RE: Atheists and suicide
June 10, 2012 at 12:53 pm
(This post was last modified: June 10, 2012 at 1:02 pm by Tempus.)
(June 10, 2012 at 12:23 pm)StatCrux Wrote:Tempus Wrote:
The first statement is refuted by the existence of Christians with higher intelligence ( Philosophy professors) It implies atheism only.
The second statement is how you changed your wording.
Nice try. Nothing in that first statement is exclusive. I've stated on these forums before (not that I'm saying you should've known) that being an atheist doesn't necessarily make someone intelligent, nor does being a theist make them stupid. You interpreted it as meaning only atheists can be intelligent or that all highly intelligent people are atheists which is not a position I hold (or have ever held). The reason the second statement includes "positively" is to be clearer; i.e., to say that the relationship is a positive one and not a negative one. The wording changed, the meaning did not. Regardless, I do agree I could've worded it more specifically, as I do in the latter statement.
