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I'm one who is all for knowledge as well as rationality, practicality, logic and the law. To me, religion is a form of knowledge, no doubt about that but it's a form of knowledge where rationality, practicality, logic and sometimes even the law must be put aside to actually believe with some degree of devotion. I do say that all people are irrational, religious or not, but I do find that religion increases the irrationality. When someone tells me they are completely rational, I'm inclined to sing them a few words of "bullshit makes the grass grow green".

When someone tells me they are religious, I try to stay neutral on my perception of them but I do end up finding that my perception skews to be more negative because I think the religious person is going to be more irrational than your average non-religious person. I don't care for that because it hints to me that any attempt at a discussion with them likely isn't going to go anywhere. That said, some religious individuals are less irrational, about the same as non-religious individuals. Usually these people are not very devoted to their religion or they are able to put their religion aside and use rationality. I'm a person who looks at things with a scientific analytical, practical and rational view, and there are some religious people who are able to do this perfectly but they seem to be a minority. For these people, I don't mind their religious beliefs even if I do disagree with them.

Overall though, I despise it for the reasons mentioned above as well as it encourages asocial, anti-social, negative beliefs and reasoning. There are some prosocial positive beliefs and reasoning but I think they are often shrouded by the negative ones although this comes down to the particular religion in question.