Can't be bothered going and getting the quotes but..
The atheists in here are doing a fine job. Keep it up. Most of this thread is pretty hilarious reading. Especially the starcraft dude who seems to think that anything remotely contraditing religious doctrine is baseless and just 'an attack on religion'.
I've also noticed a lot of people getting mixed up between atheism and agnosticism. Most atheists don't suffer the intelligence defect that creationists do in thinking "THERE CAN NOT BE A GOD IT IS IMPOSSIBLE AND I WILL NEVER EVER BELIEVE IN GOD NO MATTER HOW MUCH EVIDENCE THERE IS". Most theists on the other hand, tend to adopt this paradigm of thought in the belief of God's existence.
Atheists merely acknowledge that there is no evidence to support the existence of God. Atheists merely acknowledge that it is mich wiser for us to explore how the world came about ourselves rather than believing in a magical fairytale. It is this quality of the mind that correlates with IQ. Education, logic and questioning of ideas. It is impossible to reconcile logic with faith. I know many intelligent religious people, but they are forced to lead dual lives and turn off parts of their brain when talking about religion.
Enough rant. The results of this study are intuitive and old news. Smart people don't believe in fairytales. Smart people trust logical processes and empirical evidence.
The atheists in here are doing a fine job. Keep it up. Most of this thread is pretty hilarious reading. Especially the starcraft dude who seems to think that anything remotely contraditing religious doctrine is baseless and just 'an attack on religion'.
I've also noticed a lot of people getting mixed up between atheism and agnosticism. Most atheists don't suffer the intelligence defect that creationists do in thinking "THERE CAN NOT BE A GOD IT IS IMPOSSIBLE AND I WILL NEVER EVER BELIEVE IN GOD NO MATTER HOW MUCH EVIDENCE THERE IS". Most theists on the other hand, tend to adopt this paradigm of thought in the belief of God's existence.
Atheists merely acknowledge that there is no evidence to support the existence of God. Atheists merely acknowledge that it is mich wiser for us to explore how the world came about ourselves rather than believing in a magical fairytale. It is this quality of the mind that correlates with IQ. Education, logic and questioning of ideas. It is impossible to reconcile logic with faith. I know many intelligent religious people, but they are forced to lead dual lives and turn off parts of their brain when talking about religion.
Enough rant. The results of this study are intuitive and old news. Smart people don't believe in fairytales. Smart people trust logical processes and empirical evidence.