2007-08-18 11:14:34 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
sometimes
2007-08-18 11:18:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
There seems to be a stereotype here on YA that religious=stupid. Here is the list of the top 10 universities in the country according to US News and World Reports (duplicate numbers indicate a tie) :
1. Princeton *
2. Harvard *
3. Yale *
4. California Institute of Technology
4. Stanford
4. M.I.T.
7. Duke *
8. Dartmouth College
9. Columbia University *
9. University of Chicago *
Schools marked with an * offer graduate level degrees (according to the Association of Theological Schools) to students who intend to pursue a career in some form of full time ministry, whether that is teaching, church work, or work in a non-profit. So, the top 3 universities, and 7 of the top 10, offer advanced degrees to religious people. (I am a student at Wake Forest University's Divinity School.)
Oxford and Cambridge in the UK also offer similar programs.
So, there are a significant number of extremely intelligent people who disagree with you.
2007-08-18 18:27:18 · answer #2 · answered by MacDeac 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Religion is a little bit dumb, ergo the beliefs.
2007-08-18 18:28:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. Dumb is the incorrect word.
I find religious beliefs to be incredulous.
2007-08-18 19:08:32 · answer #4 · answered by CC 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What is wrong with believing that the only way to heaven is through Christ? It is you who cannot see the forest for the trees, my friend.
Don't liberal types like to tell us,
"Don't kill the messenger"?
Well, chances are that you developed your opinion from experiences associated with less-than-stellar pastors or priests. They are human. READ what Christ says in the Bible, and THEN come back to me and try to call him names.
He's not asking you to walk on water, change water into wine, or die for your sins. He's done all that. All you need to do is to believe in Him.
If you believe in NOTHING, then you are likely to believe in ANYTHING, and those who want you to "believe in nothing" know this.
2007-08-18 18:23:32 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Some of them. But I would not tell a believer that unless provoked. I want to have good manners about other people's beliefs, because I want them to have good manners about mine.
2007-08-18 18:25:48 · answer #6 · answered by auntb93 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not at all----I see those who don't believe as the unsaved and those who wish to not know the truth or wish to just do the sins they wish. You will see the truth someday, I hope you do before it is too late.
2007-08-18 18:27:38 · answer #7 · answered by lana s 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not as much as I find it illogical for scientist or athiest specifically, to espouse unproven sentiments as factual.
2007-08-18 18:25:47 · answer #8 · answered by LadyB!™ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not at all. What I don't get is why there as so many God haters in the category of Religion and Spirituality when they obviously have no of the above.
2007-08-18 18:20:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
More than just a little bit.
2007-08-18 18:19:03 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
A little? No.
They're completely foolish. People are brainwashed by some lawbook or scripture written hundreds of years ago!
2007-08-18 18:19:40 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋