VERSION|0.5.1|NAME|Dinah|DATE|1379713706|CONTENT|OK, so according to Giles, it is fine for a scientist such as David Wilkinson to be a Christian and believe in such things as the resurrection of the rotting dead, angels, bodily ascensions into heaven, miracles, virgin births, transubstantiation/consubstantiation, et al, but not in table-tapping, communication with the dead via a medium, numerology, divination, ghosts, ectoplasm, etc. etc. etc.  In other words, belief in the Christian supernatural is fine because it is true.  The supernatural parts of other religions are wrong but belief in them is perfectly respectable and acceptable, because, well, er…we live in a multi-faith society and like our inter-faith buffets.  All other kinds of supernatural phenomena unconnected to religion are complete b****cks and those believing any of them should have their heads examined.  

Cannot Giles see the complete illogicality of this position?  There is absolutely no evidence that the supernatural exists, so claims that certain alleged manifestations of it are valid while others aren’t are utterly meaningless.  Belief in the existence of fairies is neither more silly nor less silly than belief in the divinity of Jesus Christ.  To believe in anything supernatural requires a leap of faith and the closing down of critical faculties.  It may well be the case that holding some supernatural beliefs leads to worse or better behaviour than holding other supernatural beliefs, but this has absolutely no bearing whatsoever on the truth or otherwise of those beliefs.
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