Um...."so much more dumber"...
Atheists are no more or less dumb than Christians, Muslims, Hindu, Native Americans, etc. Why? Has anyone ever thought about the fact that atheists do believe in something? They believe in the idea that God doesn't exist. They have faith in their belief that God doesn't exist. They do believe in money (that money has value and that they can go to work, earn that money, take it to the store and buy groceries or pay the rent with it and they will be able to receive goods for that money...takes an awful lot of faith, especially in this economy, to believe in that), they believe in the goodness of people, they believe in love, the universe is big, etc. They have faith that the sun will rise in the East and set in the West. They believe and have faith it will do that every single day. The only difference is that they have faith that God doesn't exist; what makes them any better or worse than people who do believe that God exists but won't live their lives with the principles He's given them to live their lives by? I'm not talking about peace on Earth, saving the whales and rainforests, eating vegan, or giving a dollar to the beggar on the street. I'm talking about basic human respect people are supposed to show to each other each and every day. Want an example? The next time you're in your car driving to or from work, take a look at your behavior from the outside. Are you driving while texting? While talking on your phone? Speeding? Cutting people off? Flipping them off? Are you stopping at every stop sign and traffic light (not rolling through them like I see everyone do every day, but a complete STOP)? Every one of these things is a violation of both the Golden Rule and the principle that we are supposed to obey the laws of both God AND man. We don't just get to pick and choose. So, where's the respect in driving and talking on your phone? What makes your life so much more important than the lives of all the other people on the road that you would put them in that kind of danger?
Who is truly dumb?