Comments on: Are Atheists Smarter Than Religous People?

By: mitchell lightfoot

mitchell lightfoot — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:29:21 +0000

it’s called the great falling away. You cannot serve God and mammon at the same time. I’m a christian with an i.q. of 161. If your ‘genius’ brain can actually reach the level of “true spirituality” then intelligent isn’t in the quotient anymore. the meek shall inherit the earth. forbes magazine has a list of many ex-millionaires that have passed away. where’s the ungodly monetary motivation when one is lying in the grave? find an answer for that one. a real, true answer; not merely an earthly opinion
that eventually will also go to the grave.
grave?

By: Countrykid

Countrykid — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 23:45:31 +0000

Haywood, I have several of Thomas J. Stanley’s excellent books, including the one you cite. Religious affiliation in a Christian nation confers important networking advantages that I do not wish to slight. However, I am an atheist of many years and a millionaire of many years. I expect that I am not unique based on various news accounts of billionaires.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:50:02 +0000

I think being a believer is the “default mode” that we all have, and it is easy, you don’t need to search for answers to anything that happens around you, you just “buy” whatever story comes up about God and the universe. On the other hand, being an Atheists means having to go through a process of skepticism. An Atheist is a person that whenever you tell him/her “The sky is blue” doesn’t just say “ok” but wonders why and looks for answers. Here is something that I read in a comic strip and I think it might sum it up:
Believer: The fact that we don’t know how the universe was formed is proof of a higher power that created it all.
Scientist: The fact that we don’t know how the universe was formed is proof that I have A LOT of work to do!

By: brad thompson

brad thompson — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 06:37:49 +0000

It’s not that atheist are vain, or think they are high up on their horse. Being an atheist, I sometimes wonder how some very religious people can’t grasp or even consider some of the points that can be made against religion. As a result, I almost unconsciously assume that very religious people might have a lower ability to think. Not that all religious people are like that, some are very brilliant, they simply just have faith. And I do believe that people who claim to be religious who are intelligent still have their doubts. Good article posed some solid points

By: Stephanie Schulz

Stephanie Schulz — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 11:19:17 +0000

You are absolutely correct. It is very ignorant for believers to automatically think that Atheism is associated with evil and saying it is equivalent to that of Satanism. I mean, we Atheists don’t even believe in the Devil, and our moral system is just fine. I’ve been personally neglected and ripped on about being an Atheist by my grandma and my own father. It really hurts when all they can say is, “You’re going to hell, and everything you do or have done in your life doesn’t matter.” It doesn’t make sense. For the record, I’ve heard from my close friend [then a Christian, now an Atheist] that I am a better person than anyone Christian he’s ever met.

Honestly, if I were to be a Christian, I’d be considered a great Christian. But once I throw the label of Atheist upon myself, I’m terrible…where’s the love, people?

By: Hittman

Hittman — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 15:38:02 +0000

Some of the smartest people alive today are Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins, Penn Jillette, Christopher Hitchens, Bill Gates and Jamie Hyneman, to name a few.

None of the people you mentioned proved the existence of god. They simply believed in one.

By: jack

jack — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 00:15:17 +0000

What an idiot. And this person is a professor of a field full of theories without any proof psychology. And he makes an absurd false claim. Atheists are all full of ignorance,excessive vanity and have high opinions of themselves and there own often false opinions, its no wonder they will not have any experience in there state that confirms the reality of God. The smartest people to have ever lived Plato, Aristotle, Leonardo Davinci and thousands more all affirmed the reality of God. And the smartest people alive today are also firm believers in God as either basic theists or of a particular Religion.