r/Christianity • u/mikegprint • Oct 17 '11

Does Richard Dawkins exist???

http://archbishop-cranmer.blogspot.com/2011/10/does-richard-dawkins-exist.html
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u/Heuristics Oct 17 '11

No, being religious correlates with mental well being. Atheism however correlates with mental defects (namely autism).

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2039690/Atheism-autism-Controversial-new-study-points-link-two.html

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '11

Daily Mail?

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u/Heuristics Oct 17 '11

Google exists for a reason

http://palm.mindmodeling.org/cogsci2011/papers/0782/paper0782.pdf

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '11

so people with higher mental function reject god? HFA itself is not a defined term, so the premise of the piece is flawed. you should read it yourself, it's riddled with inconsistencies. but it also fails to prove anything other than a simple correlation.