dont those athesit libs crack you up?

Question

when they post something on the religous questions... they think they know all... dont you love self proclaimed intellectuals lol

by the way i mispell on purpose for i love to irk the anal lol

thanks much Danielle Süßkind.. i can use that quote for the gays too i guess LOL....

Answer 1

Hey neocon sheep, here's an atheist's quote that makes me smile every time I see it: "A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism." ~ Carl Sagan

Answer 2

Actually, its not self-proclaimed. There are about 40 studies, conducted over the past 80 years, that reveal a statistically significant NEGATIVE correlation between intelligence and religiosity. In plainer language, they found that the more intelligent a person is, the LESS likely he is to be religious.

We're not entitled to conclude causality from these data, but there are three possibilities:

1.Considering religion important lowers measured IQ (unlikely, since IQ is substantially genetic whereas belief is not).

2.The causality is via other factors not considered, such as socio-economic conditions, cultural history, or physical environment (definitely possible).

3.Having a higher measured IQ lowers your likelihood of considering religion important (most likely).

If you think about it, this makes a lot of sense. Intelligence tests mainly provide an indication of reasoning ability and problem solving ability... critical thought. These are the very qualities that see through religion, and recognize it for what it is; i.e., religion cannot survive the glaring light of reason and critical thought. This was well understood by important figures in religious history. This is why the early church destroyed all the writings that were in conflict with dogma, such as Greek philosophical, medical and mathematical knowledge... all the good stuff... which led directly to the Dark Ages.

Just to illustrate the point, here's what Martin Luther, the 'father' of protestantism, had to say about it:

"Reason must be deluded, blinded, and destroyed. Faith must trample underfoot all reason, sense, and understanding, and whatever it sees must be put out of sight and ... know nothing but the word of God." ~ Martin Luther

"Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has; it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but -- more frequently than not -- struggles against the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanates from God." ~ Martin Luther

"There is on earth among all dangers no more dangerous thing than a richly endowed and adroit reason... Reason must be deluded, blinded, and destroyed." ~ Martin Luther

"Reason should be destroyed in all Christians." ~ Martin Luther

Christianity is essentially a criminal business enterprise... in fact, it is the world's longest running and most successful Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) scam. The product they are selling is 'salvation'... and the 'pay plan' doesn't kick in until after you're dead. What a racket! FORTUNATELY, it only works on those who are gullible enough, and sufficiently lacking in critical thinking skills, to fall for it. UNfortunately, THAT accounts for about 75% of the population of the USA. (There are a lot more people who DON'T know how to think properly than there are people who DO know how to think properly.) That is why there are a lot more religious people in the USA than there are 'Free-thinkers'... including Atheists. Also, Christians are generally too dense to realize that proselytizing (spreading the 'good news') is a key element of the Christian MLM MARKETING PLAN, which was instituted after Christianity lost the political power that had previously allowed them to simply torture and kill anybody who did not comply. Now, they attempt to just pester people to death, through persistent obliviousness and obnoxiousness. If you stop to think about it, you will realize that Christians are very much like the Borg, on Star Trek Next Generation: "You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile." I would not be surprised to learn that thoughts of Christianity provided the 'creative spark' for the Borg concept.

Interestingly, statistics on supernatural beliefs count the USA on a par with backward, developing Third World nations, rather than among modern, advanced industrial powers.

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"Selling eternal life is an unbeatable business, with no customers ever asking for their money back after the goods are not delivered." ~ Victor J. Stenger

"Businesses may come and go, but religion will last forever, for in no other endeavor does the consumer blame himself for product failure."  ~ Harvard Lampoon, "Doon" (paraphrase)

http://www.answers.com/topic/religiosity-and-intelligence
http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/L-thinkingchristians.htm

P.S.: I'm not a liberal, either... I'm a conservative.

Answer 3

Aren't you full of yourself?

For someone who is so arrogant, you might want to work on your spelling - it's spelled "atheist" not athesit. There's a spell check option built right into Yahoo Answers, in case you hadn't noticed it.

I'm an atheist, but I grew up a devout Christian (church 3x a week, bible studies, etc). I consider myself well educated enough to answer a wide variety of questions, and humble enough to accept other's points of view. I know that my way might not be the right way for everyone.

If you don't like someone's answer, all you have to do is ignore it. Not that hard to do...

Edit after reading additonal details: LOL! In my job, I'm susposed to be detail oriented.

Answer 4

Yarr, I don't know how liberal I be, but I am more than a self-proclaimed intellectual... damn near everyone I meet and every test I take proclaims me an intellectual..

The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason. --- Ben Franklin

Answer 5

what I really like is christians who act haughty and think they know of what they speak, and ruin the witness cuz they have no compassion for people with backgrounds that make it difficult to know God. What I like even more are right wingers who think a person can not be a liberal without denying god.
Jesus (the liberal of His day) is no doubt not pleased with your heart or your delivery. I'll pray you get your mind in tune with God's, and although I will not include that I hope it will be with a bolt of lightening know that is my wish (not the kind from a rain cloud)

Answer 6

Absolutely. They think they are being clever by accusing us of believing in fairy tales, and other such insults. None of them, that I have seen, have anything of substance to say--they just do their best to be offensive and then claim intellectual superiority. They honestly don't get that they are making themselves look like complete jerks. Rather than take offense, I can't help but laugh at them for their pseudointellectual blather.

But, they seem to impress each other, so I guess if that makes them happy, that's their call.

Answer 7

Aaargh, there ye' bilge suckin' rat! Ye be blasphemin' against Cap'n Brandy Bloodsmear 'erself wen ye be talkin' like dat!! I'll not 'av ye a speakin' to me in such a manner. Off wit yer 'ed!!

Aaaarghhh!!

Answer 8

Yarr. You wanna swim wit da fishes?

Answer 9

Yes, they are funny. But just a little less than the obviously anti-intellectual sort we get around here. (We call them Fundie Troglodytes.)

Answer 10

Well THAT was a christian attitude if I ever heard it!

I love self-proclaimed mouthpeices for "god".

Hypocrite.
(snickers)