(October 6, 2018 at 10:30 am)Jörmungandr Wrote: LiveScience || Why Are Atheists Generally Smarter Than Religious People?Well, I have to admit that, even when I was a fully indoctrinated Roman Catholic, none of what I had been taught really made any sense to me. As Penn & Teller would have said, "Religion is bullshit!"
Quote:For more than a millennium, scholars have noticed a curious correlation: Atheists tend to be more intelligent than religious people.
It's unclear why this trend persists, but researchers of a new study have an idea: Religion is an instinct, they say, and people who can rise above instincts are more intelligent than those who rely on them.

"The world is my country; all of humanity are my brethren; and to do good deeds is my religion." (Thomas Paine)