Religious people, doesn't it bother you that by being religious you are telling the world that you are dumb

Question

Atheists are smarter that people who are religious. It has been proven by scientific tests. Intelligent people see through the crap and the lies. Here's a video about the tests that have been done throughout the years on the subject and also about important people who were Atheists.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I5V9JPzMxY

It really annoys me how so many Atheists want to treat religion as if it's perfectly ok. The only way to effect a change in the world and get rid of it is if we don't respect it.

Answer 1

hahaha. OMG, you're right. Thank you YouTube for making me realize that all of my church upbringing was a waste and for showing me how dumb I am!

Answer 2

I'm sure there are some very intelligent people out there who are also Christian. The only problem is that in order to believe in a literal interpretation of the Bible, you have to deny a lot of established scientific fact and accept a lot of things of which there is no hard evidence. I'm not sure that has anything to do with intelligence, but it's usually not a very good thing to do anyway.

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Edit: Ummm, just to note... someone down there gave a list of a bunch of famous people whom she claimed were all "religious people" -- actually, half of those people weren't religious at all. Washington and Jefferson were Deists. Lincoln rejected the Bible from an early age and was probably also Deist. Einstein believed in a god of nature, not a personal god like the one described in the Bible. Helen Keller was apparently very critical of some of the stuff in the Bible. And some quick research on Churchill says that he was more of an "optimistic agnostic" instead of a Christian. So just wanted to set the record straight.

Answer 3

Thank you from you I will take that as a compliment I would much more prefer being in the company of People like Geo Washington, Tho Jefferson, Abe Lincoln, John and Bobby Kenn edy, Albert Einstein, Helen Keller, Rev Fulton Sheen Norman Peele, Theresa Winston Churchill all RELIGIOU PEOPLE. By the way I am a member of MEMSA if that means anything to you

Answer 4

I cannot agree with your statement.Many great minds have considered themselves spiritual,even if they did not belong or believe in structured religion.I am sure a study could be done that would "prove" atheists to have lower intelligence .Collective statements and statistics came be projected in a way to prove almost anything.What I do think is stupid, is to base your beliefs on one short flash card video. Put together by someone whose agenda is not known.I certainly do not consider myself smarter because I do not believe in the literal interpretation of the bible, or belong to any structured religion.Nor do I consider myself dumb in continuing to search for answers to increase my own spirituality .

Answer 5

shakes head... you've wasted various of skill attacking a straw guy. Christianity does not say that money is the inspiration of all evil. It would not even say that the affection of funds is the inspiration of all evil. the most perfect translation is: the affection of funds is the inspiration of all sorts of evil. observe that this nowhere skill that the affection of funds is the absolutely source of evil. rather, the textual content teaches that the affection of funds supplies start to a bunch of evils. I doubt even you may disagree with that. next time do rather analyze earlier taking place a rant. it's going to forestall some embarrassment.

Answer 6

I'm an Atheist incase you don't know, and I think you should refrain from insulting other people. It doesn't get anybody anywhere most of the time. The few times it does it makes a negative impact. Please stop making the rest of us look bad.

Your last argument was pathetic. You are insulting PEOPLE here through a strawman link to religion.

Answer 7

You know what, actually it doesn't, I don't care if other people think I am dumb, although on secon thoughts, I am considered to be quite intelligent, I am studying to be a dentist, and I am the topper of my class, so although I am profoundly religious,and wear my religion on my sleeve (I wear an OM pendant around my neck)., I am actually considered quite smart, both by my batchmates and by my teachers.

Answer 8

I'm a Christian, which I will admit, hasn't always made all my college instructors very happy--particularly my psychology professor. Nevertheless, I still earned the highest grade in his class, as well as all my other classes, and graduated with high honors.

Whatever you may want to call people who believe in God, calling us dumb without knowing anything about us is...well, dumb.

Answer 9

Scientific test conducted deliberatley with a fabricated Bias result, the results were decided before it was begun.
Your is the one full of crap and lies, that you have fabricated for yourselves and brainwashed yoursleves into believing your own lies. silly video fabricated test's interesting on how far and to what extent one would go through out of bias hatred and cover it up and call it logic

Answer 10

Hey, Dawkins, Jesus, at first I thought your face was a wax replica of mecal jacsons, but I don't know, I'm dumb me. Good cheers and all that stuff.

Answer 11

Yes, we are dumb like you and the rest of all mankind.
As long as we pride ourselves against the teachings of the Messengers of God, we cannot become anything better.
What is your proof about matter before Big Bang? What is your proof about dark matter and dark energy? What is your proof about the civilization on earth in the next millenium?