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[Brakeman]

When I went to Universities in the '80s and '90's I worked in two different Science buildings as a student assistant, meeting many biology professors in addition to my own biology, chemistry, and physics professors and not one ever gave the slightest hint or evidence that they were religious in any way. I would say that my personal observations fit the expectations of the following statistic.

One fact that concerns some Christians and elates some atheists is that 93 percent of the members of the National Academy of Sciences, one of the most elite scientific organizations in the United States, do not believe in God.
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Frankly the reason I think religiosity is as high as it is is because the overwhelming majority of christians do not analytically critique their own religious beliefs. They don't question the world they grew up in. My wife used to cover her ears and yell "LA LA LA" to keep from hearing anything counter to her comfortable beliefs.

[Alex K]

I know some colleagues in maths and physics who are religious. I made the observation in several cases that the religious people in theoretical physics gravitate to more formal aspects of the discipline which are not so closely connected to philosophical questions, e.g. calculational techniques, and generally have a more conservative approach to dealing with maths and theories.

When I went to Universities in the '80s and '90's I worked in two different Science buildings as a student assistant, meeting many biology professors in addition to my own biology, chemistry, and physics professors and not one ever gave the slightest hint or evidence that they were religious in any way. I would say that the

You're killing me here with anticipation! Say it already!

[Minimalist]

Polecat, as long as you cling to silly ancient superstitions you will always look like a fucking idiot.

[vorlon13]

Would the hypothetical "One True Faith", by definition, always dovetail with science ??

Maybe we atheists are religious afterall . . .