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Religious People Are Less Intelligent, But We Win Anyway...
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Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
There are an awful lot of intelligent yet stupid people out there.
Originally posted by Sparko View PostReligion isn't rocket science. It is easy to evaluate the evidence if you bother to even try studying. Most atheists I know, don't even bother. They read popular atheist books and have the conceit that they are "too intelligent" to fall for that religious claptrap and then go on the internet and hang out on places like facebook and tweb and make a fool of themselves when they come in contact with theists who actually have studied and even went to school to learn their religion.Find my speling strange? I'm trying this out: Simplified Speling. Feel free to join me.
"Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do, as well as to determine what we shall do."-Jeremy Bentham
"We question all our beliefs, except for the ones that we really believe in, and those we never think to question."-Orson Scott Card
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Originally posted by stfoskey15 View Post. . . But on the flip side, I'm not sure most religious people thoroughly evaluate the evidence that goes against their beliefs either. It seems to me most people are too busy with their daily lives to carefully analyze such things.Micah 6:8 He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
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Originally posted by stfoskey15 View PostOkay fine, smarter and wiser.
But on the flip side, I'm not sure most religious people thoroughly evaluate the evidence that goes against their beliefs either. It seems to me most people are too busy with their daily lives to carefully analyze such things.
It's not much. Most of it is "I don't see any evidence for God!" or "Evolution proves God doesn't exist" or "You guys are gullible idiots" or "What makes your God the real one?" or "the bible contradicts itself" and things like that.
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Originally posted by Jedidiah View PostAt least as true for unbelievers as believers. Also not at all true of most believers here.
Originally posted by Sparko View PostIt's not much. Most of it is "I don't see any evidence for God!" or "Evolution proves God doesn't exist" or "You guys are gullible idiots" or "What makes your God the real one?" or "the bible contradicts itself" and things like that.Find my speling strange? I'm trying this out: Simplified Speling. Feel free to join me.
"Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do, as well as to determine what we shall do."-Jeremy Bentham
"We question all our beliefs, except for the ones that we really believe in, and those we never think to question."-Orson Scott Card
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Originally posted by stfoskey15 View PostYou think a theology forum is a representative sample of believers?
Originally posted by stfoskey15 View Post1, 4 and 5 are definitely valid. There's also historical issues and knowledge of psychology and how people can believe in the supernatural even when there is a natural explanation.
I was only speaking to your "But on the flip side, I'm not sure most religious people thoroughly evaluate the evidence that goes against their beliefs either. It seems to me most people are too busy with their daily lives to carefully analyze such things." And I do not think that a theology forum is a representative sample of unbelievers either.Micah 6:8 He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
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Originally posted by Jedidiah View Post1, 4 and 5 what? Posts? Did I miss a link somewhere?
I was only speaking to your "But on the flip side, I'm not sure most religious people thoroughly evaluate the evidence that goes against their beliefs either. It seems to me most people are too busy with their daily lives to carefully analyze such things." And I do not think that a theology forum is a representative sample of unbelievers either.Find my speling strange? I'm trying this out: Simplified Speling. Feel free to join me.
"Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do, as well as to determine what we shall do."-Jeremy Bentham
"We question all our beliefs, except for the ones that we really believe in, and those we never think to question."-Orson Scott Card
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostIt's not much. Most of it is "I don't see any evidence for God!" or "Evolution proves God doesn't exist" or "You guys are gullible idiots" or "What makes your God the real one?" or "the bible contradicts itself" and things like that.
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Originally posted by stfoskey15 View PostI was quoting Sparko's 5 reasons nonbelievers don't believe.
1 If the God of the Bible is true then I would never expect to see scientifically valid evidence. He is not a part of His creation.
4 Applicable to the generic existence of gods, but that is not evidence of anything, it is just a shout, much like 3.
5 Only true if you choose to see it that way. Not all apparent contradictions are real.Micah 6:8 He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
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Originally posted by Tassman View PostIs demanding evidence before believing something too much to ask for?Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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Originally posted by Tassman View PostIs demanding evidence before believing something too much to ask for?
Originally posted by Jedidiah View Post1 If the God of the Bible is true then I would never expect to see scientifically valid evidence. He is not a part of His creation.Micah 6:8 He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
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Originally posted by Jedidiah View PostDemanding scientific evidence for something not subject to scientific investigation is simply ignorant.
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