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> Only a fool listens to a strongly stated opinion, even when it’s worded as though it’s a fact, and not be skeptic. I think I have bad news for you about the

> Only a fool listens to a strongly stated opinion, even when it’s worded as though it’s a fact, and not be skeptic. I think I have bad news for you about the world, then. > If we designed our society to cater to the greatest fool, we’d have ridiculous rules all over. What is your plan for a society like the one we currently live in that appears to be mostly greatest fools? > I actually think the main difference is I have a lot more faith in the intelligence of the average joe According to polling, in the US the average joe claims that God directly created humans in their present form within roughly the past 10,000 years and that evolution is, to put a common phrase in their mouths, "fake news". https://news.gallup.com/poll/261680/americans-believe-creationism.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/261680/americans-believe-creati... Feel whatever you want about the benefit of religion, that belief is based on something entirely extraneous to evidence.

nwienert 5y ago
> I think I have bad news for you, then. Exactly. As I had edited in my last comment before I saw your reply, you have a huge lack of faith in the intelligence of others (that, or a big ego). Believing in religion got humans a lot further due to in-group cooperation. Their exact beliefs may look wrong, but the way it makes them act is more right than atheism or anything else. In your world talking about any religion would be banned, and what a sad world that’d be.
- BugsJustFindMe 5y ago
  > you have a huge lack of faith in the intelligence of others (that, or a big ego) Column A, Column B. > In your world talking about any religion would be banned, and what a sad world that’d be. I promise I wouldn't ban talking about religion. > Their exact beliefs may look wrong, but the way it makes them act is more right than atheism or anything else. Secular humanists would strongly disagree.

nwienert 5y ago

> I think I have bad news for you, then. Exactly. As I had edited in my last comment before I saw your reply, you have a huge lack of faith in the intelligence of others (that, or a big ego). Believing in religion got humans a lot further due to in-group cooperation. Their exact beliefs may look wrong, but the way it makes them act is more right than atheism or anything else. In your world talking about any religion would be banned, and what a sad world that’d be.

BugsJustFindMe 5y ago
> you have a huge lack of faith in the intelligence of others (that, or a big ego) Column A, Column B. > In your world talking about any religion would be banned, and what a sad world that’d be. I promise I wouldn't ban talking about religion. > Their exact beliefs may look wrong, but the way it makes them act is more right than atheism or anything else. Secular humanists would strongly disagree.