>and when faced with someone who claims to be a scientist, living in the west in the 21st century, and who actually believes this stuff (e.g. the afterlife) the

>and when faced with someone who claims to be a scientist, living in the west in the 21st century, and who actually believes this stuff (e.g. the afterlife) then it is just difficult to take them seriously Is this something you have to do regularly, make judgements on scientists based on their speculations of an afterlife? Wouldn't it be far better to make judgments based on their contribution to their field? Does this mean we should not take Francis S. Collins seriously?