Annotating?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religiosity_and_intelligence

by Anonymous 13 years ago

"In 2008, intelligence researcher Helmuth Nyborg examined whether IQ relates to denomination and income, using representative data from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth, which includes intelligence tests on a representative selection of white American youth, where they have also replied to questions about religious belief. His results, published in the scientific journal Intelligence demonstrated that on average, Atheists scored 1.95 IQ points higher than Agnostics, 3.82 points higher than Liberal persuasions, and 5.89 IQ points higher than Dogmatic persuasions. "I'm not saying that believing in God makes you dumber. My hypothesis is that people with a low intelligence are more easily drawn toward religions, which give answers that are certain, while people with a high intelligence are more skeptical," says the professor."

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I'd say it's more like Atheists would think more logically than other people? But logic doesn't always equal intelligence...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I think it would also depend on the level of religiousness. Like someone that can not accept that dinosaurs existed or that we are not the only life in the universe, is probly not as smart as a non religious person who knows science. Now i dont think that religion makes people dumber-i just used the extreme cases (people that dont believe in dinos).I'm agnostic and the first time I really questioned religion was in my 8th grade earth science class, where I really thought about the scale of our universe-im 20 now and couldnt be more thankful that I was thinking deeply about the stuff I was learning in science classes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6w2M50_Xdk

by Anonymous 13 years ago

haha. okay... you can't really equate dinosaurs to life outside of Earth. We have proof of dinosaurs, but not other life. I'm not saying it doesn't exist, but to say somebody lacks intelligence because they don't believe in aliens is a little ridiculous.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yeah it is not a great example. But I think life outside earth has to exist based on sheer probability. Even the chances of a life sustaining system is 1 in a billion, we have 200 billion stars in our galaxy-with billions of galaxies on top of that. Also, there are countries that HAVE disclosed info about extraterrestrial life-There are structures on this planet that could not have been made by man in primitive times. Some (not all) religious people cant comprehend/accept the vastness of our universe (aliens or no aliens) and I think that's what I really meant. As I said, I'm agnostic so there could be some creator that put things in motion-It's just not how the bible says it is. I also dont judge people based on their religion,if they are open minded and aren't telling me i'll burn. I would only think someone is stupid if they truly prove their stupidness in front of me.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yeah, I'm not positive where I stand on outside life. I know it's possible, but I don't know for sure (obviously). I don't really believe the Earth was created in 6 days. I think that's a metaphorical story. I think God put the earth together over an extremely long period of time. I hate it when people assume that science and God have to be worst enemies. You can believe in both, as they coexist. I fully believe God has the capabilities to create a functioning planet in 6 days. But I doubt he did.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yes I agree, some people think that all scientist are out to disprove god-and that's not true at all really-it just disproves what many people believe about god (i.e. the 6 days thing). I think if there is an intelligent creator (god) then he would want people to learn about galaxies and the universe in its wholeness-even the big bang theory points towards creation-since it essentially says everything came from nothing-and by law no matter/energy can be created or destroyed, just shifted. It's seems that it is just hard for some people to accept the realities of our universe-as only a few hundred years ago people believed we were the center of everything, you would have been burnt for saying that we are not. Boy have we come a long way. Yay for moving forward xD

by Anonymous 13 years ago

haha

by Anonymous 13 years ago

OP is implying that christians dont do the same thing.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

why all the sudden phobias of atheists purporting to be smarter? is this some new campaign i missed?!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I encounter it all the time....

by Anonymous 13 years ago