Earl (07-18-2019)
The key question, then, is why religious people are generally less intelligent. And the authors did not shy away from the answer, offering three compelling explanations:
(1) Intelligent people are generally more analytical and data-driven; formal religions are the antithesis: they are empirically fluffy and their claims are often in direct contradiction with scientific evidence, unless they are interpreted metaphorically – but maybe intelligent people are not that keen on metaphor. Another way of putting it is that people with a high IQ are more likely to have faith in science, which isn’t religion’s best friends (yes, yes, I do know about Einstein’s quotes).
(2) Intelligent people are less likely to conform, and, in most societies, religiosity is closer to the norm than atheism is. Although this interpretation is based on extrapolation, it still makes sense: first, smarter people tend to be less gullible; second, in most societies religious people outnumber atheists and agnostics - though global levels of religiosity have been declining, and there is substantial cultural variability in religiosity levels.
(3) Intelligence and religiosity are “functionally equivalent”, which means that they fulfil the same psychological role. Although this intriguing argument contradicts points 1 and 2, it deserves serious consideration. Humans will always crave meaning. Religion – like science and logical reasoning – provides them with a comprehensive framework or system to make meaningful interpretations of the world. At times, religion and science are in conflict; but they can also act in concert, complementing each other to answer non-falsifiable and falsifiable questions, respectively. The authors conclude that some people satisfy their desire to find meaning via religion, whereas others do so via logical, analytical, or scientific reasoning – and IQ predicts whether you are in the former or latter group.
It is noteworthy that these three explanations assume that IQ influences religiosity rather than vice-versa, which seems plausible: IQ levels remain very stable after childhood, whereas religiosity levels keep fluctuating – childhood IQ predicts adult IQ, but childhood religiosity is a very poor predictor of adult religiosity.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/b...ss-intelligent
https://www.asanet.org/research-and-...re-intelligent
Of course the retard studies performed by stupid Republicans are inconclusive because they forgot what they were doing halfway through and started scratching themselves and picking nits on each others fur.
Earl (07-18-2019)
Cinnabar (07-17-2019), Guno צְבִי (07-18-2019), reagansghost (07-18-2019), StoneByStone (07-17-2019)
Religions covers a lot of ground. In the U.S. Hindus, Jews and mainline Protestants like Episcopalians and Presbytarians are highly educated, whereas evangelicals and other conservative Protestant groups tend to be dumb as rocks.the key question, then, is why religious people are generally less intelligent.
Earl (07-18-2019)
Guno צְבִי (07-18-2019)
Vastly...
Saving this thread...
Religious Republicans aren't religious,they are fake Christians!
Their Messiah,is a pussy grabbing narcissistic ,liar!
Tie Your 'roo down Mate
Earl (07-18-2019)
So why do so many dummies think they can change the climate when they can't even change a tire or the oil in a car?
Abortion rights dogma can obscure human reason & harden the human heart so much that the same person who feels
empathy for animal suffering can lack compassion for unborn children who experience lethal violence and excruciating
pain in abortion.
Unborn animals are protected in their nesting places, humans are not. To abort something is to end something
which has begun. To abort life is to end it.
Phantasmal (07-18-2019)
Earl (07-18-2019), MAGA MAN (07-19-2019), Truth Detector (07-18-2019)
Funny how all the libs on JPP are on the far left of the bell curve that Micsquawker linked and the far left of the political spectrum.
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Earl (07-18-2019), Truth Detector (07-18-2019)
Earl (07-18-2019), Truth Detector (07-18-2019)
only a lib'rul would be stupid enough to believe this......
Phantasmal (07-18-2019)
Earl (07-18-2019)
Guno צְבִי (07-18-2019)
“If we have to have a choice between being dead and pitied, and being alive with a bad image, we’d rather be alive and have the bad image.”
— Golda Meir
Zionism is the movement for the self-determination and statehood for the Jewish people in their ancestral homeland, the land of Israel.
“If Hamas put down their weapons, there would be no more violence. If the Jews put down their weapons, there would be no Israel."
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Cypress (07-18-2019)
yes you hate education and factsOriginally Posted by Postmodern christer dumbfuck 55940
“If we have to have a choice between being dead and pitied, and being alive with a bad image, we’d rather be alive and have the bad image.”
— Golda Meir
Zionism is the movement for the self-determination and statehood for the Jewish people in their ancestral homeland, the land of Israel.
“If Hamas put down their weapons, there would be no more violence. If the Jews put down their weapons, there would be no Israel."
ברוך השם
where do libertarian leaning agnostics land?
“If we have to have a choice between being dead and pitied, and being alive with a bad image, we’d rather be alive and have the bad image.”
— Golda Meir
Zionism is the movement for the self-determination and statehood for the Jewish people in their ancestral homeland, the land of Israel.
“If Hamas put down their weapons, there would be no more violence. If the Jews put down their weapons, there would be no Israel."
ברוך השם
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