Are atheists smarter than religious people?

[@davidroberts1689]

"Faith calls us to be open minded." What a lie.

[@howdougetoutofhere]

"Open minded" to their specific religion, not all of them of course... that wouldn't win them any souls.

[@brianlaudrupchannel]

+David Roberts Ye thats fucking retarded. Faith is the very opposite of open minded

[@theforestero]

+David Roberts The real question is;Can Atheists make more money and gain political power ,by being an alternative to Religious nutters and their fundamental beliefs and monetary structures..?

[@bennuballbags2]

+billyblackburn87 Thats what he said if you read it properly

[@brianlaudrupchannel]

Ben Anderson I know?????.....

[@patbrennan6572]

the very fact that you question makes you more intelligent..

[@tomjackson2151]

+Pat Brennan Question everything

[@thereasonableatheist281]

+Tom jackson What are your motives for this comment?

[@tomjackson2151]

The Reasonable Atheist World domination

[@undogmatisch5873]

+Pat Brennan People who are convinced to find the absolute truth in their own ideology (even if it is completely unverifiable) are (of course) more likely to reject everything beside their ideology, including fact based education.

[@thereasonableatheist281]

Tom jackson Your answer is highly questionable

[@MrNateSPF]

Smiling and laughingly saying "...I told you so, for all eternity" is a sign of a psychopath who gets pleasure from the torture of others.

[@mrmusi4512]

War do u mean? Who r u referring to?

[@barkYdarkATFB]

@@mrmusi4512 2:30 in the video

[@jdl2180]

@Dan C. have you ever read "A Course in Miracles"? If not you might want to, It is inline with what you already believe. Some people find that it is exactly what they have been looking. ✌

[@hillarysudeikis2264]

If you’re so unhappy and uncomfortable with the decisions and character of a God you don’t believe in then that is a sign of mental instability. Don’t complain about someone you claim does not exist, Christians know that atheism as an ideology and religion does exist. When we complain about atheism, we just simply state the irrationality, shallowness and immorality of atheism without sounding ignorant. We acknowledge the basis of atheism and that atheism as an ideology and faith exists, unlike atheists that don’t acknowledge God or the basis of Christianity. That is why we have solid arguments and you only have ad hominem that don’t really address the core meaning of true biblical Christianity.

[@MrNateSPF]

@@hillarysudeikis2264 It is not an adhom to call you a liar because not only is it true, but your lies prevent honest conversation.

[@CountPenta]

Intelligent people is less likely to be religious? Does this come as a surprise to anybody?

[@therationalist2209]

Count Penta no

[@fullbirdcorporal]

Count Penta No, not a surprise. But as I said, Theists are CERTAINLY delusional, not necessarily unintelligent.

[@0neManVVolfpack]

Count Penta I love how the first person speaking listed spiritual insight as intelligence. If pseudo science counts as intelligence i guess the religious has the upper hand

[@austrianoak7622]

Count Penta not one iota

[@robertcarey186]

Pneutella She has to make out that non existent traits are a good example of intelligence , it what religion is based on !.

[@ColonelKlink100]

Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris could have buried these guys.

[@yeetusfetus278]

so true

[@darthbane2669]

Funny pretty sure they have made utter fools of themselves when going against people who praised Jesus Christ.

[@lukasfrank30]

+Darth Bane that is absolutely false.

[@BorkSwordMork]

Darth bane is deluded.

[@colinjava8447]

Probably cause its like debating children, its impossible to have a rational discussion sometimes. So its like they are banging their heads against a brick wall.

[@pierrec1590]

Where is the boundary between open-mindedness and gullibility?

[@sicarius2794]

You can be open minded without blindly accepting, I can talk with someone about religion without falling for it.

[@pinball1970]

@Pierre About 30 IQ points

[@busylivingnotdying]

@@pinball1970 Sure, "about 30 IQ points", but there might be some principle at work that make it possible also for people that weren't intellectually lucky at birth to "find their way". My suggestion is the principles of LOGIC. Some conclusions about life, are logically impossible or is not fruitful for healthy living. On the other hand, a sign of intelligence is to "leave the door open" to new ways of seeing the world in the instances where you simply do not have conclusive answers (after all: there is always more to life than "is known in our philosophy" according to Shakespeare)

[@pinball1970]

@@busylivingnotdying unfortunately it has been demonstrated that lower IQ opens the door to things like religion superstition and difficulty with critical thinking. It's no surprise that scientists tend to be Atheist and the most backward tribal cultures tend to have high religiosity.

[@busylivingnotdying]

@@pinball1970 What you are saying is so true.... I hope people with hopelessly backwards thinking can see how what you are saying is true, and perhaps a seed of suspicion that perhaps there is a better way, is planted in their mind… It is a long and arduous process though. I guess the "dumber" you are, the harder it is to notice the flaws in your thinking

[@ElftheDog]

religion: Parent: the sky is blue, kid: the sky is always was and will be blue atheist: Parent: the sky is blue, kid: why is it blue Atheists tend to be more intelligent as they are questioning popular religious beliefs taught to them, rather than religious people that just dont question but accept what is given to them. Not saying the religious are closed minded, some do question. I think this is why religious people become atheist. The religious people start to question religious beliefs taught to them. They need a full explanation as to why something happens or is there, and religion cant answer that. Although, science can answer that when discovered by them. This therefore disproves the so called god's existance

[@Disatiere]

The sky seems blue, it is not blue

[@LJShaun]

Slender Mane Since colour refers to the wavelengths of light that enter our eyes, the sky is blue.

[@Disatiere]

LJ Shaun No.

[@LJShaun]

Then what is your definition of colour?

[@Disatiere]

LJ Shaun It's not the definition of colour, it's that the sky by itself has no colour, Firefox y u no recognize colour as English language, i probably set it to US English, fuck.

[@reaperuk76]

I can't believe he used stalinism as an example of an atheist society. Stalin didn't remove religion because he wanted to promote atheism, stalin removed religion because it was powerful and had the ability to oppose him. Stalin wanted to create a society in which he was the major authority to a certain extent he wanted to put himself into the position of a living deity.

[@rockmyballsplease]

Interesting. Sort of like King Henry and the Catholic church.

[@veetour]

That’s a great explanation. Thank you.

[@BlinkReanimated]

That is their primary argument against Atheism when referencing Stalin and Hitler though. It's that in the absence of the Almighty men seek to hold themselves up without humility, abusing the power that they've acquired. Of course none of them recognize that figures like the Pope do just that.

[@thesc0tsm4n9]

@@BlinkReanimated ironically Hitler went to the vatican for support and received it from the pope at the time, and even marched with religious texts and such on the nazi unforms and banners. even his book has plenty of references to god and doing gods work. Stalin took control of religion being the orthodox church and installed himself as it's leader in the same fashion as King Henry did, essentially making himself god of the state. both are exellent examples of the immorality and abuse of religion rather than example of atheism.

[@thedarkknight3880]

however, to counter it, he sought to impose atheism. An atheist state and even murdering whoever was religious It is not difficult to accept it if one begins by recognizing that atheism is just not believing and that's it. There will be an atheist who imposes and others who don't, that's all

[@driedpancake]

Short answer = Yes

[@driedpancake]

Jerry Swandervan I am assuming proof means nothing to a religious person like you but the proof is obviously the study cited in this video which I am sure you will disregard since it contradicts your beliefs.

[@driedpancake]

Jerry Swandervan Just because scientists who are also religious exists means nothing. Atheists make up a minority of the populous and yet make up the huge majority of scientists and intellectuals,positions that one would assume would require....intelligence. Would this argument still be valid in the 15th century when almost all intellectuals were religious? No,a persons opinion has no scientific basis other than being their opinion. The fact that there are religious scientists is only the inertia of a belief system which was once dominant but is now disappearing among the top levels of intellectual positions and will eventually and inevitably cease to exist completely.

[@driedpancake]

Jerry Swandervan I never suggested that he should be dismissed and I appreciate his contributions as much as anyone else. What the fuck are you even talking about? Have I lost you?

[@driedpancake]

Jerry Swandervan I don't think your idealogy increases your intelligence,thats ridiculous. I accept the idea that there is a strong correlation between non-belief and higher intelligence however. More intelligent people risk falling into a trap where they find ways to rationalise their religious beliefs with twisted reason in there own minds.

[@driedpancake]

Jerry Swandervan If you can't comprehend the difference between correlation and causation then maybe you have low intelligence.

[@TheNakedAtheist]

Wow that woman at the beginning is a sociopath. Gleefully looking forward to the day she can potentially point and laugh at people suffering eternal torment in hell and say "I told you so". And they try to claim we atheists have no morals.

[@HorizunTheAlien]

@TheNakedAtheist This ^^ Just in the first two minutes of this video, I caught so many inconsistencies with not only her definitive approach to "intelligence" in general, but quotes like "Faith calls us to be open minded" is completely ass-backwards. Religious faith requires you to believe in something without doubt, with little to no evidence in support of it - with no consideration for any other potential explanations of said subject. 3000 year old stories and "personal testimonies" are Proof to them. About as close minded as it gets. She also said..."The be open to the idea that the purely rational is not all there is to the world..." She doesn't realize that "Rational" is directly synonymous with "Intelligence"... In the dictionaries, AND real world situations. Smh. I'm so glad I'm not religious anymore, people need to realize we have full control over our lives..!

[@RodMartinJr]

TheNakedAtheist It has nothing to do with morals. It has everything to do with humility and a hunger for answers -- spiritual answers. One of the most compassionate people I know is an atheist in Ireland. And yet, he will likely suffer eternity, because he doesn't believe in his spiritual "half." You can't repair something you insist doesn't exist. That's why the only unforgivable sin is denying the Holy Spirit (the true self within). Forgiveness is repair. Repair is rescue. Rescue is waking up as a spiritual being so that continuity of consciousness no longer resides in the temporary meat, but in the permanent spirit. Many so-called Christians won't make it, because they are following ego, instead of Christ. A compassionate atheist is further ahead than many false Christians.

[@MrNateSPF]

@@RodMartinJr You can't repair something that in fact doesn't exist.

[@RodMartinJr]

@@MrNateSPF Well, obviously! Aren't you the smart one! Henry Ford once said, “The man who thinks he can, and the man who thinks he can’t, are both right.” This includes things like having sufficient imagination to find ways to look, and sufficient humility actually to see. Such certainty as yours depends on knowledge of everything in the universe -- omniscience -- for you are implying that there is zero chance that such a thing exists, the proof of which requires such 100% knowledge. But based on your limited experience, you cannot claim omniscience... or imply it, either. There is only one unforgivable sin and you hit that nail right on the head! You seem to be somewhat intelligent, but certainty in your own limited beliefs can blind you to perception -- the very purpose for which "skepticism" was originally needed -- restraint from overzealous certainty (belief). Belief is *_effect_* (dependent on external influences), while faith is *_cause_* (independent and a source of creation). Science made its greatest breakthroughs from humility to the Truth of Reality. Today's youth have lost that humility. So much toxic certainty -- the certainty of the Ancient Greeks that all orbits are circles. That didn't work out very well. Guys like Copernicus, Kepler and Galileo relied on empirical evidence -- humility to the Truth of Reality.

[@MrNateSPF]

@@RodMartinJr Wow, you typed all that out just for me? I never claimed 100% knowledge, do you have any proof of your claims or do you just have word games?

[@BelfastDutchie]

Did she seriously imply non-believers don't experience awe, love, or beauty? Does she seriously say atheists are not as openminded as believers? If she does, I suppose that just proves het own close-mindedness, doesn't it?

[@Stew282]

+T. van rossum I believe that for which there is good evidence, I accept that I don't know what I don't know, and I'm willing to consider any idea that is based on sound reasoning. What are these limitations of which you speak?

[@PerryCox818]

+T. van rossum Something asserted without evidences can be dismissed without evidences, Religions are bullshit stories made by sects to control sheep, so yeah we can be rude with these sheep.

[@PerryCox818]

***** Lack of evidences + irrational claims = Bullshit til you prove me otherwise. In others words I will be skeptic til I have not a solid proof of what people are claiming.

[@PerryCox818]

***** Prove me God exist, Prove me Muhammad flew on a winged horse and Jesus walked on water ... I call that Bullshit, we talk here about irrational ideas, not about unknown living animals, the humans must think rationally, if I tell you a little elfe live in the sky and produce the rain dancing in his invisible world, would you think it is possible cause you can't prove me otherwise? No ! You must provide evidences of this claims, and when you look the meteorology science explaining how rain is produced it make more sense than these kind of fairy tales ...

[@PerryCox818]

***** There is a difference between philosophy and actually believe in miracles, ask a Muslim if God is metaphorical or if the Muhammad flew on a winged horse is metaphorical, they will answer to you they believe it literally !

[@catmatism]

"I heard God speaking to me. He said we should all eat shit." Theists will believe. It's called faith. Atheists will ask for proof.

[@stever4181]

Well I believe in God and He didn't say that to me. Bon appetite enjoy your diner!

[@stever4181]

john broadhurst Thank you for pointing out my error. It's good to see the Cyber English Teacher is still on the job. lol You obviously knew what I was conveying.

[@stever4181]

lol or maybe it was intentional? What do you expect from a Yank living in England. It's easy to get confused. lol Have a Merry Christmas John!

[@tbreener5893]

john broadhurst alot?

[@Etothe2iPi]

I've got proof: 10 billion flies can't be wrong!

[@Honestman400]

Rev. Bruce is stating exactly why intelligent people are rejecting Religion. To her it's all about unproven possibilities.mystery, beauty and awe, but she doesn't seem to want to understand them, just experience them and put it all down to god. That is not enough for the intelligent mind.

[@masterassassinofdota]

You insulted 90% of scientists in history, you insulted Isaac Newton too.

[@Honestman400]

TheReaperOfSouls I think the key words there are "in history". Scientists then, lived in a world where almost everyone believed in god. In fact for most of them, the church had so much control, it would have been dangerous, if not life threatening, not to beleive. The case of Galileo is a perfect example. Today, less that 9% of scientists believe in god.

[@MrCostiZz]

TheReaperOfSouls Newton was also making Alchemy and believed in Astrology. So what ??? In time of Newton there was no Darwin…Nether we knew that there are 400 billion galaxies, it was "obvious" that Earth was designed, now we know this is not the case. Newton's potential was driven down by religion ……..

[@masterassassinofdota]

Kostas Spiliotopoulos Athesim did also existed at that time. Newton criticized it because of its dullness. He and Darwin shared a common thing, everything that they discovered had laws in it. Random chance can't create solid structured laws.

[@Honestman400]

TheReaperOfSouls Where does Random chance come into anything in the universe? Even in evolution the only thing that is random are the mutations which every living thing has, but evolution by natural selection is far from being random. That doesn't mean that things are designed in any way. It just means that there are many small differences in every living plant and animal for natural selection to work on. As for physical laws, they are nothing like laws handed down by some authority.. They are simply the ways that elements and other chemicals react with each other. We call them "laws" purely for convenience.

[@DuelJ007]

"It seems to me a life of love isn't about arguing whos more clever than who" 20 seconds later "Reverend bruce and her student beleive that ultimitley, the athiests will be the ones proved to be not so clever" And then talks about how it would be a joy to get to say "i told you so"

[@jasonbyrne8487]

Tiny religious minds...

[@debrickashaw9387]

10:40 Yes. We also have finland, sweden, denmark, norway, japan, netherlands etc. These countries are topping the chart in education, life expectancy, equality, happiness and a bunch of other things

[@maple2524]

Interesting how those countries tend to have a very high suicide rate as well.

[@debrickashaw9387]

@@maple2524 maybe japan but not for the rest of them

[@maple2524]

@@debrickashaw9387 Actually, yes: The Scandinavian countries and Finland have historically struggled with above-average suicide rates. There may very well be a direct correlation between the number of suicides and the increased popularity of atheism in those countries, and I think it's wrong to ignore that and to deny the existence of a suicide pandemic in the Northern countries.

[@debrickashaw9387]

@@maple2524 hogwash, with that logic then Lesotho, Guyana, Eswatini, Kiribati etc etc would be the most atheistic countries in the world considering that they have the most suicide. Also United states are above all those countries i mentioned in my original post for suicide rates and USA is like 85-90% religious

[@debrickashaw9387]

@@maple2524 another point, Suicide in finland peaked in 1990 and has decreased ever since EVEN THOUGH the country is reporting to become even less religious since then. How do you fit this into your narrative?

[@InformationIsTheEdge]

How is it that the faithful have a monopoly on mystery, beauty, awe and love? 1:48 She seems to be implying that rationality excludes these things from human experience. Does she really believe that an atheist cannot love? That an atheist is immune to the lure of a mystery or indifferent to beauty? Does she think a rational person cannot look up at the night sky or inside a living cell and not be awed by that? I'm sorry, that is a total non sequitur and put forward either by ignorance or malice.

[@johnclewes8698]

Bravo, very well said.

[@InformationIsTheEdge]

john clewes Thank you.

[@colinjava8447]

In fact, the atheist has a better appreciation of beauty and reality. Cause the atheist can enjoy the wonder of the natural world and of space and the contemplation of what must have happened for these things to arise. But to the theist, they only have "god did it", it just kills all sense of wonder as everything is already answered without any explanation needed.

[@Geniethegraet]

I completely agree, I cry sometimes when I look up at the night sky and realize how lucky we are to have evolved on this planet.

[@jasonbyrne8487]

She believes that because she's deluded and ignorant...

[@chrisose]

I always love it when someone selling religion says something like "Faith teaches us to be open minded" then turning around and claiming that science has it all wrong because it goes against their 2000 year old religious texts. Some of the greatest peaces of religious art were done by those who ended up at odds with the church for their less than stringent religious views and activities. The volume of religious art also has to do with the amount of wealth the church, especially in Europe, controlled and spent on commissioning art. BZZZZ!! Congratulation to the panelist on the right for falling back on the standard apologist tactic of lumping atheists in with communists (which are different), while conveniently ignoring the number of horrific crimes against humanity committed under the approval and often by the orders of one religion or another. Not surprisingly he is also the representative for Christianity. While the Hindu physicist started out pretty well, as the clip progressed he devolved further and further into the WooWoo of his faith.

[@MrJahnic]

*while conveniently ignoring the number of horrific crimes against humanity committed under the approval and often by the orders of one religion or another.* I'm not sure but I think the point he tried to make was a different but equally stupid one. He revealed a few times that he has misinterpreted the study thinking for example that it concluded that there is a causal link between religion and intelligence. In this case it seems to me as if he is trying to prove that not all atheists are of superiors intelligence even though this doesn't contradict the study at all. Argument: If Atheists are of superior intelligence then countries run by atheists should work perfectly. History has shown different with Stalin and communistic china. Therefore atheists probably are less intelligent as they claim to be. Straw-man with a false conditional premise in addition.

[@chrisose]

MrJahnic Whenever I hear the Stalin, Mao, Hitler line come out of someone it just proves to me that none of their arguments are their own and that they haven't taken anytime to actually research their statements. In rebuttal I tend to point to North Korea as the best modern analog. They have a dead man as their leader and his grandson as the conduit to his "wisdom". It is a state religion, much like those set up by Stalin, Mao and especially the extremely superstitious and Catholic Hitler.

[@terrypussypower]

@@MrJahnic You say “countries run by atheists” as if that should mean something? Atheism isn’t an ideology. It’s not a way of life. It HAS no dogmas, or commandments, or laws….there’s as many different types of atheists as there are different types of PEOPLE! There’s anarchist atheists, there’s communist atheists, there’s fascist atheists, there’s conservative atheists, there’s libertarian atheists, there’s humanist atheists, there’s liberal atheists, there’s secular atheists….there’s even religious atheists! Atheism ONLY refers to one’s non belief in the “god” claims of others. That’s all!

[@danielliverpool3789]

Christopher Hitchens you're are surely missed.

[@frankamodeo3640]

He hasn't gone anywhere,he just crossed over to the spirit world.

[@jamesbentonticer4706]

I hate how they call this 'controversial' research. Just because one side does not like it, does not mean it's controversial, it's still true!

[@frankamodeo3640]

What's true?

[@Abhi-nk2tx]

That religion is nonsense n has no purpose existing

[@paulj6662]

OF COURSE, by definition, they have to be. They are not stupid enough to buy the magic beans..

[@mikelao8434]

Nice. It is understandable why you would think hose who don't believe seem to be "smart " in this realm. But in the end when truth is revealed those smart individuals have gained nothing and risked losing the graces they were granted. As far as jokes go: it is a grave sin to practice or partake in "magic" as stated in the ten commandments.

[@paulj6662]

Buddy The bear This Bullshit, Bollocks and Brainfart proves the point. Where in the 10 or even the 20 commandments does it say anything about magic? Are you on drugs? or off your medication? NO you are just dim daft & deluded, a babbling simpleton full of holy shit. It is all nonsense and you BELIEVE it. thank you.for this demonstration.

[@getoverit3769]

+Buddy The bear there is no truth to your garbage religion or your fairy tale. your god is a bitch that condones incest rape slavery murder and mass genocide

[@johnclewes8698]

Ignorant, superstitious simpleton. empty threats like yours might have been effective against thick, uneducated, illiterate feudal medieval peasants facing certain death for any hint of "heresy", but thankfully in the scientific 21st century the shackles of church/state enforced religious adherance have been broken, and at long last intelligent educated individuals rule the roost

[@mikelao8434]

Where do you see a threat? I didn't come to condemn anyone. The so called "church state" you are referring to was actually run by Puritan SECULAR leaders who rejected the catholic church influenced by Calvinism .which lead to insanity. Yes Calvanism(especially run by secularist) is misleading was and is a heresy. What else did you expect from protestants.

[@doctorkrebscycle5286]

Yes... atheists are more intelligent than the faithful. We gave up fairy tales decades ago.

[@doctorkrebscycle5286]

Believing in fairy tales in a complete absence of evidence shows a lack of higher mental function. It is a completely absurd and juvenile proposition. I will take it a step further and say that religious people suffer from a mental illness.

[@snowrider4495]

Rasyonalist Kurtuluş believing in religions does not effect your intelligence? what believing in religions do is it stops intelligent people from finding the real truth and using their brain to find out why something occurs. when a religious person comes across something they cant explain they stop thinking and say "god did it. i figured it out". they didnt figure anything out they made shit up to keep from using their logic and reasoning. they just gave up! their reason and logic goes out the window! if an athiest comes accross something they cant explain they dont make shit up , they say " i dont know what caused that but ill investigate to find out how it happened if possible" why dont you believe in another type of diety? was it because of who brought you up and endoctrinated you into your religion or did god come down when you were little and tell you about himself?? if you speak to god, you brain is making up what you want to make up!!! all religions are a form of automatic endoctrination of mental illnes for sure. if theres no proof outside of an evil vile black book called the bible then THEREFORE THERE IS NO GOD!!! there is no city history record of any characters in the bible recorded where it says they were born and lived. no city historical records anywhere about a global flood!! RELIGION'S ARE ALL MADE UP NONSENCE DRIVEN BY FEAR TO CONTROL PEOPLE!!!!!!

[@bnnyhop]

Doctor Krebs Cycle “BuT iTs NoT a FaIrY tAlE, iTs ThE tRuTh REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE”

[@Chrisplumbgas]

Atheist intelligence can not be trusted, your brain came from swamp mud by accident.

[@Chrisplumbgas]

Atheists believe in fairy tales , like a universe came from nothing and mind came from matter.

[@BenCarnage]

They're feigning offense and deliberately reading the results backwards. Being an atheist does NOT make you more intelligent. Being more intelligent and/or educated does increase the probability of you being or becoming an atheist. There are of course dim bulbs who are atheists and geniouses who are superstitious in a variety of ways. If you judge entire persons from just their religion or lack thereof you'll probably find yourself in the moron end of the spectrum. It's a connection, it doesn't say anything about the individual. It's surprising though, because taking the tens of thousands of different denominations of christianity, not to mention different religions, that people are offended by the assumption that being taught these beliefs from an early age with mechanisms that hinder open inquiry and scepticism would impact on results like these. Even if you think your specific branch of your perticular religion breeds intelligent sceptical people you can't ignore that the majority of people worldwide belong to a variety of different denominations or completely different faiths where many do hinder scepticism.

[@joshuataylor3550]

Exactly.

[@Samura1gamer]

15:58 "...something non material is manifesting itself through this material frame [the human body], the spirit" the perfect way to end the show. *a completely unsubstantiated* claim for which no theist ever bothered to prove (like this man here) and the very core of the whole issue if accepting unproven claims doesn't make one less intelligent, then what exactly does?

[@Stuartharrod1]

In 1000 years people will look back with embarrassment that adults believed in such nonsense

[@randyandy98]

Yeah they be embraced that people but into lie of evolution and the Big Bang

[@BadAzzTUBE]

When is Jesus coming?...........I'm talking about Jesus, Spanish dude from down the block he needs to mow my lawn.

[@gshrdy5415]

You are lazy to mow your own lawn, it takes more spirituality to work harder, get off your lazy ass

[@SuperEdge67]

Lord Lucas Doesn’t he play as a defender for Real Madrid.

[@abunglai6331]

When the sunlight is about to fade and the world began to crumble,Jesus will come in a humungous spaceship of alien technology:D

[@MOGGS1942]

@@mrmusi4512 Why not ? I mock religion, it's adherents, and the invisible entities they so admire, at every opportunity. And will continue to do so, without fear, or favour.

[@mrmusi4512]

@@MOGGS1942 but what if God and a specific religion turns out to be true after you die?, you do realise you'll be doomed don't you? Best to abide by the pascals wager

[@AgentMidnight]

I was fully expecting a 5 second video of someone just saying: "YES."

[@gavriloprincip11]

I’ve been praying for a study like this!

[@donaldwhittaker7987]

I recall it was Gavrilo, a member of The Black Hand, who killed the Archduke Francis and precipitated WW I. History might have been different had he just stayed in a coffeeshop chatting with a pretty girl.

[@gavriloprincip11]

Donald Whittaker ..????? You get the joke....and know your history......your defiantly not American!

[@lloyddutchsmiley1147]

I love it how the Vicars one hope in life, doesn't even involve being alive.

[@johnclewes8698]

LOL, Exactly, how sad is that. and what a criminal waste.!!!

[@CM-iz5ny]

within the United States population around 90% of the total population are religious in one form or another. 60% of the total amount of educated people are religious. (people with masters and PHDs) 40% of the total amount of scientist are religious. (this is an average of all the STEM fields) 7% of the total amount of "elite" scientist are religious. elite being the head of research and things of this nature. The general consensus of that study shows that with an increase of intelligence there is a decrease of religious thought.

[@CM-iz5ny]

***** It depends on the study that you look at. All you need to know it that the number is very high. And how do you know that religion is declining

[@CM-iz5ny]

***** okay thank you.

[@CM-iz5ny]

***** No, I stand by my numbers. I said "around 90%". You do realize that not every study produces the same numbers right? I could pull something up right now that would be different than what you just gave me. but there is no point because all of them show there is a high percentage.

[@ubermenschi1459]

+boe diggy It is around 70% of U.S citizens are religious, your numbers are wrong.

[@CM-iz5ny]

Pope Dawkins read my last sentence. It doesn't matter all of them are high.

[@Srum31]

Oh the faces of the guests while the girl on the phone talking... Lololol... That was pure gold!...

[@vinyl45s4ever]

The vicar is such a nice person. I'm sure she is a great support to her community. I just don't understand the need for a GOD in all of this? Can't we do exactly the same good things without any of the hokus pokus, the ghosts and the "prayers"? We all die and stay dead. Why is that a problem? Our lives could be so much better by simply keeping everyone honest.

[@dommidavros2211]

Being dead is a huge problem! The main issue is the fact that the nothingness goes on forever (which I would have a huge issue with). What really bothers me is when people say they're ok with that! There really is nothing to be ok with on this one! I want someone to scientifically prove that consciousness lasts forever!

[@trstenik100]

"Faith calls us to be open minded." The open-mindedness of the faithful is pretty impressive, especially towards other religions. They've shown it so many times. These acts open-mindedness and inter-faith love are called the crusades and jihad.

[@JTStonne]

As an atheist, I don't believe I'm necessarily smarter but I do have a better grasp of reality. Every aspect of life, for me, is analyzed from various views without simply using faith. Atheists also live happier lives because we live our lives freely without the fear of an afterlife. We are generous and caring because we know this life is it. Also, religious individuals that constantly go to Hitler and other historical monsters killing millions of people, annoy me. Those individuals didn't take actions against humanity because of atheism but because mental issues making them purely evil. All those deplorable humans never credited their actions on a lack of God while Muslims, before blowing up something or beheading people that don't believe or Christians during the Crusades did use God as their justification. I am an atheist because I don't believe in God. I don't care what you believe in. As an US Army veteran I will die to protect your freedom of religion and assembly, I just ask that you keep it to yourself. Religion is a personal relationship between you and your God. Religion should never be used to justify laws, rules or regulations. I don't go door-to-door to convince people to stop believing so others should be happy they found a life they believe in but instead they won't be happy until I believe as well. I have always said, "If people would take responsibility for their own actions, create their own lives in accordance with their beliefs and leave other to do the same...the world would be a peaceful place. Most violence in the world today is based on competing religions.

[@ICEDMX1]

Religion is incoherent and not cohesive. Every religious person I've ever had a meaningful conversation with has had a different idea as to what the bible says and means. Which leads me to conclude that individuals make it mean what they want it to mean.

[@oglow100]

I wouldn't say atheists are more intelligent. But I'd rather say atheists consist of more intelligent people. I'd also like to highlight that atheists are more rational rather than more intelligent.

[@hann3sses200]

well isn't being rational more intelligent than being irrational? My point is that saying that "atheists are more intelligent" and "atheists consist of more intelligent people" basically mean the same thing.

[@akiraito7113]

Flying spaghetti monster It's teh flying spaghetti monster meow!! I'm new age witchcraft pagan agnostic but I tend to favor atheists because science has proof.

[@mikeny5020]

I am almost 50 years old and I have not seen the smallest evidence to make me believe that religion exists

[@dgbucko]

An hour reading KZbin comments to religious debates answers this question conclusively.

[@birdofhermest]

Not neccesary smarter, more connected to reality for sure.

[@busylivingnotdying]

Now THAT was a wonderful and professional TV-presenter! She teased out the best possible argument from all sides. Her questions really made me think. Thank you ma'am :) This is what you want from a public broadcasting corporation: the ability to advance the discussion in a more intelligent direction (without cutting off ordinary peoples limited understanding).

[@petermetcalfe6722]

The fool said in his heart there IS a God when there is no evidence.

[@hawaiisidecar]

2:35 "If the religious perspective, Christian perspective is right, I'll get to say 'I told you so'." Followed by cackling laughter. Typical Christian, thinking their heaven is some sort of celestial "I was right, and you were wrong." Not sure their jesus would like to find them poking us with a stick and feeling self satisfied. That women is disgusting!

[@Starnerdz]

Here is the funny thing, a atheist wouldn't be wrong unless they believe there is no god. Most atheists do not make the claim there are no god's, they just simply don't believe the story. It's so disturbing that christians would be delighted to see those burning forever simply because they did not believe,

[@Zar4thustr4]

ty for that comment - just wanted to type essentially the same ...

[@suheilpinto6964]

I knew the indian was a bit of a quack when he said he was a hindu and then proceded to say he is an athiest. Its an oximoronic term hindu athiest.

[@suheilpinto6964]

All three of those idiots in the studio are butt hurt.

[@MGsubbie]

1:52 "Things like beauty and love." All of which can be explained scientifically, there's nothing spiritual or mystical about it. 2:36 Oh boy, Pascal's wager. In most religions, worshiping a false god is worse than worshiping no god. If Christianity is right, as an atheist I have a better chance of getting into heaven than a Muslim. If Islam is right, as an atheist I have a better chance of getting into heaven than a Christian, and so on. There are thousands of denominations as well, and only one can be right. 10:30 Oh fuck this guy. Intelligence and enlightenment has nothing to do with morality. Serial killers are some of the most intelligent people out there. Stalin and Mao didn't do those things in the name of atheism or because of atheism, but because they were monsters. The countries with the highest social health are also some of the most atheist countries in the world. Scandinavia is a really good example of that. 11:28 WTF no! There is nothing spiritual about quantum physics.

[@rampagingweasel4276]

Well you just showed them why atheist are smarted .

[@MGsubbie]

Heywood Yabloome Unfortunately?

[@ryangray2569]

"for all of eternity...,. what a joy that would be" ya watching people being tortured gets me pumped up too :/

[@keeganwilz]

According to 100 Years of Nobel Prize (2005), a review of Nobel prizes awarded between 1901 and 2000, 65.4% of Nobel Prize Laureates, have identified Christianity in its various forms as their religious preference (423 prizes). Overall, Christians have won a total of 78.3% of all the Nobel Prizes in Peace, 72.5% in Chemistry, 65.3% in Physics, 62% in Medicine, 54% in Economics and 49.5% of all Literature awards. Other numbers: Jews - over 20% of total Nobel Prizes winners Atheists, agnostics and freethinkers - 10,5% of total Nobel Prizes winners Seems strange all these "unintelligent" religious people winning intelligent prizes...

[@petemangum4542]

Here's some facts: 60 per cent of Americans who have degrees are religious. Of that 60 per cent, 40 per cent have advanced degrees (i.e. Masters or better). Of that 40 per cent, 20 per cent have Science degrees. Of that 20 per cent, only 7 per cent are elite scientists. So, the more advanced you are in Science, the less religious you are.

[@petemangum4542]

Meaning what?

[@lazyassslothin]

Considering 15% of Americans are non-religious (don't quote me on current, this is last I have heard from the census) so your argument is actually negative as 85% of people in America have a religion. If you wanted it to mean something, it'd have to be 85% of people with degrees (or higher) are religious.

[@petemangum4542]

The data shows that the more people advance in degrees (and especially science degrees) the less religious they are.

[@lazyassslothin]

I'd have to see the actual study myself, how it was performed, is it peer reviewed, etc

[@SauroniastyPL]

lol what a false argument and whoring logic, 7% of the religious ppl are elite scientist coz alway a elite scientiests was minroity, it have to be minority that is the one of apsects of elite, if You would tkae for example non religious people(not only atheist or agnostic like myslef) but all non religious the percantage of them who are leite scientist will be similar, most of scientist here in Poalnd are theists same in Germany and Italy, and as i said i'm not religious myslef, i am simply not some mambo jambo duche bag who screams 'look at me! only book i ever red is god's delusion i don;t care it is primitive book but now i can rpetened that i'm inetlectual'

[@williamb3257]

Yes.. Next Question..

[@rainy7106]

I've noticed Atheists seem more willing to debate. When I was in school me and my friend (we're both atheists) use to debate all the time about random things. I thought it was just me and him then the next day I saw a few other atheistic students debating. I'm not sure but, in my own experience atheists are a bit more happier to discuss different view points. Of course this means nothing until a study is done but, I thought it was interesting.

[@DuelJ007]

Did anyone else laugh when reverend bruce questioned the study for describing intelligence as being rational and learning from mistakes, and that it didn't focus on being imaginitive, having "emotional intelligence", and spiritual insight.

[@TreVader1378]

I can remember being in junior school, and my friend asking if I believed in god, and I remember thinking for a few moments, and then realising, no, no I don't, and I was maybe nine or ten, and this was back in the 80s, and in my school we had assembly every morning, and our deputy head would make us sing songs, the kind you hear in church, and it wasn't a religious school, but the deputy head was a full on church going believer. When I mentioned I didn't believe, she went off on me, saying I was too young to say things like that, and I better pray to be shown the right way to think, needless to say I didn't, and I turned out fine.

[@XisoLate]

The opening from the physicist ends the discussion. Anything the other two say at this point can't get past that glorious statement.

[@felipec]

Such a farce, 4 believers against 1 atheist, who is given only one comment.

[@ilikebananassometimes3608]

That's odd, I counted 2 atheists and 3 theists.

[@felipec]

You counted wrong. An atheist who believes in a deity is not an atheist.

[@ilikebananassometimes3608]

What? Lowri said she is an atheist but open to the possibility of a creator. You'll find that probably 95%+ of atheists feel the same, it's just that they don't ever expect to encounter any evidence that will convince them of God's existence.

[@ethanjohnson9521]

Over 90 % of scientists are atheist or agnostic, these are the people that ask the most questions. Says a lot to me !!

[@jsjssgjsjsuwjxjsaksjxjxn]

They are the type who seek physical answers, not metaphysical ones.

[@Tetragramix]

Asking the right questions instead of merely accepting everything they are told.

[@ethanjohnson9521]

mrmemanme nope, it would give it more credibility though. Still i think it highly unlikely.

[@pumajlr]

mrmemanme Only if their "science" is the product of the Buddhism. But we know science is not that, is independent of religion, is the critical observation of the universe. That kind of critical view of the reality can lead to atheism. Atheism is the result, not the cause. So, your question has no sense.

[@ethanjohnson9521]

mrmemanme of course in the 16th and 17th c they did so did everyone else. that was before the they had the access to the knowledge they now have. if they were born in ancient greece they would have belived in Zeus. i dont see your point mate. and i think 98 % is incorrect but unfortunatly i think your not far off. most of the world are uneducated so that is why the number of theists is so high. if you look at Europe or even america then athiest/ agnostics are on the incline.

[@geezzerboy]

"The grammer of kindness"? How about, 'the taste of Saturn"?

[@AstraeaFae]

I just feel that people who question why they’re here makes people generally more intelligent. I am one of those people. I am more spiritual than anything. But I love science and being able to understand! :)

[@jacklindon193]

"Are Atheists smarter than religious people?"... Well... Do bears shit in the woods?... Is the pope Catholic?.... Do frog's have water-tight assholes? ....

[@avedic]

Frogs have water-tight assholes? Well....color me surprised. Then again, I guess that does make sense. Evolution sure is creative. :)

[@andrewgavin3083]

It doesn't take a genius to figure out religion is bunk.

[@SpaceCattttt]

The only way this ENDLESS discussion is going to end, is if God comes down to Earth and assures us all that he doesn't exist.

[@SpaceCattttt]

***** Too busy, is he? Well, it can't always be easy to be omnipresent. Or imaginary...

[@SpaceCattttt]

***** Or perhaps that's how he shows himself? By giving kids malaria or causing earthquakes? That's bullshit, of course. But if it, by some astronomically large coincidence. happens to not be so, then I'd like to think that God is showing his true face by causing problems like that. Like I've always said: Even if God exists, why should he be on our side?

[@davvan125]

Don't worry. The number of atheists are steadily increasing and the number of theists are steadily decreasing. Also: Countries with starving people are almost always praying to god, while countries with healthy people have more atheists. So if god actually excists, he seems to like atheists more than theists. I guess he want people to think instead of reading fairytales & having imaginary friends.

[@SpaceCattttt]

Davvan It's simple: Wherever there is good education available to everyone, there are Atheists.

[@MrJahnic]

My god this christian guy drives me crazy! Except of misinterpretations and one fallacy after another this man had absolutely nothing to say. The reason for his rejection is quite obvious. If a broad religious adherence is dependent on lots of people with a low intellect then this undermines his complete faith. How can his faith be good when it relies on people being stupid. Its unquestionable that intelligent, religious people exist but if it is true that there is a significant negative correlation between intelligence and religiosity this means that in a highly intelligent society their would be no or almost no religiosity. Therefore the pertinent question every religious person would have to ask himself: should we deliberately keep us stupid in order to keep religion alive. In order to avoid this and other unpleasant questions he rather indulges in wishful thinking and fallacious arguing than critical reasoning.

[@Kefka.]

This was terrible the religious side said nothing it was if a study came out and said men tend to be stronger than women and women side said things like the following: well I don't know about you but there are lots of kinds of strength, metal strength for example this study does not even mention that. Another women: I think that guy you just had on really is kind of a weakling he does not really lead credence do this supposed study. Another: So women are just weaker than men well I know of such and such women that is a gold medal power lifter I bet she can lift twice what most men lift. ,etc,etc You get the idea. It was painful the lack of clear thinking, ad homienems and comical number of logical fallacy heard in this video.

[@AJJACKAU]

"Faith calls us to be open minded." But not so open that my brain falls out.

[@myopenmind527]

The Hindu physicist is a woo woo merchant and believes in a God of the gaps. What is spiritual humanism and how is it demonstrably real. The theist is wrong as Stalin and Mao were not motivated by atheism. This is a classic misrepresentation of atheism.

[@fullbirdcorporal]

*Are atheists smarter than religious people?* Smarter, by which is meant more intelligent, more cognitively lucid? No, I don't think so. *If you asked, **_"Are Atheists less delusional, more rational, more secure psychologically?"_** then I would say YES, definitely.*

[@YoungColCol]

David Behrens I guess you've studied the meta analysis?

[@fullbirdcorporal]

fred col No.

[@djr5995]

Rev. Kate Bruce talks about love, kindness, and caring but don't forget that many religious people, especially christians are of the opinion that if you don't believe what they believe then you are going to hell. Looks so innocent when her and her student have a little -holier than thou- giggle about saying "I told you so" for eternity to the non-religious, or non-christian, but remember that while she laughs, in her mind, while she is 'sitting pretty' in heaven the non-believers are experiencing eternal suffering, a torture put in place by a perfectly just and "all-loving" god. There is a deeply ingrained double-think and hypocrisy to hold these beliefs together. In a nutshell, the religious see religion as being deeply loving and caring, but if you don't believe then you are dead to them, you are going to hell, and they are OK with that. That's right, if you have the audacity not to believe what they believe then THEY ARE HAPPY FOR YOU TO SUFFER IMMEASURABLY FOR ALL ETERNITY

[@prometeya3700]

Let's face the facts religion is dying. In a very close future we will believe in god as we believe in greek myths.

[@ChessArmyCommander]

lol You're in for quite a shock when either Jesus comes back, or you get resurrected and judged. All depends on whether or not you die before Jesus comes back.

[@yeetusfetus278]

jesus won't come back idiot

[@ChessArmyCommander]

Oh yes he is! Jesus is coming back very very soon!

[@JMS103]

+ChessArmyCommander No such thing as Jesus.

[@chaserussell1487]

haha you just proved athiest are smarter

[@1249lineman]

Yes we are. We don't have a book full of things that are unreasonable and illogical,that we take on faith. Scientists who believe in God,don't get educated from the Bible do they. It is a % thing not that the world or even America has more numbers of atheists. We on average,are challenged to research and defend what we say,and don't get away with just saying we believe it because the Bible says so or Einstein's ghost revealed it to me.

[@heyougetintomycar373]

In this context the word smart is not the right word to use. The word smart has different usages, but when it comes to psychology smart is defined as having or showing a quick-witted intelligence, being able to think quickly or intelligently in difficult situations. I think the more correct question to ask is "does atheists have a higher intelligence than theists/religious people? I believe the answer is a resounding YES! Theists tend to be more irrational, credulous, gullible, believe things for bad reasons, believe in extraordinary claims without evidence, and resort to poor reasoning and logical fallacies than atheists. On the other hand, atheists are more intelligent because they tend more towards reason, rationality, sound logic, belief based on evidence and the scientific method than theists. BUT...there are of lot of ex-theists who discovered reason, logic and evidence-based belief. So it's not always about necessarily level of intelligence, but lack of knowledge about reason, logic and rationality. People can change for the better. en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/smart

[@donaldwhittaker7987]

Your last sentence is correct but people can change for the better only if parents, schools, and church have not wiped out their natural curiosity about the Real World. Whitehead said the highest form of thought is the ability to doubt.

[@ToneysReviews]

Imagine that, a bunch of atheist concluded that atheist are smarter.

[@pumajlr]

I don't know how this study was do it, or how they explain the correlation, but if they do it properly, the results must reflect reality. And that's must be independent from their beliefs.

[@J4ckmaestro]

Well a bunch of religious people aren't going to do the study and research, now are they? because they're scared of the truth

[@ToneysReviews]

Count Jacula www.thebestschools.org/blog/2013/01/06/50-smartest-people-faith/ here you go look it up for yourself. Out of the top 10 smartest in the world 8 of them believe in a god, lol.

[@lazyassslothin]

Toney Liakakis People misuse these and believe they are saying every atheist is smarter than every religious person. This is simply stating the average intelligence is higher, not every religious person is stupid.

[@ToneysReviews]

Lazy this is what I go by as my indicator to which side is smarter on avg. it all comes back to reb vs dem or conserv vs liberal because most people who believe in God are conserv and most who don't are liberal. With that being said most demo voter are non high school grads mean while most reb voters grad high school, you get the average. Voting goes hand and hand with belief systems.

[@ryanlowe1781]

How is this even an issue, you can't graft new ideas on to a closed mind. Sorry Theists.

[@danielstoner7807]

4:26 Theist says: "In the first instance, the study makes an assertion that one group of people are less intelligent than another group of people. Now that seems a strange STARTING perspective for any study, from my point of view." Ummm, no, it's not a "starting" point - it's the proven CONCLUSION of the study - so he is exhibit A in derpdom. Next, if he is saying that it is odd to pose a hypothesis of this, from which to perform a study, then two responses to that: (a) no, it's not at all odd or strange - it's patently obvious who the smarter people are, and (b) even if that weren't true, scientists pose all manner of hypothesis - many that seemed strange proved to be true. The point is that the CONCLUSION supports the hypothesis in this instance.

'Are atheists smarter than religious people?' Yes

[@theaussieinbelfast]

simple answer yes we are lol

[@lukasfraley]

Faith is a failed epistemology, The man saying intelligence is not correlated with being lower within a theists May reconsider if he thinks about other failed epistemologies and intellect, Such as.... a person believing they can fly by flapping their arms being equally intelligent, or flat earth believers having equal intellect. The fact a mind follows faith rather than reason “IS” an evidence that the mind is not using an upper level epistemology

[@shutterbugblues]

So faith kept mankind backward and stupid? Not according to history: Nicolaus Copernicus, heliocentrist, began the Scientific Revolution: Catholic priest Georgius Agricola, father of mineralogy: Catholic Roger Bacon, pioneered the scientific method: Catholic priest Galileo Galilei, father of modern physics: Catholic Johannes Kepler, founder of the laws of planetary motion: Lutheran Rene Descartes, founder of Cartesian geometry: Catholic Blaise Pascal, inventor of the mechanical calculator: Catholic Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, father of microbiology: Calvinist Carl Linnaeus, father of modern taxonomy: Lutheran Sir Isaac Newton, developer of calculus and classical mechanics: Anglican Roger Joseph Boscovich, father of modern atomic theory: Catholic priest Antoine Lavoisier, father of modern chemistry: Catholic Charles Babbage, father of the computer: Anglican Gregor Mandel, father of modern genetics: Catholic priest Louis Pasteur, inventor of pasteurization, father of bacteriology: Catholic Alexander Fleming, discoverer of penicillin: Catholic Edward Jenner, inventor of the vaccine, father of immunology: Anglican Georges Lemaitre, founder of the Big Bang theory: Catholic priest Nikola Tesla, most accomplished inventor in history: Orthodox

[@gicamitomanu]

+shutterbugblues they took the title of catholic to not be persecuted by the church, remember the hundreds of years where people that went against the beliefs of the church got burnt for witchcraft?

[@gicamitomanu]

+TheCosmicWarrior anti-catholic propaganda? are you serious? the inquisition is history, are you really denying it? are you that brainwashed mate?

[@gicamitomanu]

+TheCosmicWarrior you, the guy that thinks the dark ages didn't happen are schooling me on history classes? are you fucking kidding me? or maybe in catholic countries they don't teach you about the horrible things. do they teach you only the nice happy, "we were the best" things?

[@gicamitomanu]

***** answer me this question, do you or don't you believe the dark ages were real?

[@gicamitomanu]

as long as you understand, i don't care enough to make that effort. it's not an official document... define the dark ages? they are defined in the history books you claimed to know in fine detail, or are you incapable to do a quick google search? you know, select phrase, right click and you even have the option right there... it says search on google. let me explain, the dark ages stretches from the 6th to about the 14th century, and is a period of time where the church stagnated any and every intellectual progress. please learn your history before coming on the internet and spilling your bullshit unfounded beliefs.

[@adamwilks]

Yup. Next question.

[@jeffhart9916]

The high IQ society known as MENSA are full of people with high levels of intellect, critical thinking skills and logical thinking abilities. Less than 1% of these people are religious. That is no surprise.

[@reaazali6347]

Seriously how does someone believe in a talking snake and then be thought of as intelligent. I rest my case.

[@neochizen]

look. Let's not get it twisted. What is an atheist? An Atheist is A specific Theist way of looking at God. The term Theist is this: A person who believes in the existence of a god or gods, specifically of a creator who intervenes in the universe. so Atheist have a version of looking at God saying God doesn't exist. that's a belief system in and of itself.

[@angelajakob1257]

Intelligence: I want to see scientific evidence. Religion: I do not need evidence I need a good feeling

[@frankamodeo3640]

Say what?

[@Widmerpool99]

"The study makes an assertion that one group of people are less intelligent than another group of people." Yes. Yes it does. And?

[@sabin1166]

When they throw around the words, like spirit and soul, they really mean woo-woo..

[@clubpenguinwwefan08]

That Priest was so pissed.

[@thorstambaugh1520]

Of all the people I know, the atheist tend to be brighter, more questioning, and better reasoners.

[@dicidicee]

I'm a software engineer and a vast majority of people working in this field (close to mathematics, peripheral of science) are atheists or agnostics. I think there's little question about why that would be... intelligent people with high critical thinking do tend to be non-religious at best. That is a fact, no matter how painful it may sound to believers.

[@michaeldevall8497]

It’s logical to wait for evidence before investing fully into it. If your laptop started telling you information it just believes you would say it’s broken.

[@Ebby7cheeks]

I find that people who are more economically empowered and have more access to education and freedom of choice tend to be less religious.

[@nevaladder]

"Faith makes you more open-minded"? The paradox is lost on this lady.

[@monstersince]

non religious people show better common understanding work better together and live longer

[@Roedygr]

It seems odd to ask people their opinions on the matter, who have not studied it, and ignoring the findings of those who have studied it carefully.

[@0501245]

The point here is simple: Religion make people to become close minded. I have been a JW and I know what this means. Most religious people will blindly reject any evident based points that are made against religion.

[@emilian7052]

Are atheists smarter than religious people? ✨Yes✨

[@driedpancake]

4:27 That was the conclusion not the starting point.

[@Beery1962]

1:40 Does faith call upon us to be open minded to the possibility that gods don't exist? 'Cos it doesn't seem like it. And "open minded to the possibility that the purely rational is not all there is to the world" - I already am open to that possibility - I embrace the reality of emotional things and spiritual feelings. Sure, emotions exist, awe exists, but that doesn't mean there's a god, nor does it mean we should ignore rationality, which is what religious folks do.

[@hisvorpalsword]

1:40 "Faith calls us to be open-minded."

[@SauroniastyPL]

faith is act o reason, read some other books than 'god's delusion' basic philosophical maybe

[@yussuqmadiq5274]

SauroniastyPL Faith is an act of reason? Shall we go to the definitions of the words? Faith is confidence or trust in a person, thing, deity, view, or in the doctrines or teachings of a religion. It can also be defined as belief that is not necessarily based on proof. Reason is the capacity for consciously making sense of things, applying logic, for establishing and verifying facts, and changing or justifying practices, institutions, and beliefs based on new or existing information. So how can faith be an act of reason if the former demands complete and obedience on a particular subject in regards if there are no evidence or good reason to support it? Speaking of philosophy, I believe in the belief of Socrates. We should always examine everything before adopting it. In fact, Buddha even stated that we should analyze everything to make sure that it makes sense to us. He even warned us of putting faith in one person or institution that claims to have the exclusive rights to the truth.

[@SauroniastyPL]

I see that U have lacks os basic philosphy mate

[@yussuqmadiq5274]

SauroniastyPL Really? Care to explain to me why I lack basic philosophy. That is my challenge to you, or are you just going to make a Parthian shot to save your ego?

[@hisvorpalsword]

yussuq madiq Thou shalt not be goaded by the uneducated.

[@d___a__n_]

Kindness, love, creativity, caring for others, every positive trait can be derived from pure logic just by the premiss, that I want to advance rather then fight. I want that we bundle our abilities to build a better world for all of us. It is purely illogical to fight, if you want to achieve big things, because it's a waste of your resources. The extent to which this logic can be used is determined by the intelligence of an individual and furthermore gathering information (knowledge) through learning, understanding and logic will eventually lead to wisdom. Problem solved. Religion can go now pls.

[@morganthem]

Ruling out the possibility is an impossibility at the moment. But if anything a religion claiming to have a corner on anything enough to even call itself a religion is anything but open minded to possibility. It suggests something particular.

[@camrynbell4257]

As an atheist who knows a little bit about the bible, I would like to point out that since Reverend Bruce is a Christian woman, who obviously believes in abiding by the beliefs stated in the bible, she should not be speaking about religion publicly at all, and definitely not be sharing her religious opinion. According to the bible, women are not to speak of religion publicly, or speak in church because that is the job of the men. If women have questions about religion they are meant to ask their husbands those questions at home, privately, and must accept the explanation they are given by their husband without argument because women should worship their husbands in the same way that their husbands worship "god". This is not what I believe, I am simply trying to explain that nothing Reverend Bruce says should be considered valid because her religious opinions can't be taken seriously considering the fact that if she understood the religion she was talking about, whatsoever, she wouldn't be talking at all.

[@zoltanrex9144]

The word "intelligence" means, the ability to reason.

[@AscendingParadigm]

I think Kate is the woman from the famous "Atheist Bitchslap" video.

[@god9513]

Skep Tical No need to "Think" that ...... unless you are religious ..... Such is a well substantiated fact ...

[@AngelArm1110]

as an atheist, I won't go as far as to say that we as a group are smarter than those who are religious. what I recognize is that both ideologies have a prevailing method of thinking that they tend to foster, and I think it is provably true that a rational, realistic, skeptical, discerning outlook, is preferable to the religious outlook. after all, as Robert Green Ingersoll once said; The hands that help are better far than lips that pray

[@amk4739]

2:39 In fact, that's the one downside of being in atheist. We won't get to say "We told you so" after we're all dead.

[@goattm2]

If it weren't for religion holding progress and new ideas back, we as a species would be much more advanced at the moment.

[@ozhoneybadger]

Who's holding you back. Where's your invention?

[@goattm2]

@@ozhoneybadger Read my comment again. I said we as a species, not me on my own.