RE: Do Fundie Theists Have Something Wrong With Them?
April 4, 2012 at 8:33 am
(This post was last modified: April 4, 2012 at 8:41 am by Xavier.)
(April 3, 2012 at 3:07 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: It's only natural for people to believe what we're raised to, what everyone who matters to us believes. We're social animals who depend on each other for survival. A bias to go along with the group on matters that can't be proven one way or another probably has value in terms of getting to pass your genes along. People who were raised theist and completely abandon that are the exception, not the norm.
(April 3, 2012 at 3:34 pm)Faith No More Wrote: I like to say they are just stupid, but I am well aware that we are products of our raising. Enough indoctrination from my parents and I have might professed belief in a 6,000 year old earth also.
I have very religious parents and went to a school where they taught you stories in the Bible like they were historical fact yet when I grew up and learnt about real science and history I completely rejected those beliefs, and I know other people who did the same.
I might have a lot more understanding for theists if I hadn't hadn't had a fairly religious upbrining but the fact is I just see them as stupid and awkward for holding onto their beliefs in the face of all the evidence to the contrary.
(April 3, 2012 at 3:43 pm)tobie Wrote: I would also say that atheism attracts a more rational kind of person, although I wouldn't go around saying that theists are stupid, as it would just make us live up to the reputation we have among the theist community.
Well sorry but thats what I think of them in all honesty
What else would you logically call people who believe that the Adam and Eve story and the story of Noah's Ark literally happened and that the Earth is 6000 years old, and will simply ignore any and all evidence that comes to the contrary.
