Comments on: Why yes, we are smarter

By: KnowledgeIsPower

KnowledgeIsPower — Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

You live off the fruits of knowledge: the computer your using, the communications network we’re posting on, the car you drive to work, modern medicine, etc. I’d say our answerable reality is quite satisfying.

By: Evidence

Evidence — Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I’d say it’s much more convenient. But more satifying, I’m not so sure. Technology is and will always be exciting, but that does not necessarily mean that true happiness increases with more of it. If anything, it could be a detriment to it. Look at the price the earth is paying.

By: Evidence

Evidence — Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

What,

Something tells me you would fit in nicely.

Mabe you sould be using that "passion for the investigation of reality" to figure out what that "something" is.

By: what

what — Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I’m guessing that you’re happy with your unanswered reality.

Does that sentence have meaning in Everdense world?

By: what

what — Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Everdense

but that does not necessarily mean that true happiness increases with more of it.

It’s obvious that you are generally unhappy. Why not just toss that computer out and join that cult living in a cave in Russia? Something tells me you would fit in nicely.

By: Augustine

Augustine — Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I think that the AA could back up this study by putting atheism on the SAT as a religious group. I don’t think that anyone would make too big a deal about it, and it would be nice to be simply “none” instead of “none/other”.

By: fireemblem555

fireemblem555 — Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Finally I have an actual study to throw in peoples’ faces lol.

By: flanonblvr

flanonblvr — Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

i think it would be fair to say that as intelligence increases, there is a decline in belief in any theory or dogma that isn’t backed up by facts and physical evidence. this applies to religion, economics, psychology, etc.

the reason many religious can’t understand why atheists believe the way we do is because many are not intellectually capable of it. that may sound elitist but it is no different than comparing the intelligence required to be an nuclear-physicist to that of being an accountant. i’m not saying that all atheists are more intelligent than everyone else. but as far as i know there aren’t many “bubba”-type atheists running around or posting regularly on this blog. i don’t say any of this as a form of denigration of anyone, but it is what it is. intelligence, like all other human traits, is not equally distributed in the gene pool.

By: Tim

Tim — Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

This is news? Not to us Christians. It's been in the Bible for thousands of years and the reasons for are well understood.

Personally, I'd rather be of average I.Q./education and resting on God's promise of salvation than a brilliant person with a high I.Q. and an advanced degree who is lost and without God in his life.

Don't worry, smart people can have eternal life as well, it's just a little harder for them to get past the pride first.

By: reason

reason — Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

tim
which bible? you know darn well the emperor ordered the christian religion as we know it created to help keep his subjects under control.if you are going to put your faith in a book written by men why not the koran or the communist manifesto.