run2white

There are different types of intelligence. A complete focus on the reasoning part of our mind is said to diminish the intuitive intelligence that we also rely on to a great extent in our daily lives. We too often are led to believe that the material, reason-based education we receive in our higher educational institutions is to be valued above all else, but may ultimately limit our capacity for a balanced approach to effective living.

I believe that wisdom is intuitively-based intelligence.

Stephen T-B

If by "wisdom is intuitively-based intelligence" you mean "intuitive = religious belief" I'd disagree that it amounts to widsom.
If religious people are wise, it's not because they're religious.
Religion makes people act stoopid.

BSM

Yeah join the club. I know someone with a PhD who signs his e-mails "in Christ".

The man is a brilliant statistician and a research machine--cranks out several articles per year in reputable journals, teaches, etc. Go figure. My beliefs have never came up in conversation. Nonetheless, I always shake my head when I see his e-mail signature.

News bulletin: just because you have a masters or PhD doesn't mean squat. I once thought that "educated folks" would act different than the people I was used to dealing with (I used to work in a prison). I've seen some faculty act like 2-year olds--grudges, cliques, holding up committees because someone pissed them off, etc.

Most people are reasonable regardless of their educational level but it's that 10% that makes the rest of us suffer.

~BSM

darwinbaby

You might want to look into Why People Believe Weird Things , by Michael Shermer. If I recall aright, it doesn't focus on religion per se, but it does try to get into the whys and wherefores of what some might call aberrent (sp?) thought. He also wrote...erm, I think it was titled How We Believe or Why We Believe ....I forget which, but it really gets into the sort of question you're asking.