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Originally Posted by tiger777
Well, I remembered hearing statistics revealing African Americans were more likely to believe in God than Caucasians. I thought it was pertinent to my opinion about the correlation between education and atheism.
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I can understand that, but, as said before, that's not a direct link by any means. It could just be a coincedence. There are many reasons that people of african decent (IL, help me out, is 'black' kosher for general respectful use?) are more likely to be religious, and christian and muslim in general. It has a lot to do with a strong cultural tie to religion, I'd imagine. Think of it this way: people of arab decent usually have a high education level, yet they, like people of african decent, are much more likely to believe in allah.
I've not yet seen any evidence of a link between religios vs. non-religious philosophy and education level or IQ. I would say it relies more on environmental factors like upbringing.