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According to a new study, people with higher IQs are less likely to believe in God.
Professor Richard Lynn, emeritus professor of psychology at Ulster University, who has provoked controversy in the past with research linking intelligence to race and sex, said university academics were less likely to believe in God than almost anyone else.
by COURTENAY EDELHART
Californian staff writer
I had misgivings about moving to Bakersfield earlier this year because of my Jewish faith. I couldn’t imagine there would be any Jews in rural, devoutly Christian Bakersfield.
It was a pleasant surprise, when I arrived, to discover Bakersfield was more cosmopolitan than I’d thought. There were no less than three temples to choose from, including--shock and amazement-- a Chassidic one.
Chassidism is a form of mystical...
He may have been a relative unknown in America, but British comedian Russell Brand is the talk of the entertainment world after he called President Bush a 'retard' at the MTV music awards.
The lewd jokes he made about Christian rock band the Jonas Brothers didn't go down too well either.
"Some people, I think they're called racists, say America is not ready for a black president.
"But I know America to be a forward thinking country because otherwise why would you have let that...
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