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- From: heflin@rtsg.mot.com (Suzanne Stratton Heflin)
- Subject: Re: Atheism and Intelligence
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- References: <1992Dec09.200845.26187@bnr.ca> <o7H2VB2w165w@iowegia.uucp>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 15:56:07 GMT
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- quest@iowegia.uucp (Steve J. Quest) writes:
-
- > I stand on my own in this world, but do require the
- >support of other fellow humans- not deities. I am an atheist, and
- >I am in a great minority.
-
- > I want to point out at this point that just because one
- >has a high IQ does not mean that they are logical in thought.
- >True logic discounts the existence of god, but not everyone
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- Really? Can you discuss the "pure and true logic" that you used
- to make this statement?
-
- >(common thread amongst believers- they are often poor and
- >uneducated. The greater their poverty and lack of education the
- >more likely they will become devoutly religious. All people fall
- >between these rails, of devout believers and atheists- and a scale
- >`could' be drawn to show relation......)
-
- What a stereotype! And please make a difference in your bigoted
- comments between "devout believers" and "devoutly religious." They
- are not the same at all!
-
-