to all really, not just Diamond. I gotta know. Do all you self-proclaimed christians actually believe in the existence of a mythicall sky daddy who watchers over everything and sticks his nose in the sordid waste of this planet? do you actually believe when you die you're going to go to some puffy cloud beige heaven to listen to platitudes for all eternity and anyone you don't like is going to be eternally tortured by flame? Are you insane? You might just as well believe in Thor and Zeues and Quezecoatl or majic faires and elves.
The short answerTM, is, "no, I don't believe what you allege I believe, and neither does any other Christian that I know."
I have a question or two for you. What is the basis of your gripe about the "sordidness" of this planet? The planet is what it is. What are you complaining about, if it's just part of the material universe? What are you comparing it to, to account for your value judgment?
Second, how do you justify the notion that human brain chemistry, which I would guess in your view is the sole cause of beliefs, whether of sordidness, or Thor and Zeus and Quezecoatl or magic faeries and elves, or any other belief for that matter, can be judged "insane". What are you comparing human brain chemistry to?
Cordially,