"We encourage our readers to see the evidence for themselves in Dr Bergman’s alarming books: Slaughter of the Dissidents (Vol. I, 2008), Silencing the Darwin Skeptics (Vol II, 2016), and Censorship of Darwin Skeptics (Vol III)"
Posted on 07/25/2017 11:15:43 AM PDT by fishtank
June 8, 2017
Are Atheists Generally Smarter Than Religious People?
by Dr Jerry Bergman
In a recent article at Live Science, Laura Geggel asks, “Why Are Atheists Generally Smarter Than Religious People?” She claims that “For more than a millennium, scholars have noticed a curious correlation: Atheists tend to be more intelligent than religious people.”[i] How they could know this, since IQ tests and other means of measuring intelligence were only developed at the start of the last century, was not answered. Another problem is many kinds of intelligence exist, such as doing well on paper and pencil tests, or on performance tests, for example. Also, there exist intelligence in other areas, such as music IQ, math IQ, abstract conceptualization IQ, verbal IQ, personality IQ, even emotional IQ,[ii] and, according to some authors, 120 different kinds of IQs.
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"The article points to a meta-analysis of 63 studies that supposedly found religious people tend to be less intelligent than nonreligious people.
According to this study, “the association was stronger among college students and the general public than for those younger than college age”.
This association likely has a lot to do with education indoctrination.
More intelligent people are more likely to go to college and, as a result, they are frequently exposed to anti-Christian, or at least anti-theism ideas as well as pro-Darwinism beliefs.
The reason has been documented by Stanford Educated Attorney Greg Lukianoff, who is President of an organization fighting censorship in colleges called FIRE.
In short, he found that campus intolerance of free speech and censorship is primarily directed at Christians."
"We encourage our readers to see the evidence for themselves in Dr Bergman’s alarming books: Slaughter of the Dissidents (Vol. I, 2008), Silencing the Darwin Skeptics (Vol II, 2016), and Censorship of Darwin Skeptics (Vol III)"
If they were smarter they wouldn’t be non believers .
“For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.”
1 Cor. 1:25
If they were smart, they wouldn’t be atheists in the first place.....................
How they could know this, since IQ tests and other means of measuring intelligence were only developed at the start of the last century
I am a firm believer in Christianity.
Psalm 14:
1 Fools say in their hearts, ‘There is no God.’They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds;there is no one who does good.
I am an award winning scientist with an IQ of 220 and likely several points higher than these morons. They will have forever in hell to contemplate their stupidity.
One thing for certain: Atheists are generally angry and bitter. Far from agnostic or live and let live.
And many have a vendetta and it is usually towards Christians and the Christian faith.
The fool has said in his heart “There is no God”. (Psalm 14:1). So, no.
IMO, intelligence is the god of atheists.
There are probably a couple of reasons:
1. they are angry at someone who “did them wrong,” who was a Christian.
2. There are plenty examples of false prophets, liars and cheats, or poor scholars of the gospel, who are in the Christian church leadership who they can point to and say “see, all Christians are bad.”
It is a tough message to counter and very difficult to turn them.
I disagree with that BROAD!!!
A great many people are smart enough to be impressed by their own intelligence but not quite bright enough to know their limitations...
220?
That’s quite a fete........................
If one believes hell is better than heaven, then yes they are smarter.
It is wisdom imparted to me from the Holy Spirit that has raised it that high. 240 is the highest. Stephen Hawking’s IQ is 185.
As we used to say in the Marine Corps, “There are no atheists in foxholes.”.......................
How is it that so many really smart atheists are such useful idiots for the ideology of mass-murdering atheist thugs like Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, et al?
No, just more self-satisfied.
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