Evidence is reviewed pointing to a negative relationship between intelligence and religious belief in the United States and Europe. It is shown that intelligence measured as psychometric g is negatively related to religious belief. We also examine whether this negative relationship between intelligence and religious belief is present between nations. We find that in a sample of 137 countries the correlation between national IQ and disbelief in God is 0.60. © 2008.
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Lynn, R., Harvey, J., & Nyborg, H. (2009, January). Average intelligence predicts atheism rates across 137 nations. Intelligence. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2008.03.004
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