And intelligent is what? Having the ability to bomb more people in comfort?
A high IQ score does not create a better human being.
God makes you stupid, researchers claim
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And intelligent is what? Having the ability to bomb more people in comfort?
A high IQ score does not create a better human being.
Sure, but you won't find any stupid people building atomic weapons.
Its why intelligence is selected against, I suppose. One can have too much of a "good" thing.
Assuming a high IQ circumvents social disconnect or dysfunction or autism or mental disease or low EQ or whatever it is that fuels an inability to realise that people funding atomic weaponry are capable of using them. So who is the "stupid" one here?
I regard the ones who made teh bomb as incredibly evil. Same as I would any person who was caught putting one together in my neighborhood. I consider it reckless disregard for human life.
Oh, their weapons can distinguish people by color, race and nationality?
The survey referenced in the OP should actually say: "Religion makes you stupid".
They make the initial (not insignificant) error of equating religious belief with "belief in God".
I don't believe in God (I'm not especially religious - I suppose I might be "pan-religious", but I don't as a rule have any faith in the stuff - he he), for the simple reason that I believe I am God (I was praying once, and suddenly realised I was just talking to myself!).
If someone asks me: "do you believe in God?", my answer is kind of - "well, yes, I certainly believe in myself, to the extent I can".
They make the initial (not insignificant) error of equating religious belief with "belief in God".
I don't believe in God (I'm not especially religious - I suppose I might be "pan-religious", but I don't as a rule have any faith in the stuff - he he), for the simple reason that I believe I am God (I was praying once, and suddenly realised I was just talking to myself!).
If someone asks me: "do you believe in God?", my answer is kind of - "well, yes, I certainly believe in myself, to the extent I can".
I don't really believe in the IQ test as a great measure of one's intelligence, but I think some people here have already stated what I believe. Perhaps people with a "lower IQ" question ideals less (such as that old guy who is a virgin and raises goats) than someone with a "higher IQ". I've noticed that the people I went to school with who started out very devout (whatever their religions were) and by the time graduation came around they had all become, with exception of one, either non practicing or atheists to some degree. I think studying science tends to do that to a lot of people.
Unfortunately, this is true all too often. It's not that Christianity itself is arrogant. The opposite is true. But far too many Christians act hypocritically and arrogant. Of course, it's very human (not just Christian) to judge people.
It was a necessary evil.
What's evil about bombing one's enemies? I think it's fantastic, to be honest. The Americans should have dropped way more than just two nukes. But that's the problem with the West, they never finish what they start.
w1z4rd
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Stupid people are the basis to allow smart people to commit evil. A good example of this would be the middle east (With Allah and Yaweh doing penis size comparisons).. or in my own country... where the ruling party has its power through the lesser intelligent rural and poor vote. Same applies for whats happening. Mugabe gets his power from the rural areas which is why its hard to travel between cities and rural populations in Zimbabwe.
The less you know, the quicker you obey.
The less you know, the quicker you obey.
