standardThe Bible Makes You Dumber

If your wondering what books will make you smarter, and which ones to avoid, I have stumbled across the perfect resource for you! This website has taken the top 10 books by university and compared that to the university’s average SAT scores. The results show what books are most popular based upon intelligence.

You can see the entire list by going to the page linked above, but here are the top and bottom 10 for your convenience. They also have a list of music that makes you dumb if your interested. Spoiler Alert…Beethoven makes you smarter.

The 10 Books That Make You Smarter …

  • Lolita*
  • 100 Years of Solitude
  • Crime and Punishment*
  • Freakonomics
  • Catch 22*
  • Atlas Shrugged
  • The Alchemist
  • Cats Cradle
  • Enders Game
  • Life of Pi

The 10 Books that make you Dumber

  • The Coldest Winter Ever
  • The Holy Bible*
  • B More Careful
  • Nervous
  • Flyy Girl
  • Farenheit 451*
  • True To The Game
  • Addicted
  • The Color Purple
  • Zane

So there you have it, the Bible ranked as number 92 in the top 100 books that make you dumber. Of course this isn’t scientific and is mostly intended to be funny, but its still interesting. I have personally read 5 of these, 3 of the top 10 and 2 from the bottom. How many have you all read?

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I am consistently amazed at the crazy ignorance of many in the religious right. I never understand their reluctance to even acknowledge that global warming is a reality and that maybe it’s a bad idea to continually destroy the earth, take what we want, and pump toxins into the air, land, and water all so [...]

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Living in Topeka, KS, I am subjected almost daily to the bigotry and hatred of the Phelps’ clan. If you don’t know who they are they are the members and leaders of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka that are in the habit of picketing pretty much anything with day-glo signs graphically depicting anti-gay messages. [...]

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standardNicaraguan Doctors Fighting Back

A couple of weeks ago William wrote a story about how the Pope had praised Nicaragua for passing a law effectively outlawing all abortions. Now the Nicaraguan doctors are fighting back after witnessing the deaths of over 80 women directly related to this quasi-ban. WIBW.com ran this Reuters story today detailing the tragic death of [...]

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