mensa … when you join mensa, do you receive an advanced degree, or does it just mean that you have become a member of a fraternity of people who call themselves “really smart” ? … i’m thinking that I could have saved a whole lot of money by bagging grad school, and just slithering into mensa … can you use mensa as a selling point in a job interview, instead of proving that you have an engineering, law or medical degree ? … man, how great is it to be able to get whatever you want by just joining a smart guy’s club like mensa ? … you are now one of my true life heroes …
When you line that up with the list of places with the highest IQ, they are very much alike. The lowest IQs line up with the most religious places.
It is the same for crime, states with the most crime are also the ones with the most churches. The states with the most teen pregnancy, unwed mothers, child poverty and infant mortality are also the most religious… does anyone think this is a coincidence?
Driving through the middle of Louisiana on the back roads, my son pointed out that we were going a hundred miles between seeing a store of any kind but we saw dozens of churches and lots of dilapidated shacks and trailers.
He said that if the people in those areas had spent the money that they wasted on building churches on building a store or two then they would have jobs and not have to live in shacks.
He has a point, the amount of money spent on those edifices could have built money making, instead of money taking endeavors.
So it would not be a stretch to say that religion causes poverty and ignorance.
if the $ weren’t spent of building church sht, it would be redirected to build castles for the rich and powerful who no longer had the churches to keep the idiot population under control.
Mensa Member January 31st, 2016 at 16:58
I’m Portlander and I frequently talk about my Christian faith. So, I get into a lot of discussions about this issue.
Here my assessment of Portland — we are not less godly. Just more sincere.
Unlike some other places I’ve lived, there is no social pressure to attend church.
My own church is fairly large and the people who attend are the real-deal religiously.
Of course, they are flawed like everybody else. But they aren’t pretending to be Christian for social or political reasons.
fahvel February 1st, 2016 at 04:16
then why are the pretending to be xians and hanging in an over priced church bldg?
ecotoper February 6th, 2016 at 22:06
mensa … when you join mensa, do you receive an advanced degree, or does it just mean that you have become a member of a fraternity of people who call themselves “really smart” ? … i’m thinking that I could have saved a whole lot of money by bagging grad school, and just slithering into mensa … can you use mensa as a selling point in a job interview, instead of proving that you have an engineering, law or medical degree ? … man, how great is it to be able to get whatever you want by just joining a smart guy’s club like mensa ? … you are now one of my true life heroes …
bpollen January 31st, 2016 at 21:09
At least the Minneapolis/St. Paul area made the list…
CandideThirtythree January 31st, 2016 at 23:43
When you line that up with the list of places with the highest IQ, they are very much alike. The lowest IQs line up with the most religious places.
It is the same for crime, states with the most crime are also the ones with the most churches. The states with the most teen pregnancy, unwed mothers, child poverty and infant mortality are also the most religious… does anyone think this is a coincidence?
Driving through the middle of Louisiana on the back roads, my son pointed out that we were going a hundred miles between seeing a store of any kind but we saw dozens of churches and lots of dilapidated shacks and trailers.
He said that if the people in those areas had spent the money that they wasted on building churches on building a store or two then they would have jobs and not have to live in shacks.
He has a point, the amount of money spent on those edifices could have built money making, instead of money taking endeavors.
So it would not be a stretch to say that religion causes poverty and ignorance.
fahvel February 1st, 2016 at 04:15
if the $ weren’t spent of building church sht, it would be redirected to build castles for the rich and powerful who no longer had the churches to keep the idiot population under control.
rg9rts February 1st, 2016 at 00:52
I can do the religious thing…..I’ll take up the collection
No way out February 1st, 2016 at 10:46
Good