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Furthermore, poorer individuals are more religious and they often have lower access to quality education (attend low quality, public schools in the inner city) and health care plus face other factors which would negatively affect their intelligence score tests (nutrition, poor children are more likely to ingest lead paint which causes intellectual impairment, etc.)<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/07/does-atheism-thrive-on-economic.html Does atheism thrive on economic prosperity? Does religion prosper when people are desperate and ignorant?]</ref>
Furthermore, poorer individuals are more religious and they often have lower access to quality education (attend low quality, public schools in the inner city) and health care plus face other factors which would negatively affect their intelligence score tests (nutrition, poor children are more likely to ingest lead paint which causes intellectual impairment, etc.)<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/07/does-atheism-thrive-on-economic.html Does atheism thrive on economic prosperity? Does religion prosper when people are desperate and ignorant?]</ref>
<ref>[http://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/lead/exposure/childhood/finalplanscan.htm Lead paint poisoning]</ref><ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1247191/ Lead poisoning and intellectual development]</ref>
<ref>[http://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/lead/exposure/childhood/finalplanscan.htm Lead paint poisoning]</ref><ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1247191/ Lead poisoning and intellectual development]</ref>
The atheist Matthew Facciani wrote:
{{Cquote|As I’ve mentioned before, the positive link between atheism and intelligence is rife with methodological errors. It’s simply inaccurate to say that atheists are more intelligent than theists. There are lots of factors involved (like education and socioeconomic status) and once those are controlled for, any different between the two groups evaporates. As we discuss, many atheists used to be Christians. Did they instantly get smarter once they stopped believing in God?<ref>[https://www.patheos.com/blogs/accordingtomatthew/2019/03/psychological-science-and-preying-on-predatory-journals/ Psychological Science and Preying on Predatory Journals], Matthew Facciani</ref>}}
'''Failed to take into account multiple intelligences theory:'''
'''Failed to take into account multiple intelligences theory:'''