Are People Who Believe in God Stupid?

[DawkBoy]

You are far too serious about your atheism my friend!

It's something I take very seriously.

[Xamonas Chegwé]

You are far too serious about your atheism my friend!

It's something I take very seriously.

As seriously as cheese?

[Don't Panic]

I think they are.

They are obviously gullible, they aren't rational, they lie to themselves to intensify their God delusion and they don't have that feeling of "groundedness" and intellectual calm which I think is inherent in atheists.

Definitely, the only thing more stupid than believing in one god would be believing in a whole bunch of them.

So the scale of intellect goes:

1)Atheism
2)Monotheism                                                                                ?)Agnosticism(They don't know if they're smart or not yet)
3)Panentheism

[Feck]

The trouble is there isn't much to say about God, serious or otherwise .

[DawkBoy]

I think they are.

They are obviously gullible, they aren't rational, they lie to themselves to intensify their God delusion and they don't have that feeling of "groundedness" and intellectual calm which I think is inherent in atheists.

Definitely, the only thing more stupid than believing in one god would be believing in a whole bunch of them.

So the scale of intellect goes:

1)Atheism
2)Monotheism                                                                                ?)Agnosticism(They don't know if they're smart or not yet)
3)Panentheism

Do you mean polytheism?

[Don't Panic]

I know several extremely intelligent theists (and a few pretty thick atheists). How they reconcile their beliefs is a mystery to me as it obviously wasn't something I was able to do, but that doesn't make them stupid.

With all due respect, I'm more interested in teapots getting shot at the moment.

This place is bizarre.

Did you not know that already?

No. I thought you were all admirers of Richard Dawkins, and quite sensible. I just signed in here after seeing a link on his forum. I can sort of see why he jettisoned his forum and you all with it - it's more Monty Python than anything else here.

Some of the members here love RD, and some would just love his member.

And now for something completely different...

[Don't Panic]

I think they are.

They are obviously gullible, they aren't rational, they lie to themselves to intensify their God delusion and they don't have that feeling of "groundedness" and intellectual calm which I think is inherent in atheists.

Definitely, the only thing more stupid than believing in one god would be believing in a whole bunch of them.

So the scale of intellect goes:

1)Atheism
2)Monotheism                                                                                ?)Agnosticism(They don't know if they're smart or not yet)
3)Panentheism

Do you mean polytheism?

No, I think the one I wrote is the one I meant, I'm sure we have a few of those here.

[DawkBoy]

I think they are.

They are obviously gullible, they aren't rational, they lie to themselves to intensify their God delusion and they don't have that feeling of "groundedness" and intellectual calm which I think is inherent in atheists.

Definitely, the only thing more stupid than believing in one god would be believing in a whole bunch of them.

So the scale of intellect goes:

1)Atheism
2)Monotheism                                                                                ?)Agnosticism(They don't know if they're smart or not yet)
3)Panentheism

Do you mean polytheism?

No, I think the one I wrote is the one I meant, I'm sure we have a few of those here.

I looked up panentheism (I thought at first you had spelt it wrong) and it means that God is sort of infused everywhere in the fabric of the universe or something. Total nonsense, but it is not about believing in a whole bunch of gods.

[Feck]

NO polytheism if lots of gods . Panentheism is one god in everything (or bits of him in everything ,or emanations from him in everything. It's all a bit vague and if you ask a panentheist about what they believe they get all angry or mystical on your ass )

[Don't Panic]

I think they are.

They are obviously gullible, they aren't rational, they lie to themselves to intensify their God delusion and they don't have that feeling of "groundedness" and intellectual calm which I think is inherent in atheists.

Definitely, the only thing more stupid than believing in one god would be believing in a whole bunch of them.

So the scale of intellect goes:

1)Atheism
2)Monotheism                                                                                ?)Agnosticism(They don't know if they're smart or not yet)
3)Panentheism
4)Polytheism

Do you mean polytheism?

No, I think the one I wrote is the one I meant, I'm sure we have a few of those here.

I looked up panentheism (I thought at first you had spelt it wrong) and it means that God is sort of infused everywhere in the fabric of the universe or something. Total nonsense, but it is not about believing in a whole bunch of gods.

Well add polytheism in at 4 and the list still stands, the god is everything crowd are all nuts anyway.

[Don't Panic]

NO polytheism if lots of gods . Panentheism is one god in everything (or bits of him in everything ,or emanations from him in everything. It's all a bit vague and if you ask a panentheist about what they believe they get all angry or mystical on your ass )

That is mainly because they have the IQ of a startled rabbit.

[Azathoth]

I don't make a distinction between stupidity and not thinking myself so I would have to say yes

[borealis]

Is not being educated same as being stupid? I don't think so.

[Santa_Claus]

I think they are.

They are obviously gullible, they aren't rational, they lie to themselves to intensify their God delusion and they don't have that feeling of "groundedness" and intellectual calm which I think is inherent in atheists.

I do a lot of my heavy thinking about Atheism (and other stuff ) on buses

Do you like Buses?

[DawkBoy]

I think they are.

They are obviously gullible, they aren't rational, they lie to themselves to intensify their God delusion and they don't have that feeling of "groundedness" and intellectual calm which I think is inherent in atheists.

I do a lot of my heavy thinking about Atheism (and other stuff ) on buses

Do you like Buses?

Shooting teapots, cheese, and now buses.

I don't like buses because I drive and they tend to get in my way.