I'm just wondering since there is so much dispute over who's smart and who's not.
2007-01-19 05:15:06 · 31 answers · asked by isiseamenhotep 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
froggypjs, you made an excellent point. There must not be standardized test and I highly doubt that everyone who answered this question is in the top %1 of the whole country, but ConstElat, your reflects my feelings exactly. I just asked the question because I have seen it implied over and over again that Christians are unintelligent. Thank you for all the answers, everyone else, but I was looking for truthful answers. You know who you are.
2007-01-19 05:42:39 · update #1
what does IQ or intelligence have to do with salvation? no disrespect, but I think some of the most good hearted people probably scored below 100 on an IQ test. I would take a good person with a low IQ over a bad one with a high IQ anyday.
2007-01-19 05:29:03 · answer #1 · answered by ConstElation 6 · 3⤊ 3⤋
As an atheist with a more than adequate IQ, I don't think this is a fair question. I assume there are Christians with high IQs and atheists with low IQs. There are also a lot of stupid questions and stupid answers from allegedly smart people.
The smart that tends to be debated here is not IQ, per se, but the ability to reason, on the atheist side, and the ability to believe, on the Christian side. These are the "why can't you see" arguments that are only marginally less annoying than the What Should I Do Retard posts (although he's had a few that were funny - there may be a warped IQ at work even there).
2007-01-19 05:24:58 · answer #2 · answered by Dave P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And IQ has what to do with 'smarts'?
Is a person who has a 220 IQ but never has the motivation to pick up a book to learn 'smart'?
Is a person who has a 95 IQ, but works hard and struggles through Calculus classes with B's stupid?
What determines smarts for you? I'd put my IQ against over a hundred thousand people and I'd still likely have the highest (for you statisticians out there, I just told you my IQ as a standard deviation....) And I'll admit there are people with lower IQs who are smarter than me because they CARE more. They don't just passively absorb scores of facts just by going through day-to-day life, they are driven to learn and so do so actively and value the accomplishment more.
The great Steven Hawking has said that anytime someone asks him his IQ, he ends the conversation.
I agree with this philosophy.
2007-01-19 05:26:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
So I would add an addendum to this stating that online IQ tests don't count. That only one done by a licensed professional counts. I don't think that many people actually get IQ tests done. But online, it's funny, almost everyone talks about having had one done and everyone is so, so intelligent based on their scores.
2007-01-19 05:26:26 · answer #4 · answered by froggypjs 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
IQ is not the deciding factor on anything. Mine is in the 170s, and I am afraid I have done little with it--except what I wanted to do for my own self and enjoyment.
And, I am not an atheist. Tho, I do find them to often have more real intelligence/wisdom than religious people.
2007-01-19 05:26:18 · answer #5 · answered by Shossi 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'm not an atheist but I do not believe in any of the monotheistic religious constructs better known as, Christianity, Judaism or Islam.
My I.Q. taken at my last testing time was 135.
2007-01-19 05:20:27 · answer #6 · answered by gjstoryteller 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
151
2007-01-19 09:16:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I developed a disgust and dislike for "IQ" around 2nd grade when they stuck me in the stupid "gifted program" which was just ANOTHER structured, led-by-the-nose-ring program to keep me from dying of boredom in my regular classes. So instead of learning their biased subjects in a regular format, I was taught biased and dishonest versions of history, world cultures and so on in a "gifted setting" (math you can't "bias", and some versions of "science"). So I have NO idea what my IQ is, nor do I remotely care. I don't pick on anybody's IQ... yes I'm still bitter over the American education system (which is rapidly sliding even further downhill than it did in the dinosaur age when I was a child...) but I'm working on it. *pant pant* RANT OVER Hey... you asked.
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2007-01-19 05:31:24 · answer #8 · answered by vinslave 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
There isn't one standard test, 99th percentile for whats its worth, but the ability to do little puzzles and put words together doesn't count for all that much.
2007-01-19 05:25:35 · answer #9 · answered by fourmorebeers 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm not entirely certain what my IQ is, but I believe it's just a bit above average.
2007-01-19 05:25:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋