Respect of other beliefs

Dades

Zillah wrote:

There actually is a correlation between above average intelligence and disbelief in God.

aidan24326 wrote:

Don't know how accurate that info is though it would seem reasonable that atheists might be, on average, a little smarter.

Smart in my book would be not bandying that theory around in public.

I'm not suggesting it to be true or false but it's the type of unhelpful generalisation that creates divides.

Zombrex

Zillah wrote:

There actually is a correlation between above average intelligence and disbelief in God.

Doesn't mean we are not all dumb asses though

aidan24326

The Atheist wrote:

Smart in my book would be not bandying that theory around in public.

I'm not suggesting it to be true or false but it's the type of unhelpful generalisation that creates divides.

You do have a point, as something like that is not so easy to actually prove.

However there is already a divide. Some people believe in a heaven-dwelling prayer-answering god, some of us don't. That is a divide, an intellectual and ideological divide. Personally I have no problem putting myself firmly on one side of it.

Dades

aidan24326 wrote:

However there is already a divide. Some people believe in a heaven-dwelling prayer-answering god, some of us don't. That is a divide, an intellectual and ideological divide. Personally I have no problem putting myself firmly on one side of it.

I don't think any of us have a problem placing ourselves on that side of the fence.
Doesn't mean we're all here for the same reasons though.

Zillah

aidan24326 wrote:

Don't know how accurate that info is though it would seem reasonable that atheists might be, on average, a little smarter.

What I love is that the Jews are a close second for some reason. Who would've guessed. I'm not suprised that the Buddhists came out pretty high

The Atheist wrote:

Smart in my book would be not bandying that theory around in public.

I like to think there's a difference between intelligence and prudence... :P

Asiaprod

Zillah wrote:

I'm not suprised that the Buddhists came out pretty high

Wow, a compliment from Zillah:) I better run off and meditate on this one:D

coffee_cake

aidan24326 wrote:

Bluewolf, I don't know if you're a religious person or not, but if you are I think asking somebody to prove something would be a bit hypocritical.

So let's all go around making stupid generalising statements then
how about "people who imply that all religious people are stupid, are themselves lacking in intelligence"
and hey, I don't have to prove it...

:rolleyes:

fundies can be pretty stupid, full stop. that goes for both sides of the fence.

Wow, a compliment from Zillah I better run off and meditate on this one

me too

aidan24326

bluewolf wrote:

So let's all go around making stupid generalising statements then
how about "people who imply that all religious people are stupid, are themselves lacking in intelligence"
and hey, I don't have to prove it...

:rolleyes:

fundies can be pretty stupid, full stop. that goes for both sides of the fence.

And where exactly did I say that all religious people are stupid?

Zillah

aidan24326 wrote:

And where exactly did I say that all religious people are stupid?

I believe it was here:

aidan24326 wrote:

I for for one believe that it is patently clear to anyone with half a mind that every single religious person in the world is an idiot.

You can hardly deny that now can you?

aidan24326

Zillah wrote:

I believe it was here:

"I for for one believe that it is patently clear to anyone with half a mind that every single religious person in the world is an idiot".


You can hardly deny that now can you?

I hope you are just joking and not trying to deliberately misqoute me!

coffee_cake

aidan24326 wrote:

And where exactly did I say that all religious people are stupid?

Where did I say you said that?

Zillah

bluewolf wrote:

Where did I say you said that?

Well:

bluewolf wrote:

You claimed that all religious people were stupid.

I like this game.

aidan24326

Where did I say you said that?

Oh, round about here I'd say

bluewolf wrote:

So let's all go around making stupid generalising statements then
how about "people who imply that all religious people are stupid, are themselves lacking in intelligence"
and hey, I don't have to prove it...

coffee_cake

Zillah wrote:

Well:
...

I like this game.

Stop making things up :P

Oh, round about here I'd say
...

Nothing in that quote says "you/aidan said x"
it doesn't even imply it
It's a rant about people not backing up stupid statements