Posted on 08/17/2013 8:29:34 AM PDT by Vanders9
Thanks to a couple of surveys, it’s being put about in certain circles that atheists have higher IQs than believers. That may or may not be the case, but one problem with this argument is that, if you accept "average group differences in IQ”, you get into all sorts of sinister debates which bien pensant atheist Lefties might find less to their liking.
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.telegraph.co.uk ...
I’d take the rationality of most atheists over the theism of every Muslim.
I don't believe that at all.
In our hearts the Lord has embedded in ALL man the knowledge that HE "Is."
We may become "spiritually misguided" or deceived.
It is *smart* people = valuable, and "dumb" people ≠ valuable.
Yup. Same of physical appearance, obviously.
At my father’s funeral, the priest pointed out that as children our parents are our first God. They know it all, take care of us, hold us, teach us. As we get older, we come to the place where we realize that our parents are mortals like us, and are fellow pilgrims on the road to God.
A baby is naturally self-centered, but he isn’t in awe of himself and doesn’t cry out to himself for aid.
a baby is different from an adult. keep up...
of course it is. what specifically and exactly made you not believe in unicorns?
or any other militant religious fanatics who want to force feed their religious practices onto others.
Don't forget the inquisition and the nut cases (Torquemada - among others) who ran it.
This says it all about religion;
for those who believe an explanation is not necessary,
for those who disbelieve an explanation is impossible.
I heard this from Jeep10 on Paltalk many years ago. It still holds up.
Besides, God doesn't believe in atheist.
The lack of evidence. Do you believe in unicorns?
we are talking about you, not me unicorn boy.
I think its more accurage to say the average American is ignorant rather than stupid, which is both better and worse. Better in the sense that you can do something about ignorance. Worse in the sense that so few people bother to.
Zombies dont eat fish. Or make logical arguments.
Yes, but the contention of the article is that we are all hard wired to develop a spirituality.
Socialists dont neccesarily need to be atheists (or vice versa) but there is a strong philosophical link in that they are both Utopian systems.
I think thats a very good summation.
Theres a “lack of evidence” for all manner of things, but people (icluding atheists) still believe in them. There are people who don’t think there’s enough evidence that a man walked on the moon. There are people who genuinely think there isn’t enough evidence that Al Quaeda carried out the 9/11 attacks. Now you think there’s a lack of evidence for the existence of the divine. Fine - but you have to concede there are plenty of people (far more in fact) who think there IS enough evidence. It follows that the quality of evidence must be a function of a belief system. After all, the available evidence is the same for everyone. Therefore you either believe or dont believe that it is sufficient. This is what MaxAmerica is trying to get over.
I am not a Belieber
Sounds like a ‘yes’. Interesting.
A silly proposition since it only takes one “believer” with a higher IQ to prove the fallacy. But whatever, it’s an essential attribute for the atheist to declare intellectual supremacy.
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