When I read this article from Editor & Publisher I laughed about as hard as I did after I saw this little kid getting served. Basically, it proved a long-standing contention of mine that the ignorant and poorly educated are more susceptible to believe in nonsense like the bible and the mystical teachings of god.
Here’s the some of the highlights from the article:
There is also a strong relationship between education and belief in a literal Bible, Gallup explains, with such belief becoming much less prevalent as schooling continues.
Those who believe in the literal Bible amount to 31% of adult Americans. This is a decline of about 7% compared with Gallup polls taken in the 1970s and 1980s. It is strongest in the South.
Believe in the literal word of the Bible is strongest among those whose schooling stopped with high school and declines steadily with educational level, with only 20% of college graduates holding that view and 11% of those with an advanced degree.
Did you notice the “It is the strongest in the South” part? Well, apparently this correlation between stupidity and gullibility also holds true for the sport of Nascar – the dumber you are the more likely you’ll enjoy watching cars endlessly go in circles.
A big thanks to Matt Industries for the link. Matt Industries: Producing Quality Links Since Last September
You need to read Dawkins- The God Delusion.
He talks about this indeed. When you look at the most amazing science people in the world-the ones doing all the cutting edge research-you will find hardly any gullible dingbats at all.
Dawkins says if you believe in God, you may as well believe in fairies in your yard as there is more evidence for them then there is for an all knowing and all powerful ever present omnisciently personal God.
You should check out Sam Harris too.
He is cool and has great ideas.
Look at Dawkins’ web site. RichardDawkins.net
And stay away from the South or you will find all your knowledge and education will become reabsorbed into your ass and then you will dump out all you know and flush it down the bog. The next thing you know you will be watching NASCAR and have all the lyrics to Toby Keith memorized and be living in a single wide with a slapper named Trixie Belle!
Your father
Hahahah… Trixie Belle huh? I’ll stay away from the South for sure. Thanks for the advice Pops.
By the way, seeing as how you never got me a birthday present during my childhood, can you at least manage to fork over $15 to buy “The God Delusion” by Richardo Dawkins? Here’s the link just in case your paternal instincts finally kick in: Buy this for me.