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Religious people are less intelligent than atheists
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RE: Religious people are less intelligent than atheists
(December 13, 2017 at 8:14 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote:
(December 13, 2017 at 6:39 pm)drfuzzy Wrote: I can't answer for most, and I will not create any post that makes such a claim.  But I understand where the temptation comes from, from the point of view of someone who was raised religious.  When I realized that I could not believe, I felt freed and enlightened.  I then read a lot of books and studied a little bit of logic.  I felt as if I had escaped from an ignorant and indoctrinated mindset.  This feeling probably can make a new atheist feel like a new religious convert, wanting to shout from the rooftops that I HAVE FOUND THE TRUTH!  Of course, I (and probably most of us) have endured enough of such preaching to avoid doing it ourselves.

I had exactly the same experience ages ago. I remember sitting on the EL train and thinking, you know what, I don't believe in God anymore. It felt very liberating at the time.

I'm sure you weren't the first to lose his faith while riding public transportation.
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RE: Religious people are less intelligent than atheists - by Crossless2.0 - December 14, 2017 at 12:47 pm

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