Originally Posted by willravel

First off, welcome to wheelhomies.

Saying black people are on average statistically dumber = incorrect. On average, people of african decent earn less and have less of an education because of continuing racist practices in business and school, but that's slowly changing. Had I not had the opportunity to go to school or have a good job, I wouldn't have had access o the information I was able to learn to make me the person I am today...but would that suggest I am dumber? Nope. Also, I have no idea what that has to do with atheism.

My impression of what happened was that you slipped and said something you didn't exactly intend to say. No harm there. I've said things I didn't mean to say before. For example, recently in a lively debate with debaser, I accidentally called the Kuwaitis Kurds. Needless to say, it was embarrassing. I caught my slip and apologized, and was able to move on.

Speaking to a correlation between intellect and atheism or theism, no conclusive verifiable evidence exists to suggest that atheists or theists have the smarter folk. While I am of the opinion that atheists are able to reason in a more effective and scientific way than theists, that doesn't suggest that theists are in any way less intelligent on the whole. Look at Dr. Martin Luther King and Gandhi. Two of the most important people in history, and they were deeply religious.