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''See also:'' [[American atheism and intelligence]] and [[Atheism, intelligence and the General Social Survey]]  

''See also:'' [[American atheism and intelligence]] and [[Atheism, intelligence and the General Social Survey]]  

[[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|High Church]] atheists with +2[[Standard deviation|SD]] [[IQ]]s (128+) and [[Low church|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|400px|right|Citing data from the [[General Social Survey]] (GSS), Theodore Beale writes: "..the two most common types of atheists are the [[High church|High Church]] atheists with +2[[Standard deviation|SD]] [[IQ]]s (128+) and [[Low church|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)]]

In the United States, social scientists define [[atheism]] in various ways which makes determining the number of atheists in the United States more difficult to determine.<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> See also: [[Definition of atheism]] and [[Attempts to dilute the definition of atheism]] and [[Definitions of Atheist and Agnostic|Definitions of atheist and agnostic]]

In the United States, social scientists define [[atheism]] in various ways which makes determining the number of atheists in the United States more difficult to determine.<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> See also: [[Definition of atheism]] and [[Attempts to dilute the definition of atheism]] and [[Definitions of Atheist and Agnostic|Definitions of atheist and agnostic]]