Are religious people dumber than atheists?

Question

Wow, all of these answers are very reasonable.

Answer 1

I don't think religion has anything to do with intelligence.

Answer 2

I would think most religious people were indoctrinated into their religion at an early age and never took time to critically evaluate all of the options. By the time they're adults, many are so ingrained in their thinking - they don't bother to give any credibility to other options or philosophies about life. I think the good things from all religions and philosophies should be considered. I don't trust anyone that claims they "know." I think discovery and compassion is important overall.

Answer 3

Are you asking if religion attracts "dumber" people or if religion causes otherwise intelligent people to slowly lose intellectual ability? Of course, I believe the answer to both of those questions is "no." I've known some exceptionally intelligent atheists and I've known some exceptionally intelligent Christians, Jews, Mormons, and Muslims. Likewise I've known some pretty stupid atheists and I've known some pretty stupid people who were members of all sorts of faiths.

I don't think religiosity plays any role in intelligence.

Answer 4

uh no! Neither is dumb buit that the atheists has no ability to explore possibilities. they have believe in impossible more than possible. get what I mean? and its said, its what you believe that happens. if you dont believe or have faith that you can move a mountain from the middle of the sea to the middle of the land, you cant, nd trust me if you do, you'll see that you can. All you just have to do is try it.

If thats calling atheists dumber, then yea atheists are dumber than religious people.
besides, no one is dumb in sense that, even the people who rnt literates(not dumb) can things or know things that the literates do. so it balances it.

Answer 5

no. Atheists are dumberer. If a person doesn't believe in God, then why do they have to make it a point to say they don't? They make it a point because they know God exists and they're denying His existence. Otherwise, they just wouldn't even be bothered by it all.

Answer 6

Excuse me!!! I am an atheist, i find your question offending, if you want to put religion out there put it in the religious section. oh and its more dumb, dumber or dumberer is not a word however long you say it. How do you know that I'm not one of the smartest people in the world? Douglas Adams, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Woody Allen, Lance Armstrong, Darren Aronofsky, Isaac Asimov, Dave Barry, Ingmar Bergman, Lewis Black, Richard Branson, Berkeley Breathed, Warren Buffett, George Carlin, John Carmack, Adam Carolla, John Carpenter, Asia Carrera, Fidel Castro, Dick Cavett, Noam Chomsky, Billy Connolly, Francis Crick, David Cronenberg, David Cross, Alan Cumming, Rodney Dangerfield, Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, David Deutsch, Ani DiFranco, Micky Dolenz, Harlan Ellison, Brian Eno, Richard Feynman, Harvey Fierstein, Larry Flynt, Dave Foley, Jodie Foster, Janeane Garofalo, Bill Gates, Bob Geldof, Ricky Gervais, Ira Glass, James Gleick, Seth Green, Robert Heinlein, Nat Hentoff, Katharine Hepburn, Christopher Hitchens, Penn Jillette, Billy Joel, Angelina Jolie, Wendy Kaminer, Diane Keaton, Neil Kinnock, Michael Kinsley, Richard Leakey, Bruce Lee, Tom Lehrer, Tom Leykis, James Lipton, H.P. Lovecraft, John Malkovich, Barry Manilow, Todd McFarlane, Sir Ian McKellen, Arthur Miller, Frank Miller, Marvin Minsky, Julianne Moore, Desmond Morris, Randy Newman, Mike Nichols, Jack Nicholson, Gary Numan, Bob Odenkirk, Patton Oswalt, Camille Paglia, Steven Pinker, Paula Poundstone, Terry Pratchett, James Randi, Ron Reagan Jr., Keanu Reeves, Rick Reynolds, Gene Roddenberry, Joe Rogan, Henry Rollins, Andy Rooney, Salman Rushdie, Bob Simon, Steven Soderbergh, George Soros, Richard Stallman, Bruce Sterling, Howard Stern, J. Michael Straczynski, Julia Sweeney, Matthew Sweet, Annika Sörenstam, Teller, Studs Terkel, Tom Tomorrow, Linus Torvalds, Eddie Vedder, Paul Verhoeven, Gore Vidal, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Sarah Vowell, James Watson, Steven Weinberg, Joss Whedon, Ted Williams, Steve Wozniak, Bruce Wright, Irvin D. Yalom, Frank Zappa Zarkov, Nick Zedd are all atheists. so you are putting down allot of famous people, so if you ever wanted to get into fame or Hollywood your screwed.

Answer 7

Religion is usually chosen by faith and what you have believed since young. It has nothing to do with intelligence. Religion and Intelligence are two different things. Religion is run by faith and Intelligence is run by brain functions. Atheists and religious people are not much different. They both believe very strongly in the opposite, both believing something different but in the same category.

Answer 8

if they believes in myths I would say so. They are dumber or they follow people. Anybody that believes there is a being just floating around up their making stuff must be stupid.

Answer 9

There has been a study on this. And it seems atheists have more education overall compared to religious people.

Answer 10

no, but your next question should be : are their any atheists dumber than the other atheists ?? that should get them starting

Answer 11

No, it's a lot harder to justify a belief in God than not to believe. Religious people have to do a lot more hard thinking.