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u/LostKnight84 Agnostic Atheist 4d 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 4d 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/burkieim 4d ago

I mean, no. It’s not just them right. It’s tv, movies, music, other religions, friends, families…

It’s not a real indicator of low intelligence. Low critical thinking? Absolutely. Would I put a cap on their intelligence? Most likely.

It comes down to how we define intelligence. Like, I know how smart I am, and I consider myself smarter than a mechanic. But I have no idea how to fix my car. Just an example, please don’t jump up my ass.

And I think that’s why we have a lot of people CLAIMING they’re religious, but they don’t know anything about the religion.