I liked a button someone at an SF convention was wearing: "The less you know, the more you believe." This is consistent with my experience. So I'd say the agnostics and atheists, non-believers both, are smarter than believers.

Not necessarily. I'm agnostic and not really very smart or intelligent. I know guys who are religious and very intelligent. Also depends on the type of intelligence someone might have.

Not at all, but some sure think they are

Absolutely not.

Atheists have more education and are more intelligent than religious people.

No I would say that they are just trying to hedge their bets.

Seems to me , no matter what group you're in , the members of that group always think they know more than anyone outside that group . Saw a recent posting by a religious , belittling agnostics .

It varies with each person. Belief or lack of belief in a god has nothing to do with how smart you are.

Define intelligence, first. That is very hard, and there is no single one size fits all answer.

But if you simply mean logical problem solving skills, or good memory, then probably not. If however you mean real working intelligence, such as we use to solve real life problems, every day. Then that probably depends more upon features of character, than brain power alone, such as willingness to work hard at problems, unwillingness to accept second grade answers, being sceptical, etc. Then yes perhaps.

Nah.

No

I believe different kinds of intelligence are dispersed among all kinds of believers and non believers. Since we are non believers, we naturally want to be considered more intelligent than others who believe. Anyone that has read the many posts on this site, can tell that intelligence levels vary significantly among the membership. Intelligence is not the only factor that determines success in life so I think it doesn't matter a fig anyway.

The question immediately reminded me of the racists who have wanted to claim that people of a different race were inherently dumb. That of course repelled me at the beginning.

Somewhat

Nope

I'm gonna go out on a limb and suggest that the main difference between the three lay not in intelligence, but education/knowledge, and character (intellectual honesty, courage). I think intellectual honesty, courage, and general knowledge (understanding confirmation bias, confounding of variables, repeatability) brought me to agnosticism. But it was specific knowledge of the origins and history of religion, and the errors, absurdities, and inconsistencies of its doctrines which brought me to atheism. So above all else, I'm irreligious. The question of whether there might be a god is moot to me. Don't know and don't care. I think many agnostics either lack in the character and specific knowledge aspects, of the label they claim is simply a matter of semantics and emphasis. I think theists lack in those 2 aspects, plus the general knowledge. That said , I feel it does require a certain baseline of intelligence to grasp the general knowledge aspects. So at the lower ends of the spectrum of intelligence, that's a limiting factor. The rest should be able to be grasped by anyone of average intelligence.

Intelligent is a hard one to say. More curious? Certainly. More knowledgeable? Definitely.

I think the main factor brain-wise between the two groups brought up is that one isn't afraid to say "I don't know" while the other is scared to death to admit anything other than "because God said so"

I've posted several studies that seem to indicate that the answer is "yes" as far as theists go.

Definitely not, and intelligence doesn't got anything to do with being and atheist, agnostic or theist. It's about believing without reason or not.

Theists and atheists have their beliefs. Theists believe in gods based on blind faith, and atheist do not believe in gods due to facts and evidence. However, nobody knows everything. Therefore, it is scientifically reasonable to keep part of one's mind in a questioning mode.

I know that I have been wrong about things throughout my life, and it is possible that I could be wrong about atheism. Therefore, I keep a corner of my mind open to further research, questioning the facts and evidence that support my atheism, and the possibility of a god who keeps himself or herself hidden for some purpose.

So, yes, I would say that some degree of agnosticism is quite intelligent and scientifically required.

No ... just somewhere inbetween

No

What is the premise based on? What about being agnostic implies a higher intelligence than the general population?

Not necessarily. I've met believers who were wicked smart - people are very good at compartmentalizing their beliefs/knowledge.

What ever you are you're less intelligent than some kids under age 9 ..... vocabulary is not a weapon words matter to Atheist and Agnostic adult people here

integrity of mind is a slightly different quality of mind than any of the multiple kinds of intelligence. likely the 2 are related. this issue might be framed with more intelligence. or more thoughtfulness, yet another quality of mind. your 50 minutes are up, that will be 200 bucks. making the ole dough-ray-me, my favorite quality of mind, one i sadly lack.