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Study: Analytic thinking can decrease religious belief
May 9, 2012 at 6:02 pm
Study: Analytic thinking can decrease religious belief
“Religious belief is intuitive - and analytical thinking can undermine intuitive thinking,” said Ara Norenzayan, co-author of the study. “So when people are encouraged to think analytically, it can block intuitive thinking.”
“There’s much more instability to religious belief than we recognize,” said Norenzayan, noting that life’s circumstances and experiences, from traumatic events to joyous occasions, can lead people to become more or less religious."
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/04/27...=allsearch
This study might be bullshit but then again I got it from CNN and everyone knows that CNN is a good source for accurate unbiased reporting -note sarcasm.
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RE: Study: Analytic thinking can decrease religious belief
May 9, 2012 at 6:03 pm
(This post was last modified: May 9, 2012 at 6:06 pm by 5thHorseman.)
No shit.
I've posted an LSE study on here before about the link of higher iq means more likely to be an atheist liberal, and lesser iq, religious conservative.
I've posted an LSE study on here before about the link of higher iq means more likely to be an atheist liberal, and lesser iq, religious conservative.
I've posted an LSE study on here before about the link of higher iq means more likely to be an atheist liberal, and lesser iq, religious conservative.
I've posted an LSE study on here before about the link of higher iq means more likely to be an atheist liberal, and lesser iq, religious conservative.
I've posted an LSE study on here before about the link of higher iq means more likely to be an atheist liberal, and lesser iq, religious conservative.
I've posted an LSE study on here before about the link of higher iq means more likely to be an atheist liberal, and lesser iq, religious conservative.
I've posted an LSE study on here before about the link of higher iq means more likely to be an atheist liberal, and lesser iq, religious conservative.
I've posted an LSE study on here before about the link of higher iq means more likely to be an atheist liberal, and lesser iq, religious conservative.
I've posted an LSE study on here before about the link of higher iq means more likely to be an atheist liberal, and lesser iq, religious conservative.
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RE: Study: Analytic thinking can decrease religious belief
May 9, 2012 at 9:12 pm
Someone give him a nudge.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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Study: Analytic thinking can decrease religious belief
May 10, 2012 at 12:44 am
Knowledge really is power.
