Now it has been proven.Yes you are.Some 63 psychological research reports were conducted and they concluded religious believes had a lower IQ Their report was published in the May 18, 2017 Newsweek.
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It is difficult to say we are more intelligent than they are, but they hang to their believes even many times when the evidence before them suggests otherwise. i've often come to the conclusion that it goes back to THEIR childhood, when their parents introduced them into the world of religion, and it was done in a well meaning way. as these people grew into adulthood, even when they began to see thru and suspect that it wasn't quite what they had always thought, they ran into THIS one thought, "would MY parents ever have intentioanlly lied to me"?....and THAT question stops them cold !!!!
I have the zeal of the convert. Since I was awakened to the fact that there are no dieities out there, much less one who cares about our well-being I Have felt like I have the inside line to tthe real. I got BRIGHT POWER tattooed down the back of my arms, don'y care who thinks that implies they are dim.
Hang around here long enough, you'll be cured of that notion. ?
I don't think a clear distinction could be determined between the two. I consider myself just as intelligent now as I was before becoming an atheist, except now I embrace the scientific method and a natural understanding of the world. I know atheists who are smarter than believers, and christians who are smarter than some atheists, so I'm inclined to believe the door swings both ways on that one.