religious belief

While surfing the web last night I came across this article. By extension perhaps this explains why certain members are immune to knowledge and in particular flat Earthers since many if not all have a strong unwavery religious faith. Click "study" to read the abstract if desired...

Why American Children Stopped Believing in God https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/12/why-american-children-stopped-believing-in-god/

Based on the RedC poll, carried in most newspapers today, there has been a sharp drop in religious belief here over the last seven years. Now less than half the population (47%) describe themselves as "religious" as opposed to 59% in 2005. According to the research, the Republic of Ireland is...

Greetings. I just got an article accepted today on IQ and religious belief. I thought some here might be interested in it, given our many debates about IQ. It's in press in the Elsevier journal, Intelligence. I own the copyright to the pre-print version which is available here...

Fear not fence sitters :blush: You still fare better than believers, both conservative and liberal: Atheists: Mean IQ 111.08 Agnostics: 109.13 Liberal religions: 107.26 Dogmatic religions: 105.19 From an in press article in Intelligence; sample sizes are between 100,000 and millions...