In a
message dated 3/27/2002 3:23:55 PM Central Standard Time,
rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org writes:
By 'loony' you mean 'clinically insane'?
At a (reasonable) guess, something more like "harboring a beliefweb
featuring a number of claims very different from the ones I accept and that I
think are not amenable to scientific verification, but that strongly affect
his behavior and methodolgy and subsequent beliefs" E.g. most
crack-pots.
Justso. Note
too that a loony is relatively harmless. The worst a religious loony would
do
would be to
ring your doorbell & like double glazing salespersons badger you to have
your soul
saved, whereas
a religious maniac or a religious nutter might try to kill you or
suchlike.
--And.