"Religion and Intelligence" by Vexen Crabtree

Conclusion reads:

The historical battles between religious institutions and science, such as those in physics, astronomy and biology, indicate there is something wrong with the religious approach to the study of reality. The underlying problem extends to individual intelligence and education, and is not just limited to the actions of religious bodies. Hardly any of the several-hundred Nobel Prize winning scientists have been Christians. Only 3.3% of the Members of the Royal Society in the UK and 7% the National Academy of Sciences in the USA, believe in a personal God. The more senior and learnéd the scientist, the less likely they are to believe in God. This effect is not limited to scientists. The children of highly religious parents suffer diminished IQs - averaging 7 to 10 points lower compared to their non-religious counterparts in similar socio-economic groups. As you would expect from these results, multiple studies have also shown that IQ is opposed to the strength of religious belief. 39 studies since 1927 (out of 43) have found that the more educated a person is, and the higher one's intelligence, the less likely someone is to hold religious beliefs.

Tags: anti-religion, astronomy, belief, biology, education, god, intelligence, iq, national academy of sciences, nobel prize, physics, religion, royal society, science, scientists, statistics, stupidity, theism
Current Location: Germany
Listening To: "Pushing Me Away" by Linkin Park

I've created a parallel londonsatanists community on LJ, to accompany my Yahoo LondonSatanists email list. Anyone can join or post, although I might play with moderation later. It'll also serve as a bit of an anti-religion information/activism forum.

Tags: anti-religion, church of satan, london, religion, satanism, uk

“As a scientist, I am hostile to

fundamentalist religion because it ...

teaches us not to change our minds”

Taken from "The God Delusion" by Prof. Richard Dawkins, p284.

Dawkins has this beautiful way of putting pertinent points into the simplest, most honest terms. I've added this quote to two pages:

• "The Scientific Method: Revolutions in Thought" by Vexen Crabtree
  
• "Religious Fundamentalism" essays by Vexen Crabtree

Tags: anti-religion, fundamentalism, religion, richard dawkins, science
Current Location: Germany
Current Mood: determined
Listening To: "Old Red-Eyes is Back" by Beautiful South

The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science - a UK/USA charity committed to the teaching of science, headed by my beloved hero, Prof. Dawkins.

He is the foremost evolutionary scientist, a wonderful writer and experienced educator, and he cares passionately and deeply about not only the search for truth, but the teaching of it to others.

He is forceful, wise, direct, aggressively anti-religion, and a genuine and powerful force for good in the world. He is also increasingly productive (even at 65...) and vocal, and has some powerful backers and supporters.

I've been toying with the idea of doing a fan-page, but, the new RDF website (linked above) is better than anything I could dream up, so, my fandom now consists of linking it, rather than trying to emulate.

Click to buy from amazon.co.uk:

Tags: anti-religion, evolution, richard dawkins, science

Anti Religious Forces

Tags: anti-religion, education, intelligence, religion, science
Current Mood: happy
Listening To: "A poignant scenario of death" by Myrkskog

"Bane Of Monotheism website" by Vexen Crabtree

Tags: anti-religion, atheism, christianity, christians, god, islam, jews, judaism, monotheism, muslims, religion, religions, theism, vexen, vexen crabtree
Current Location: Mönchengladbach, Germany
Listening To: "Angel" by Aerosmith