Chucklous Maximous
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and religiousness? If you're bent on the idea that this correlation is not true, than go to google, and search "Average intelligence predicts atheism rates across 137 nations". The third link down brings you to the paper, in which you can read a PEER REVIEWED paper on the studies that explain this correlation.
Obviously there are intelligent Theists, and obviously there are unintelligent Atheists, however, these studies are about the masses, and they show that the more religiously affiliated someone is, the less likely they are going to be as intelligent as their unreligious counterparts.
So, here is your peer reviewed article you asked for. Can you now tell me that these studies are bogus? If so, give me a good reason why they are, and i'd objectively give you 10 points.
Note: If you say something like "i stopped reading because it's so insulting, blah blah blah" i will not take you seriously, and you'll be proving my point.
I said search it... it's a pdf so there's no link that i can copy... here, try this.
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CCoQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amnation.com%2Fvfr%2FIQ%2520and%2520religious%2520belief%2520paper%2520by%2520Lynn%2C%2520Harvey%2C%2520Nyborg.doc&ei=uYkeTZuVCI_6sAO2yYSRDw&usg=AFQjCNFPtVfaSRHmpJXLgxghZ_UJUnXLRg
Obviously there are intelligent Theists, and obviously there are unintelligent Atheists, however, these studies are about the masses, and they show that the more religiously affiliated someone is, the less likely they are going to be as intelligent as their unreligious counterparts.
So, here is your peer reviewed article you asked for. Can you now tell me that these studies are bogus? If so, give me a good reason why they are, and i'd objectively give you 10 points.
Note: If you say something like "i stopped reading because it's so insulting, blah blah blah" i will not take you seriously, and you'll be proving my point.
I said search it... it's a pdf so there's no link that i can copy... here, try this.
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CCoQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amnation.com%2Fvfr%2FIQ%2520and%2520religious%2520belief%2520paper%2520by%2520Lynn%2C%2520Harvey%2C%2520Nyborg.doc&ei=uYkeTZuVCI_6sAO2yYSRDw&usg=AFQjCNFPtVfaSRHmpJXLgxghZ_UJUnXLRg