I don`t think that being polite, kind or doing something in a way out of care for others feelings is something that stops anyone from telling what they feel they should say.
About religion being irrational, i just don`t get that comment, i never did.
If i admit that i don`t know everything, how can i assume anything of what i don`t know? For starters, what reason do i have to assume that what i don`t know is the same as what i in fact know?
If there`s something that remains in the dark, talking about what`s in the dark based on what i know, is, to me, nothing more than a guess. Based on what i have i guess what`s there.
Fact is i don`t know. So, isn`t it irrational to exclude possibilities or isn`t it rational to not close the door to all possiblities, given that i don`t know everything about everything?
"In 1973, the Blessed Virgin Mary gave Sister Agnes Katsuko Sasagawa in Akita, Japan three messages through a statute of Mary. Bathed in a brilliant light, the statute became alive and spoke with a voice of indescribable beauty. Her Guardian Angel also appeared and taught her to pray. The wooden statute from which the voice came wept 101 times over a course of several years. It also perspired abundantly and the perspiration sent out a sweet perfume. Its right palm bled from a wound having the form of a cross. Hundreds of people witnessed many of these events. Scientific analysis of blood and tears from the statute provided by Professor Sagisaka of the faculty of Legal Medicine of the University of Akita confirmed that the blood, tears, and perspiration are real human tears, sweat, and blood. They come from three blood groups: O, B, and AB. Sister Agnes also has stigmata on the right palm. A Korean woman with terminal brain cancer received immediate healing while praying before the statute in 1981. The miracle was confirmed by Dr. Tong-Woo-Kim of the St. Paul Hospital in Seoul and Fr. Theisen, President of the Ecclesiastical Tribunal of the Archdiocese of Seoul. The second miracle was the complete cure of total deafness of Sister Agnes." - http://www.theworkofgod.org/Aparitns/Akita.htm
