Religious people understand the world less, study suggests

[Ganoncrotch]

LivingMetal said:
I'd rather make company with a "religious" person who's doing some good to his community than an "intelligent" person who's caught up in his pride of "knowledge." And there are situations like this, and we all know it. So in essence, this "religious" person might know more about the world from a humanitarian standpoint which is what ultimately matters in the long run. And make no mistake that I'll make company with most anyone. This just serves as an illustration that the world isn't as black and white as some "intelligent" people might have assumed.

The church in Ireland was reaching out and doing its part to let us know as a country that Gays are wrong and should have no rights, I mean... it is one thing to reach out to the community to do what you think is helping, but if you are doing it without any knowledge or grasp of the world then you can be doing more harm than good. Same with the spread of religon into 3rd world countries because the people their needed help.... but the people there did not need help from a group who condemned the use of Condoms which would have stopped the spreading of HIV or at least not encouraged it to spread more.

I'm not saying it's always the case of course, there are people who cite their religon as what makes them want to do good deeds and I mean genuine good deeds such as charity work at soup kitchens and such. I am nice to people though, not because a man up stairs tells me to be, but just because I want to be a nice person, it shouldn't take fear of eternal punishment after you die to make you want to be nice to others... should it?