My dad has an officially tested IQ of 146 and believes evolution is a lie. Being smart often doesn't make you right, it mostly makes you more effective at believing what you believe.
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why does he believe it's a lie? maybe he has some profound insight or defines evolution in a different way.
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he's a fundamentalist christian so it's part of the package
believes in biblical inerrancy, evolution=wrong, people who aren't saved are definitely going to hell, being gay is a sin, is into federal headship where men have symbolic authority over women, etc.
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Intelligence is not a defense against brainwashing. Religious or otherwise.
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So what you're telling me is that he's very good at justifying bullshit
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