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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The only faith I have is that most believers are ignorant, unreasonable, or both. [/quote]

Believers may be very intelligent, but somehow still believe that they are going to live forever with God in heaven.  It's not intelligence that stands in their way. Maybe it's childhood indoctrination and the fact that it seems like a majority of people believe in God. (Luckily, that is changing)

I haven't gotten more intelligent since I discarded religion.  I studied it very carefully before becoming a non-believer.
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+1.  Due to something that happened to one of my children in the name of religion, I both started questioning my own faith (subsequently completely deconstructed it), and then needed to understand what had happened to my child. The psychology of indoctrination into any cult (yes most religions fit the criteria of cults ) is both fascinating and horrifying due to how it plays upon our human nature. I now consider childhood indoctrination to be a form of psychological abuse .  Not a popular opinion I’m sure but after thousands of hours of reading about and listening to former religious people, my point of view is very well supported [/quote]

Fascinating -- and yes, I do as well consider childhood indoctrination to be a form of psychological abuse.   I think most kids (including me) accept what their parents tell them and only later maybe question it.  But some people never buy it, even as small children.  I've met a few.[/quote]

pp here - I'll add that I don't think my parents meant to abuse me in any way regarding religious indoctrination.  They were just doing what everyone else did - teaching their children religion.[/quote]

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