Are atheists....?

Question

smarter than christians? Fact or fiction?

Answer 1

no. nobody is smarter than any one if you are smart I am smart or if he is smart, you are also smart but nobody could say, you are more than him unless proven otherwise.

Answer 2

In answer to your question, I would argue that Christians and non-believers are just like other folks; some are overly sensitive, insensitive, kind of spirit or not easily ruffled. In short, we are all imperfect people in an imperfect world just trying to get through the day. I believe charity of spirit is the most important quality one should strive to obtain. Such a benevolent goodwill toward or love of humanity will enable a person to peacefully co-exist with everyone and make this imperfect world just a little bit more tolerable. We all have our inherent biases and flaws, but there is no reason we cannot strive to be better, no matter what our personal circumstances may be.

Intellectually, Christians and non-believers, like all of us, fall into the standard bell curve of intelligence, with the usual statistical distributions. I am a member of MENSA and a Christian, so I am at least one data point indicating that any assertion of inferior intelligence on the part of Christians might be flawed. Statistically speaking, there should be a few more of MENSA level persons that exist at the upper 2% of intelligence distributions of the population. Nevertheless, if anyone has some empirical data that supports an assertion about intelligence and belief or non-belief I would be interested in reviewing it for use in a conference paper I am authoring.

Answer 3

I wouldn't want to wager a guess without having facts to back it up with. Even if it were found that the members of one belief were smarter than the other, what would that mean? Would it mean that that belief makes one smarter, or that smarter people are attracted to that belief? Then we'd have to ask why? Think about this: christians are such a large group of people, that if you averaged out the iq of every member, you'd almost certainly come out with an exactly average iq score, just by sheer numbers.

Answer 4

There are smart people (and less than smart people) on both sides of the argument; for example, many atheists are professors. Then again, many holy people are doctors, lawyers, etc. The Pope himself speaks 5 or so languages and has a few degrees.

I would like to see atheists prey (no pun intended) on the likes of Alvin Plantinga or St. Augustine (if he were still alive). Or how about a Plantinga/Dawkins debate?

Answer 5

How can we prove this? Of you realise that you are just going to get alot of people saying that they are smarter because they are Christians and others are going to say that because they are Atheist so this is not going to be a properly answered question

Answer 6

Some are, but some are not. It depends on what ideology an atheist belongs to.

Not all Christians are smart, are they? How do you judge a Christian with his intelligence? Most Christians I know of only answer "go read the Bible" when asked about the things they don't know of.

Could you call them smart or just giving smart answers?

Answer 7

that's just a dumb question. Any smart atheist would tell you that and any smart Christian would tell you that. There are smart people and dumb people in every group. And, why is it just Atheists vs. Christians? Christianity is only one of the many religions believing in a higher power.

Answer 8

A lot of Atheists like to believe they are. The truth of the matter is, they are not. Atheism and Theism both have a wide variety of people. Becoming Atheists does not boost your IQ, nor does converting to a Theism.

Answer 9

I don't like to get into this question cause I'm not one to be condescending. But if you look at most scientist's or others of higher educational standards. Then you will find most of them are atheist or at least skeptics of religion. I would like to see a poll done on the issue but I don’t think anyone would like to get involved in it.

Answer 10

Fiction...

Answer 11

I wouldn't generalize. There are brilliant people on either side of the fence. And, without trying to toot my own horn, I'm your local Shinto rep. And I'd like to believe that for an underaged person, I'm pretty bright. ^^;