re: #210 Cato the Elder

Would you atheists please stop telling believers what they are required to do?

I’m not trying to convert you away from your simple-minded belief that disbelieving in God makes you smarter than me. Feel free. I could not care less what you believe or don’t.

It’s still belief, not proof.

And that’s the point.

I’m not trying to convert anybody or claiming that non-believers are smarter (I don’t think they are). All I’m saying is that permanent contact with several different conceptions of God through personal acquaintances usually forces people to deal with this particular cognitive dissonance. From this point, atheism/agnosticism, a concept of God as the Architect, or simply a God that chooses to reveal himself in different ways to different people, usually emerge. I don’t know what determines personal choices here, but I’m pretty sure intelligence isn’t it.