Research and Peer Pressure not Responsible for Scientific Unbelief
July 2, 2007 | 2:05 pm
Our study data do not strongly support the idea that scientists simply drop their religious identities upon professional training, due to an inherent conflict between science and faith, or to institutional pressure to conform. Our study data do not strongly support the idea that scientists simply drop their religious identities upon professional training, due to an inherent conflict between science and faith, or to institutional pressure to conform.
A new study has determined that skepticism and rejection of religious faith by scientists and researchers is not as a result of pressure from the scientific community at large nor is it as a result of an inability to reconcile their research with their faith.
On the other hand, the conflict does seem to lie at the level of the religious atmosphere of their upbringing. I wonder how much this will affect the attitude of people of faith towards the scientific community… it is not the culture of science that is breeding atheism the greater culture, it is our failing to send our children and our brightest minds into science that is having the influence.
Here’s a link to the original article: LiveScience.com
From [ThinkChristian.com]
