(August 5, 2015 at 9:01 pm)Jenny A Wrote:(August 5, 2015 at 6:00 pm)Cephus Wrote: I've got a list of studies dating back to the 1930s at home, I'll have to look it up, but you can always check out the University of Rochester meta-study that looks at 63 different studies done and comes to that conclusion. Anted up.
http://psr.sagepub.com/content/early/201...8313497266
You don't have 63, but you do have an average of 63. I wish we could see more in your link than just the abstract so we might know if it meant anything.
Don't get me wrong, I'd love to believe that intelligence was the deciding factor and I'm atheist because I'm a genius, or at least above average. But I don't believe it. Skepticism and intelligent are not the same thing. And intelligence can be used to rationalize all sorts of beliefs.
The whole question does not matter. That deals with averages, not individual intelligence. You cannot know someone's beliefs about whether there is a god or not based solely on IQ score. You can make a guess, based on averages, but it is still just a guess and you will be wrong with some frequency.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
