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Atheists & Agnostics

muriel_volestrangler

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8. It's an association, not a claim that anyone religious must be below-average intelligence

Reply to Nitram (Reply #6)

Wed May 17, 2017, 06:18 AM

May 2017

If it did study a culture in which everyone counted as 'religious', then that culture wouldn't be able show any association, positive or negative (and wouldn't be evidence against such an association, either).

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A scientist looked at 63 studies to conclude atheists are more intelligent than religious people [View all] n2doc May 2017 OP

I was going to post "Well duh" but you beat me to it. n/t Binkie The Clown May 2017 #1

Of course! Cattledog May 2017 #2

"participating in communal rituals?" Nitram May 2017 #3

The conclusion is unscientific because virtually all traditional cultures believe in Nitram May 2017 #4

Of course the intelligence of a population follows the bell curve. Volstagg May 2017 #5

My point is that an entire population can be religious by the standards of this study, but Nitram May 2017 #6

It's an association, not a claim that anyone religious must be below-average intelligence muriel_volestrangler May 2017 #8

So where is that population that is 100% religious? Volstagg May 2017 #9

Bali, Darahmsala, parts of West Africa (where I've lived), tibet before the Chinese invasion. Nitram May 2017 #10

The Abstract... NeoGreen May 2017 #7

Thank you for fucks sake. Brainstormy May 2017 #11