Why are religious people generally STUPIDER than atheists?

Question

http://kspark.kaist.ac.kr/Jesus/Intelligence%20&%20religion.htm

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ READ IT AND WEEP ^^^^^^^^^^^^

There are over 50 scientific studies PUBLISHED in Journals there, almost every one of them reached the SAME CONCLUSION!!

God must love stupid people or something, lmao..

1. Terman, 1959
Studied group with IQ's over 140. Of men, 10 percent held strong religious belief, of women 18 percent. Sixty-two percent of men and 57 percent of women claimed "little religious inclination" while 28 percent of the men and 23 percent of the women claimed it was "not at all important."

2. Warren and Heist, 1960
Found no differences among National Merit Scholars. Results may have been effected by the fact that NM scholars are not selected on the basis of intelligence or grades alone, but also on "leadership" and such like.

3. Southern and Plant, 1968
Studied 42 male and 30 female members of Mensa. Mensa members were much less religious in belief than the typical American college alumnus or adult.

Interviewed 64 "eminent scientists, nearly all members of the prestigious National Academy of Sciences or the American Philosophical Society. She reported that, while nearly all of them had religious parents and had attended Sunday school, 'now only three of these men are seriously active in church. A few others attend upon occasion, or even give some financial support to a church which they do not attend… All the others have long since dismissed religion as any guide to them, and the church plays no part in their lives… A few are militantly atheistic, but most are just not interested.'"

5. Francis Bello, 1954
Interviewed or questionnaired 107 nonindustrial scientists under the age of 40 judged by senior colleagues to be outstanding. Of the 87 responses, 45 percent claimed to be "agnostic or atheistic" and an additional 22 percent claimed no religious affiliation. For 20 most eminent, "the proportion who are now a-religious is considerably higher than in the entire survey group."

Interviewed 64 "eminent scientists, nearly all members of the prestigious National Academy of Sciences or the American Philosophical Society. She reported that, while nearly all of them had religious parents and had attended Sunday school, 'now only three of these men are seriously active in church. A few others attend upon occasion, or even give some financial support to a church which they do not attend… All the others have long since dismissed religion as any guide to them, and the church plays no part in their lives… A few are militantly atheistic, but most are just not interested.'"

5. Francis Bello, 1954
Interviewed or questionnaired 107 nonindustrial scientists under the age of 40 judged by senior colleagues to be outstanding. Of the 87 responses, 45 percent claimed to be "agnostic or atheistic" and an additional 22 percent claimed no religious affiliation. For 20 most eminent, "the proportion who are now a-religious is considerably higher than in the entire survey group."

Answer 1

Dude ouch. Because a large percentage of athiests are incredibly intelligent scientists who are difficult to brainwash.

Answer 2

"Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not; for such is the kingdom of God".

But seriously. The surveys you have mentioned appear to date from 1968 and before. Surely the world was a rather different place then and secularism or atheism was less common? Were you to repeat the studies now you might find the results somewhat different. Or not.

All I know is that of the two Christians I know, one went to Oxford University and the other has just received her PhD.

Just a thought from an atheist.
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Answer 3

Wow, thats a lot of bias information!

I guess you've never heard of these religious guys:

Galileo- "an Italian physicist, astronomer, astrologer, and philosopher who is closely associated with the scientific revolution... and a devout Roman Catholic"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo

Copernicus- "the astronomer who formulated the first modern heliocentric theory of the solar system."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copernicus

and Fermi- "an Italian physicist most noted for his work on the development of the first nuclear reactor, and for his contributions to the development of quantum theory, particle physics and statistical mechanics."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrico_Fermi

And those are just three out of thousands more!

Answer 4

We are to be wise as a serpent and gentle as a dove.

The word of God also says...
God takes care of the simple minded.

As for all your jabbering....

Proverbs10:11
The words of the Godly leads to life;evil people
cover up their harmful intentions.

Proverbs 10:19
Don't talk too much,for it fosters sin.
Be sensible and turn off the flow.

Christan's are far far from stupid.

We trust in the Lord with all our hearts
we do not lean unto our own understanding.
and he does direct our paths.
Proverbs 3:5

Answer 5

Well well, so you take a hundred more or less persons, of a category of your choosing and think you have come up with an answer? An answer on which we can judge people of all races, religion, education and social economic status. And your worried about someone intelligence other than yours.

Answer 6

This the third time today some elitist intellectual (wow a christian used big words) has insulted my intelligence. I guess this is the new way to persecute Christians. The world has always had a method. Because of that I will be a fool in your eyes for my faith. Just beware some of us fools might make you feel foolish if you dare take us on... Jim

Answer 7

Einstein was a genius and he was a very religious jew!
most scientists who earned the noble were religious!!
most great discoveries and innovations throughout history were by religious ppl!!!

Answer 8

It just proves that God's words are true. He will use what you call foolish, to confound the wise. God's wisdom is much more precious than man's knowledge!

Answer 9

Matthew 11:25
He reveals his purposes to the humble not haughty.

Answer 10

Religion preys on the easily persuaded.