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In reply to the discussion: Are religious people pretty stupid? [View all]Religion plays a very strong emotional role in the lives of many people, and judging it by intellectual standards really misses the point.
Whatever it is that so many people crave and get from religion, I don't share that trait. I've never felt the need to intellectually refute a belief in god(s), I just don't believe. For me, life makes sense without a god in it, whereas it would be unbearably complicated and confusing if there was a god. There's no emotional payoff in belief, at least for me.
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Yep, I think your last sentence really sums it up quite well. He fed them a lot of lies
RKP5637
Oct 2020
#6
Yep! And send money now to me, except it's, TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP! He is really just the
RKP5637
Oct 2020
#11
Yes, I think there is a lot to what you say. Also, some lead a very rough life and it gives
RKP5637
Oct 2020
#19
Not at all. They're like non religious people--some smart, some not, and the rest in the middle
Warpy
Oct 2020
#23
well not according to the data, but I do understand why this gets people upset.
Voltaire2
Oct 2020
#26