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- From: gmark@cbnewse.cb.att.com (gilbert.m.stewart)
- Subject: Re: Atheism and Intelligence
- Organization: AT&T
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 22:08:16 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.220816.23526@cbnewse.cb.att.com>
- References: <1992Dec09.200845.26187@bnr.ca> <o7H2VB2w165w@iowegia.uucp> <heflin.725644567@cherokee30>
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- In article <heflin.725644567@cherokee30> heflin@rtsg.mot.com (Suzanne Stratton Heflin) writes:
- >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?
-
- I agree with you that there is no logic that can prove or disprove it,
- only that given a set of facts, it may be proven or disproven to a
- level of probability to a person's personal satisfaction.
- >
- >>(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!
-
- You're overreacting, and whatever your personal views or the personal
- views of the original poster, the fact is that atheism and agnosticism
- is positively correlated with economic level. Make of that what you
- will, as there are lots of theories espoused about it. Maybe wealth
- is evil, and maybe that's why I'm so nice :-).
-
- GMS
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