nice bit of "satire" but before I would discuss such, I'd like to suggest being educated on some of the research and theories involved. I'd suggest starting here, http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-human-beast/201005/the-real-reason-atheists-have-higher-iqs, look at some of Barber's other research, then look at the Zuckerman study and see how they defined things. Its all very well to snipe (it seems that the chief past time here) but arguing from lack of knowledge is never a good thing.
On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 2:30 PM, C. Hatton Humphrey <chumph...@gmail.com>wrote: > > I was going to respond that it appears then that atheists are actively > working to dumb themselves down... > http://now.msn.com/jason-heap-atheist-wants-to-become-navy-chaplain > > But then I decided to get a bit more metaphysical since this paper is the > result of a meta-analysis. Why does this make a difference? What is so > important about religion that makes atheists/humanists feel they must > scientifically state that they are better than those (nitwits) willing to > attribute aspects of life (and death) that cannot be explained to one or > more deities? > > I can posit only a few theories: > 1. Active recruitment > 2. Self-justification > 3. Oppression of opposing beliefs > > Actually, if you look at that list (and it could be a combination of > those), they line up with the non-religious aspects of many other organized > religions... which, coupled with the link above continue to justify my view > that atheism/humanism have now morphed into yet another "organized" > religion, with their religiosity based on their strict adherence to > humanist dogma. > > Therefore, my original statement stands. While studies may show that > atheists are "more intelligent", they now appear to be following the same > patterns and practices that established religions have in the past and > therefore are actively working to dumb themselves down. > > > Until Later! > C. Hatton Humphrey > http://www.eastcoastconservative.com > > Every cloud does have a silver lining. Sometimes you just have to do some > smelting to find it. > > > On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 1:00 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > > > Religious people are less intelligent than atheists, study finds > > Intelligent people are more likely to be married, and more likely to be > > successful in life - and this may mean they need religion less > > > > > http://ca.news.yahoo.com/religious-people-are-less-intelligent-than-atheists--study-finds--113350723.html > > > > Interesting. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:366365 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
