In U.S., 3 in 10 Say They Take the Bible Literally

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prodigalson2011 said:
I was just redirected to this thread from another one, and I see it’s been inactive for a while. But I have to point out, your conclusion is quite faulty.

According to the results of the survey, it appears that the more educated the person, the more likely they are to believe in the Bible. Even among postgraduates, perception of the Bible as “the inspired word of God” far outweighed disbelief.

I would say, the more educated, the more nuanced perception one has of his/her belief in the Bible. 🙂
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As I pointed out on another thread, medical doctors, who are among the best (at least, longest) educated individuals in America, show a high rate of religious belief and religiosity (regular religious attendance):

chronicle.uchicago.edu/050714/doctorsfaith.shtml

In terms of actual scientific knowledge, atheists and Christians are about the same. This study looked at Evangelical Protestants, not Catholics, but I suspect the results would be similar:
I recently conducted survey research comparing the most conservative of Protestants — those who identify with a conservative Protestant denomination, attend church regularly and take the Bible literally, or about 11% of the population in my analysis — with those who do not participate in any religion. The conservative Protestants are equally likely to understand scientific methods, to know scientific facts and to claim knowledge of science. They are as likely as the nonreligious to have majored in science or to have a scientific occupation. While other studies have shown that the elite scientists who work at the 20 top research universities are less religious than the public, it appears that the vast majority of people with workaday scientific occupations are like their neighbors, religiously speaking.
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On most issues, there is actually very little conflict between religion and science. Religion makes no claims about the speed of hummingbird wings, and there are no university departments of anti-resurrection studies — scientists generally are unconcerned with the vast majority of religious claims and vice versa.
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articles.latimes.com/2011/oct…tants-20111010
 
Arizona_Mike said:
As I pointed out on another thread, medical doctors, who are among the best (at least, longest) educated individuals in America, show a high rate of religious belief and religiosity (regular religious attendance):

chronicle.uchicago.edu/050714/doctorsfaith.shtml

In terms of actual scientific knowledge, atheists and Christians are about the same. This study looked at Evangelical Protestants, not Catholics, but I suspect the results would be similar:

articles.latimes.com/2011/oct…tants-20111010
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Actually, the thread you posted that on is the same one that led me to this one. 🙂 But thanks for sharing, all the same!
 
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