Posted on 08/12/2013 9:06:19 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Religious people are less intelligent than non-believers, according to a new review of 63 scientific studies stretching back over decades.
A team led by Miron Zuckerman of the University of Rochester found “a reliable negative relation between intelligence and religiosity” in 53 out of 63 studies. …
Previous studies have tended to assume that intelligent people simply “know better”, the researchers write—but the reasons may be more complex. For instance, intelligent people are more likely to be married, and more likely to be successful in life—and this may mean they “need” religion less. …
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Whatever you need to make yourself feel better about yourself..
Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and Morality are indispensable supports.
That’s the whole point of Humanism and liberalism.
I think that few to none have become defensive on here. Where did this perception come from?
I think we all know the history of the Soviet Union and Red China, either way.
I thought you had..but sarcastic voice comes thru better audibly sometimes than by the written word. So apologies if due!
We live in an age too that politically liberal debunkers love to try say ....”oh that person never said that” despite the fact you have the written documentation directly in your hands. For example, Democrat politicians who try to claim that the second amendment doesn’t guarantee a right to keep and bear arms...despite reams of federalist papers, court cases, ect.!
Certainly, people who believe the Bible are wise.
Proverbs 1:7 “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.”
Atheists are destroyers. their aim is to end all Godly worship.
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