Originally Posted by Craig

Please avoid using the word "blessed" if you are referring to me, I'm not superstitious.

There is a difference between "stupid" and ignorant, and many very intelligent people have been wrong in the past. People can believe whatever makes them feel better; the capacity to be rational about things that make them uncomfortable has nothing to do with their intelligence. Personally I think these beliefs are a little silly, but that does not make the people that hold them stupid. Some very intelligent five year olds believe in santa because they were told that he existed by people that they trusted, eventually they understand that it was just a metaphor for more abstract concepts. Societies take a little longer to mature.