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correlation between intelligence and atheism
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Do you believe there is a strong correlation between intelligence and being an atheist?
Why (not) ? And between strong atheism/religion and weak atheism/religion?
whatever floats your goat
No.
But there is a strong correlation between skeptical thinking and atheism not to mention education and atheism particularly education in the sciences.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
(December 8, 2015 at 10:32 am)Jenny A Wrote: No. I couldn't agree more. Although it isn't always the case of course.
whatever floats your goat
No correlation. Just asking a few more questions, is all. There are fundamentally stupid atheists as there are intelligent religious people.
And I daresay, the most radical of both factions, seem to be the most unintelligent. ![[Image: Bumper+Sticker+-+Asheville+-+Praise+Dog3.JPG]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-d-3rfdI7nG0%2FTerwtFyFXoI%2FAAAAAAAACak%2F7kFSmHeVrng%2Fs320%2FBumper%2BSticker%2B-%2BAsheville%2B-%2BPraise%2BDog3.JPG)
RE: correlation between intelligence and atheism
December 8, 2015 at 12:08 pm
(This post was last modified: December 8, 2015 at 12:08 pm by Alex K.)
If there are, they ain't very large. In any case, I know plenty of dumb atheists as well as brilliant religious people (even if I don't for the life of me understand the latter), so even if there were a correlation, it is not a rule.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
Nnnuuuupe. That's much too simplistic of a statement anyway
(December 8, 2015 at 10:32 am)Jenny A Wrote: No. This probably accounts for the popularity of distrust toward higher education 'elites' among Republicans in this country.
No. There's not a correlation. There's a causation.
Atheism makes you smarter. 
"YOU take the hard look in the mirror. You are everything that is wrong with this world. The only thing important to you, is you." - ronedee
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Correlation doesn't equal causation - There is a correlation between atheism and IQ, regardless of what that means, and there's studies corroborating that you can find all over the internet - Of course, this is a simplistic scenario and I don't like to assume that all atheists are smart or that all theists are dumb.
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you
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