Based on I.Q. tests given to members of different professions, pastors scored the lowest. The intelligence of some pastors is equivalent to that of an adult monkey, or a 3 year old child. Some border on retardation .... is it true?
2007-10-22 23:00:59 · 16 answers · asked by Thomas 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I doubt it. Most pastors and priests (of the main religions) go through 4 years of seminary (which is college with a theological twist). Many continue on and become professors and doctors of theology.
Now, for a non-denominational pastor, they do not have to have any education or degree. Anyone who can get a few people to agree with him/her can be a pastor.
When making these kinds of claims, it's best to site your source. This will give you more credibility...
2007-10-23 01:53:28 · answer #1 · answered by Misty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi there I don't know what you are trying to proof here? I just know that if God could use a donkey he can use anybody to be in His service. If you take for example the disciples, the only one that was learned was Luke, he was a medical doctor, the rest was not the sharpest knives in the drawer.
God deliberately take people that is not in the natural very clever so that no flesh can boast and take the credit. He is looking for somebody to say, "Lord here I am use me"
I don't know where you got you statistics but take Noah for instance he was I take it quite illiterate and he build the Arch and on the other hand experts build the Titanic and look what happened there
Take Care
2007-10-23 06:14:10 · answer #2 · answered by INCOGNITO 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pastors don't always require a certain education--the high school dropout who is really on fire for God and knows his way around the Bible will do just fine for many churches. The job doesn't typically involve much in the way of analytical problem-solving skills, so IQ in that respect is not relevant so much. IQ is only one measure of intelligence.
And I have known some geniuses who couldn't articulate a thought to save their lives. And I've known gas station attendants who could cite the batting statistics for every player on their favorite baseball team for the last twenty years.
2007-10-23 06:09:59 · answer #3 · answered by SDW 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is just an odd urban myth.
I've seen essentially this same post here before, and there's never been any citation of the source. It's just a made-up insult, and not a very clever one.
I don't recall ever seeing a decent post here that mentioned IQ at all, for that matter.
2007-10-23 06:10:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I am sure that some pastors border on retardation. No to everything else. Pastors are skilled manipulators and manage to do with their bodies with nothing but ideas and words, which is--empty the wallets of idiots.
There are hundreds of peer-reviewed studies illustrating that Atheists are generally, not always, but often much more intellectual and successful than Theists, but nothing to that extreme.
2007-10-23 06:11:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I guess it is true in some churches but others require a college degree and even a doctorate. That is usually found in the superstitious cults.
BB
2007-10-23 06:28:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Without a source for the test results you referenced, you are being insulting. In fact I think you are just being insulting anyway.
2007-10-23 06:32:10 · answer #7 · answered by Bajingo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it true. No I knew why they could not reach to a nice conclusion after centuries of study and discussions.
2007-10-23 06:13:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As many are only educated in biblical matters I would assume that's close to the truth, although I doubt that any are THAT stupid.
2007-10-23 06:09:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try graduating from a Lutheran seminary.
2007-10-23 06:07:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋