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    [–]Nohope 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

    Because atheism has to do with basic intelligence, and the understanding of the burden of proof which is literally the core of logic and what the legal system of every country ever operates on (e.g. innocent until proven guilty, when there is no evidence, innocence is presumed because of the burden of proof). When there is no evidence, non-existence of "god" and "soul" is presumed and the default is disbelief because of the burden of proof. But religious people don't understand such a simple thing. They lack the basics of logic and intelligence.

    Someone with a ton of work experience believing in things that don't exist (e.g. "god", "soul", "after life") isn't actually smart or intelligent, if I ever saw a 40-50 year old "physicist" believing in santa caluse, fairies or whatever I would laugh at them and wouldn't be able to take them seriously anymore, same with people with a ton of "work experience" that believe in a "god", "soul" or whatever. And that's basically most adults.

    You were mocking me when you said "yes you are smarter and wiser than older people who have more "life" experience", you meant I'm not wiser than them, and my point was just because the older people have more "life" experience doesn't mean they are smart and bright, most of them are not smart, and one of the reasons is most of them are religious.

    Most people who dish out the money for therapy want to be helped. It's expensive and I have to pay for it out of my own pocket.

    Hope that's true.

    I love her more than myself and, even at my lowest point, I want to live for her sake. She wants to grow old with me, which means I need to stick around a while.

    I got to admit, this line makes a perfect nice romance novel. Two girls love each other, one is depressed, and wants to end it, but loves this other girl too much and goes on just because the other wants her to stay around for a bit longer.

    Really? This year was terrible. I can't wait for it to be over.

    Well I don't know about you, but I loved the pandemic. When I saw the fear on other people's faces, I just got my popcorn and watched the drama unfold.

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      [–]Nohope 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

      Atheists are generally smarter and more intelligent than theists. You just don't want to admit it because either you're a theist or you're an atheist that's too brainwashed by the theists to defend them and lick their boots: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/athiests-religious-people-intelligence-smarter-study-imperial-college-london-a8183131.html

      https://www.livescience.com/59361-why-are-atheists-generally-more-intelligent.html

      Scientists should be atheists, religious "scientists" cherry pick and aren't real scientists: https://blog.oup.com/2019/12/why-scientists-should-be-atheists/

      Just because someone is intelligent in some areas like a small part of "science" doesn't mean they are intelligent in the other areas like just plain common sense and understanding basic reality as it is. Like I said, atheism comes from the burden of proof which is the basics of science. Science means evidence too. There is no evidence for "God", so those "scientists" that were/are spiritual were/are not real scientists, and were/are not intelligent as they did/do not apply the same logic they used/use to find about the big bang, genetics, etc to their belief in "God" and realize there is no such a thing.

      And if these "scientists" you name were "spiritual" and believed in a "god" then not sorry to say this, they were not capable of understanding the most basic part of science which is the burden of proof, and simply evidence, so no they are not intelligent just because they got lucky in there and found a small something like "the big bang", etc.

      "Wisdom" most often refers to knowledge or insight gained through time and experience. It is completely separate from intelligence. Anyone of any age can have intellect, but not necessarily wisdom.

      Not even going to bother with you anymore. You're just ageist, byeee 💀