Recently, there was a big Twitter war between a bunch of smart pro-IQ guys (i.e., pro-science), including Stever Sailer, Greg Cochran, and Geoffrey Miller, against the otherwise smart Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Taleb is from a Lebanese Christian family, and a side question that arose from the debate was about the intelligence of Lebanese Christians. Sailer mentioned all the Lebanese billionaires like Carlos Slim as being quite impressive, and most are Christians.
The General Social Survey can help a little here. While it does not ask if you're Lebanese, it does ask if you're Arab, as well as what your religion is. I was able to identify 12 Christian Arabs in the sample who were born in the US. Their mean IQ is 103.5. I've attended church with several Arabs over the years, and they seem like accomplished people.
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