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PostPosted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:18 pm


B1izzar
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je ne taime pas
I was never really a part of a religion, but I don't feel ashamed for having been a theist. At the time I *was* questioning my beliefs, but for whatever reason I had faith. It didn't make me stupid, it didn't make me less of a person, it's just how it was.


I completely agree.

yeah! ive always been atheist. but i dont think that being a theist makes you stupid. my girlfriend made a 4.7 gpa through highschool, and she believes in god. i honestly dont understand y being a theist makes you stupid. i mean, quite a few are, but definitely not all!


I.Q and GPA have little to do with beliefs. Yes, more intelligent people tend to be less superstitious. But again, your gf probably believes in the same god as Baruch Spinoza--amorphous,absent,etc.. That is to say, if she has the intellect you claim and the critical mind, she probably also understands evolution, a bit of genetics and does not live by the Bible.

Religion,not spirituality is what I am wary of. And I feel ashamed...
of course I did not know better back then. But I spent years looking for the one true religion. They all seem the same.
Just remove the supernatural aspect and you have some pretty humanitarian views.
PostPosted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 7:13 pm


Thats just silly...

Growing from religion to science has very very very little to do with intelligence, its just a matter of confidence.

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 11:11 pm


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Thats just silly...

Growing from religion to science has very very very little to do with intelligence, its just a matter of confidence.

True enough. I also think its has to do with the fear we seem to have in society to admitting we were wrong about something. When i 'woke up' i didn't feel stupid, i felt misinformed and mislead slightly.

And i know people (including my father) who seems to have found the happy medium between science and religion. They seem to keep the facts in science and the faith in religion and have found a balance between them.
PostPosted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 2:38 pm


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B1izzar
Neko Mon Chi
je ne taime pas
I was never really a part of a religion, but I don't feel ashamed for having been a theist. At the time I *was* questioning my beliefs, but for whatever reason I had faith. It didn't make me stupid, it didn't make me less of a person, it's just how it was.


I completely agree.

yeah! ive always been atheist. but i dont think that being a theist makes you stupid. my girlfriend made a 4.7 gpa through highschool, and she believes in god. i honestly dont understand y being a theist makes you stupid. i mean, quite a few are, but definitely not all!


I.Q and GPA have little to do with beliefs. Yes, more intelligent people tend to be less superstitious. But again, your gf probably believes in the same god as Baruch Spinoza--amorphous,absent,etc.. That is to say, if she has the intellect you claim and the critical mind, she probably also understands evolution, a bit of genetics and does not live by the Bible.

Religion,not spirituality is what I am wary of. And I feel ashamed...
of course I did not know better back then. But I spent years looking for the one true religion. They all seem the same.
Just remove the supernatural aspect and you have some pretty humanitarian views.


actually, she is jewish. and she believes in all the jewish stuff. she also believes in evolution, and a lot of scientific theories.

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