http://zanda-myrande.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] zanda-myrande.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] avevale_intelligencer 2008-10-29 11:03 pm (UTC)

Well, no. Sorry, but no. His words were "Religion--in particular fundamentalist religion--makes you stupid."

Not "only" fundamentalist religion, or "by which I mean" fundamentalist religion, or even "mainly" fundamentalist religion. Fundamentalist religion is a particular example, in his view, but he included all religion in his comment. It's a fairly unequivocal statement.

And military training teaches one to believe unquestioningly in authority. Does that make soldiers stupid?

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