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At the start of paragraph 2, the lede refers "The Relationship between Intelligence and Religiosity: A Critical Review of the Literature", which was actually quite critical of the conclusions of a meta analysis that we have quoted. Their overall conclusion states that ".. our assertion, based on the above-reviewed studies, is that any noted intelligence differences seen between people of varying religious beliefs is most likely the result of educational differences that are in turn the result of holding fundamentalist religious beliefs, rather than the result of an innate difference in intelligence. Therefore, controlling for levels of fundamentalist beliefs are likely to make any differences between theists and non-theists..." The journal article feels quite comprehensive for this topic, and it feels to me like this conclusion should be given more prominence.
Do other people agree with me on this
Link to article i am referring to: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Caleb_Lack/publication/283062772_The_relationship_between_intelligence_and_religiosity_A_critical_review_of_the_literature/links/5628672708aef25a243bf104/The-relationship-between-intelligence-and-religiosity-A-critical-review-of-the-literature.pdf WotherspoonSmith (talk) 12:09, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
Or are atheists more intelligent in general matters unrelated to God and spirituality, like math, language, and information technology? Does the same thing apply to creationists vs. people that accept the theory of evolution? WorldQuestioneer (talk) 23:51, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
"Less developed and poorer countries tend to be more religious, perhaps because religions play a more active social, moral and cultural role in those countries."
This line begs the question. 96.241.26.70 (talk) 03:51, 24 November 2023 (UTC)