Talk:Religiosity and intelligence

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meta analysis/ "critical review" conclusions[edit]

At the start of paragraph 2, the lede refers "The Relationship between Intelligence and Religiosity: A Critical Review of the Literature", which was actually quite critical of the conclusions of a meta analysis that we have quoted. Their overall conclusion states that ".. our assertion, based on the above-reviewed studies, is that any noted intelligence differences seen between people of varying religious beliefs is most likely the result of educational differences that are in turn the result of holding fundamentalist religious beliefs, rather than the result of an innate difference in intelligence. Therefore, controlling for levels of fundamentalist beliefs are likely to make any differences between theists and non-theists..." The journal article feels quite comprehensive for this topic, and it feels to me like this conclusion should be given more prominence.

Do other people agree with me on this

Link to article i am referring to: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Caleb_Lack/publication/283062772_The_relationship_between_intelligence_and_religiosity_A_critical_review_of_the_literature/links/5628672708aef25a243bf104/The-relationship-between-intelligence-and-religiosity-A-critical-review-of-the-literature.pdf WotherspoonSmith (talk) 12:09, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I'm having trouble validating the reliability of the journal it was published in. It's very similarly named to a couple of other journals and Google is not being my friend here. Can anyone confirm the reliability of Journal of Scientific Psychology as a source? I found one article singing its praises in very confident terms as the future of Psychological journals... published by the Journal of Scientific Psychology, which seems like a bit of a warning bell to me. I'm interested in other opinions here; I would not claim any confidence that it isn't reliable, just that, from what I've found, I'm not yet confident that it is reliable yet.Simonm223 (talk) 14:55, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
The source is from a peer reviewed journal. [1]. It looks like it may be worth including here. My $0.50. Huitzilopochtli1990 (talk) 23:14, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I disagree, the organization "publishes"(uploads to the internet for free) about 3 articles a year, if you look at the list of editors many belong to the same school at the authors of this "paper". This would be like citing a small town newspaper for globally important facts without asking ourselves why no one else is reporting it. Of 19 (talk) 17:57, 16 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@WotherspoonSmith:. I checked the article and the source you found is not in the article itself yet. Certainly not in the 2nd paragraph of the lede. It seems relevant for you to incorporate "The Relationship between Intelligence and Religiosity: A Critical Review of the Literature" into the article somewhere since it is quite relevant. Hope this helps. Huitzilopochtli1990 (talk) 08:34, 4 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Religious people less intelligent just in matters related to God and spirituality?[edit]

Or are atheists more intelligent in general matters unrelated to God and spirituality, like math, language, and information technology? Does the same thing apply to creationists vs. people that accept the theory of evolution? WorldQuestioneer (talk) 23:51, 1 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Begging the question[edit]

"Less developed and poorer countries tend to be more religious, perhaps because religions play a more active social, moral and cultural role in those countries."

This line begs the question. 96.241.26.70 (talk) 03:51, 24 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]