You are the Most stupid, idiotic, foolish, unintelligent, dimwitted, moronic, brainless person i have ever seen in my life.Eversor said:Proven By Science!!! Religious People Are Stupid!!!
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You are the Most stupid, idiotic, foolish, unintelligent, dimwitted, moronic, brainless person i have ever seen in my life.Eversor said:Proven By Science!!! Religious People Are Stupid!!!
Jay-Dupree said:I think the reason people with higher IQ's or higher education, or even the athletically inclined, are less likely to believe in God maybe because they place more faith(or trust, if you prefer) in their own knowledge and schooling and abilities.
However, I disagree that the willingness or unwillingness to believe in God is automatically linked to one's level of intelligence. There are learned and unlearned alike who believe in God, and there are learned and unlearned alike who don't. Education or none at all, it's generally easier for humans to acknowledge and/or believe their own abilities and intelligence than that of a higher being outside of ourselves. We can tangibly see and measure our own and each other's abilities and knowledge, not so much with an invisible God.
Though I'm a Christian and am thoroughly convinced of the teachings of the Bible, I can understand how someone who doesn't share my faith would consider me crazy or at the very least miseducated/brainwashed. The very concept of having faith in anything can at times requires one to think beyond the realm of logic and reason. Something some people just aren't inclined to do, whether they have a higher IQ or not.
But if you think about it, we all have faith in something or someone. A child can put all their faith in his/her parent(s), who can fail them at any time. For those who live on the East Coast, we have faith that there won't be any earthquakes, even though anything's possible, even if unlikely. When you go to work in a high-rise building, you have faith that the builders did their job and that the floor won't cave in under you, though it can very well happen. It's interesting when people describe faith as blind, yet we exercise faith everyday on things or people that could very well fail us.
Not trying to preach or anything, but just giving a different perspective. Eveybody believes in something. Consider that when people don't have faith in God, it's most likely because they have faith in something or someone else. Don't need a certain level of intelligence or skill to do that.
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Exphate said:I know, and it shits me off. But, on that note, didn't you just do it too?
Have you read Richard Dawkin's The God Delusion? Einstein's reference to the word 'God' was very different from the religious (and most likely Christian) God that you have misinterpreted it to be. I'll type up the quote from it if I'm ever bothered.Starcraftmazter said:Einstein
Tesla
Two greats physisists in the history of the human race were deeply religious, and their religion inspired a lot of their work.
'nuf said, article's argument is invaid.
Dawkins is way too biased. He puts the worst of religion with the best of athiesm. Anyone could have done that. I know many believers who have read it, yet NONE have turned athiest. Readers only see what they want to see. The faithful will see holes in the argument. The nonbelievers would say its correct and leave it at that (it is right to a degree but doesnt show the whole truth).bawd said:Have you read Richard Dawkin's The God Delusion?
And this is why women shouldn't get the right to vote.This was obvious. People with higher IQ's of course were going to believe in the big bang theory and evolution etc. Theories with proof, not because a group of people got together and wrote a book!
seriously......one of my bands songs is called "population control" and its about religionCaptain Gh3y said:We desperately need religion like we desperately need to be molested as young boys.
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Lol slut. Only like 3 people have ever had an IQ over 200 and you are not one of them.Apey MatrixElf said:lol XD not what i meant when i said that. but yes, my IQ IS 200+. i tend to not flaunt that, i was just making a point about IQ and religion.
i simply don't care about school, it's that simple.
"hay guise, lets start a punk rawk band and be all like anti-religion"santacruzdude said:seriously......one of my bands songs is called "population control" and its about religion
so yaaaa..........whenever someone asks me if im religios, i always say "no, i use logic"
why dont you give us a myspace link as well? free publicity.santacruzdude said:seriously......one of my bands songs is called "population control" and its about religion
so yaaaa..........whenever someone asks me if im religios, i always say "no, i use logic"
Wow it's like everyone who ever tried to discuss this point. I still think Daniel Dennett is correct in that most people are atheists but value the social influence of the church and the structure.miegoreng said:Dawkins is way too biased. He puts the worst of religion with the best of athiesm. Anyone could have done that. I know many believers who have read it, yet NONE have turned athiest. Readers only see what they want to see. The faithful will see holes in the argument. The nonbelievers would say its correct and leave it at that (it is right to a degree but doesnt show the whole truth).
Well maybe if u clicked the link u would see how he though that the Jewish faith was no different from christianity.Riet said:Well no shit, he was jewish after all.