Sunday, October 9, 2011

Pondering

Studies have shown that those with higher levels of intelligence are less likely to practice some form of religion (the general information on this can be viewed here on Wikipedia...  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religiosity_and_intelligence ) The information does state that those with higher intelligence levels tend to be more skeptical of ideas presented and do not merely accept things as often without large amounts of evidence. I have another spin on the reasoning to why those more intelligent may not believe in a higher being. What if the reason is merely that there is an underlying natural resistance to admitting that there is something more intelligent and ultimately superior to something other than ourselves? Do extremely intelligent people just not want to believe that there is something smarter than themselves? Is it just a matter of humans being too proud in themselves and unwilling to accept inferiority? Are the intelligent really more intelligent even on this matter, or just merely more conceded in their abilities? Just a different way of looking at things.

1 comment:

  1. religion is for the masses, intelligent people want to stand out. nice post mate, keep it up

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