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ORIGINAL: GotSteel

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ORIGINAL: KatyLied
I think that embracing atheism is against the norm... 

That depends on where you are, it's quite normal around here.

"It could be culture, cold weather or the educational level of its residents, but New Hampshire ranks at or near the bottom of the 50 states on questions of religious faith.....That 54 percent result tied New Hampshire with neighboring Vermont for dead last on the poll’s question of faith in a higher power." http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/500878-196/poll-ranks-nh-low-on-matters-of.html

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ORIGINAL: GotSteel

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ORIGINAL: StrangerThan
Seems like a more subtle version of europeans are smarter and have bigger cities because it was cold where they lived rather than grass huts in sub-saharan environments.

I'm not buying this, seems like there wasn't any racism in the study until you added it.

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ORIGINAL: SL4V3M4YB3

Yeah but other states were intelligent enough to come up with an original name for a state.

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ORIGINAL: SL4V3M4YB3

I'll let Nick Griffin know he has a new home away from home, then perhaps he'll leave here (I can hope).

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ORIGINAL: domiguy

and then there is this... http://sciencecommunity.com/DomiguyIndustriesIntelligenceresearch.com

We, at Domiguy Industries, have long researched the connection between liberalism and possessing a higher intelligence.

We reviewed the works of Satoshi Kanazawa and were deeply disturbed by our findings. These are the findings posted by Kanazawa...


Young adults who identify themselves as "not at all religious" have an average IQ of 103
during adolescence, while those who identify themselves as "very religious" have an average
IQ of 97 during adolescence.

He calculated that there is only a 6 point difference in the respected IQ's of those young adults that participated in the study, and he was correct in those findings.

What Kanawaza failed to take into account was that his research was based solely on the intelligence and the IQ's of "young adults." He never took into consideration the long term effects on intelligence or one's IQ when the brain is continually bombarded by right wing political and religious messages over a period of several years or even decades.

We, at Domiguy Industries, decided to track the intelligence of a nonreligious liberal minded person and compare it to that of a politically conservative and Christian individual over time.

In young adults we found the same 6 point differential as reported in the Kanazawa study. But just after one additional year of watching Fox along with participating in any fundamentally Christian based religion those numbers had nearly doubled to an 11 point margin.

The results were even more staggering if we follow the test group over an additional decade. While the liberal test group seemed to be an overly intelligent, well rounded group, with a diverse range of interests as well as an accurate interpretation of the world that surrounds them the conservative test group paled in comparison .

After just ten years of being continually subjected to an overall conservative philosophy, politically and religious, this test group had reached the intelligent equivalence of that of the sea sponge. Many joined the Priesthood only to become pedophiles while the others were imprisoned by whatever ideology their favorite talking head spewed forth. They all showed similar signs and traits usually attributed to those suffering from an advanced cognitive disorder.

At this point, we concluded our study for two reasons...First off, we felt that after analyzing all of the data and information obtained, our findings were irrefutable in their ultimate conclusion. Lastly, and most importantly, it was just simply too much of a buzz kill to hang around those conservative fucks any longer.


I hope this helps to further the conversation.

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ORIGINAL: Sanity
There was a time we were the only major power virtually unscathed by WW II and we were the only one with the bomb. To go from there to total world domination would have been a cakewalk.

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ORIGINAL: domiguy

and then there is this... http://sciencecommunity.com/DomiguyIndustriesIntelligenceresearch.com

We, at Domiguy Industries, have long researched the connection between liberalism and possessing a higher intelligence.

We reviewed the works of Satoshi Kanazawa and were deeply disturbed by our findings. These are the findings posted by Kanazawa...


Young adults who identify themselves as "not at all religious" have an average IQ of 103
during adolescence, while those who identify themselves as "very religious" have an average
IQ of 97 during adolescence.

He calculated that there is only a 6 point difference in the respected IQ's of those young adults that participated in the study, and he was correct in those findings.

What Kanawaza failed to take into account was that his research was based solely on the intelligence and the IQ's of "young adults." He never took into consideration the long term effects on intelligence or one's IQ when the brain is continually bombarded by right wing political and religious messages over a period of several years or even decades.

We, at Domiguy Industries, decided to track the intelligence of a nonreligious liberal minded person and compare it to that of a politically conservative and Christian individual over time.

In young adults we found the same 6 point differential as reported in the Kanazawa study. But just after one additional year of watching Fox along with participating in any fundamentally Christian based religion those numbers had nearly doubled to an 11 point margin.

The results were even more staggering if we follow the test group over an additional decade. While the liberal test group seemed to be an overly intelligent, well rounded group, with a diverse range of interests as well as an accurate interpretation of the world that surrounds them the conservative test group paled in comparison .

After just ten years of being continually subjected to an overall conservative philosophy, politically and religious, this test group had reached the intelligent equivalence of that of the sea sponge. Many joined the Priesthood only to become pedophiles while the others were imprisoned by whatever ideology their favorite talking head spewed forth. They all showed similar signs and traits usually attributed to those suffering from an advanced cognitive disorder.

At this point, we concluded our study for two reasons...First off, we felt that after analyzing all of the data and information obtained, our findings were irrefutable in their ultimate conclusion. Lastly, and most importantly, it was just simply too much of a buzz kill to hang around those conservative fucks any longer.


I hope this helps to further the conversation.

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ORIGINAL: Moonhead

There's plenty of left leaning religious people... The Levellers...

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At this point, we concluded our study for two reasons...First off, we felt that after analyzing all of the data and information obtained, our findings were irrefutable in their ultimate conclusion. Lastly, and most importantly, it was just simply too much of a buzz kill to hang around those conservative fucks any longer.

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ORIGINAL: kdsub

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ORIGINAL: LadyAngelika




Historically, and even to this day, there have been more crimes commited and innocent lives taken in the name of Christianity than in any other religion or cause. That is not my opinion, that is historical fact.

I am not a historian, but I am a relatively well read person and tend to check my facts before I write.

Prove it

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But you miss my point...I am not defending religion or the history of the US... I am saying… if the premise of this thread is true.... then intelligence has little to do with what is important in this world. I stated facts…the US is a majority Christian country… The US is and has been the most powerful country ever to grace this earth. It has nothing to do with pride in country or religion…

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Just the facts madam.

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ORIGINAL: LanceHughes

What's with the thread jacking?

Signed, A Highly Intelligent Atheist.