having an open mind and having a hole in your head from which your brain leaks out.
James RandiReligion is based upon blind faith supported by no evidence. Science is based upon confidence that results from evidence - and that confidence can be modified and/or reversed by further observations and experimentation. Science approaches truth, closer and closer, by hard dedicated work. Religion already has it all decided, and it's in the book. It's dogma, unchangeable, and unaffected by reality and whatever facts we come upon in the real world.
James Randi