High IQ turns academics into atheists

The question itself is lacking in context. Unless you define what is meant by God you can't ask or answer such a question. Beliefs in a God, First Cause or a Creator are extremely varied depending on the individual that the question is ask of.

A teacher who tells a student what to think instead of showing him/her ways to think is a poor teacher. The student who is able to matriculate through a school of learning who only thinks what he is told to think is not an educated individual. So we all have the ability to think or not think and educated or not educated we can believe in a God or First Cause or not. An article such as this is another case of generalizing to support your own cause or agenda. I am so happy that I have found Newsvine which is a place to learn and express myself, but each day I see much to much name calling and generalizing in articles and comments. ie: He is a Right wing ----, She a Left wing ---, Those Demo Socialist are going to -----, the masses are asses, the educated have no common sense, religious people are -----, and on and on.

Here here to that. I'm always happy to find another that feels that education happens between a mentor and a student sitting across from one another on the proverbial log. Ever hear of George Wythe College? Check out www.GWC.edu. I promise you will be impressed. They post editorials frequently, and they are always amazing. As for the article, I agree. It seemed incredibly slanted to support that particular train of thought. I would love to see a study that showed the amount of Athiests that were at one point in their lives abused in one way or another. It has been my experience that most people who have completely given up on the idea of a higher power feel angry or let down because of the actions of others or because of ill choices. Everyone has to point the finger of blame, and God always seems to be the end result.

Thank you for your comment. I'm rather new at this Newsvine thing and already I have received angry comments saying that they were not speaking to me so why did I write to them or about what they wrote. I am told that this is "threading" and I should learn to use the system better. So I'm not sure if your remarks were for me although I think so.

You wrote a few things that I agree with and like. You use the words; mentor, blame and anger. I since coming across Newsvine have enjoyed it very much however, on the other hand I have come across much to much finger pointing, name calling and emotions out of control and such raw anger. How can we grow as individuals and become more decent souls if all we do is voice our own opinions and not at least try to open our minds to the thoughts and knowledge of others?

I'm sure we agree on many things and do not on others. That's OK! You never know what you can learn form another with an open mind. If you care to crawl into my mind you can start by clicking on Ira Presslaff. I write about ideas, events, individuals and the like as they come up in my thoughts. I have no agenda. I do believe that you don't tell people what to think but only throw thoughts out that they can digest and perhaps form their own thoughts.

Thank you for your own thoughts if they were meant for me or not. I will sup on them.

This is the same person who holds that people of African heritage are less intelligent than people of European heritage.

He is obviously an elitist. We should afford him all the respect we would afford someone with a sheet and a KKK banner.

jpark, who are you talking about? The writer?

Hmmm.. He sounds like a real upstanding guy.

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there is a strong correlation between high IQ and lack of religious belief and that average intelligence predicts atheism rates across 137 countries. End cut.

All this and further newsvine argumentation just to that "God Only Wants Idiots." What about all the people that have degrees in theology and or divinity, add studies and degrees in comparative religions etc... ad on infinitum.

Admittedly I know a few with a PH.D. that I consider out to lunch. However; this is not the case of the majority. Just a few very public crazies! The majority are highly intelligent, often versed in multiple languages, cultures and philosophies etc. This is not a low IQ profession.

One of my favorite authors is C. S. Lewis. I can't tell you what his IQ was, but I can imagine it wasn't low. He was one of the most spiritually educated individuals I can think of... It seems to me that the writer of this has a very slanted view, and can only see things from his own paradygme.

"The Screwtape Letters" is a great book. If you want to take the comedy in it to a whole new level, listen to it on oudiobook. It is so dang funny. Have you read "The Weight of Glory?"