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Originally Posted by Sliver
It's not that they're less intelligent. I used to kind of think that, but now I believe their brains have just been corrupted via indoctrination to have a blind spot that allows them to view reality through a lens that circumvents critical thought. I think the intelligent ones can be unindoctrinated if they allow themselves out of the insulated bubble that reinforces the indoctrination, but yeah, the simpleton-type ones will always believe the nonsense and maybe that allows them to sort of exist in an ignorance-is-bliss state.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religi...d_intelligence
The References section on this article is staggeringly large honestly.
Specifically the conclusions are what I noted; fairweather adherents/sunday service types don't have as pronounced of a corollary, but those who are "devout" are often notably lower scoring.