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- From: iikkap@mits.mdata.fi (Iikka Paavolainen)
- Newsgroups: alt.atheism
- Subject: Re: I.Q. & Brains
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.001450.19635@prime.mdata.fi>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 00:14:50 GMT
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- In article <2934730199.1.p00168@psilink.com> "James F. Tims" <p00168@psilink.com> writes:
- [studies deleted]
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- >Are there highly intelligent Xians? Most certainly, but they do not
- >apply their reasoning to religion. Perhaps the best hypotheses to
- >explain the phenomenon of the intelligent professing deep religiosity are
- >1) Ignorance. Intelligence does not imply correct information.
- >2) Compartmented personality. The scientist and the prayer-maker never meet.
- >3) Knavery. The statement of belief is a sham to serve another purpose.
- >4) Fear of censure by friends and family.
- >5) Delusions or insanity.
- >
- > ,...,.,,
- > /666; ', jim tims
- >////; _~ - p00168@psilink.com
- >(/@/----0-~-0
- > ;' . `` ~ \'
- > , ` ' , >
- >;;|\..(( -C---->>Xians are taught not to think, but to believe from faith.
- >;;| >- `.__),; This method fails on IQ tests; explains some results, maybe.
- >
-
- Excellent information. What did you use as a source?
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