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- From: sdoe@nmsu.edu (Stephen Doe)
- Subject: Re: iq<->religion: connection?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.174336.4776@nmsu.edu>
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- Organization: New Mexico State University
- References: <1992Dec22.172158.11967@hsr.no> <1992Dec28.075843.7087@nmsu.edu> <1992Dec29.160431.7309@hsr.no>
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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 17:43:36 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec29.160431.7309@hsr.no> onar@hsr.no (Onar Aam) writes:
- >[deleted]
- >>>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.
- >>>
- >>>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.
- >>
- >>Thank you Onar--you and Iikka have just illustrated my concern over
- >>using anecdotal evidence in support of something.
- >>
- >>SD
- >
- >I don't think you are being fair to me now, Stephen. I gave my counter example to
- >show that 8 people is way too little statistical data to make bold statements
- >about, although I do agree that there seems to be some link between logical
- >abilities and atheism. But I think that to generalize and say that the percentage
- >of atheists in a domain of people is proportional to the intelligence of that
- >domain is somewhat exxagerated.
-
- Yes, my whole point was that 8 people is too little statistical
- data--that's why I reposted what you said. I didn't mean to imply
- that you were using your six friends to prove the opposite of Iikka's
- proposition. I agree with what you say above.
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- SD
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