I Via www.cnn.com
„Historically, anything that's new and different can be seen as a threat in terms of the religious beliefs; almost all religious systems are about permanence"
Liberalism, Atheism, and IQ
The article states that current research indicates a (statistically significant though not extraordinary) correlation between liberalism / atheism and intelligence.
→ religious liberalism said on April 4th, 2010 at 9:31 am
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→ Ambro said on May 20th, 2010 at 12:04 am
Reminds me of my theory that the amounts of gods in a religion is reduced by the rising of the IQ of the individual. Works at least for western civilization. We had Pantheons before – reduced to one god – and even that one got rationalized.