Religion v. IQ: Secularists love to show the correlation between a strong commitment to religion and a lesser IQ. But no matter how much they congratulate themselves on being smarter than others (and more humble, no doubt), what they miss is that (a) lower IQ also correlates with lower income – so maybe poor people are stupid? Or maybe poor people aren’t so self-sufficient and rely on faith more? I also question their methods for measuring intelligence – they may be just measuring education. A more impressive correlation is between people of faith and generosity – as Who Really Cares shows, people of faith have more character. It reminds me of the adage, "When I was young, I valued intelligence. When I was old, I valued compassion." I’d say that people of faith have chosen the better part, while the self-congratulating secularists are poorly measuring intelligence in order to pillory religion, missing the forest for the trees, in terms of what is good and important.
I know, this is my answer – the conclusions you draw from religion v. IQ are spurious because what you are really thinking is that "smart" people reject religion because they are smarter, and by extension, because religion is wrong or stupid. I also allege that faith correlates more directly with poverty and lack of education because people need faith to make it through life. It's not that they are dumb, they just haven't had the opportunity. But I would say that smart people become self-sufficient and arrogant, rejecting God (stupidly), being "decieved by the philosophies of the world" (Colossians 2:8). Not only that, the more important correlation is that secular and liberal irreligious people are LESS generous – that is, having abandoned God, they reveal the true nature of man, which is more selfish and less virtuous. So who is really "stupid" here? The man with faith and generosity, or the more selfish educated man?
Religion vs. IQ: Already addressed elsewhere.
I know, this is my answer – the conclusions you draw from religion v. IQ are spurious because what you are really thinking is that "smart" people reject religion because they are smarter, and by extension, because religion is wrong or stupid.
I also allege that faith correlates more directly with poverty and lack of education because people need faith to make it through life. It's not that they are dumb, they just haven't had the opportunity.
But I would say that smart people become self-sufficient and arrogant, rejecting God (stupidly), being "decieved by the philosophies of the world" (Colossians 2:8).
Not only that, the more important correlation is that secular and liberal irreligious people are LESS generous – that is, having abandoned God, they reveal the true nature of man, which is more selfish and less virtuous. So who is really "stupid" here? The man with faith and generosity, or the more selfish educated man?
I also allege that faith correlates more directly with poverty and lack of education…
You are stealing my words Seeker. I've already said this.