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Line 64: − − ==Scientific and scholarly theories== − Many modern [[theories of religions]] are based on anthropological research. Recently Psychologist have found that people that are religious have a much lower IQ then those of an Atheist or a Buddhist. Some attribute this fact to less frontal lobe activity found in religious people which makes decision making and rational thinking more difficult.
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The percentage of respondents answering they had a "great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in organised religion has decreased in the [[United States]] according to a [[Gallup]] poll taken in 2007. Only 46% of respondents selected either of the choices above. The numbers peaked at 68% in May 1975.<ref>Christian Examiner, Sept. 2007, Vol 25, No 9, Pg. 24</ref>
The percentage of respondents answering they had a "great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in organised religion has decreased in the [[United States]] according to a [[Gallup]] poll taken in 2007. Only 46% of respondents selected either of the choices above. The numbers peaked at 68% in May 1975.<ref>Christian Examiner, Sept. 2007, Vol 25, No 9, Pg. 24</ref>
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