I would just say you have a pariticularly narrow view of your religion (which is fine) but a little off-putting given that it isn't the norm.

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Hearing time after time that all religion is a myth and that those who embrace atheism are somehow SMARTER than the rest of us, is indeed off-putting to me.

Do you think Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is below average intelligence because of the "particularly narrow" view he holds of his apocalyptic version of Islam? He was a top notch student and has an advanced degree in engineering.

 

And there in lies your problem. You are so agenda driven that you just wedge things into the conversation that have no purpose there. First I never said anything about your intelligence or any believers intelligence. Second you have found yet another opportunity to voice your disdain of muslims. So yes when you do this it is off-putting. I have no idea, nor did I comment on your level of intelligence. You seem very well versed in the particularities of the view of christianity you hold implying intelligence. I and the majority of christians just don't believe what you do. However, and I freely admit bias on this one, if a person really thinks the Earth is only 6000 years old then they are completely detached from reality. That is just once concession I cannot make.