Why religion is a problem, in a nutshell:

[theweaselking]

When called by a psychic who declared that she had psychic visions of a mass grave on a Texas property, police searched the place, dug it up, and found nothing.

Then, and only then, did they MAYBE think that they might want to check to see if the tipster knew anything REAL.

Comments

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Even the ones that don't call it "psychic" still talk about the same things. There is no meaningful difference between transubstantiation and dowsing, between prophecy and clairvoyance, or between "expecto patronus" and "our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name".

[moiread]

Yeah. I was debating whether or not to point out the whole prophet thing; not because it's an incorrect categorization but because I am trying to aim for arguments that are most likely to succeed.