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To: Aquinasfan
I believe, in fact, they largely are, if maybe in a confused way.

That's entirely possible, even likely. (My earlier remark had more to do with theorists than with day-to-day practitioners.)

Perhaps interestingly in this context, I recall seeing surveys showing that theistic belief (though not necessarily the mainstream religions or any of those religions' orthodox theologies) tends to be more common among physicists (and, if I recall correctly, mathematicians) than among psychologists. Not that I'm recommending drawing any conclusions from that factoid, but I suspect that physicists are more inclined to be impressed by the sheer Platonic majesty of the universe :-).

244 posted on 03/18/2005 7:52:27 AM PST by OhioAttorney
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To: OhioAttorney
I recall seeing surveys showing that theistic belief (though not necessarily the mainstream religions or any of those religions' orthodox theologies) tends to be more common among physicists (and, if I recall correctly, mathematicians) than among psychologists. Not that I'm recommending drawing any conclusions from that factoid, but I suspect that physicists are more inclined to be impressed by the sheer Platonic majesty of the universe :-).

Peter Kreeft agrees, for the same reason.

276 posted on 03/18/2005 8:40:05 AM PST by Aquinasfan (Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
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