I am not saying anyone is right or wrong. I am just saying, if you have a valid reason to believe something, then your not delusional. Being right or wrong doesn't make you delusional. It is being wrong, and knowing you are wrong and still thinking you are right, that is delusional. Someone could believe something is correct, based on the evidence they have seen, and turn out to be wrong, but that doesn't make them delusional.

As for the amputees, I already addressed that. Amputees can both be cured of other illnesses, and can overcome their amputations. If you lose both legs, and you learn to walk again, then you are walking. You can't cure a missing leg, but you can cure the inability to walk.

I would probably agree that dictators often use excuses to gain power. Things like religion work well, for distracting the people so that a dictator can come to power. However, this normally isn't a reflection of the religion being bad, or the general population being more violent. But that dictators will do anything to gain power.

The point of the thread was about rational intelligent people after all. Gullible and naive people, can be lead astray by anything. Just because someone uses religion to trick them, doesn't mean religion is at fault. They would have gotten fooled and tricked by anything. If its not religion, then simply something else.

As for the video, I know it speaks entirely about believing in God via praying and praying in general. The conclusion of the video however, is a large generalization that no one should ever believe in god. Which is my problem. It all works, except everything he is speaking about, fails to match up with the conclusion he made. Which was my problem.