Comments on: Religion Destroys Cognitive Ability

By: James

James — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 06:39:15 +0000

Just goes to remind us how easy it can be for smart people to believe weird things for non-smart reasons – as Michael Shermer once eloquently put it.

By: Mathias

Mathias — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:03:06 +0000

Cool, let’s all do our own “Christianity in a nutshell”:

10.000 years ago two people fucked it up for all of us. In his infinite perfection, it took God 8000 years to see that it wasn’t really fair, and to come up with a solution: get some poor schmuck nailed on a cross, and everyone who pretends to be friends with the guy, gets to come to his birthday party.

By: Tony Morris

Tony Morris — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 07:30:38 +0000

Cognitive Dissonance is an attribute of the human condition. It is not to be “suffered”. Indeed, you and I display it to some degree. That is, we exhibit a behaviour that was evolved (leading hypothesis) for reasons.

By: OzAtheist

OzAtheist — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 06:13:40 +0000

So, do people like your friend Tom suffer from Cognitive Dissonance?

Obviously he’s fairly smart if he’s at Cambridge “reading” law, so how can he believe such utter nonsense?

PS: why do you British folks call it “reading” law?

By: Modern Girl

Modern Girl — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 04:45:32 +0000

I’m glad he could write so honestly about his beliefs. He very articulately, proved that Christianity is clearly illogical. I thank him for that.

By: the chaplain

the chaplain — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 00:47:51 +0000

I assume, then, since there is no evidence for evolution, that Tom has not gotten a flu shot this year and does not see any need to do so.