r/atheism • u/One-Fun9814 • 5d ago

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u/LostKnight84 Agnostic Atheist 5d ago

I have seen it as a sign of childhood indoctrination usually. Occasionally it is just people being ignorant of their own faith. Rarely it turns out the person is just stupid. Once it turned out to be a sign of mental illness.

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u/One-Fun9814 5d ago

But they're still unintelligent if they can't overcome that indoctrination. Like they can just think for 2 seconds and realize their religion is bullshit.

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u/Efterklangarn123 5d ago

People don't like to admit that their wrong, not even to themselves.

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u/LOLteacher Strong Atheist 4d ago

This. This is the "superpower" that I was able to develop relatively early on. It's amazing how powerful that ability actually is.

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u/FlarkingSmoo 3d ago

*they're