2007-09-15 00:32:58 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
oops, bad typing again.
2007-09-15 00:42:39 · update #1
yes. it also means that you are gullible and have no common sense.
2007-09-15 00:48:46 · answer #1 · answered by monofinity 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No I do not. Alister McGrath is a great example that a belief in a god is not necessarily an insult to intelligence. The belief in young earth creation (which he does reject) however, is an insult to reason and knowledge in my opinion.
I happen not to agree with him, but at least he has closely examined his faith and is able to speak intelligently about why he believes as he does.
2007-09-15 00:46:59 · answer #2 · answered by Thor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't have to commit "intellectual suicide" to become a Christian. In fact, the opposite is the case; some of the most intelligent people I've ever met were men and women who were highly respected in their fields but also deeply committed to Jesus Christ. They were convinced that the Bible's words about Jesus were true: In Him "are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge" (Colossians 2:3).
This is why I hope you won't take your cues from people whose knowledge of Christ is only secondhand, or based on what someone else told them about Jesus. Instead, I invite you to examine Jesus for yourself by reading the accounts of His life found in the Gospels of the New Testament.
When you do, you'll not only be surprised by His personality, but you will want to put your life into His hands. Don't give up searching for God, for the greatest joy we can ever know is the joy of knowing God personally. God's promise is for you: "If you seek him, he will be found by you" (1 Chronicles 28:9).
2007-09-15 02:20:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Intelligent people can believe in god(s). What they are failing to do is look critically at their own beliefs. Its an insult to reason.
2007-09-15 00:40:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Belief in God helps live and let live life peacefully.
Belief also rarely pave way for its knowing.
Knowing it is better intelligence than believing in it.
Insult is of ego and not intelligence.
2007-09-15 01:02:34 · answer #5 · answered by dd 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. I think not believing in God is an insult to intelligence.
2007-09-15 01:21:17 · answer #6 · answered by ROBERT P 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I believe that a wise man named Solomon wrote many years ago, "The fool has said in his heart that there is no God."
Paul, later, a very learned man said that: "The cross of Christ is foolishness to them who are perishing, but to them who know and love Him, the cross is God's power."
The Bible continues to prove science wrong, and forces man to rethink their facts. Galileo once thought we only had a few thousand stars in our solar system. The Bible said that the stars of the sky were as numerous as the sand of the sea. Just one example of many.
2007-09-15 03:25:41 · answer #7 · answered by Azure Ciel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I believe the intelligence has far better and more subtle methods of insulting itself.
2007-09-15 01:09:36 · answer #8 · answered by Jack P 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hmm... tough question...
Can't be sure.... but worrying abt what others belive, is definitely an insult to intelligence....
LOL!
2007-09-15 02:06:36 · answer #9 · answered by Miss Studious 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you should do some research before you ask questions.
http://www.freudfile.org/psychoanalysis/transference.html
http://www.braungardt.com/Essays/Freud's%20view%20of%20Religion.htm#_Toc532416977
Oh, and unless it was a pun, learn how to use spell check !!
2007-09-15 01:06:02 · answer #10 · answered by Zappster (Deep Thunker) 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2007-09-15 00:42:43 · answer #11 · answered by thethinker 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋