Question

[Jacob(smooth)]

Triple-digit I.Q.

Religion is for the dumb.

Wii r knot dum

[Laza]

Triple-digit I.Q.

Religion is for the dumb.

Wii r knot dum

Of course

[Rahul]

Well the snake's ancestors did used to have legs millions of years ago.

[Zen Badger]

Weirdest thing, when I was young I believed in Santa but I never believed in god.

Even though we had religious indoctrination in school, I never saw it as anything over than a story.

[FreeTony]

I don't think it's something unique to religion. Some kids are very adventurous, embrace new ideas and try new things. Some try and live a very similar life to their parents as they don't like the discomfort of trying something they haven't done before.

Take me and my brother. My brother is in the same profession as my Dad, plays the same sports as my Dad and lives a very similar life (plans to go on to get married/have kids). I on the other hand do a job no-one in the family has ever done, the sports I do are almost all different and I don't plan to get married or have kids. We're not from a religious family so both are not believers, but I think he'd be a lot more likely to be if we were, as he just prefers the comfort and familiarity of being very similar to our parents and rarely embraces something alien to him. I on the other hand enjoy trying new things and embracing new ideas.

So perhaps some are comfortable without the comfort blanket religion provides and are happy disagreeing with their parents, whilst for others they're just much happier going along with it as it makes their life more enjoyable and stress free.

[Alex K]

Triple-digit I.Q.

Religion is for the dumb.

Apparently not high enough in the triple digits to realize that that is BS.

Also, half the population has triple digit IQ by definition, no?

[Intimae_Hasta]

For me, it was about trying to make sense of it all. Trying to understand how god had always existed, always would, was omnipotent, omni-present and omni every bloody thing. How can he be everywhere? How can he know what I am thinking? How can he allow such terrible things to happen to people, when he is supposed to be our loving father? Then I turned it on its head one day, and looked at it from the angle of the atheist. Then in a blinding revelation, I had an experience that filled me with wonder. I realised it was all a load of fucking bullshit. I have never looked back, and everything has made sense ever since.