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Yes, Biblical fundamentalists are not bright

Explore the correlation between low verbal skills and a biblical literalist outlook in our latest analysis. Discover intriguing insights!

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Tom Rees reports on an analysis of the GSS which point to the correlation between low verbal skills and a Biblical literalist outlook. Well, I've talked about this at length. Religion & IQ, Biblical literalism or low IQ: which came first?, Pentecostals are stupid? Unitarians are smart? and Educational levels & denomination. Poking around the GSS the powerful correlates of belief in the literal truth of the Bible (variable "BIBLE") jump out at you.

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