Religious people: what is your level of observance?

Sparky · 05-30-2011, 09:49 PM

vanilla have you ever committed adultery?

Just curious as to your opinion of the bible's stance on it.

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 05-30-2011, 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by matious

vanilla have you ever committed adultery?

Just curious as to your opinion of the bible's stance on it.

No, I've never slept with a married man. I think I may have kissed a guy with a girlfriend before but I didn't know till afterwards.

Sparky · 05-31-2011, 11:20 PM

I have a wiki link too :P
Religiosity and intelligence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kinda interesting. Apparently countries with a lower % of religious people have a higher overall intelligence level.

Mr November · 05-31-2011, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by matious

I have a wiki link too :P
Religiosity and intelligence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kinda interesting. Apparently countries with a lower % of religious people have a higher overall intelligence level.

Low blow.

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 05-31-2011, 11:23 PM

That doesn't necessarily mean that countries with high religious proportions are unintelligent. And what relevance does that have to this?

Sparky · 05-31-2011, 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Vanilla

That doesn't necessarily mean that countries with high religious proportions are unintelligent. And what relevance does that have to this?

Actually, in it they determined that in general religious people have lower IQ's. Not that this makes your point any less valid really

And i figured since this is a religious thread in the lounge it would be okay to post anything related to religion but maybe i'm wrong?

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 05-31-2011, 11:34 PM

I wonder how vastly sampled and credible the study is. Again, not that it has relevance to what I'm saying or my intelligence levels.

Mr November · 05-31-2011, 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Vanilla

I wonder how vastly sampled and credible the study is. Again, not that it has relevance to what I'm saying or my intelligence levels.

Well I suspect it would be effected by some heavy historical factors. Many areas of the world where religion is strongest are also third world countries, or very totalitarian.

The areas that would be giving good results to the non-religious demographic would be Scandinavia, England, Japan for example. These are places where, while religion exists, it is not given as much weight and it is much more accepted to have no religion or to be an atheist.

But it doesn't really have to do with anything, and as with most studies that examine a certain demographic, it doesn't mean that everyone in that demographic is accurately represented by the statistics. 100% rule.

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 05-31-2011, 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Ian E Coleman

Well I suspect it would be effected by some heavy historical factors. Many areas of the world where religion is strongest are also third world countries, or very totalitarian.

The areas that would be giving good results to the non-religious demographic would be Scandinavia, England, Japan for example. These are places where, while religion exists, it is not given as much weight and it is much more accepted to have no religion or to be an atheist.

But it doesn't really have to do with anything, and as with most studies that examine a certain demographic, it doesn't mean that everyone in that demographic is accurately represented by the statistics. 100% rule.

I absolutely agree. It's a bit of an odd study really considering in one of the studies they only used adolescents. Adolescents aren't exactly fully developed.

And here's another critism: "Commentators on the survey attribute the educational levels to sociological factors, such as age, class and income, making no claims about intelligence."

Which is true, intelligence isn't measured by education.

Sparky · 05-31-2011, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Ian E Coleman

The areas that would be giving good results to the non-religious demographic would be Scandinavia, England, Japan for example. These are places where, while religion exists, it is not given as much weight and it is much more accepted to have no religion or to be an atheist.

All these countries were used in polls

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But it doesn't really have to do with anything, and as with most studies that examine a certain demographic, it doesn't mean that everyone in that demographic is accurately represented by the statistics. 100% rule.

Of course. I just thought it was interesting.

View Poll Results: Your level of observance?
Non-practicing/secular form of religion	20	43.48%
A little observant	3	6.52%
Middle-of-the-road observance	11	23.91%
Strict adherence to religious rules	4	8.70%
Don't know	8	17.39%
Voters: 46. You may not vote on this poll

05-31-2011, 11:23 PM	#5 (permalink)
Scarlett O'Hara Make it so Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 6,775	That doesn't necessarily mean that countries with high religious proportions are unintelligent. And what relevance does that have to this? __________________ "Elph is truly an enfant terrible of the forum, bless and curse him" - Marie, Queen of Thots

05-31-2011, 11:34 PM	#7 (permalink)
Scarlett O'Hara Make it so Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 6,775	I wonder how vastly sampled and credible the study is. Again, not that it has relevance to what I'm saying or my intelligence levels. __________________ "Elph is truly an enfant terrible of the forum, bless and curse him" - Marie, Queen of Thots

05-30-2011, 09:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
Sparky not really Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 5,223	vanilla have you ever committed adultery? Just curious as to your opinion of the bible's stance on it.

05-31-2011, 11:20 PM	#3 (permalink)
Sparky not really Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 5,223	I have a wiki link too :P Religiosity and intelligence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kinda interesting. Apparently countries with a lower % of religious people have a higher overall intelligence level.