Are People Who Believe in God Stupid?

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Re: Are People Who Believe in God Stupid?

Post by normal » Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:33 am

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dj357 wrote:Coming into the discussion late, as far as the OP goes, they are only stupid insofar as they have fallen prey to the inherent leanings of the human mind to see patterns where none exist. Which I wouldn't call stupid, merely ignorant of the facts.

I was watching the debate last night at La Ciudad de las Ideas between Hitch / Harris / Dennett and Boteach / D'Souza / Taleb and predictably Dinesh D'Souza's ridiculous reasoning that there is evidence for God, or the afterlife in the case of that particular discussion, is based on sheer ignorance of the reality of the universe and a complete misunderstanding of how science views that evidence and, by extension, the universe.
Theists know stuff that you don't. You're ignorant, theists are clever. You shut up now.
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Re: Are People Who Believe in God Stupid?

Post by Chuck Jones » Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:34 am

Because I feel like it.

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Re: Are People Who Believe in God Stupid?

Post by normal » Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:35 am

Ok, sugar plums
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Re: Are People Who Believe in God Stupid?

Post by Chuck Jones » Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:38 am

Act your age.

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Re: Are People Who Believe in God Stupid?

Post by normal » Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:39 am

Ok, snookum pooch
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Re: Are People Who Believe in God Stupid?

Post by Chuck Jones » Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:41 am

I mean it, why don't you act like you're 0, instead of like an adult.

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Re: Are People Who Believe in God Stupid?

Post by normal » Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:41 am

Ok, honey bunny

(crap, I'm 0)
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Re: Are People Who Believe in God Stupid?

Post by DawkBoy » Thu Jan 27, 2011 12:00 pm

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dj357 wrote:Coming into the discussion late, as far as the OP goes, they are only stupid insofar as they have fallen prey to the inherent leanings of the human mind to see patterns where none exist. Which I wouldn't call stupid, merely ignorant of the facts.

I was watching the debate last night at La Ciudad de las Ideas between Hitch / Harris / Dennett and Boteach / D'Souza / Taleb and predictably Dinesh D'Souza's ridiculous reasoning that there is evidence for God, or the afterlife in the case of that particular discussion, is based on sheer ignorance of the reality of the universe and a complete misunderstanding of how science views that evidence and, by extension, the universe.
Theists know stuff that you don't. You're ignorant, theists are clever. You shut up now.
What do theists know that we don't know? That Jewish zombies exist? Or what about you, the panamtheist (a Jumbo theist?)? My children watch the Firebird suite on Fantasia 2000 and they know that Mother Nature is a metaphor. Wow - you are an adult who thinks it is real! So you shut up. Ignoramus.
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Re: Are People Who Believe in God Stupid?

Post by Thinking Aloud » Thu Jan 27, 2011 12:04 pm

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dj357 wrote:Coming into the discussion late, as far as the OP goes, they are only stupid insofar as they have fallen prey to the inherent leanings of the human mind to see patterns where none exist. Which I wouldn't call stupid, merely ignorant of the facts.

I was watching the debate last night at La Ciudad de las Ideas between Hitch / Harris / Dennett and Boteach / D'Souza / Taleb and predictably Dinesh D'Souza's ridiculous reasoning that there is evidence for God, or the afterlife in the case of that particular discussion, is based on sheer ignorance of the reality of the universe and a complete misunderstanding of how science views that evidence and, by extension, the universe.
Theists know stuff that you don't. You're ignorant, theists are clever. You shut up now.
What do theists know that we don't know? That Jewish zombies exist? Or what about you, the panamtheist (a Jumbo theist?)? My children watch the Firebird suite on Fantasia 2000 and they know that Mother Nature is a metaphor. Wow - you are an adult who thinks it is real! So you shut up. Ignoramus.
:whisper: We have a rule here about not making personal attacks - that last might be taken as one. Lowers the tone, you know. :tup:

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Re: Are People Who Believe in God Stupid?

Post by normal » Thu Jan 27, 2011 12:06 pm

Gosh, DawkBoy. How is it that you can't see the futility in what you are doing?

We all know about religion, so it's not educational.

Chuck isn't a real person (sorry, baby cakes), so he doesn't care what you write anyway.

So I guess the best advice is not replying to/ignoring Chuck.
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Re: Are People Who Believe in God Stupid?

Post by Chuck Jones » Thu Jan 27, 2011 12:09 pm

Dawkboy, I'm going to pray for your poor, wretched children. In the name of the father, the son, and the holy spirit, amen.

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Re: Are People Who Believe in God Stupid?

Post by normal » Thu Jan 27, 2011 12:10 pm

Chuck Jones wrote:Dawkboy, I'm going to pray for your poor, wretched children. In the name of the father, the son, and the holy spirit, amen.
lol, now you're a christian again. Make up your mind, peaches
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Re: Are People Who Believe in God Stupid?

Post by Chuck Jones » Thu Jan 27, 2011 12:14 pm

I'm not a christian, I'm a trollentheist.

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Re: Are People Who Believe in God Stupid?

Post by normal » Thu Jan 27, 2011 12:15 pm

We know that, dolly wholly
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Re: Are People Who Believe in God Stupid?

Post by DawkBoy » Thu Jan 27, 2011 12:25 pm

Thinking Aloud wrote:
DawkBoy wrote:
Chuck Jones wrote:
dj357 wrote:Coming into the discussion late, as far as the OP goes, they are only stupid insofar as they have fallen prey to the inherent leanings of the human mind to see patterns where none exist. Which I wouldn't call stupid, merely ignorant of the facts.

I was watching the debate last night at La Ciudad de las Ideas between Hitch / Harris / Dennett and Boteach / D'Souza / Taleb and predictably Dinesh D'Souza's ridiculous reasoning that there is evidence for God, or the afterlife in the case of that particular discussion, is based on sheer ignorance of the reality of the universe and a complete misunderstanding of how science views that evidence and, by extension, the universe.
Theists know stuff that you don't. You're ignorant, theists are clever. You shut up now.
What do theists know that we don't know? That Jewish zombies exist? Or what about you, the panamtheist (a Jumbo theist?)? My children watch the Firebird suite on Fantasia 2000 and they know that Mother Nature is a metaphor. Wow - you are an adult who thinks it is real! So you shut up. Ignoramus.
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