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Do Athiests think they're more intelligent than religious people?

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  • #32
    maguic24
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,790 ✭✭✭maguic24


    jimgoose wrote: »
    I actually am more intelligent than and generally superior to most people. Rather than pointing to the fact that I do/do not (delete as applicable) believe in God/Dog/Spaghetti Monster/Joe Smith's hat/the postman as demonstration of this, I simply do not waste my time arguing about it. :cool:

    BTW, that poll need a "Mu" option.

    You don't believe in the Flying Spagetti Monster! :eek: What!!

    I was a non-believer until I was touched by his noodly appendage.


  • #33
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,214 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    maguic24 wrote: »
    You don't believe in the Flying Spagetti Monster! :eek: What!!...

    I didn't say that. Rather than demanding the usual binary Yes/No response, you must unask the question, Grasshopper. :cool:


  • #34
    anncoates
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    Shiraz 4.99 wrote: »

    Anyway, by definition an atheist has to be more intelligent than someone who needs to believe in deity.

    You might be on somewhat shaky ground if you're claiming that every person that has been intellectually pre-eminent in human history was an atheist.

    Fair enough, you can't isolate people from the historical milieus in which they existed, but still..


  • #35
    Penn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 36,681 ✭✭✭✭Penn


    Shiraz 4.99 wrote: »
    Anyway, by definition an atheist has to be more intelligent than someone who needs to believe in deity.

    I strongly disagree with this. Belief and knowledge are two separate things. A person can be intelligent enough to know there's no scientific proof of a deity, but might still believe there is one, whose existence is supernatural to the point that there can be no measurable scientific proof.

    Let's face it, someone like Ken Ham is religious to the point of absurdity. Same with a lot of fundamentalists. But various people believe various things to various degrees. "Religious person" covers a huge percentage of people, some of which might only have a very minor belief without dismissing scientific evidence. It's hugely unfair to tar "religious people" with the same brush when it comes to intelligence.


  • #36
    danniemcq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,163 ✭✭✭✭danniemcq


    Closing this before generalisations are made and brushes are brought out. The actions or whatever of a few do not mean that EVERYONE is the same.


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