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We finally have an explanation for the Richard Dawkins fans.
Now, the statistically naive might look at this chart, note that the +2SD theists only account for 3.5 percent of the theistic population, and assume that this means there are more highly intelligent atheists than highly intelligent theists. This is not the case. As it happens, there are 11.4x more +2SD theists who either know God exists or believe God exists despite having the occasional doubt than there are +2SD atheists who don't believe God exists.<ref>[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2014/01/mailvox-distribution-of-atheist.html Mailvox: The distribution of atheist intelligence]</ref>}}
Now, the statistically naive might look at this chart, note that the +2SD theists only account for 3.5 percent of the theistic population, and assume that this means there are more highly intelligent atheists than highly intelligent theists. This is not the case. As it happens, there are 11.4x more +2SD theists who either know God exists or believe God exists despite having the occasional doubt than there are +2SD atheists who don't believe God exists.<ref>[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2014/01/mailvox-distribution-of-atheist.html Mailvox: The distribution of atheist intelligence]</ref>}}
In a 2010 article, Vox Day writes:
In a 2010 article, Vox Day wrote:
{{cquote|Never forget that the smarter and more knowledgeable act put on by many atheists is inevitably nothing more than that, an act, and one that has absolutely no basis in empirical reality except for a three-point average advantage in IQ which is almost surely a statistical artifact of their insignificant numbers and self-selected identification.<ref>[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2010/04/always-call-their-bluff.html Always call their bluff]</ref>}}
{{cquote|Never forget that the smarter and more knowledgeable act put on by many atheists is inevitably nothing more than that, an act, and one that has absolutely no basis in empirical reality except for a three-point average advantage in IQ which is almost surely a statistical artifact of their insignificant numbers and self-selected identification.<ref>[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2010/04/always-call-their-bluff.html Always call their bluff]</ref>}}
Furthermore, on January 15, 2014, Vox Day wrote:
{{cquote|This amused me while playing around with the GSS. Of the dumbest strata of college graduates, nearly half, 46 percent, are atheists. That's twice as many as all types of theists combined. We finally have an explanation for the [[Richard Dawkins]] fans.<ref>[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2014/01/mailvox-distribution-of-atheist.html Mailvox: the distribution of atheist intelligence]</ref>}}
Also, due the lack of evidence for atheism and the [[Christian apologetics|great amount of evidence]] for Christianity, atheism is not a respectable intellectual position. For example, God's [[creation]] plainly points to the existence of God <ref>[http://creation.com/creation-answers Creation vs. evolution]</ref> (see also: [[Atheism has a lower retention rate compared to other worldviews]]).
Also, due the lack of evidence for atheism and the [[Christian apologetics|great amount of evidence]] for Christianity, atheism is not a respectable intellectual position. For example, God's [[creation]] plainly points to the existence of God <ref>[http://creation.com/creation-answers Creation vs. evolution]</ref> (see also: [[Atheism has a lower retention rate compared to other worldviews]]).