Just as high-
IQ persons are known to be susceptible to a variety of other mental disorders, from
antisocial personality disorder to
social anxiety disorder,
Asperger syndrome to
rumination syndrome,
bipolar disorder to
depression, they are also susceptible to
the god delusion. Lord knows why!
RD: "Fundamentalist religion is hell-bent on ruining the scientific education of countless thousands of innocent, well-meaning, eager young minds. Non-fundamentalist, "sensible" religion may not be doing that. But it is making the world safe for fundamentalism by teaching children, from their earliest years, that unquestioning faith is a virtue."