Religious Discrimination

[goddamnit]

The OP is supposed to be ceteris paribus.

Right, but ceteris paribus with the CVs. You have to account for all the available information you have. If you're using religious beliefs as a proxy for rationality, but there's an even better proxy in their CV--say, college GPA, references, etc.--then the difference in religious beliefs might be superfluous.

Assume all else is equal, not just the CVs. Assume you already contacted their employers, carefully considered the GPA, etc. and you are entirely indifferent. Then you look at the cameras and see the bumper stickers. I don't know, whatever works to contemplate how awareness of religion influences the otherwise indifferent hiring manager... Hiring might not have been a good example for a practical application, but I did not feel like spending long brainstorming most realistic examples. (I wanted to explore a broader question about religious discrimination.)