Atheism and intelligence

(Difference between revisions)== Atheism, intelligence and the state of global atheism ==== Atheism, intelligence and the state of global atheism ==Another irony of the assertion that intelligence is a causal factor for atheism is that [[global atheism]] is in decline in adherents and [[Militant atheism|militant atheists]] have no plan in place to reverse or slow this trend.[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/07/evolutionists-atheists-and-agnostics.html Evolutionists, atheists and agnostics: Where is your master plan to reverse your decline?]  A global trend that is expected to affect Western atheism due to an influx of religious immigrants and the higher rate birth rate of religious conservatives.[http://www.sneps.net/RD/uploads/1-Shall%20the%20Religious%20Inherit%20the%20Earth.pdf Early paper - Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?: Demography and Politics in the Twenty-First Century by Eric Kaufmann, Belfer Center, Harvard University/Birkbeck College, University of London]Another irony of the assertion that intelligence is a causal factor for atheism is that [[global atheism]] is in decline in adherents and [[Militant atheism|militant atheists]] in the [[Western World]] have no plan in place to reverse or slow this trend.[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/07/evolutionists-atheists-and-agnostics.html Evolutionists, atheists and agnostics: Where is your master plan to reverse your decline?]  A global trend that is expected to affect Western atheism due to an influx of religious immigrants and the higher rate birth rate of religious conservatives.[http://www.sneps.net/RD/uploads/1-Shall%20the%20Religious%20Inherit%20the%20Earth.pdf Early paper - Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?: Demography and Politics in the Twenty-First Century by Eric Kaufmann, Belfer Center, Harvard University/Birkbeck College, University of London]

One the memes that is prevalent among the atheist community is that atheism is the result of higher intelligence (see: Causes of atheism). This meme is especially prevalent in the New Atheist community.[2] However, there is a wealth of information that dispels this notion.[3]

An irony of this errant notion is that a study found an inverse correlation between education and atheism (see: Atheism and education). In addition, atheists and secularists rarely point out that universities such as Harvard, Princeton, Oxford, Cambridge, and many others were founded by Christians.[4][5] Also, the scientific revolution was birthed in a Christianized Europe (see: Christianity and science). Furthermore, the idea that atheism is the result of superior intelligence is an illogical attempt to justify atheism and is a genetic fallacy.

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Another irony of the assertion that intelligence is a causal factor for atheism is that global atheism is in decline in adherents and militant atheists in the Western World have no plan in place to reverse or slow this trend.[6] A global trend that is expected to affect Western atheism due to an influx of religious immigrants and the higher rate birth rate of religious conservatives.[7]

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