And just so we're clear, this is an example of who I AM talking about when I referr to "Wacky Fundies".

http://www.madison.com/wsj/mad/breaking_news/285609

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(Hat tip:  Pharyngula)

This begs the question:  Do I think religion MAKES people crazy?  No, not necessarily.  But I think, in too many cases, people allow their religion to make an end run around a little custom of the human race called "the reality check".  And this allows the crazy to grow.

Religion is given a free pass in our society, and there's nothing we can really do about that because laws compelling the concience should be kept to the essential minimum, and that includes religion.

But my God people, when denial of reality becomes an article of faith, things can get downright dangerous.

And when you combine that with a political agenda, it's monstrous.

It makes people capable of things that they later have to work really hard to ammend history and try to blame on atheists, because they can't accept that religion had any part in it.