Faith and intelligence

[ZeUs!!]

Religion: Preaches decent enough values (kindness to all, charity, etc) but the problems start when people start taking the story literally, ie believing that there is a Holy Place where it was all supposed to happen and going to war for possession of it, believing that an afterlife exists and you will go to hell if you don't do x, y and z each day, etc. The book's shit anyway.

[T3l Ca7]

To the idiot staff who moved this thread: you are such a ignorant dumb f*ck. The idea "there is little correlation between being faithful and being stupid. However, being excessively religious is usually a reflection of being weak." was not my original idea. It was well researched by psychologists.

But I guess you are too stupid and don't read much.

I hate retards, why the evolution did not eliminate them?

God created them, evolution did not got rid of them. I guess there is little hope for humanity!

[Ewan]

I don't think religious people are are inherently stupid.


I do think religious people who try to force their views on others are, though.

[Facetious]

haha someone trying to actually have a discussion with telcat

[geekbot]

I have faith

And I'm good enough

And I'm smart enough

And doggonit, people like me.

[Foreign]

You got it wrong, I did not mean you have faith because you are afraid. I simply mean, you have faith because there is necessity for you to believe, because without which there is little left in your life. By that I do not mean you are worthless, I simply mean life is essentially meaningless to start with. Of course that point is arguable. I definitely did not try to get a high out of people like you. I was stating something I thought was a fact. If life is truly meaningless, how would I be on any ground to look down upon anyone else?

Besides, do faith really fit better in your life than maths or science, or does it just make you feel more comfortable?

Well first of all, I must apologize for assuming wrongly about your intentions. However, faith to me is not about being comfortable. On the contrary, my faith makes me more uncomfortable at times than anything else possibly could. It's a lot easier to go with the main-stream (that's what makes it the main stream). My faith doesn't keep my life from being meaningless, but instead keeps me from pursuing what I see as the wrong purpose in my life.

[Kolar]

UC

[Cops]

I read the first 2 lines, then I proceeded to press the Post a Reply button to post a reply about how Telcat makes no sense to me, thanks, bye.

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[Galleleo]

I read the first 2 lines, then I proceeded to press the Post a Reply button to post a reply about how Telcat makes no sense to me, thanks, bye.

[Da1andonly]

divine intervention, motherfucker

[Superted]

Reversely, there is a strong correlation between athiesm and intelligence.

Really?! Wow! I wasn't aware of this study, I don't suppose you have a few references? Preferably to a journal and not ihatereligion.com

[T3l Ca7]

Telcat way to bring up another thread that pins religious people against atheists, who both coincidently claim moral and intellectual superiority over the other.

I don't even need to read this thread to know it will turn into MHz blowing his mouth off about how religious people are foolish and I know Heavensent will quote the bible like some sort of twisted scholar finding gaps and holes to tie his theories together.

Stop wasting my fucking time, and get the fuck off this forum.

Whose fault? You chose to read this thread and post a reply on it?

Do you think you have a spirit Telcat? (is there life before being born/ after death?)

I do not know but I do not think so.

[T3l Ca7]

This doesn't make any sense to me. I can guess, judging by most of your other posts, that you're only trying to get a rise out of someone like myself. In case I'm wrong: If one believes out of fear, can we really call that faith? As soon as something comes along to challenge that kind of faith, one would be free from believing in it. In the position I stand in, faith in action takes the form of love following the example set by the One I believe in. It's impossible for me to love in the midst of fear. If I believed simply out of fear my faith would collapse from within. I don't see myself as unintelligent. I can grasp all of the concepts presented by those who argue against my faith. When it comes down to it, my faith makes more sense in my life than anything else. I can see pieces that fit together in my life that are much stronger arguments for my faith than any scientist or mathematician could present.

You got it wrong, I did not mean you have faith because you are afraid. I simply mean, you have faith because there is necessity for you to believe, because without which there is little left in your life. By that I do not mean you are worthless, I simply mean life is essentially meaningless to start with. Of course that point is arguable. I definitely did not try to get a high out of people like you. I was stating something I thought was a fact. If life is truly meaningless, how would I be on any ground to look down upon anyone else?

Besides, do faith really fit better in your life than maths or science, or does it just make you feel more comfortable?

She's just looking for validation for her own ignorance.
"Anyone out there stupid, cynically stupid like me?"
"Birds of a feather flock together"... she's lost her flock.. & trying to find 'em.

K i'm done.

When was the last time you feel good about yourself apart from the time you thought 'you were with God'? I really want to know, because I could not see how a common person like yourself bother to live without deceiving yourself into believing God meant you to do bigger things.

[Singularity]

You're true in your assumption that people with belief are not necessarily 'stupid'. That would infer that the majority of the USA and Middle-Eastern countries population was stupid, which isn't the case. Possibly, I could argue, deluded though.

Reversely, there is a strong correlation between athiesm and intelligence.

If you are an atheist you just proved yourself wrong there.

Cops must have had divine knowledge about this thread. I BELIEVE

[SEAL]

Do you think you have a spirit Telcat? (is there life before being born/ after death?)