(January 20, 2015 at 11:18 am)KevinM1 Wrote:(January 20, 2015 at 8:28 am)Spooky Wrote: I respectfully disagree with the op. I've met plenty of extremely intelligent believers. My experience with them would put them closer to some sort of psychological disorder than lack of cognitive ability. Crazy people can still be smart, but damn if they aren't still crazy.
I've met both.
The smart people who believe are usually the ones that don't talk about religion much, unless asked. They're respectful of others' views, and generally understand that there's usually more pressing things to discuss/do at the moment.
The dumb people are those that are always making a show of it, tying everything back to their god in a glassy-eyed fervor. You can't go five minutes without them praising god for something completely mundane. They are like children, only instead of going on and on about their favorite Pokemon, they're talking about their deity.
I met plenty of extremely intelligent Christians over the years. They're outnumbered by the idiots, but they do exist. And some of them are quite evangelical. I know I certainly was.
So yeah, there's a third category: deeply-deluded-but-smart.
