IQ & Atheism

[malignd at aol.com]

You and Livingston are correct: you said nothing prohibitive.

But, yes, I think religion is superstitious, prescientific absurdity 
and those who buy into it are idiots, at least in that context.  I.e., 
I'm aware there are very bright people who believe in god and Jesus and 
Mohammed and whomever else.  Zoroaster.  Thor.  The Corn God ...

-----Original Message-----
From: Phillip Grayson <phillip.grayson at gmail.com>
To: malignd at aol.com
Sent: Sat, Feb 27, 2010 11:50 am
Subject: Re: IQ & Atheism


Haha, you can say whatever you want on the list, but that doesn't stop 
it from being odd.  Odd things are probably the best things to say.  I 
just think that a comment like "all religion's for idiots" would seem 
to suggest the opinion that anyone with any sense buys into the idea of 
a narrow and scientifically defined reality, an odd thing to say in 
light of Pynchon's particular writing.


On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 11:29 AM,  <malignd at aol.com> wrote:
Can't say what one thinks on the P list?


<<What an odd thing to say on a Pynchon list>>





-----Original Message-----
From: Phillip Grayson <phillip.grayson at gmail.com>
To: malignd at aol.com
Sent: Fri, Feb 26, 2010 9:26 pm
Subject: Re: IQ & Atheism


What an odd thing to say on a Pynchon list


On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 9:16 PM,  <malignd at aol.com> wrote:
All religion's for idiots.




-----Original Message-----
From: David Meyer <davidmeyer81 at gmail.com>
To: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
Cc: P-list <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Fri, Feb 26, 2010 4:45 pm
Subject: Re: IQ & Atheism


No argument here. I debated for four hours with a couple of them once. 

It's no use defending atheism with a fundy; they scoffed at my 
'optimistic agnosticism'. Anything less than total faith, to them, 
indicates Satanic influence.

I'm just saying that in they hands of a person of high IQ, 
Fundamentalist beliefs are immensely frustrating, rare as it might be.

-d



-- Sent from my Palm Pixi


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David Morris wrote:

Fundamentalism requires massive amounts of reality denial.
Fundamentalist are WILLFULLY STUPID for the sake of their beliefs, at
least in some very significant aspects of everyday life.

On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 2:49 PM, David Meyer <davidmeyer81 at gmail.com> 
wrote:
Our local Mensa chapter has several fundamentalist Christians,
including a professor of Creation Science. It's probably 'smarter' to 
be Christian in the Bible Belt.