Yes, he was attempting to incite his flock, I'm sure. But I don't believe the findings are inaccurate. I've seen other surveys with similar results.

Although this quote is from the Unabomber, it is a legitimate fact.

And, although he was an American domestic terrorist, anarchist, and former mathematics professor. He was also a mathematics prodigy.

@Mb_Man well he wasn't broadcasting on a TV station so he should be able to say whatever he wants. I do love David Pakman, it would be funny to think you subliminally caused that.

Very well stated!

Well that would be emotional intelligence not regular IQ - maybe our parents look after us better and nurture better brain development. After all they don't have to waste Sundays on their knees and studying 2000 year old scriptures - plenty of extra time to help their kids be smart.

@prometheus wrong! When I post I don't nake up things like others do. I deal with FACTS! [psychologytoday.com]

@Mofo1953 well a link is always helpful, even after the fact and even if it is basically an opinion piece.

However I was, evidentially not clearly enough, responding to your assertion of higher IQ "thus we really care for the benefit of all mankind and the earth's environment due to the fact that we know we only have a brief period to do good here in life."

There's nothing in that article that backs that assertion although I don't think you meant it to back out up. Sure those traits are not correlated with many religious counties, but it doesn't mean high IQ is the cause of them.

@prometheus research shows we have higher IQs, that means we are more intelligent, ergo we think better than the average christian, the article is clearly a comment on the research and not on your cockamamie nit picking, better thinkers are better science followers, ergo the environmentally sound decisions we make, obviously I am not including you in the "we." Go back to your parents and curl up then.

It’s interesting that I was a xtian for 30 years and I was led to believe atheists didn’t have the capability to truly care about others. Since I left the faith I have found that to be 100% false and atheists are more genuine because they are not trying to put on a mask to impress others

They were saying percent of... It would have no bearing on our population share.

True there are many smart Christians. They are just closed minded on one subject because of the Hell issue

@Fred_Snerd "cooking the books.' yes, i figured...

@Fred_Snerd you say tomato i say tomatoe...

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@Fred_Snerd yours too. Im just tired and getting ready for bed... Gnight...

@Fred_Snerd you win nuttin im going to sleep...

Wasn't the research done by Pew?

The first half of the article says:

Americans who identify as atheist are the most likely group to be involved in political activism, according to a report by a political science professor.

Ryan P. Burge of Eastern Illinois University drew from data from the Cooperative Congressional Election Survey of 2018 for his report published by Religion in Public.

When asked about political activity within the past 12 months, 24.9% of atheist respondents said they had attended a march or protest, the largest of any of the surveyed religious groups.

Additionally, 41.9% of atheist respondents said they had contacted a public official, again the largest percentage of surveyed religious groups, and 37% had donated money to a candidate, tying with Jews for first place.

Also, 24.1% of atheist respondents reported putting up a political sign, placing them in a close second to 24.7% of Buddhist respondents.

White evangelical respondents showed less participation by comparison, with 4.4% of respondents saying they had attended a march or protest and 28.5% saying they had contacted a public official.

“It’s become almost a trope at this point among people who study and write about American religion and politics — evangelicals punch way above their weight. Their voter turnout has stayed relatively steady despite their drop in population share,” wrote Burge.

“But I was working through some data today and noticed something that I don’t think that I’ve seen reported on much — atheists are incredibly politically active — more so than any other religious group.”

Burge went on to speculate that this increased political involvement might have helped contribute to Democratic political successes in the 2018 midterm elections.

And the last part is:

“This could be one of the reasons that the Blue Wave happened in 2018 — a very agitated base of atheists who got politically involved,” he continued.

“White evangelicals make up 15.6% of the population, atheists and agnostics combined are 13.2%. With that level of political activity, it’s fair to say that these nones might be a bigger political force in the next presidential election than we give them credit for — they just have to stay angry and stay engaged.”

As religious unaffiliated Americans in general appear to increase in number, the Democratic Party has made more overtures to those who identify as atheist.

Last August, the Democratic National Committee passed a resolution in support of religious unaffiliated Americans, declaring that atheists and agnostics “overwhelmingly share the Democratic Party’s values.”

"I am proud to see the Democratic Party take that to heart by bringing secular Americans into the fold,” said Sarah Levin, director of governmental affairs for the Secular Coalition of America, which championed the resolution.

“America was founded as a secular government charged with representing and protecting the freedoms of people of all faiths and none.”

In the current session of Congress, 88.2% of members identify as Christian, while 6.4% identify as Jewish, and 3.6% identified either as unaffiliated or declined to answer, according to Pew Research Center.

@HippieChick58 Thank you. It was sweet of you to post that whole thing.

I'm not kidding though. I think the CP might have my IP address blocked.
I used to spend a lot of time commenting on their stories and getting into "debates" with believers.
See? Making friends wherever I go!!!