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- From: onar@hsr.no (Onar Aam)
- Subject: Re: iq<->religion: connection?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.172158.11967@hsr.no>
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- Organization: Rogaland University Centre
- References: <1992Dec16.031331.25918@jcnpc.cmhnet.org> <1992Dec17.040551.8750@timesink.chi.il.us> <s!V=jTC@engin.umich.edu> <1992Dec19.224717.1993@prime.mdata.fi> <BzMCF5.12C.1@cs.cmu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 17:21:58 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec19.224717.1993@prime.mdata.fi>, iikkap@mits.mdata.fi (Iikka Paavolainen) writes:
- |> Am I seeing wrongly, or is there a connection between one's IQ and one's
- |> religiousness? Of all people I know, I know only about 8 exceptionally smart
- |> people (IQ>125), and all of them happen to be atheists. On the contrary, the
- |> dumbest people I've seen (eg. unable to use a remote control) are the most
- |> religious. Observing other atheists that I don't know (from this group for
- |> example) leads me to make a conclusion that on the average, atheists have a
- |> much better sense of logic (and thus usually have a higher IQ) and think much
- |> more clearly than religious people. From my own experiences, I can say that
- |> freeing oneself from the grasp of religion requires a certain level of logical
- |> thinking. Coincidentally, all these 8 people are mathematically gifted.
- |> When I speak of atheism here, I mean it to be a lack of belief in any god or
- |> superstition.
- |> Opinions?
- |>
- |> BTW, if this offended you, go to a church instead of coming to alt.atheism.
- |> --
- |> __/|_ , ,--------------------------------------------------------------,
- |> /o \/:--| Iikka Paavolainen / iikkap@mits.mdata.fi, in Espoo, Finland |
- |> \__~__/\:--| "I won't have a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent." |
- |> ` ` `--------------------------------------------------------------'
- Although I think that you are right in general, I wanted to add that all (6)
- the exceptionally smart people I know (IQ>125), including myself, are Christians
- except one who is an atheist.
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- Religion is often connected to feelings. Feelings are unintelligent and if you
- yourself are not very intelligent, your feelings will make sense and seem
- coherent. How often haven't you heard Christians say "Listen to your heart"? Such
- a statement shows that they allow their feelings to rule their world. This is
- harder for someone whose rationale exceeds her feelings. She will be more able to
- cut through and behave rationally despite of her feelings. She will also be able
- to see that her feelings are *not* coherent and therefore is less likely to
- become religious.
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