之前你用了一个词－believing，然而当你提到religion的时候，不知何故又回避了。
让我们来看看各方的解释
牛津英文词典－believe：accept that (something) is true, especially without proof.
圣经（希伯来书）－faith： faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
中文－信：信由两部分组成，人 ＋ 言。换言之，他人之言。
一杯水放在你面前，不能品尝却要你相信它是甜的，很难。如果10个尝了，得到10个回答“甜的”，或许是“托”。然而当1千个甚至1万个人品尝之后都回答“甜的”，而你仍然坚信是淡的，估计是脑子有问题了。
当然，我不是说你的脑子有问题，只是提醒你不要那么武断。
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/201...ple-less-intelligent-atheists-_n_3747511.html
some very recent study for your leisure time entertainment.
Religious People Are Less Intelligent Than Atheists, Concludes New Study
Huffington Post UK | By
Sara C Nelson Posted: 13/08/2013 09:33 BST | Updated: 20/09/2013 16:34 BST
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A review of 63 scientific studies dating back to 1928 has concluded that religious people are less intelligent than non-believers. Only 10 of the 63 studies showed a positive correlation between intelligence and religiosity.
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The paper, entitled The Relation Between Intelligence and Religiosity: A Meta-Analysis and Some Proposed Explanations, was led by Professor Miron Zuckerman of the University of Rochester,
and was published in the academic journal Personality and Social Psychology Review on 6 August.
The study found religious beliefs to be irrational and therefore unappealing to intelligent people who 'know better'
Zuckerman’s team studied decades worth of analysis, noting many atheism and intellect studies “share one central theme – the premise that religious beliefs are irrational, not anchored in science, not testable, and therefore unappealing to intelligent people who ‘know better’.”
The study defined intelligence as the “ability to reason, plan, solve problems, think abstractly, comprehend complex ideas, learn quickly and learn from experience.”
The study comes after renowned atheist Richard Dawkins' apparently anti-Muslim tweets sparked fury
Religiosity is defined as involvement in some (or all) facets of religion, which includes belief in the supernatural, offering gifts to this supernatural, and performing rituals affirming their beliefs.
Further signs were measured using surveys, church attendance, and membership in religious organisations,
Ars Technica writes.
Among the young, the study found more intelligent children were more likely to turn away from religion – as were those among the very elderly,
with the vast volume of data giving some insight into why that seems to be the case.
The report adds:
“Intelligent people typically spend more time in school—a form of self-regulation that may yield long-term benefits… More intelligent people get higher level jobs [which] may lead to higher self-esteem, and encourage personal control beliefs… more intelligent people are more likely to get and stay married… though for intelligent people, that too comes later in life. We therefore suggest that as intelligent people move from young adulthood to adulthood and then to middle age, the benefits of intelligence may continue to accrue.”
The study comes after renowned atheist Richard Dawkins came in for criticism after tweeting: “All the world’s Muslims have fewer Nobel Prizes than Trinity College, Cambridge. They did great things in the Middle Ages though.”
science, or one of the other natural sciences; or they must hold an M.D. and serve as a professor of medicine. Signers must also agree with the following statement:
