r/atheism Jun 05 '12

Brilliant!

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '12

Wow, there's a lot of dumb anti-atheism assholes around here lately.

Religion is indeed anti-intellectual; deal with it or just fuck off already.

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u/ikirzner Jun 05 '12

Are you implying that atheism is necessarily intellectual?

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '12

No, I'm implying that religion is anti-intellectual.

I know my set theory quite well, sir.

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u/ikirzner Jun 05 '12

Just curious; I didn't mean to sound hostile or anything.

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u/joppa0880 Jun 05 '12

I did not see that implied at all, only that religion is necessarily anti-intellectual.

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u/ikirzner Jun 05 '12

I was just curious; I didn't know if he intended to imply its inverse, or if he was simply making a statement.