religion and iq are negatively correlated!!!!!?

Question

what do u think about this fact. and yes it is a fact. you can go on the internet and find it anywhere. im not tryiing to offend anyone. i know it is pretty offensive but it is a fact. please dont be defensive or report me. im just curios about what people think about this.

to whozether

just look it up

go to yahoo search engine and type religion iq correlation. like i said please dont be defensive.

http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=religion+iq+correlation&ei=UTF-8&fr=FP-tab-web-t400&x=wrt

here, pick your source if you dont believe me

to those who say i have a low iq? arent you judging me?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

If this is a fact, why not share the reference? This question sounds like hate mongering to me.

Reply to your note:
I have participated in research. I have had my research published. There is a lot of research available for review, but not every published study is credible. This depends on 1) the journal publishing the research and 2) one small fragment may make an article worth publishing even if the overall theory is faulty. If/when you take a research class, you will find you will be asked to critique both the good and the bad so you can learn to distinguish the two.

I have no desire to do a blind internet search to find quoted fragments without an actual study to read. Too many websites have quotes taken out of context without the actual source. If there is a credible study with a unbaised sample population that anyone knows I can pull and critique for myself, I will do so. I will apologize if I am wrong.

Additional note . . . just as I suspected none of these charts come from honest research. From your list http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religiousness_and_intelligence explains the flaws of the studies done on this premise. I am sure that in some bygone era of our countries' past, someone did a similar studies on Blacks and Intelligence. The premise would be just as flawed and again . . . incite prejudice. You can pick a population with less intelligence from head traumas, a language barrier, damage from drug abuse, etc. and throw the religion factor or race or political party in to make it look like research shows a correlation between the factor you dislike and the population.

Answer 3

I guess you're right. Isaac Newton, Johann Kepler, James Clerk Maxwell, Enrico Fermi, Werner von Braun, Carolus Linneus, Michael Faraday, Blaise Pascal, Gottfried Leibnitz, John Dalton, Humphrey Davy, James Joule, Louis Pasteur, Joseph Lister, Sir John Ambrose Fleming, George Washington Carver, Joseph Henry, etc. All Christians, all low IQs, no competence in math or science...... Your alleged facts are pretty skewed.

Answer 4

Are you sugguestion that faith motives decreased IQ? via fact the evidence does not help that no count number how good of a correlation is shown (correlation isn't causation human beings!). Secondly, i'm no longer confident of the objectivity of how religious magnitude became into defined, no longer via fact i choose to disprove the study, yet greater via fact i'm a guy of excellent judgment and understanding. then back, in case you will study, us of a is the outlier, so a minimum of human beings have not got a adverse correlation with IQ and non secular magnitude. And, ultimately: it relatively is via u . s .. It does not chart persons. rather, those worldwide places with a extreme choose in the direction of faith have a decrease IQ on universal. the positioning is slightly doubtful concerning to the meaning of the tips. i might choose to take a closer seem, yet i'm slightly drowsy on the 2d. Tch: what a cop out. Oh nicely.

Answer 5

My IQ has been repeatedly tested and found to be at the "genius" level. Yet, I'm a Born Again Christian, in spite of this "handicap." (Those who are Born Again will understand what I mean.)

I am proof your "facts" are untrue.

I just did a web search as you suggested. There is NOT ONE post from a reliable, independent source (i.e. a source without a not-so-hidden agenda) that makes this correlation. NOT ONE.

p.s. -- I reported you.

Answer 6

You can find anything about anything anywhere on the Internet. In my experience, it is certainly true that the certainty of religious belief is inversely related to IQ. Hardly surprising since religion clearly thrives among the ignorant and stupid.

Answer 7

In lots of circles I agreee, for example in the creationist debate it is obvious that proponents of creationism don't know science, and can't seem to be logical about, well, anything.

As to religious types that aren't fundamental literalists then i would say this probably isn't true.

EDIT: Hmm actually that fits what you say...

Answer 8

theres a book i think would have an intersting take on this fact called "how to lie with statistics"

im not saying that you are wrong, but couldnt you have posted a link to this "evidence"? i for one would be interested t o see it.

Answer 9

yes! a fact.

religion makes you narrow minded.

in time the big bang theory will be proven.

the impossible just takes a little longer...

Answer 10

Intelligent people prefer rational explanations and can accept "I don't know" as a valid answer.


Religious people cannot accept "I don't know," and invent "God did it" to help them avoid confusion in their daily lives.

Answer 11

I'd wonder which way causation runs...

Both ways seem like plausible and interesting hypotheses.