This reminds me of a recent South Park episode where the boys go to "Imaginationland", where all the various characters that humans have made up over the ages reside (Jesus is in there, btw), and Kyle (because he lost a bet with Eric that if Leprechauns were real, he would have to suck Cartman's balls) kept insisting that Leprechauns did not exist. And the mayor of "Imaginationland" says "Well, of course not. But just because they did not exist didn't mean they were not real, at least, not in Imaginationland.

So, then, Religious people spend far too much time in Imaginationland, and evidently, the author considers this a good thing. When he says "its real" he means "Its real for them, who are we to take away their magical thinking and fairy tales"? 

I know it's off-topic, but that Southpark 3 (or 4? 5?) part episode is HILARIOUS. Especially the whole Cartman/Kyle thing.

 On topic --

 I've found other religious individuals with similar bizarre notions of reality. It's like, they can logically reach the conclusion that it's a little silly to believe in God, but want to believe anyways because it makes their reality more comfortable for them.

Congrats on the premier of your long overdue blog.  I can't think of a better inaugural "dumbass comment of the day."

It seems like the only problem with this award is how to find the time to actually read all the potential winners.

Look out, Kelly is blogging! 

Hmm.  I suppose "true" and "real" are not entirely the same thing.  But they are holding hands.

I remember reading a review for the movie What the bleep do we know, where the reviewer ( I think it was in Canada's National Post) pointed out that just because grammatically you have made an english sentence, doesn't mean it makes sense.  Like saying, "tensions arose on the Brazil-Belgian border today" (or, "quantum-healing&quot.  It's english, but being not true and real at the same time makes no sense.

-The Flying Trilobite

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