Posts by Hunter Barrington

NetBeans 6.5 beta promises PHP simplicity

Beta works great!

I used the Early Access for PHP release as well as the Beta and I personally love it. I code in a few other languages so it's nice to have all my programming (less perl) in one great environment and it's free.

God makes you stupid, researchers claim

What about all the intelligent religious people?

I readily admit up front that this comes from a Christian perspective so if any bias is suggested i would agree that bias is possible.

It has been my experience that the more intelligent you are the better you can appreciate religion. For instance I know a few chemists (who work for DuPont), lawyers (Skadden Arps), molecular biologists, etc. who all appreciate God in a very real way because they attribute the universe and everything in their field of study to Him and after seeing how extremely complex and amazing it is they can't help but be wowed that there is something intelligent enough to envision all of that let alone create it.

and what about all the great leaders, intellects, and world changers who were religious. I would argue that the non-religious are in the minority in this category (leaders, intellects, etc.) and that it was only in the last century or two that this paradigm has shifted at all.

The article stated that many children believe in God but as they get older they start to doubt. This could be attributed to an increase in intelligence, but it could also be attributed to an elevation of pride, self-consciousness, and decrease in child-like trust (faith). In todays world where it is becoming more and more intellectually chic to be atheist there are fewer and fewer adults teaching children how religion can be very intellectually stimulating in my opinion.

anyways... just my 2 cents