Religion vs I.Q.

[Darwinian]

Many scientific studies have been done on the subject and the overriding conclusion is that the lower the IQ the more likely a person is to be religious and the higher the less.

Are these studies as straight forward as they seem or are there other factors that need to be taken into account?

And why should religious belief be linked with intelligence? Is it because the more intelligent you are, the less likely you are to simply believe what is told to you and the more you want to reason things out yourself?

Is this why most young children believe in Father Christmas but most adults don't?

Or is this too simplistic?

This graph from

http://www.godandscience.org/apologetics...vs_iq.html

Shows a worldwide snapshot of religion and IQ.