1 in 5 atheist scientists go to church
December 7, 2011 at 8:32 am
(This post was last modified: December 7, 2011 at 8:41 am by Faith No More.)
I was wondering what anyone thought of this.
I think it shows just how powerful the church community is and that is probably a very large factor as to why so many people go.
Quote:A recently published study found that nearly one in five scientists who consider themselves atheists nevertheless bring their children to a church service one or more times a year.
Printed in the December edition of the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, the survey had a sample of 275 university-level faculty members.
“Our research shows just how tightly linked religion and family are in U.S. society,” said Dr. Elaine Howard Ecklund of Rice University, lead investigator for the study, in a statement.
"[S]o much so that even some of society's least religious people find religion to be important in their private lives.”
I think it shows just how powerful the church community is and that is probably a very large factor as to why so many people go.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
