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Originally Posted by Goofle
I don't think so. Plenty of hugely intelligent people are religious in one way or another. The level of religiosity and likelihood of becoming an extremist probably heightens as the IQ drops though.
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How many of them were born into it though? That's different from "joining" a religion, which I'd wager is closer to what Ziggy describes.
Interesting side note, I've seen research before that suggests new converts of any religion are more likely to be zealots than people who grew up in it.