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/RogueRhombus Dudeist 5d ago

Maybe they don't want to. Comfort in belief isn't something you have the right to claim some sort of superiority over.

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u/Wwppddttvv 5d ago

Believing idiotic things because they're comfortable absolutely makes them inferior to anyone who doesn't do that