Do you think that the emotional brain clouds the IQ brain from, at times, with reason? As with theism?

Question

For those of you not informed Einstein never once claimed a personal god, however, theists are eager to take his quotes out of context and claim them as their own. Get educated before you make a statement like Einstein was a Christain.

Answer 1

Now, now. Let's keep a neighborly attitude on these things.
However, you are more than right. Einstein actually denounced those that ascribed a faith in a personal god to him. And of course were he to have taken up any religion, it would probably have been Judaism, not Christianity.

Albert's statement is:
"It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly."

Answer 2

I don't know about "emotional," but I can comment on irrational. Because emotions many times lead to irrational behavior, people describe all forms of irrationality as emotion. The original question is weirdly worded, so let's see if I can answer anything at all:)

Theism may or may not cloud reason. Some people are just not armed with knowledge of logical fallacies, and some people cannot detach themselves enough to see their own presuppositions. However, if you show someone the logical fallacies behind their belief and show them how irrational the thought is, but this person adamantly holds this belief, they can no longer do so on a rational basis and should admit it is an irrational belief. For the most part, I believe religion of all sorts clouds people's ability to think rationally. They are taught to first have an assumption "this entity is good and exists" and then to use "evidence" to in turn conclude this premise (circular). Some of these people aren't taught how to think rationally and fall back on this method.

But I don't believe that theism necessarily clouds one's mind to think rationally. After all, my rational thought is what freed me from being a follower of religion.

Answer 3

Both sides of the brain co-exist in an ever-changing balance.

Answer 4

gee, you sound like a throwback to the good ole days when women were the ones accused of being weak-minded due an emotional brain.