Larry

Expired question?? Anyone else? This is really getting old !

For some reason, all the questions I'm receiving from my friends network are too late. I'm not able to respond as they are closed and the answers are already selected...Anyone else having this issue???

Thanks in advance!

People, who can Obama Heath Care Plan cover 50 million more people? Where will the medical support come from?

How can you impose a National Health Care Plan for 50 Million more people when you don't have a Medical Staff of Doctors, Nurses and even Medical Facilities to facilitate everyone...Is your President really thinking this all the way through? Have We?

How can you impose a National Health Care Plan for 50 Million more people when you don't have a Medical Staff of Doctors, Nurses and even Medical Facilities to facilitate everyone...Is your President really thinking this all the way through? Have We?

And do you believe that any man who has ever walked or roamed the earth in the past was enabled to come to know and serve God, or do you think there must have been acceptions as in evil ones ?

Another words, "do you make the effort NOT to SIN " when it comes around to haunt you?

If you have distanced yourself, what do you believe are the factors that have caused the distance or visa-versa. If you have a closer relationshp with God , what do you feel are the circumstances or tools you used to accomplish that?

Or do you believe that you have drawn closer to God in the wake of all the chaos and disputes?

What specifically has brought you to your conclusions?

Matt. 7:6 Don't waste what is holy on people who are unholy. Don't throw your pearls to pigs. They will trample the pearls, then turn and attack you!

Your thoughts?

A recent Web Site proposes this a possibility Here is in part what is stated:

The present study examined whether IQ relates systematically to denomination and income within the framework of the g nexus, using representative data from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth (NLSY97). Atheists score 1.95 IQ points higher than Agnostics, 3.82 points higher than Liberal persuasions, and 5.89 IQ points higher than Dogmatic persuasions. Denominations differ significantly in IQ and income. Religiosity declines between ages 12 to 17. It is suggested that IQ makes an individual likely to gravitate toward a denomination and level of achievement that best fit his or hers particular level of cognitive complexity. Ontogenetically speaking this means that contemporary denominations are rank ordered by largely hereditary variations in brain efficiency (i.e. IQ). In terms of evolution, modern Atheists are reacting rationally to cognitive and emotional challenges, whereas Liberals and, in particular Dogmatics, still rely on ancient, pre-rational, supernatural and wishful thinking.

If you read this weblog you know I have touched upon this topic before. Here are the titles of some of the posts, Religious people are less intelligent, Biblical literalism or low IQ: which came first?, Educational levels & denomination, Pentecostals are stupid? Unitarians are smart? and Higher IQ ~ more atheism internationally. Obviously I've talked about this issue. I happen to be one of those people interested in religion, and, who believes in IQ. Most intelligent people don't happen to actually believe in intelligence, so there's a lot of interesting low hanging quantitative data there for anyone willing to poke around and cross-reference. As someone who has long conversations with people at Unitarian-Universalist churches and at InterVarsity Christian Fellowship meetings, these data aren't particularly world-shaking.

Following, is also a list of denominations and how they were ranked in conjunction with IQ.

Wouldn't you think that the determining factor would greatly depend on the biased and limited questions being proposed?

Also, with the exception of very limited IQ, would much of this really matter if the "person being questioned" is successful and happy/contented with their lives? Are we doomed to a limited list of "Intelligence quotient" moderators and participators if we do not succeed in our Beliefs?

Or are you the same way face to face with those you come in contact with as you are with your thoughts here with others? Do your represent God and Jesus well if you only have a brief contact with someone like maybe, you're standing in line at the grocery store or you're even in heavy traffic and you need to "Be somewhere?"

Do you think we will all be equal when we are with God in Heaven or do you believe that our "judgment" will determine our position with God in Heaven???

Before you respond, you may want to take a moment to reflect in the Word of God....the answer is there!

Or do you believe that they have already delivered and determined their own destiny with God?

between the two involved in a misunderstanding or the one who sits back and waits to see if the other is going to make the first move????

How many of us are guilty of the latter scenario?

Looking for Biblical references or possible viable references of Early man's statistics on believers vs non-believers in the world at the time of the Israelites and at the time of Jesus' time on Earth?

Are just trying to draw attention to themselves because they are insecure about their looks or they might have low self-esteem about themselves???