(September 26, 2013 at 5:41 pm)pocaracas Wrote:(September 26, 2013 at 4:33 pm)Vincenzo "Vinny" G. Wrote: pocaras: No, it doesn't. Think about other possible explanations whose mere possibility rules out your conclusion. Good try though.Like:
- Theists are really intelligent, but indoctrination just took hold of them too early... before the intelligence kicked in... before ages 13~14, apparently...
- Theists are really intelligent, but a bit delusional.
- Theists are really intelligent, but also indulge in their feelings... and they feel there must be a loving, caring entity out there looking over this chaos and making things right... clearly not in this life, so it must be in some other "life".
Shall I go on?
You are aware that theism does not correlate with intelligence, right?
Neither does atheism correlate with intelligence.
Neither does atheism at a young age.
Some people who do become atheists at a young age were brought up in a relaxed religious environment. This, coupled with an inquisitive mind and the wealth of information available... also with the absence of factual material on any of the gods that religions claim exist, and the fact that there are, to this day, multiple religions, each claiming its own set of gods... can easily lead one youngster to think that maybe... just maybe... they're all equally right... or equally wrong.
Once you realize this "maybe", it's all downhill.
No please don't go on. You're just digging the hole deeper for yourself.
Children at a young age can be skeptical of a lot of things. And for very stupid reasons. See quantum mechanics. See the idea that there are things more important than how you look and how popular you are. That life is less about following your dreams and more about luck, planning and hard work. That most people who play sports in high school won't make it professional just because they want to. Children can often be stupid. And atheism can just be one example of their stupidity.
