Study: Liberals & Atheists Smarter Than Conservatives & Very Religious People?

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[xForTheRepublic]

It's an 11 point difference in I.Q., but the standard deviation for a typical IQ test is 15. Since the mean is 100, that means that anyone that scores between 85-115 is considered "average". Even though liberals scored higher, they are still average because they still fall within 1 standard deviation from the mean.

[SmithersThe]

@xForTheRepublic And? They still scored higher.

[KnowJesusKnowPeace]

I have seen this study sooooo many times. It is ignorant to reason and logic. There is only a CORRELATION. The fact is, higher IQ people tend to get college degrees, and the college text books are 99% printed by Satanists, who mention Darwin, Islam, and evolution in almost every text. Learn some philosophy, learn some math. The independent factor is very likely going to be COLLEGE, not IQ.

[xForTheRepublic]

@SmithersThe lol

[TheDrewManXD]

About damn time.

[marley54fd]

@iantheroach Who cares if you think that god makes sense or not? There is no proof for god. That's why you shouldn't believe in god. Period.

[TheUndefeatedLegend]

@TheDarkSideHasTacos your right about a liitle there you said nothing about increasing crime rates ??

[bah726]

Try this on for size. I am Catholic, moderately liberal, work in a scientific field, and have an IQ of 153. Some brains just popped. :)

[IANtheROACH]

a few hundred years ago, people would burn some one on the stake simply because they didn't understand them. like joan of arc.

if you showed one of those people back then an i pod, it wouldn't make any sense to them and they would probably kill you and smash the ipod on a rock. this relates to how people don't think god makes sense. we have A LOT to learn, and not believing in something just because it doesn't make sense, wont get us far.

[TheDarkSideHasTacos]

@TheUndefeatedLegend, the USA wouldn't be funding Israel. Gays could marry. Children would be raised with proper education. Wars would decrease. The money wasted on churches would be better spent. Women would be equal. Reproductive rights would be available to all.

[TheUndefeatedLegend]

@TheDarkSideHasTacos how would the world be without christianity just asking