Nobel Prizes[note 1] have been awarded to over 900 individuals,[1] of whom at least 20% were Jews, although the Jewish population comprises less than 0.2% of the world's population.[2] wikipedia

God later promises the land of Canaan to Abraham, and eventually delivers it to descendants of Abraham, the Israelites.[61] wikipedia

Genesis 12:1 - 3 The LORD had said to Abram, "Go from your country, your people and your father's household to the land I will show you. "I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you."

Maybe you do not understand the evidence that you can see.

3 different biblical references that people are Gods. With out disputing truth or fiction of Jesus character, it is written that Jesus style God argued that people are Gods.
Isaiah 41:23 Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
Psalms 82:6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.
John 10:34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?

Although it is impossible to obtain exact figures, there is little doubt that the Bible is the world's best-selling and most widely distributed book. A survey by the Bible Society concluded that around 2.5 billion copies were printed between 1815 and 1975, but more recent estimates put the number at more than 5 billion. From: [guinnessworldrecords.com]

The biblical text is record holding most copied book of it's kind. Biblical text has been peer reviewed for 1000s of years. It has critics but overwhelming acceptance that supports Jesus's statement that people are Gods.

Gods exist because people are accepted to be gods,

It is not necessary or required to prove any other style of God, only one style of God is required to prove atheism wrong or illogical.

Willy wanka style god, Harry Potter style God, Zues style God, Medusa style God: what ever, none of these are required to be proven to show and prove an acceptance for at least one style God.

People are considered to be deity by modern dictionary publication.

Please see my Science teacher group on this site. You do not have to be a teacher.

So Judaism encourages questioning everything but the god stuff? That's a huge step in the right direction compared to christianity, but not far enough IMO.

@Mostly_Harmless I didn't say except the God thing. Why do you assume that exception?

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There are scientific studies that religious people are more likely to be the victims of con artists

@Remiforce Well then, there ya go.
I've never bothered to look it up, but I figured that, since it made sense.
Thanks for the input.

@Remiforce I was thinking something along these lines recently. My cousin is very religious...and very poor, mostly from staying in a job where the employer takes advantage of him, and has for years.

We're both Star Trek fans, so for the last year and a half I've been inviting him over to watch shows and movies. We watched Star Trek: Discovery, and he was oddly talking about elements of the show connecting to other Trek shows in ways that suggested he thought one person made them all, or as if there was some blue print from 1966 where someone had planned out over 50+ years of hundreds and hundreds of episodes, with movies sprinkled in, etc. It was as if he thought that since all of Trek was ostensibly within the same imaginary universe, that it was in some way "real". Or maybe as if he was suspending his disbelief to such a degree that he was seeing intentional connections between series (which were decades apart) that just were not there. Certainly writers of today's shows are picking up elements from old shows and running with them, but no one 30 (or 50) years ago was thinking, "Hey, in 30 (or 50) years we'll have this show called Discovery, and we'll do A, B, and C with it". Again and again, he kept talking as if that were the case.

It wasn't gullibility so much I was seeing but maybe deep, deep credulity. He wanted to believe in this imaginary universe so much that he kept saying things that were just weird, and it reminded me of the things he has said about religion. For instance, he told me someone at church gave a sermon about how Adam and Eve were black and white. I can't remember which was supposed to be which, but suffice it to say, the sermon's lesson was to show that everyone is the same, there are no real races, and also give an origin story to where races come from...as if no other "races" are present on the earth besides "black" and "white". Not to mention the fact that the "lesson" is contradictory if you say there are no races because we all come from Adam and Eve, and then simultaneously say that this explains where the races came from. Good grief. For this to make any kind of sense at all, you have to have some deep well of credulity.

This is shored up by the evangelical right and their inexplicable embrace of president shithead.

@powder It's a generalization. I rarely speak in absolutes.

@TheMiddleWay You said your search was cursury. I'd have to do some research to find the specific connection between religious belief & susceptability to cons. As you pointed out, people in a religious community tend to develop trust, specifically for those they identify as part of their community. There are plenty of "Elmer Gantrys" out there who will take advantage of this trust.

Con artists become skilled in finding & manipulating the levers of trust in many situations--Cowboy fans, etc.

But I believe you will find a higher coefficient of correlation in certain groups, as opposed to others. This will be an interesting research project. I wonder if any of our readers can shed light

@TheMiddleWay, @powder, @KKGator Please remember we are talking about the coefficient of correlation (deviation from the norm) in certain groups , as opposed to others, & not in absolutes. Certainly there are intelligent atheists who have been taken in by cons, but you have to look at the number, as opposed to religious people who have been taken in by cons.

Then we have to look at why. Is it just the trust engendered by being part of a often tightly knit group, or is there something specific about religious belief that correlates with the tendency to believe con artists

@powder, @KKGator, @TheMiddleWay Certainly people who are going through the stress of life changes, & even good life changes can be stressful, are often more vulnerable to cons because of the instability these life changes can cause

People with more education, group support, & resources may cope with these life changes better. People in a religious group may have more support, but they may have more encouragement to blindly trust

@powder, @KKGator, @TheMiddleWay, @greyeyed123 There are findings in Gestalt psychology that people tend to fill in the cognitive gaps.Greyeyed123"s cousins apparent credulity may be an attempt to overcome the frustrations in his life because of his job situation with an imagined sense of wholeness

@Remiforce I no longer care.
It really doesn't matter to me.
If people are going to be gullible and fall for scams and bullshit, they get
what they get.

I always enjoy your Reader's Digest version. But it was a nice run down that rabbit hole with my morning coffee.