Here are the results from a similar poll that I conducted, although my poll was based on a combination of IQ, the ability to reason and the use of common sense.
Very religious:
Average IQ was below 85; ability to reason was 10%- 20%; common sense was 0%- 10%.
Moderately religious:
Average IQ was 85 to 95; ability to reason was 15%- 25%; common sense was 10%-15%.
Non Religious:
Average IQ was 120 and higher; ability to reason was 85%- 95%; common sense was 90%-95%.
Not surprisingly, in my poll the non-religious were by far the group who scored the highest of all in the “well-being” category. By the way, they swept all other tested categories as well.
So… there you have it, the non-religious are by far the group with the highest “well-being” standard of all; and it isn’t even close. Now you tell me, which poll do you believe to be most accurate?
P.S. Pictured below are members of the ‘very religious’ category. One thing is for sure, there are no scientists in that herd of cattle. TGO
Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press
AFP
Americans who are very religious have a higher wellbeing rating than those who are moderately so or not bothered by religion at all, a Gallup survey released Thursday said.
Some 676,000 people were surveyed, taking into account age, social-economic status and where they live, with “very religious” respondents earning a wellbeing index of 69.2, compared to 63.7 for the “moderately religious.”
However, people who said they were not religious at all fell into the middle of the wellbeing range, with a rating of 65.3.
Race and ethnicity, marital status and whether or not a respondent had children were also factored into the index ratings.
Overall, 41 percent of those questioned said they were “very religious,” 28.3 percent described themselves as “moderately religious,” and 30.7 percent said they were “non-religious.”
“Very religious Americans enjoy at least modestly higher scores across most of the wellbeing areas, compared with moderately and nonreligious Americans,” Gallup said, while adding a caveat.
“It is possible that Americans who have higher wellbeing are more likely to choose to be religious than those with lower wellbeing, or that some third variable could be driving certain segments of the US population to be more religious and to have higher wellbeing,” it said.
The survey was conducted by telephone between January 2010 and December 2011 in all 50 US states, plus the capital Washington DC.
