2007-06-04 11:38:05 · 21 answers · asked by Doomsday 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
There's a relationship between someone's IQ and their need for evidence.
2007-06-04 11:40:45 · answer #1 · answered by Dharma Nature 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. Is there a relationship between someone's IQ and their tendency not to believe in God, UFO's or Ghosts?
2007-06-04 18:41:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Although Atheists constantly accuse those who believe in God as "stupid, ignorant, brainwashed etc. I have not found that a persons IQ really has anything to do with it.
I think that perhaps some people have a more spiritual bent than do others....and they are more likely to be open to God's call when it comes. I consider myself among those lucky people. As to the UFO's or ghosts....my Creator has not given me any word regarding those things so I can not say.
2007-06-04 18:48:15 · answer #3 · answered by Poohcat1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It all depends on what you label them. There are those with extremely high IQs that believe in, say, UFOs. However, they base their findings on government documentation and have concluded that they are inter-dimensional phenomena. To ignore the evidence would be unscientific. To label them as UFOs or Ghosts would be trying to discredit. If you think that all there is to our existence is the present 5 dimensions, you are only fooling yourself.
2007-06-04 18:42:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if any studies have been done, but there have been plenty of geniuses who believed in God. For example, Isaac Newton used various mathematical calculations and passages from the Bible to determine when Armageddon would take place. (If I remember correctly, I think he said it would be in the 2060s.) Also, if I'm not mistaken, I think that either Plato or Aristotle claimed to live in a haunted house.
2007-06-04 18:44:03 · answer #5 · answered by tangerine 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, but your insinuation is as *ugly* as the worst theists' questions here on R&S - trying to make atheists look bad?
It's I N D O C T R I N A T I O N - huge swaths of humanity don't vary by intelligence, of course.
2007-06-04 18:40:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
:-) Entertaining thought. Though I suspect the relationship is probably more due to education level & a tendency to believe in imaginary things.
2007-06-04 18:44:50 · answer #7 · answered by J9 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really.
I think it is a factor of other mental influences, but not IQ.
Many Creationists are quite bright. They have to be to work up such intricate theories against such odds.
I think it's more of a a measure of desperation for hope and order in life than it is of intelligence.
2007-06-04 18:43:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably not since IQ is often based upon concrete things rather than the abract (things not seen/known etc).
2007-06-04 18:43:06 · answer #9 · answered by aali_and_harith 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
It depends upon the amount of social conditioning received during childhood, and whether any alternatives were presented.
If someone is indoctrinated early enough, and well enough, they will 'believe' until their dying day.
2007-06-04 18:44:29 · answer #10 · answered by nora22000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋