Atheists= intelligent?

[Giff]

Funnily enough, believe it or not, I think the stronger an Atheist I've become (without being a 'Strong 100% disbelief Atheist, which I don't actually see as strong in the sense of correct), the more intelligent I've become. Or rather the more of my potential intelligence I have unlocked.
Because; I believe intelligence can be increased. In the sense that potential intelligence can be unlocked - but it can also be neglected - or you can become more delusioned/less intelligent.

It depends on what the definition on intellgent are.

But atheism or atleast, which I have a great intrest in, a intrest in science can increase your knowledge. Since I see ateim as just word that descibe that I'm not religious, have it not made more intellegent. But my intrest for science have perhaps made me more intellegent I have atleast learned alot.

Since science made me an atheist so can I say that atheism indirectly have made me more intellgent.

[Edwardo Piet]

I guess perhaps it's more to do with education - but in this sense it was UNlearning for me - getting rid off superstitions or irrationalities and freeing my mind more from ignorance and developing my humility a bit perhaps.

Yes it depends on the definition - I guess now perhaps I would say that intelligence is more of a genetic thing and everything else is education, upbringing and common sense.

I mean in the stone age people would still have pretty much the same brains biologically yeah? Just less education and technology and they would have less history to learn from (not much had happened yet lol).

EvF

[Giff]

I guess perhaps it's more to do with education - but in this sense it was UNlearning for me - getting rid off superstitions or irrationalities and freeing my mind more from ignorance and developing my humility a bit perhaps.

Yes it depends on the definition - I guess now perhaps I would say that intelligence is more of a genetic thing and everything else is education, upbringing and common sense.

I mean in the stone age people would still have pretty much the same brains biologically yeah? Just less education and technology and they would have less history to learn from (not much had happened yet lol).

EvF

The wheel was probably the most awesome thing around. But guess the fire was a real crowd pleaser.

But anyway I don't if smart or intellegence is to diffrent things. My defitinion of intellegence is what you jsut said, that it's genetic but also perhaps something you can train. If you practice alot when your a kid or young and stimulate your brain, then you can become more intellegent. This can also make you quite sharp during your entire life and perhaps increasing your intellgence, depending how much you stimulate it.

Smart do I think is more of how well you can adapt to the enviorment. Like street smart. You can also be smart in diffrent areas like cooking and so on, it is diffrent from wise that is about experience. But are pretty close since they both have to do with adaption to enviorment and how well you peform in diffrent areas. Wise however can also be general and cover a larger area.

That's what I think. So atheism, in form of that you get intrested in science and are openminded can effect all these areas. But how well educated and how good your common knowledge are have alot to do with how good your ground-intellegence are. It will decide how you can learn and how much you can increase your intellegence.

But this is just my opinion