Aren't anger, ridicule, and pretending to be too intelligent to believe in things just masks for fear?

Answer 1

Of course they might be. Note that not everyone who thinks he is too intelligent to believe in things masks fear, though. Quite a few people ARE too intelligent to just believe. They think it through and THEN decide what their path is going to be like. That has nothing to do with masking fear.

Answer 2

Doesn't that work both ways?

"Aren't anger, ridicule, and pretending to be too intelligent to disbelieve in things just masks for fear?"

I lost count of how many times believers have taken the moral high road, ridicule non-believers and are angry when atheists point out inconsistencies. A baby needs a security blanket, adults don't.

Answer 3

Not necessarily.

Anger can occur because a person who knows the answer to a question continually sees other people failing to grasp the answer when it's perfectly obvious. That's not fear, it's impatience.

Ridicule can occur when a person who has solved a problem becomes impatient with others who are comically slow to see the answer themselves. That isn't fear either, it's just a lack of imagination.

'Pretending to be too intelligent to believe in things' - not sure what you mean here. If you mean that people who don't believe in god do so because they are pretending to be too intelligent to do so, instead of being just intelligent enough to perceive what a crock it is, then you are fooling yourself.

In short, the answer to your question is No.

Answer 4

All of those issues are certainly related. Some believe that fear of the unknown leads to anger at that fear which leads to over compensating and intellectualizing which leads to ridicule and contempt. My best advice would be to acknowledge the fear and make every attempt to discover why the fear is present in the first place. Once understood one should be able to be at peace with it and avoid the negativity.

Answer 5

Ridicule can incredibly be a mask for concern. And, so can anger. I have been given exceedingly offended once I hit my knee on a grocery cart final week. It harm like heck and that i knew i could be in for some long term distress. luckily, an apricot brandy, a heating pad and a sturdy evening's sleep saved me. Skepticism is healthful. it incredibly is significant to pay interest in a each and every from time to time loopy international. "shop it actual, mom," my son tells me. it incredibly is sturdy advice. Blind have confidence is extremely over-rated.

Answer 6

Saying "pretending to be too intelligent to believe in things" seems a little like ridicule to me... Why are you so afraid of me? (^.~) Perhaps because I may not believe in the same things as you?

Answer 7

No they are not, usually.

I believe in God, and I know that most Atheists are not afraid. I think there is a portion of them who have been hurt, but most have used their intellect to decide that there is no God.

That would work if we were nothing but intellect, but we are so much more.

Most Christians misunderstand Atheists. Since life without our Savior is unimaginable for us, we can't understand those who truly do not believe and do not want to believe. They have squelched and destroyed the God-given yearning to be reunited with our Heavenly Father.

I hope that Christians will stop asking these kinds of questions, stop debating with Atheists, and just witness to them of what we know that they do not.

Answer 8

What gives you the impression that I am pretending to be intelligent. If you are one of these god botherers then logic will be alien to you. Does it not bother you that even though it is probably a mortal sin for you to consider that you may be wrong and god does not exist. It may just be the case. Unlike yourself I give you and your friends the benefit of the doubt, You may be right but it's just as likely that your wrong. Why not afford the people who do not believe in god the same courtesy

Answer 9

Maybe, maybe not. Really, your question is too vague to merit a specific answer.

However, I suspect that belief in a god is a substitute for independent thought and, possibly, as a result of fear.

Answer 10

I'm sure you must be talking about Fundies cos Atheists don't have fear.
Fundies on the other hand believe there's an invisible man who watches everything they say, think and do, 24/7, whilst whispering to them that they'd better love him and suck up to him alla time or he'll send them to hell fore ever.
I'd say that'd breed a fair amount of fear and paranoia into anyone.

Do I think I'm so damned smart cos I'm an Atheist?
Nah; I'm an Atheist cos I'm so damned smart.