Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 55 minutes later[^][v]#138,488
> religion > believing in a deity
If you're talking about deism, say deism. There are non-deistic religions. I know a quite a few atheistic religious people.
Unintentional Jackass !LASXURl1b6 joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 4 hours later, 4 hours after the original post[^][v]#138,541
I know someone who is incredibly intelligent who believes in god. It seems that it's simply that she was brainwashed from a young age, though. I guess that's an exception? But, yeah, also this: @previous (B)
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 4 hours after the original post[^][v]#138,542
I know intelligent people who are religious, they're just closed-minded when it comes to their beliefs.
Unintentional Jackass !LASXURl1b6 replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 4 hours after the original post[^][v]#138,543
@previous (D)
Yeah, pretty much this regarding the girl I was talking about. She refuses to argue the point.
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 5 hours after the original post[^][v]#138,544
@previous (Unintentional Jackass !LASXURl1b6)
Sounds like she's in denial.
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 17 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^][v]#138,546
Having faith has proven to make people happier.
A truly intelligent person who valued happiness over the truth would make themselves believe.
Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 5 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^][v]#138,547
@previous (F) > Having faith has proven to make people happier.
So has crack cocaine. That argument isn't really compelling.
Anonymous F replied with this 15 years ago, 54 seconds later, 5 hours after the original post[^][v]#138,548
Nega !34Kas0OdzM joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 11 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^][v]#138,549
That needs to be judged on a case-to-case basis.
There's this incredible hatred in both factions while they claim to work on world peace and happiness that a simple answer is just impossible.
Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 14 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^][v]#138,550
@138,546 (F)
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." - George Bernard Shaw