<p>How is Sandrock buddhist?</p>
<p>^^I’m not a Deist. There, it’s mentioned.</p>
<p>Bump…</p>
<p>I guess there is a correlation between intelligence and a belief in God.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t say so, Leonardo da Vinci and Isaac Newton were deeply religious</p>
<p>Yeah, but those are extraordinary cases.^</p>
<p>^^ Not saying that this correlation exists (although there IS a correlation between education and atheism), but just because there are some outliers does not make the correlation not exist.</p>
<p>^ Actually, I think there is a positive correlation between atheism and IQ (though IQ is obviously an imperfect measure of intelligence). There’s an article on Wikipedia that cites a somewhat recent study.</p>
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The standards for intelligence lie within…</p>
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<p>though the vast majority of people we can describe as genius throughout history have been religious…</p>
<p>I think any correlation is due to religious extremism that denies universally accepted science and has driven many intelligent people away as a result</p>
<p>“Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.” -Albert Einstein</p>
<p>In response to the thread, both my parents are Christian, my father is Catholic, and I am Catholic.</p>
<p>Proud Lutheren like my mom. My dad converted from Methodist to Lutheren when he married her.</p>
<p>Well, my father is very, very much atheist(his whole family is strongly atheist) as well as my mother(they have some religious people here and there). My mother just likes to say she is the religion of whoever she is talking to to make them happy. You can already guess what I am, but I do strongly believe in a lot of religious concepts such as chastity, nonviolence, and giving to charity. I’ve never been inside a church before, although I have visited several local temples. And I also don’t really like to talk about religion because once someone ask me because it is such a controversial topic, although I’m willing to try to change and find out more about other religions.</p>
<p>^ Don’t let anybody force you into religion</p>
<p>^ When did he/she say that someone was going to force him/her into a religion? </p>
<p>o.O</p>
<p>^ I was just saying it generally. But you know what I mean, when people are openly uncertain of religion some religious groups/people try to push propaganda down their throats.</p>
<p>NO WAY! My parents are both devout Catholics, but they are STUPID. I’m an atheist, because I’ve been ENLIGHTENED by SCIENCE and I’m too old and mature and intelligent to believe in FAIRIES and INVISIBLE UNICORNS and GOD. </p>
<p>I’m so much smarter than every adult in my life.</p>
<p>^Are you being serious?</p>
<p>If by “serious” you mean “blatantly facetious”, then yes. I am being dead serious.</p>
<p>The last sentence made me wonder. Also, I’m an idiot :/</p>