Oct 13, 2023
"But, choosing faith in the midst of adversity isn’t intellectual capitulation as some of my less emotionally intelligent non-believing friends suggested."
And in one full sweep, the author has linked atheists with emotionally unintelligence.
But emotional intelligence may not all it's cracked up to be. Recent research indicates that those who have great emotional intelligence are not only more sensitive of their own and others' emotions, but also more able to manipulate the emotions of others toward their selfish needs.
I am hard pressed to think of anyone more equipped to use emotional manipulation better than religious apologists.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/01/the-dark-side-of-emotional-intelligence/282720/
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