Do you equate someone's lack of intelligence to their level of religious faith?

Answer 1

According to a study by Paul Bell, published in the Mensa Magazine in 2002, there is an inverse correlation between intelligence and religious belief. Analyzing 43 studies carried out since 1927, Bell finds that all but four reported such a connection, and concludes that "the higher one's intelligence or education level, the less one is likely to be religious or hold 'beliefs' of any kind." A survey published in Nature confirms that belief in a personal god or afterlife is at an all time low among the members of the National Academy of Science, only 7.0% of which believed in a personal god as compared to more than 85% of the US general population.

Answer 2

There has been much research carried out between the correlation between faith and IQ. Much of this has been done by religious groups such as Catholics, Muslims etc but is help secret.
Independent research is less conclusive. The Monrahan Report (1998) suggests that girls with IQ below 98 are more likely to have deeply held beliefs. However, the same report showed that males with IQs less than 94 had little religious faith. Other reports, such as the Little & Milne Survey (2001) contradict this and suggest that the more intelligent people hold the deepest beliefs. For more information visit the notMENSA Society for dumb people. (Link is below.)

Answer 3

NO!

By the questions asked here many, askers think the opposite. ie many believe that the more intelligent you are the less likely you are to have any religious faith.

The truth of the matter is that there is a great difference between intelligence and wisdom. You see, "the fear [reverence] of the LORD is the beggining of wisdom". The wisest man ever to have lived (excepting Jesus) acknowledged his source of wisdom as being God.

For you agnostics and athiests, want some wisdom? Start fearing God. Ask Him for wisdom, he tells us "if any man lacks wisdom let him ask of God Who gives generously without criticism".

I can guess the first bit of wisdom He will give you will be to repent. If you ignore that why should He give you any more?

Answer 4

Personally, I think that a lack of education or understanding of the world is what causes reliance on supernatural explanations and the attachment to religion. It has nothing to do with intelligence, only the level of desire to improve upon your own knowledge.

Now if you were to say does someone's gullibility relate to their fundamental beliefs then I would have to say yes.

Answer 5

I think their intelligence is being directed in a different way, I think to a large extent religion wastes intelligent people's time and stops them applying their intelligence to other possibly more worthwhile and real earthly problems and solutions.

Answer 6

in case you do not have a love for the reality then your IQ in accordance with what your getting to understand or have discovered will be way down. real Genius by no ability settle for what's meant to be the reality or the answer. They search for the reason why and locate that acquiring to understand one concern leads to yet another it truly is why IQ's are continuously turning out to be on those those who search for understand-how and information in Love.. Any faith that could want to wish you to sit down down blindly and take someones be conscious for the reality is a pretend one. no matter if that is disguised as Christianity or different. real christianity needs you to income with an open ideas on How large Thou artwork and his ideas-blowing international he created the following earlier guy so unkindly condemned it to the Hell that is now by technique of lack of know-how and hate large get jointly. April sixth 1945. guy discovers yet another use for nucleur power. What might want for use as a cheap source of power in a effective way became made to be a bomb to be dropped on Japan. adult men of Brilliance and love search for to be triumphant. adult men of ingnorance and hate search for to dominate and kill.

Answer 7

Not necessarily but in most cases yes. There are some very intelligent people who are Christian but they only maintain it by actively denying the evidence around them. They can compartmentalize the inconsistencies and rationalize it away because they are smart. They want to believe it and are smart enough to find ways to keep doing it. It's only fear that keeps them Christian.

Answer 8

In the absence of other evidence yes, however there are intelligent religious people.

And Mardy that was a little joke there wasn't it?

And CMW. scientists range from Nobel prize winners to lab techs, the most distinguished scientists have an almost universal lack of belief in a god.

Answer 9

Since everybody's citing studies, correctly or not, "Nature" published a study in 1997, stating that 4 of 10 scientists responded that they believe in God, and 45% said they did not. So 40% do, 45% don't, and that leaves 15% who apparently didn't have a belief one way or the other. That 40% would include men like Francis Collins, director of National Human Genome Research. Look it up.

Answer 10

No. Anyone and everyone has the capability to understand the plan of salvation and possess faith. It is a CHOICE we are given. The exception to that is one who is developmentally or mentally challenged and does not have the ability to choose. However, they have no need to worry, their soul is already spoken for by the Father. See Romans 1:18-20, actually read that whole chapter.