I.E. The higher a persons IQ the more likely they are to be an aethist, wereas the lower their IQ, the more likely they are to be relgious. This is not always the case, but is considered the norm.
2007-07-04 10:17:37 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Even though my spelling is quite atrocious, I have an IQ of 273. I am a Taoist, so therefor one of the very exceptions mentioned in my statement above. The main purpose of posing this question, was as a retaliation to the insults hurled at atheists, by Christians claiming them to lack intellegence.
2007-07-04 10:32:34 · update #1
Intelligent.
But I always felt that way, because I am so.
2007-07-04 10:21:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
probably true to an extent. IQ doesnt measure several important things that I believe more accurately depict the cause for someone to discover the truth. I think simply a curious mind and an ability to recognize that there is nothing coherent in christian theology (or whatever religious surrounding the individual is born into), and a desire for some kind of evidence is sufficient.
2007-07-04 17:30:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The study is flawed, because I have a PhD in a field of Science and yet I have been a practicing Wiccan since 1971.
Raji the Green Witch
2007-07-04 17:23:49 · answer #3 · answered by Raji the Green Witch 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the kind of theism you have chosen to not relate to anymore! It's the abrahamic beliefs that are very stifling and donot allow people to think! I assure you, you will find some very smart religious hindus and buddhists!
The Rig Veda says, Let good ideas flow in from all directions!
Eastern philosophies are different all together and you cannot compare them to rigid abrahamic religions which destroy all human potential by relating god to someone's ideas of good morals!
2007-07-04 17:29:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's irrelevant to me. I personally couldn't care less. I don't really think that IQ denotes true intelligence.
273? BULL. Don't you mean 173? The highest recorded IQ belongs to Stephen Hawking, doesn't it?
2007-07-04 17:24:35 · answer #5 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Hello dude s.. :)
Great..I used to be an Atheist..so this must mean my IQ is "higher"..because now I am a believer in Christ.. :)
I have the better of both worlds.. :)
I say this with humor and Love..
In Jesus Most Precious Name..
With Love..In Christ.. :)
2007-07-04 17:24:16 · answer #6 · answered by EyeLovesJesus 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Such a statement is worthless without stating what organisation did the research and whether it was carried out scientifically.
Without that validation your question is not worth the words used to construct it!!!!!!
2007-07-04 17:23:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Hey dude,
Who is it considered "the norm" by?
It is poor form to lob a ball like this onto the court with absolutely zero annotation.
2007-07-04 17:23:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I am just a dumb theist with 134 IQ
mmwaaaa
I dont put much stock in IQ anyway
2007-07-04 17:23:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
It makes me feel validated. Religion is highly irrational. It is not surprising that the less the intellligence, the greater the belief in something for which there is no evidence. I wish that people were smarter.
2007-07-04 20:11:41 · answer #10 · answered by Marion S 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My first response is that if there be such a study, please cite it.
Secondly, I would very much doubt that if there be such a correlation between intelligence and atheism that it would equate to running "hand in hand."
I think it is pointless to assert such a correlation (even if such exists). It would amount to a logical fallacy: ad hominem.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem
2007-07-04 18:36:23 · answer #11 · answered by Darrol P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋