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[[File:Atheism, intelligence and the General Social Survey.png|thumbnail|right|300px|right|Citing data from the [[General Social Survey]] (GSS), [[Vox Day|Theodore Beale]] writes: "..the two most common types of atheists are the High Church atheists with +2[[Standard deviation|SD]] [[IQ]]s (128+) and Low Church atheists with -2SD IQs (65-72). Note that the Low Church atheists actually outnumber the High Church atheists, 22.9 to 17.2 percent."<ref>[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2014/01/mailvox-distribution-of-atheist.html Mailvox: The distribution of atheist intelligence]</ref> (click on the graph above to enlarge)]]

[[File:Atheism, intelligence and the General Social Survey.png|thumbnail|right|300px|right|Citing data from the [[General Social Survey]] (GSS), [[Vox Day|Theodore Beale]] writes: "..the two most common types of atheists are the High Church atheists with +2[[Standard deviation|SD]] [[IQ]]s (128+) and Low Church atheists with -2SD IQs (65-72). Note that the Low Church atheists actually outnumber the High Church atheists, 22.9 to 17.2 percent."<ref>[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2014/01/mailvox-distribution-of-atheist.html Mailvox: The distribution of atheist intelligence]</ref> (click on the graph above to enlarge)]]

[[Weak atheism]] (sometimes referred to as "negative [[atheism]]") describes a belief system and philosophical stance whereby a person lacks a belief in God/gods.  

[[Weak Atheism]] (sometimes referred to as "negative [[atheism]]") describes a belief system and philosophical stance whereby a person lacks a belief in God/gods.  

Leading encyclopedias of philosophy use a more strict definition of atheism (See: [[Definition of atheism]]). For example, atheism, as defined by the ''[[Stanford University|Stanford]] Encyclopedia of Philosophy'', the ''[[Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy]]'', and other [[philosophy]] reference works, is the denial of the existence of [[God]].<ref name="cw">[http://creation.com/atheism-is-more-rational Is Atheism More Rational?] by [[Creation Ministries International]]</ref><ref name="Divine">Day, Donn R. (2007).</ref>

Leading encyclopedias of philosophy use a more strict definition of atheism (See: [[Definition of atheism]]). For example, atheism, as defined by the ''[[Stanford University|Stanford]] Encyclopedia of Philosophy'', the ''[[Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy]]'', and other [[philosophy]] reference works, is the denial of the existence of [[God]].<ref name="cw">[http://creation.com/atheism-is-more-rational Is Atheism More Rational?] by [[Creation Ministries International]]</ref><ref name="Divine">Day, Donn R. (2007).</ref>

The [[General Social Survey]] (GSS) is the "largest project funded by the Sociology Program of the [[National Science Foundation]]. Except for the U.S. Census, the GSS is the most frequently analyzed source of information in the social sciences."<ref>[http://www3.norc.org/GSS+Website/About+GSS/ About the General Social Survey]</ref>  

The [[General Social Survey]] (GSS) is the "largest project funded by the Sociology Program of the [[National Science Foundation]]. Except for the U.S. Census, the GSS is the most frequently analyzed source of information in the social sciences."<ref>[http://www3.norc.org/GSS+Website/About+GSS/ About the General Social Survey]</ref>  

[[File:Infant.JPG|thumbnail|right|200px|Weak atheism is an individual merely lacking a belief there is a God/gods. Using this very broad definition of definition of atheism, there are atheists who argue that babies are atheists.<ref>[https://carm.org/are-babies-born-atheists Are babies born atheists?] by Matt Slick</ref>]]

[[File:Infant.JPG|thumbnail|right|200px|Weak Atheism is an individual merely lacking a belief there is a God/gods. Using this very broad definition of definition of atheism, there are atheists who argue that babies are atheists.<ref>[https://carm.org/are-babies-born-atheists Are babies born atheists?] by Matt Slick</ref>]]

Citing data from the General Social Survey, [[Vox Day|Theodore Beale]] writes about atheist [[Intelligence testing|intelligence quotient]] (IQ) scores:  

Citing data from the General Social Survey, [[Vox Day|Theodore Beale]] writes about atheist [[Intelligence testing|intelligence quotient]] (IQ) scores:  

{{cquote|"..the two most common types of atheists are the High Church atheists with +2[[Standard deviation|SD]] [[IQ]]s (128+) and Low Church atheists with -2SD IQs (65-72). Note that the Low Church atheists actually outnumber the High Church atheists, 22.9 to 17.2 percent...<ref>[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2014/01/mailvox-distribution-of-atheist.html Mailvox: The distribution of atheist intelligence]</ref>}}

{{cquote|"..the two most common types of atheists are the High Church atheists with +2[[Standard deviation|SD]] [[IQ]]s (128+) and Low Church atheists with -2SD IQs (65-72). Note that the Low Church atheists actually outnumber the High Church atheists, 22.9 to 17.2 percent...<ref>[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2014/01/mailvox-distribution-of-atheist.html Mailvox: The distribution of atheist intelligence]</ref>}}

As noted above, weak atheism is an individual merely lacking a belief there is a God/gods.  Using this very broad definition of definition of atheism, there are atheists who argue that babies are atheists (Of course, atheists cannot verify what is in the minds of babies).<ref>[https://carm.org/are-babies-born-atheists Are babies born atheists?] by Matt Slick</ref> Also, using this very broad definition of definition of atheism, it could be argued that individuals with  severe mental disabilities and/or individuals born with extremely low IQs are more apt to be weak atheists (Of course, this also would be difficult to verify in many cases). This helps explain why the General Social Survey (GSS) data has twice as many low IQ atheists as high IQ atheists.  

As noted above, Weak Atheism is an individual merely lacking a belief there is a God/gods.  Using this very broad definition of definition of atheism, there are atheists who argue that babies are atheists (Of course, atheists cannot verify what is in the minds of babies).<ref>[https://carm.org/are-babies-born-atheists Are babies born atheists?] by Matt Slick</ref> Also, using this very broad definition of definition of atheism, it could be argued that individuals with  severe mental disabilities and/or individuals born with extremely low IQs are more apt to be weak atheists (Of course, this also would be difficult to verify in many cases). This helps explain why the General Social Survey (GSS) data has twice as many low IQ atheists as high IQ atheists.  

== See also ==

== See also ==