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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Good call!
The funny thing is that I suspect that I don't even disagree with his worldview. I'm a committed evidentialist, but what I really take issue with is this unbelievably pompous insistence that the failures of others to conform to his standards of evidence and reality somehow qualifies that person as marginal, stupid, or mentally or socially handicapped.
People by and large need to realize that we are all capable of many of the preposterous and unpalatable thoughts and behaviours that we impugn in others.
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Several of the most brilliant lawyers and judges that I know are devoutly religious. I admit that, as a pompous atheist, I'm always a little bit disappointed when I learn that one of these brilliant people that I admire believes in the bible/koran. However, that said, it demonstrates to me profoundly that there is no causal nexus between religiosity and intelligence.