Are atheists smarter, on average, compared to religious people?

[AlastorX82]

Please just post something similar to this, but replace parts to make it accurate for you.

"Religion
SAT SCORE"

Here is mine:

Atheist
1310

I bet atheists are smarter. Lets see!

 

[jacklutz]

Both sides are usually full of zealots, so who cares?

 

[Ns1]

okay....

i don't particularly think religious belief (or lack thereof) will hurt/help your iq

 

[aphex]

This thread is just asking for a flame war.... Anywhoooot....

EDIT: Removed my score.. I agree, we need to lock this one...

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Flame bait much?

I wouldn't touch this topic with a million foot pole.

 

[Sestar]

1460, bitch
Agnostic Jew(many of these, judaism is very liberal

 

[AlastorX82]

Guys, just answer the simple question, along with your SAT.

 

[aphex]

Sestar: Right there with ya.... Agnostic Jew.... I grew up with reform judiasm so were as liberal as they come

 

[zod]

I spose this thread is useless.

But whatever, its fun... don't take stuff like your eternal soul so seriously folks.


And didn't they "re-center" the SAT like 5 or 8 years ago to make the average 1000 again instead of 900?

Well.

Before the re-centering I got a 1400.

And am an Atheist (parents are Jewish).

 

[AlastorX82]

OK, answer the question, and then we will see facts, as opposed to empty opinion.

 

[gopunk]

well i'm kind of curious, but i doubt we'll get too many honest answers. i mean, if there was some christian who had a low ass score, would he/she really post it? same thing goes for both sides....

shrug.

 

[N8Magic]

*BLAM!* *flames*

Where the hell is the door? I'm getting the hell out of here!

 

[Kenazo]

gopunk's a palatypus now? what happened to the lion?

 

[Hamburgerpimp]

What's the SAT? You mean kiddie stuff like in High School?

 

[AlastorX82]

Well, I was thinking to myself "I bet the average person on anandtech is smarter than the average person you'd find at a supermarket." Then I looked at some of the religion polls, 40% atheist here approximately. According to popular belief, atheists constitute 11% of the US population. Think about that.

 

[Kadarin]

I don't think religious zealotry has anything to do with intelligence. However, one observation I can make (from observing various religion-based forum threads on www.bearshare.net/forum) is that those who argue the case for "atheism" tend to do so with logic, whereas those who argue the side for Christianity tend to do so with emotion and dogma. Is there enough to go on to draw conclusions? I don't think so...

-j

 

[aphex]

astaroth: interesting.... i do see what their saying...

 

[AlastorX82]

Of COURSE religious zealotry has something to do with intelligence. Intelligent people tend to question things, religious people are more likely to accept something on faith.

 

[minendo]

My mommy told me that I am smarter than you cause my religion is better. Dude grow up and beliefs/religion really dont play any part in this.

This should be locked.

 

[AlastorX82]

I asked a bunch of people earlier, here are the results.

RESULTS!

 

[minendo]

<< I asked a bunch of people earlier, here are the results.

RESULTS! >>


great sample size on that one. Of the millions of people that take the SATs you are using 14 reponses to prove your point

 

[AlastorX82]

<< Of COURSE religious zealotry has something to do with intelligence. Intelligent people tend to question things, religious people are more likely to accept something on faith. >>

Minendo, aside from just blindly ripping me, why dont you attempt to explain what I said in the earlier post?

"Well, I was thinking to myself "I bet the average person on anandtech is smarter than the average person you'd find at a supermarket." Then I looked at some of the religion polls, 40% atheist here approximately. According to popular belief, atheists constitute 11% of the US population. Think about that. "

 

[zod]

What i *don't* understand are the crys for this thread to be locked?

It isn't offensive, it can do no harm, and the results can be interesting.

Maybe Mormons have an average SAT of 1460? I mean, didn't South Park confirm that Mormonism was "right" ?

And no one is saying the SAT is a super measure of intelligence. So post, coz I'm curious too.

 

[Random Variable]

agnostics, not atheists, are the smartest

 

[AlastorX82]

lol, minendo, instead of clamoring for the thread to be locked, maybe you should convince your peers to post their religion/score. It should be very interesting.