Message for all theists

[thesummerqueen]

Because there are highly intelligent people in the world who nonetheless have ridiculous beliefs, which is the point I've been making all along. I'm not sure why having a greater incidence of intelligence proves my assessment wrong - we still don't hold a monopoly on it - and I tend to agree with Rhythm and Genkaus, with a similar bent on rationality - that rational people have a higher incidence of atheism, not that atheists are naturally rational people.

The original point was that theists (with a broad brush) assume they are all important because of their god belief and thus shun the rational thinking that's required to recognize your minuscule place in the cosmos. This is false. Like I said, there are many many theists who still appreciate all science has to offer - including that sort of insight.

I apologize if I mistook the context of your comment and how it linked up with everything. Purely on an intelligence level we might have something to work with, but as it related to the OP I had to disagree simply because I know of and know a lot of atheists who have some pretty ridiculous beliefs no matter what their intelligence level is. My point was only that even if you're Stephen Hawking you could still be prey to irrationality and bias.