Why do people assume just because someone is religious, they are stupid.

Im an athiest and i think this is a really bad presumption some people have. Martin Luther King was pretty religious, im sure most people would agree hes not an idiot

Because stupidity and religion can often be found in the same loudmouth package.

Religion and intelligence have nothing to do with each other. The idea that Albert Einstein believed in God therefore it must be true is just ridiculous. There are intelligent/unintelligent people of faith and there are intelligent/unintelligent atheists.Nicksonman

[QUOTE="Nicksonman"]Religion and intelligence have nothing to do with each other. The idea that Albert Einstein believed in God therefore it must be true is just ridiculous. There are intelligent/unintelligent people of faith and there are intelligent/unintelligent atheists.imaps3fanboy

[QUOTE="Nicksonman"]Religion and intelligence have nothing to do with each other. The idea that Albert Einstein believed in God therefore it must be true is just ridiculous. There are intelligent/unintelligent people of faith and there are intelligent/unintelligent atheists.imaps3fanboy

Yea einstein didn't pray or go to any mosque/temple/church.

For the same reasons why people generalize anything else.

Because stupidity and religion can often be found in the same loudmouth package.

worlock77

Because stupidity and religion can often be found in the same loudmouth package.

worlock77

Some people who are atheists grew up in an environment where they wasn't exposed to religion, or they were exposed to it but it wasn't strong enough to make them be religious themselves. As a result, they might see somebody who believes in God (or another deity) and automatically assume that because they can so easily rationalize that God doesn't exist that if this guy can't rationalize God doesn't exist he's a moron.

It's not that much different than a Christian assuming somebody who believes in the tooth fairy and is over the age of five is a moron. You can't really help what some people think even if you don't agree with it. Plus, it doesn't help that this is OT and most of the posters proudly brag about being an atheist and some of them have no problem openly insulting the religious.

BEcause religious people actually believe a man lived to be 900 years old, walked around the world collecting 2 billion animals, and built a boat and the size of a continent and put them on it. Only a dumbass would believe in this nonsense.

I don't think anyone except snobby atheists do that, so I would put "people" in quotes there.

Because very religious people tend to think illogically. I don't think all religious people are stupid, though. Many religious people I know happen to be pretty intelligent.

from my experience, most religious people are indeed stupid or at least missing some common sense to believe in that BS

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Perhaps they do because they are playing a numbers game: The majority of humans are stupid. The majority of humans subscribe to a religion of some sort.

So odds are, if you are religious, you are also stupid.

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Person0

What country is marked by a red circle and why?

I assume everyone is stupid. -Sun_Tzu-

[QUOTE="Person0"]

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chessmaster1989

What country is marked by a red circle and why?

Generalizing is easy. Thinking is hard.foxhound_fox

[QUOTE="-Sun_Tzu-"]I assume everyone is stupid. Frame_Dragger

^ This. Hell, I assume both of those guys are stupid Jews.

Some atheists are closed minded and ignorant and think they are more intellligent than religious people. Ironic because only a stupid person would make such a broad generalisation, and as you said many religious people have been intelligent and made great strides to society.

[QUOTE="Frame_Dragger"][QUOTE="-Sun_Tzu-"]I assume everyone is stupid. Jazz_Fan

^ This. Hell, I assume both of those guys are stupid Jews.

Because some of the louder ones are spectacularly dim.

probably because it's totally irrational to believe in god (the christian god, anyways). i know the TC didn't specify christians, but i assumed that is mostly what he meant.

Narrow-minded people. Both could be narrow-minded at times.

I don't think anyone except snobby atheists do that, so I would put "people" in quotes there.

SPYDER0416

Good point

I assume everyone is stupid. -Sun_Tzu-

...said the stupid person.

Why a I reminded of that Eureka episode....

Anyway...

Most people assume someone with a contradicting viewpoint is ignorant, wrong, or stupid

Many assume the black and white notion that there is only right and wrong, and ,"I know I'm right so you must be wrong", concept.

Somebody believing something based on nothing...

...basing large parts of their life on something they're assuming...

...forcing or attempting to convert others to their way of thinking despite having no evidence themselves...

Basically it's illogical to believe in something based on nothing, if somebody fails with that simple concept, it's not surprising that others may think them to be stupid.

It's just like any other stereotype I think. Tons of religious people have done some pretty idiotic things which has cemented the ideas that you think about. There are a lot of great religious people in the world, but many of them are stupid in the way that they disprove logic as a defense of their religion.

From my experience, it's the total opposite. Feel free to disagree, but I find more often than not a Christian has a sincere response as to what they believe, while the atheists (on Yahoo, Youtube, Gamespot) just says "It's bullsh*t" and aggressively berating everyone who disagrees without any kind of rationalization, without really thinking it through, or have ever read the Bible. I know there was a study that liberals and atheists have a higher IQ than Christians, but ever since, incredibly, INCREDIBLY stupid people have jumped on the atheist bandwagon in hopes of raising their low IQ 20 points. There might be some stupid Christians out there (like the_plan_man :o...beat you guys to it), and some intelligent atheists (Stephen Hawking), but the stupid Christians pale in comparisson to the kind of idiocracy found in stupid atheists on the internet.the_plan_man

That's probably because the stupidest Christians think the internet is evil or something.

[QUOTE="-Sun_Tzu-"]I assume everyone is stupid. Optical_Order

...said the stupid person.

They believe in magic... rather than specific facts. I chuckle when thinking people are seriously religious.Banjo_Kongfooie