Why do people claim those who follow a religion are stupid?

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IDFK

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shoot-first

I was just pokin' at ya. Don't take it too hard, man.

Edit: No homo.

I don't think they're all idiots. Even intelligent people are susceptible to brainwashing.PernicioEnigma

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IDFK

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almasdeathchild

I was just pokin' at ya. Don't take it too hard, man.

Edit: No homo.

I guess it's not gay if there's no eye contact.

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I was just pokin' at ya. Don't take it too hard, man.

Edit: No homo.

shoot-first

I guess it's not gay if there's no eye contact.

giggity

almasdeathchild

[QUOTE="PernicioEnigma"]I don't think they're all idiots. Even intelligent people are susceptible to brainwashing.ChampionoChumps

That's interesting. Your friend is certainly the exception. You'll find the vast majority of religious people grew up with their religion, and people who take up a religion later in life tend to have gone through traumatic experiences or done something really wrong.

Perhaps the fact his parents are so strongly against religion could be the reason? Regardless, his dad sounds like an as*hole. I'm an atheist and from my point of view I can't think of any reason why he'd do such a thing. I'd question his motives for being atheist. Maybe he had some bad experiences with religion growing up?

Edit: His parents hate ALL religious people? That's horrible. It's ironic that people so against religion would take up its worst trait. Maybe it's for the best his parentsdisowned him.

Because it's irrational, illogical, supernatural, without any intelligent reason and is based on stories from thousands of years ago which have been changed and adapted over many years.

[QUOTE="ZumaJones07"]but people say it's stupid to blindly follow religion when science claims everything just kinda happened... that doesn't sound like something i'd get behind because it makes no sensedragonball3900

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50/50 religious people are stupid

50/50 athiests are stupid

1/4th of america is stupid

almasdeathchild

how are you getting 1/4 from 100%?

[QUOTE="ChampionoChumps"][QUOTE="PernicioEnigma"]I don't think they're all idiots. Even intelligent people are susceptible to brainwashing.PernicioEnigma

Blind faith I believe.

My grandfather is religious and is one of the smartest guys I know, so I don't view religious people as stupid (not all of them anyways).

People making those claims are just giant douchenozzles with their head up their own ass.

Studies have shown that on average, atheists are better educated, but education and intelligence are really two separate things.Tylendal

[QUOTE="Tylendal"]Studies have shown that on average, atheists are better educated, but education and intelligence are really two separate things.themajormayor

[QUOTE="themajormayor"][QUOTE="Tylendal"]Studies have shown that on average, atheists are better educated, but education and intelligence are really two separate things.Tylendal

TC, just don't. I'm religious, but making threads like these makes some people write very insulting things, so it's better, really to avoid making threads like these.Spinnerweb

Some people tend to frenzy on these threads like a school of feeding Piranha.

Other people's religious/non-religious views don't bother me, as long as they don't try to push their views on me or claim that I'm some kind of idiot for believing in something other than they do. I don't try to change their views, so I would expect the same from them. It is not very nice or wise to bash on other people for what they believe in.

[QUOTE="Spinnerweb"]TC, just don't. I'm religious, but making threads like these makes some people write very insulting things, so it's better, really to avoid making threads like these.shoot-first

Some people tend to frenzy on these threads like a school of feeding Piranha.

Other people's religious/non-religious views don't bother me, as long as they don't try to push their views on me or claim that I'm some kind of idiot for believing in something other than they do. I don't try to change their views, so I would expect the same from them. It is not very nice or wise to bash on other people for what they believe in.

Because they are insecure and it makes them feel they are superior. LJS9502_basic

Kinda hard not to when people believe in a religion that was created by a man who heard voices telling him to kill his own son.

Kinda hard not to when people believe in a religion that was created by a man who heard voices telling him to kill his own son.

htekemerald

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Kinda hard not to when people believe in a religion that was created by a man who heard voices telling him to kill his own son.

Tylendal

Well i don't judge people base on their beliefs. But i think religions is stupid in general. ( offense to anyone) But its so easy to be religious . You can totally make up a religion and make your own rules up and ect. AussieePet

[QUOTE="Tylendal"][QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]Or less educated.;)LJS9502_basic

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Kinda hard not to when people believe in a religion that was created by a man who heard voices telling him to kill his own son.

LJS9502_basic

[QUOTE="AussieePet"]Well i don't judge people base on their beliefs. But i think religions is stupid in general. ( offense to anyone) But its so easy to be religious . You can totally make up a religion and make your own rules up and ect. LJS9502_basic

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"][QUOTE="Tylendal"] Well sure, you could start talking about an invisible sky wizard who considers Christmas Trees a threat to his reign, and bans the consumption of figs, but Christians like to start hemming and hawing about "metaphorical interpretations" if you do that.Tylendal

Psh, it's clearly a metaphor about how homosexulaity is immoral... :P See, you just don't get 'it'

/sarcasm

not all Religious people are stupid infact only a minority are the ones that deny Science and evolution are stupid however most Religious people have come to think of evolution as an act of god now but ones that that flatout deny such things are certainly dum .

In Christian faiths, the #1 value is to be Christ like. Pure heart, loveand following the straight and narrow path through the roughest of times and sacrifices.

As a carpenter, Jesus had to make precise measurements and perform all his tasks exactly right.

Christian religions strive to follow Christ above all else, not try andhave you memorize events / knowledge on a technical standpoint.

I'd rather be vastly unintelligent and follow Christ's example, than have a 250 IQ and be a hard hearted judgmental greedy etc. parasite.

In Christian faiths, the #1 value is to be Christ like. Pure heart, loveand following the straight and narrow path through the roughest of times and sacrifices.

As a carpenter, Jesus had to make precise measurements and perform all his tasks exactly right.

Christian religions strive to follow Christ above all else, not try andhave you memorize events / knowledge on a technical standpoint.

I'd rather be vastly unintelligent and follow Christ's example, than have a 250 IQ and be a hard hearted judgmental greedy etc. parasite.

wiifan001

I won't add to the generalisations, but I will say that once you start applying rationality to it all...it becomes very difficult to pick a faith to follow.

I mean, generally speaking, all religions in the history of mankind - and indeed all possible religions - are equally valid. There's just as much evidence for Pastafarianism as there is for Catholicism, so how could anyone rationally pick out a religion to choose?

[QUOTE="AussieePet"]Well i don't judge people base on their beliefs. But i think religions is stupid in general. ( offense to anyone) But its so easy to be religious . You can totally make up a religion and make your own rules up and ect. LJS9502_basic

Jeremiah 10:2-4: "Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.Tylendal

Idk, why would some people think it's stupid to follow a person who has an Infinite IQ?

Idk, why would some people think it's stupid to follow a person who has an Infinite IQ?

gaming25

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"][QUOTE="AussieePet"]Well i don't judge people base on their beliefs. But i think religions is stupid in general. ( offense to anyone) But its so easy to be religious . You can totally make up a religion and make your own rules up and ect. PC360Wii