Ages of Athiests

[Angrboda]

I believe there is a skew in the demographics, both in terms of atheists being younger and forum/computer users being younger. I do not, however, think it has anything to do with any hypothetical relationship between lack of knowledge and wisdom and a resultant lack of religious belief. It's my impression, and I believe studies bear this out, that atheists as a whole are some of the most knowledgable and intelligent people you will meet. I don't know whether the purpose of your questions was to probe that hypothesis specifically or to answer some larger questions about atheists and atheism as a whole, but I think that specific question can be answered in the negative.

Oh, and I too am an old fuck, fwiw.


(ETA: However, I'm not an atheist, so that only relates to your perception of the ages of forum members here. There are facilities for creating polls; you could make one and see who responds.)

(ETA2: I made a logical error. [I'm old. I get to do that.] While the youthful demographic profile may not imply anything negative about the knowledge and intelligence of atheists in general, that does not imply anything in the specific case. It may not be true that, in general, atheists are lacking in intelligence and knowledge, but that does not necessarily imply that you and your atheism specifically are not a result of stupidity and rebellion. The fact that you're an atheist doesn't necessarily mean that you're not a twat.)