Isn't Thomas Arnold smarter, braver, more intellectual than Pat Robertson?
108728
In my opinion, Spongebob Squarepants is smarter, braver, and more intellectual than ANY Christian evangelist.
608689
I am not sure I read a question there, but if you want to know 'How smart God is?" I think a good answer would be smarter than you.
11158
"Smart" is such a general word. He's not a literary genius. But if you ask me, you have to have some degree of "smarts" to get in the position he is now in. He didn't gain his presidency by luck. No matter what you think of him, he was "smart" enough to get elected. Whether you think the was by pretending to be someone he isn't or not--he has done something that only 43 other men have done in the last 200 years. \n\nSo has he pretended to be smart? I don't think so. I think he really is smart. Just not in ways people can agree on.
607543
sounds like a more intelligent American :)
809628
Depends on the person.  I haven't heard any scientific proves which is smarter than the other.
725547
I dont know why Kerry portrays himself as smarter. Although i dont think you should hold a person on the grades they recieved at, yes, Yale. I agree Kerry is the "dumber" of the two and i am glad he did not become president. His comments yesterday were uncalled for and were not a "joke." They werent directed at Bush, they had nothing to do towards Bush.
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I think we should all get down on our knees and thank God we live in a nation that looks at someone like Pat Robertson and mostly laughs.  There are people who are buying into the nonesense he spews, but then again they're the same people that buy every snake-oil product advertised on TV.\n\nI don't know if he's for real, but he is out there with a national forum on cable TV.  That makes him really no different than the Bill O'Reillys and Tucker Carlsons of the world.  \n\nThe thing that surprises me the most about Reverend Looney Tunes is that the Conservative Christian lobby isn't running in the opposite direction from him, screaming "He doesn't speak for us!"  I don't think it'll take too many more of those "God has punished"-type diatribes before people start associating him with them.  And that's when the Republicans will find themselves in deep water without oars OR a boat.\n\nMeanwhile, I wait in anticipation for the next time Robertson logs off what he must think is his personal IM with the Almighty and gives us The World According To Pat.  Just remember--not everyone who say they're holy get into Heaven.
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Well, he wasn't a lunatic.\n\nWas he a genius?  His Origin of the Species was definitely revolutionary and is relevant to this day.\n\nI suspect that you may be a "strict creationist," however, which poses another question.\n\nAre you a lunatic?  (You aren't a genius.)
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outside of the "reptilian" notion his theories have merit, both logical and historical. for more fun theories check out the linx below:
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They are both intelligent, but in different ways. This is a values question, not an intellegence one. A person can be a genius in science and not have a clue about asthetics, or music or literarture. The same can be true of the arts student, who can be a creative genius, but finds math difficult. These areas of study use different parts of the brain, and most people are stronger in some areas than others. It is a disservice to tell bright children that they can be anything they want to be-it would be better to tell them to find out what they are best at, and give them the resources to run with it. It is a mistake to value science over the arts, or vice versa- we need them both.
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Dude, pandering to irrational fears does not require genius.  It just requires a politician.\n\nDon't hold your breath on the poll numbers.  It'll get a few initial points from the nuttiest conservatives who were mad, but even a lot of those people will still be mad that he didn't go further.
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Neither, they're both smarter than the guy posing this question.
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Hardly. On the Internet, I've really only seen a handful of Internet trolls who are actually as clever as they suppose themselves to be. \n\nFactoring out the Internet for a moment, I think atheists (not all, but some) tend to think Christians are less intelligent than a lot of them are. And I suspect many atheists also look at their reasons for disbelief, which they consider to be rooted in reason, and suppose that because their belief can be sourced to a rational outlook, that those of their would-be opponents cannot be. \n\nAs a result, atheists tend to play a pretty weak hand with Christians in debate - they really do tend to underestimate them. They ply them with pesudo-logical paradoxes (that in fact have serious logical flaws to them) such as "can God make a rock too big for him to lift it?" And they'll toss out such red herrings as the "Flying Spaghetti Monster", one of the most poorly devised apologetic devices ever constructed in the history of theological debate.\n\nI think the more convincing arguments made by atheists tend to be the ones that take religion seriously - Paul Chamberlain's "Can We be Good without God?" I thought was a superlative and well argued work, though I didn't agree with some of its conclusions about the nature of religious belief. \n\nBut I can imagine a person being convinced by an argument made like that, because you are being taken seriously. Mockery has been taken out of it. I doubt too many people ever change because they are made fun of - there's no quicker way to shutter someone's ears.
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By sheer luck less than a half an hour ago I posted an entry to my blog talking about that ( http://sinthyia.blogspot.com/2006/05/our-fearless-leader.html ).  No, I don't think he is dumb and I think it is dangerous for people to dismiss him as that as well.
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Well it is a true conundrum both are so uniquely dumb, but my money is on Homer, he has stood the test of time and morphed into an even less intelligent man over time.  Though Peter is a close 2nd!
464598
No.  We should stop giving Pat Robertson so much attention.  Let him go the way of the Ford Pinto.
850015
Yes, they are. At least as intelligent as dogs. I had a pet pig when I was a child and she was very smart. I have seen reports of pigs that have been trained to really impressive things- like play piano, but who is to say that trainability equals intelligence. As far as possessing the ability to sense when they are about to be slaughtered- I am not sure about that one. But I can't imagine that when one of them sees a big goony redneck standing over them with a shotgun that they aren't at least concerned.