First, your post is a bit on the long side. It took a few minted to go through.
But enough of that. You seem to be opposed to the intelligence/religiosity correlation. I'm not sure why, except that it possibly implies unpleasant things about belief. Not all religious people are stupid, and there are many religious people who are very intelligent. No one disputes this. However the correlation between intelligence and irreligiosity is real and is strong. Once again, taking this to mean all believers are idiots is fallacious and unfounded, but it is an interesting fact.
You also seem to be railing against those who oppose religion as harmful. I'm not sure I agree with this either. I am not an anti-theist, but I am an anti-dogmatist. While theism and religion might be helpful to some individual's devotion to a dogma is almost always harmful. This is why intend not to rail against the religion of my parents, who hold to an abstract semi deistic form of Catholicism, but will mock and disparage many of the myths and dogma associated with fundamentalist Christianity.
But enough of that. You seem to be opposed to the intelligence/religiosity correlation. I'm not sure why, except that it possibly implies unpleasant things about belief. Not all religious people are stupid, and there are many religious people who are very intelligent. No one disputes this. However the correlation between intelligence and irreligiosity is real and is strong. Once again, taking this to mean all believers are idiots is fallacious and unfounded, but it is an interesting fact.
You also seem to be railing against those who oppose religion as harmful. I'm not sure I agree with this either. I am not an anti-theist, but I am an anti-dogmatist. While theism and religion might be helpful to some individual's devotion to a dogma is almost always harmful. This is why intend not to rail against the religion of my parents, who hold to an abstract semi deistic form of Catholicism, but will mock and disparage many of the myths and dogma associated with fundamentalist Christianity.
