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"Religious people tend to be smarter"
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RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter"
December 4, 2015 at 9:58 pm (This post was last modified: December 4, 2015 at 9:59 pm by bennyboy.)
(December 4, 2015 at 3:50 pm)Constable Dorfl Wrote:
(December 1, 2015 at 10:09 pm)bennyboy Wrote: They say that intelligent people are more easily hypnotized, because they have a superior power of imagination.  I find it quite easy to find that intelligent people can easily be religious, because the world view of an intelligent person is more complex, and therefore more full of mystery, than that of a stupid person.  This means more chance for superstition, not less-- as easily revealed by my Beagle's apparent lack of belief in God.

Cheese, he believes in.  God, not so much.

Problem with that kind of idea is that the god meme is one that precludes imagination and deep thinking. When you fall back on god to explain things you currently don't understand you are utilising neither intelligence nor imagination.

I dunno, dude.  I've read the Bible, and it's pretty damn imaginative.  So are the interpretations of many Christians that allow them to enjoy all their favorite activities while still pretending they are actually good Christians. What's lazier, really: accepting observable reality, or denying most of it and sticking to a fairy tale instead, despite being literally immersed in a culture capable of providing evidence against your position with 5 seconds of typing?
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"Religious people tend to be smarter" - by Heat - September 26, 2015 at 12:26 am
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by vorlon13 - September 26, 2015 at 12:33 am
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by Silver - September 26, 2015 at 12:35 am
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by Heat - September 26, 2015 at 12:36 am
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by Silver - September 26, 2015 at 12:38 am
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by Thumpalumpacus - September 26, 2015 at 12:39 am
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by Little lunch - September 26, 2015 at 2:46 am
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by Alex K - December 2, 2015 at 4:35 am
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by bennyboy - December 2, 2015 at 6:35 am
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by Jackalope - September 26, 2015 at 12:50 am
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by ignoramus - September 26, 2015 at 1:23 am
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by jenny1972 - October 12, 2015 at 5:05 pm
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by Heat - October 12, 2015 at 7:32 pm
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by jenny1972 - October 12, 2015 at 8:20 pm
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RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by Heat - October 12, 2015 at 8:38 pm
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by jenny1972 - October 12, 2015 at 10:26 pm
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by Heat - October 13, 2015 at 8:29 pm
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by Pat Mustard - October 16, 2015 at 5:23 pm
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by Heat - December 1, 2015 at 8:15 pm
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by robvalue - September 26, 2015 at 2:19 am
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by Heat - September 26, 2015 at 2:30 am
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by Lemonvariable72 - September 26, 2015 at 3:49 pm
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by Mudhammam - September 26, 2015 at 10:59 pm
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by bennyboy - September 27, 2015 at 12:54 am
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by robvalue - September 27, 2015 at 2:11 am
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by robvalue - September 26, 2015 at 2:39 am
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by Minimalist - September 26, 2015 at 2:49 am
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by Little lunch - September 26, 2015 at 3:11 am
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RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by bennyboy - September 26, 2015 at 3:53 am
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RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by Shining_Finger - September 26, 2015 at 2:50 pm
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"Religious people tend to be smarter" - by TubbyTubby - September 26, 2015 at 3:18 pm
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RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by Heat - September 26, 2015 at 6:01 pm
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by vorlon13 - September 26, 2015 at 6:03 pm
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RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by surreptitious57 - September 26, 2015 at 10:46 pm
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by Minimalist - September 27, 2015 at 1:07 am
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by ignoramus - September 27, 2015 at 5:21 am
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by robvalue - September 27, 2015 at 5:44 am
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RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by bennyboy - September 27, 2015 at 9:39 am
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RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by jenny1972 - October 13, 2015 at 4:44 pm
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by bennyboy - October 13, 2015 at 3:07 am
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by ignoramus - October 13, 2015 at 3:54 am
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RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by Ravenshire - October 13, 2015 at 10:19 pm
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by bennyboy - October 14, 2015 at 12:17 am
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by jenny1972 - October 13, 2015 at 11:29 pm
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RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by Heat - December 1, 2015 at 10:22 pm
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RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by henryp - December 1, 2015 at 8:01 pm
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by bennyboy - December 1, 2015 at 10:09 pm
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by henryp - December 1, 2015 at 10:45 pm
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by Heat - December 1, 2015 at 11:05 pm
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by Pat Mustard - December 4, 2015 at 3:50 pm
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by bennyboy - December 4, 2015 at 9:58 pm
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by Pat Mustard - December 5, 2015 at 4:31 pm
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by Silver - December 1, 2015 at 8:18 pm
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RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by bennyboy - December 2, 2015 at 7:08 pm
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RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by bennyboy - December 2, 2015 at 10:27 pm
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RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by bennyboy - December 2, 2015 at 7:59 pm
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by Thumpalumpacus - December 2, 2015 at 11:23 pm
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by bennyboy - December 2, 2015 at 11:27 pm
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by Heat - December 2, 2015 at 11:34 pm
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by Heat - December 3, 2015 at 12:43 am
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by bennyboy - December 3, 2015 at 1:16 am
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by bennyboy - December 3, 2015 at 2:09 am
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by downbeatplumb - December 5, 2015 at 4:38 pm
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by bennyboy - December 5, 2015 at 8:38 pm
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RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by henryp - December 3, 2015 at 3:26 pm
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by bennyboy - December 3, 2015 at 7:45 pm
RE: "Religious people tend to be smarter" - by bennyboy - December 3, 2015 at 7:26 pm
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