Einstein was an Atheist with a very high IQ.

Is There a Correlation Between Religious Belief and Lower IQ?

Are Atheists Smarter People Than Religious People?

There is a large body of evidence to support this. So, it is apparently a fact that atheists are smarter than religious people in general. We have to add the words “in general” to showcase that there may be isolated cases where a religious person here or there is smarter than an atheist here or there. But, this is not the case across the whole spectrum of people. Here’s one such paper that did an experiment.

Are Religious People Really, On Average, Less Smart than Atheists?

Now, there are some people in smart professions who are religious. But, most people in smart professions are atheists and agnostics. This leaves the unskilled laborers being where the vast majority of religious people are.

Now, my goal with all of these essays I am writing on Medium is to attempt to buck the trend of religious percent increases over time. If I can bring a few people over to atheism (and hopefully a lot more than a few), then the chances increase that this trend will be broken.