Which personality type is most likely to be an atheist?

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, or MBTI, uses four dichotomies to indicate a person's psychological preference. When used in studies alongside religion, it has been shown that NT types, mostly INTP and ENTP are more likely to be atheist.
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What personality type is the least religious?

The top ranking types who said they definitely did not believe in a higher power were:
  • INTJ (23.1% say they do not believe)
  • ENTJ (14.6%)
  • INTP (11.1%)
  • ISTP (9.9%)
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What type of person doesn't believe in God?

2 The literal definition of “atheist” is “a person who does not believe in the existence of a god or any gods,” according to Merriam-Webster. And the vast majority of U.S. atheists fit this description: 81% say they do not believe in God or a higher power or in a spiritual force of any kind.
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What is the average IQ of an atheist?

Researcher Helmuth Nyborg and Richard Lynn, emeritus professor of psychology at the University of Ulster, compared belief in God and IQs. Using data from a U.S. study of 6,825 adolescents, the authors found that the average IQ of atheists was 6 points higher than the average IQ of non-atheists.
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What personality type is God?

Based on their persona in the Bible, God the Father personifies an ISTJ. Ridged, not chatty, loves rules and enforcing them. The Son (Jesus) is probably an INFx.
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What MBTI type was Jesus?

If the conclusions I've drawn are correct, Jesus had preferences for INFJ or perhaps INTJ, INFP or INTP. This might explain why he stood out so much from the crowd, aside from the fact that, for those who believe in him, he was the son of God.
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What personality has a god complex?

A narcissist lives most of his life in a world of fantasy. His behaviour is grandiose. He needs to be admired and often is not well liked. Narcissism has also been called the god complex.
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Are non religious people smarter?

Agnostics tended to place between atheists and believers on all tasks. In fact, strength of religious conviction correlated with poorer cognitive performance. However, while the religious respondents performed worse overall on tasks that required reasoning, there were only very small differences in working memory.
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What is the lowest IQ to have?

A Breakdown of IQ Scores
  • 1 to 24: Profound mental disability.
  • 25 to 39: Severe mental disability.
  • 40 to 54: Moderate mental disability.
  • 55 to 69: Mild mental disability.
  • 70 to 84: Borderline mental disability.
  • 85 to 114: Average intelligence.
  • 115 to 129: Above average or bright.
  • 130 to 144: Moderately gifted.
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Who is the number one atheist?

Richard Dawkins (b.

Dawkins is the most famous of the “Four Horsemen” of the New Atheist movement, and perhaps the most influential living atheist.
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What are the 6 types of atheist?

Those are Academic Atheists, Activist Atheist/Agnostics, Seeker Agnostics, Antitheists, Non-Theists, and the Ritual Atheists.
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Is there an atheist symbol?

The atomic whirl is the logo of the American Atheists, and has come to be used as a symbol of atheism in general.
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What percent of the world is atheist?

According to sociologists Ariela Keysar and Juhem Navarro-Rivera's review of numerous global studies on atheism, there are 450 to 500 million positive atheists and agnostics worldwide (7% of the world's population) with China alone accounting for 200 million of that demographic.
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What MBTI is atheism?

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, or MBTI, uses four dichotomies to indicate a person's psychological preference. When used in studies alongside religion, it has been shown that NT types, mostly INTP and ENTP are more likely to be atheist.
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What is the personality of an atheist?

Respondents explained their lack of belief as deriving from a preference for logic and rationality, suggesting an intellectual component to atheism. Findings thus support the stereotype of atheists as logical, sceptical, and non-conformist, but not as cynical and joyless.
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Which personality type is the unhappiest?

Sadly, INFPs ranked the lowest for happiness as well as the lowest for life-satisfaction. According to the third edition of the MBTI® Manual, these types also ranked second highest in dissatisfaction with their marriages and intimate relationships.
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What country has the smartest people?

The top three smartest countries in the world
  1. Sweden - 7.99 out of 10. Average IQ - 99. Tertiary education attainment - 44% of people aged 25-64. ...
  2. Norway - 7.77 out of 10. Average IQ - 100. Tertiary education attainment - 44.1% of people aged 25-64. ...
  3. Iceland - 7.71 out of 10. Average IQ - 101.
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What nationality has the highest IQ?

One can note that Japan is considered to have the highest IQ in the world, while countries like Nepal, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guatemala have lower IQ scores, ranging from 42.99 to 47.72.
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Which religion is most educated?

A Pew Center study about religion and education around the world in 2016, found that Jews are most educated religious group around in the world with an average of 13.4 years of schooling; Jews also have the highest number of post-secondary degrees per capita (61%).
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What percentage of doctors are atheist?

The majority of physicians believe in God (65.2 %), and 51.2 % reported themselves as religious, 24.8 % spiritual, 12.4 % agnostic, and 11.6 % atheist.
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Which religion is most persecuted?

Statistics. The following statistics from Pew Research Center shows that Christianity is the world's most persecuted religion across all nations and that it is the largest religious group and continues to grow.
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What is god bug syndrome?

In the past, this syndrome has indeed been pathologized. In the language of Adler, a disciple of Freud's, what we are looking at is a superiority complex driven by a hidden inferiority complex or an inferiority complex driven by a hidden superiority complex.
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Is having a god complex rare?

Narcissistic Personality Disorder, the proper term for some who has a "God Complex" is a rare mental disorder characterized by an inflated sense of self-importance, entitlement, a deep need for admiration, and an alarming lack of empathy for other people.
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What triggers a god complex?

It can manifest as a justification to behave a certain way or take a particular course of action that is unethical and even dangerous. Similar to many other mental disorders, the exact cause of this complex is not known. Early childhood experiences and genetic predisposition could likely play a role.
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