I love debates and intellectual muscle-flexing on forums such as this where the other participants are willing and able to interact in kind. It's a pleasure for me to be challenged on a subject, as it puts me in a position where I must rigorously defend my thinking, and in cases where I can't do so reasonably, I must accept someone else's superior point over mine. I have never more enjoyed "being wrong" than in these instances, and it teaches me a great deal about my own shortcomings of thought.

One thing I have seen from a number of people who identify as agnostic or atheist is a compelling urge to assert intellectual superiority over believers. While I don't think it's unreasonable to believe one's own position on a subject is intellectually superior, I do have to question the inner esteem and self-confidence of those who attempt to assert this openly in public forums or similar venues, especially when it's confrontational in nature. As Marcus Aurelius points out in his excellent "Meditations" work:
"Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it is practicable; and to make this custom the more significant, practice it first upon yourself."

Just as desperate believers tend to cling to moral superiority when they argue with non-believers, I think many of us cling to a sense of intellectual superiority...and often do not actually possess it.

Sometimes we lack the necessary humility that can keep us grounded as good & just individuals on this crazy planet, despite our intelligence. I tend to think that's unhealthy and furthermore unrepresentative of our actual intellectual capacity.
Thoughts welcomed.