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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!dtix!mimsy!nsisrv!author.gsfc.nasa.gov!rkoehler
  2. From: rkoehler@author.gsfc.nasa.gov (Bob Koehler)
  3. Newsgroups: alt.atheism
  4. Subject: Re: iq<->religion: connection?
  5. Message-ID: <30DEC199208513722@author.gsfc.nasa.gov>
  6. Date: 30 Dec 92 13:51:00 GMT
  7. References: <BzMCF5.12C.1@cs.cmu.edu> <1992Dec22.172158.11967@hsr.no> <1992Dec25.161954.8588@prime.mdata.fi> <aaronk.219.725650703@county.lmt.mn.org>
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  14.  
  15. In article <aaronk.219.725650703@county.lmt.mn.org>, aaronk@county.lmt.mn.org (Aaron S. Kurland) writes...
  16.  
  17. [...]
  18.  
  19. >From The MENSA FAQ (note religious affiliation below):
  20. > 
  21.  
  22. [...]
  23.  
  24. >  49% Christian, 3% Unitarian, 9% Jewish, 7% agnostic, 3.6% atheist,
  25. >  9% no religion
  26. > 
  27.  
  28.   So OK, atheists maybe are not joiners.  They didn't "join" the popular
  29.   concept that a deity exists, they didn't join a church, and they (maybe)
  30.   don't join MENSA.  I'm sure I qualify for membership in MENSA, but my ego 
  31.   doesn't need it.
  32.  
  33. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  34. Bob Koehler                     |   Any illusion to these opinions being other
  35. rkoehler@author.gsfc.nasa.gov   |   than just mine alone is just that.
  36.  
  37.  " Life is life, and fun is fun, but it's all so quiet when the goldfish die. "
  38.                          - Blixie
  39.