Richard Dawkins thinks religious people are stupid.
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yeah, he does. consider this, if someone says that 2+2=4, and then someone else comes and says "no, it equals chair", you would think he's stupid. the problem is, when an even smarter person comes and says that technically we will never know the true answer cause all of that is derived from what we accept, people like Dawkins will hide behind the stupid people claiming you're one of them. although, dawkins believes in something more complicated than 2+2=4... but that's just how he feels the situation is. in this case, this is someone creating an answer to a problem that he can't answer himself. Side: Correct.
In principle, I agree with Dawkins on many levels. Religion is illogical, yes, but logic isn't necessary for everything. I'm an atheist (and I support evolution, but that's a totally different argument), but I still find him sort of offensive. There are better ways to get your point across than insulting most of the world, and he should be intelligent enough (as a wise, wise atheist!) to know that. Side: Correct.
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Coming from an atheists perspective I do think Richard Dawkins is "bitchy," Same description goes for David Silverman. He is completely intolerant of other peoples views no matter how much evidence is supported. With that said I do think he is very smart unlike David Silverman he has made some brilliant points that could destroy any theist out there unlike, he is basically a brilliant douche Side: Correct.
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No, he does not think religious people are STUPID, just DELUDED. While he might suspect and believe in an overall negative relationship between IQ and religiosity, he knows that there are many religious people with very high IQs. It's easier to be deluded when you're stupid, but delusion does not require stupidity. Side: Wrong.
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For many years, people used IQ tests to try and determine someone’s intelligence. However, some researchers believe that IQ tests do not take into account the fact that different people might think in different ways, and have different strengths and weaknesses. Most people would agree that Mozart was a genius - but Mozart would probably have struggled with Einstein’s theories just like the rest of us. This doesn’t mean that one man was more clever than the other – they just thought in very different ways. Many psychologists now believe that what we call intelligence can be subdivided into different categories, all of which can all be measured independently. Different kinds of thinking are needed to solve different problems. Side: Wrong.
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Dawkins does'nt state that religious people are stupid, his point is that religious dogma is delusional. Generally there is so much religion thrown around, bringing messages of violence and destruction that people such as himself, Hitchens, Harris and Dennet feel the need to get their point across in a strident manner. Everytime I see an interview with Dawkins, even on matters other than religion, interviewers want to drag him into it. And alot of the time are left dumbfounded by his strident remarks. If you are going to drag an arguement out of a man as knowledgeable and passionate as Dawkins then you are not going to like what is said. Check youtube O'Reilly interview. Side: Wrong.
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