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11-10-2012, 04:12 PM
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It's really simple. Has nothing to do with intelligence.
It's easier to believe that we have a chance to have an after-life and that there's some level of divine justice than it's to believe there's no divine justice and there's no after-life. By easier I mean it's reassuring. Kind of like how an optimist sees a glass that's half full and a pessimist sees a glass that's half empty. We don't really KNOW, so it's advantages to be an optimist. Studies show that prayer and faith act on us sort of like pets do. They relieve some of the stress. However, religion is so common that I wouldn't expect studies to be thorough in their methodology. More than likely there's a good bit of prejudice and nonchalance. 72% of americans identify as christian and 90% believe in God. I think that a full understanding of the negative effects (if any) of religion is still in our future. I am agnostic. I would support the idea of God if it had strong supporting evidence. I think that current evidence makes a fair argument that extraterrestrial life exists. Could that mean God? I mean, give humans 100,000,000 years to evolve and what will we become? I think common conception is that we will advance further and further. Might we become God? Or is there a cap to species advancement? But despite all that I believe when I die I'm dead, forever. Will be worm food. Contrary to popular opinion, this conception is not something that lifts my spirits or boosts my ego. It's despairing, but maybe truer. Winning an argument against a believer in God is not something to rejoice. I don't rejoice that I'll be worm food. My IQ is average. George Bush is a christian and his IQ is above 120. So... ...people who believe in God aren't necessarily dumber. Maybe they're smarter?
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11-10-2012, 12:18 AM
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"god" is not even a proper hypothesis, much less a theory
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11-10-2012, 09:53 PM
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Why is this still a thread?
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11-10-2012, 10:59 PM
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11-28-2012, 05:59 PM
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You can't claim there is no God unless you are omniscient which ironically and paradoxically would then make you a god.
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