djchameleon

The teachings of the religion aren't good to people that don't have any faith in them.

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Fame, fortune, power, titties. People say these are the most crucial things in life, but you can have a pocket full o' gold and it doesn't mean sh*t if you don't have someone to share that gold with. Seems simple. Yet it's an important lesson to learn. Even lone wolves run in packs sometimes.

Akai

No, some religious teachings are fundamentally and morally bad

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but also by looking into this matter from a different perspective and by considering each and every one's valid opinion,
I do believe that I forgot what I was going to say.''


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GD

It think it's possible to re-contextualize most religious texts into a fairly benign interpretation, but no, they are not all created equal.

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Frownland

This is crazy true and it's surprising how many people don't recognize it. I mean, the bible is like three times longer than the quran.

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Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth.

Goofle

Maybe the terrorism has more to do with lower IQ than religion? But I doubt that's a fun topic to discuss.

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Akai

I'd wager that (for the most part) a low IQ would be a major factor when it came to joining a religion in the first place

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''To be honest, in my opinion, of course without offending anyone who thinks differently from my point of view,
but also by looking into this matter from a different perspective and by considering each and every one's valid opinion,
I do believe that I forgot what I was going to say.''


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Goofle

I don't think so. Plenty of hugely intelligent people are religious in one way or another. The level of religiosity and likelihood of becoming an extremist probably heightens as the IQ drops though.

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OccultHawk

I didn't have a bias against it until Lower Manhattan looked like Sarajevo.

Frownland

How many of them were born into it though? That's different from "joining" a religion, which I'd wager is closer to what Ziggy describes.

Interesting side note, I've seen research before that suggests new converts of any religion are more likely to be zealots than people who grew up in it.

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Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth.

Goofle

I would believe that at face value without seeing studies. Obviously, it would be nice to see some kind of source to back it up.

One of the huge worries in England at the moment is radicalization within prisons as you get (generally) impressionable low IQ dickheads becoming fanatics.

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