Atheist Memes on Facebook: Smart /= Right

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I’m doing a project on my Facebook page: The Atheist Meme of the Day. Every weekday, I’m going to post a short, pithy, Facebook-ready atheist meme… in the hopes that people will spread them, and that eventually, the ideas will get through. If you want to play, please feel free to pass these on through your own Facebook page, or whatever forum or social networking site you like. Or if you don’t like mine, edit them as you see fit, or make some of your own.

Today’s Atheist Meme of the Day:

“Lots of smart people believe in God” is not a good argument for why God exists. Plenty of smart people, throughout history and today, have believed things that were mistaken. Smart people are not immune to error… especially when it comes to beliefs they’re deeply attached to. Pass it on: if we say it enough times to enough people, it may get across.

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Atheist Memes on Facebook: Smart /= Right
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2 thoughts on “Atheist Memes on Facebook: Smart /= Right

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    Moreover, this argument fails for the simple empirical fact that many smart people disagree about a lot. So if intelligence automatically implied being correct than smart people wouldn’t disagree. Moreover, there are strong correlations between both education and intelligence levels and lack of religiosity. See for example http://alturl.com/n8ob . So even if one bought into this argument it would if anything argue in the other direction.

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