(September 26, 2015 at 12:26 am)heatiosrs Wrote: So I read this on a site a while back and was wondering if there is any validity to it.
The site said "Religious people tend to be geniuses/smarter people more often because they can think outside of the box and find loopholes and different scenarios where their claims would still be accurate"
I was wondering if there was any truth to this.
On one hand, the reasoning for believers supposedly being "Smarter" than non-believers actually seems to make sense in this statement(not that it adds any validity to god existing).
On the other hand, i've yet to come in contact, or see a person that fits this description.
The bolded part seems to be the exact opposite of what theists generally do. there is no "thinking outside the box" and the only loop holes they use are ones long since refuted and no new ones arise to replace them. There is one poor soul here who still clings to Aquinas's proofs.
You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.
Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.