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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), 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>[https://voxday.net/2014/01/22/mailvox-on-distribution-of-atheis/ 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), 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>[https://voxday.net/2014/01/22/mailvox-on-distribution-of-atheis/ Mailvox: The distribution of atheist intelligence]</ref> (click on the graph above to enlarge)]]

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

Citing data from the General Social Survey, 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...

 

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>[https://voxday.net/2014/01/22/mailvox-on-distribution-of-atheis/ Mailvox: The distribution of atheist intelligence]</ref>}}

[[Social science|Social scientists]] use variant [[Definition of atheism|definitions of atheism]].<ref>[http://www.strangenotions.com/atheists-higher-iqs/ ''Do Atheists Really Have Higher IQs than Believers?''], Dr. William M. Briggs</ref><ref>[http://www.patheos.com/blogs/blackwhiteandgray/2012/01/how-many-americans-are-atheists-fewer-than-you-might-think/ How Many Americans are Atheists? Fewer than You Might Think] by Bradley Wright, January 26, 2012</ref>

[[Social science|Social scientists]] use variant [[Definition of atheism|definitions of atheism]].<ref>[http://www.strangenotions.com/atheists-higher-iqs/ ''Do Atheists Really Have Higher IQs than Believers?''], Dr. William M. Briggs</ref><ref>[http://www.patheos.com/blogs/blackwhiteandgray/2012/01/how-many-americans-are-atheists-fewer-than-you-might-think/ How Many Americans are Atheists? Fewer than You Might Think] by Bradley Wright, January 26, 2012</ref>