[Sherman Logan]

It seems that Scholars who start out Mormons have a difficult time staying Mormon.

The same could be said, to a lesser degree, about scholars who are Christians or members of other religions.

There is a definite correlation between years of schooling and loss of religious faith.

[SoConPubbie]

There is a definite correlation between years of schooling and loss of religious faith.

If a Christian has truly experienced the Grace of God, it can't.

As the Bible says, there is only one name under Heaven by which man may find God and make Heaven, Jesus Christ.

There is no other way into Heaven, none.

Neither Mormonism, Hinduism, or an other ism will lead a man to Heaven, only true Christianity.

In short, the attempt at relativity fails if the data-set includes true, born-again Christians.

[ansel12]

There is a definite correlation between years of schooling and loss of religious faith.

Are you sure that is the correct way of phrasing that?

Are they measuring the effect of the education and the schooling on people that start as committed Christians, from committed Christian families, or are they just telling you the religious level of the people that have that level of schooling?

[delacoert]

There is a definite correlation between years of schooling and loss of religious faith.

We know this how? Liberal college professors and journalists tell us so?

[delacoert]

The same could be said, to a lesser degree, about scholars who are Christians

Seems like the honest comparison of the rates of attrition would be between Christian scholars trying to prove the historicity of the Bible versus Mormon scholars trying to prove the historicity of the Book of Mormon.

Have any references on that? Care to weigh in with your personal opinion?

[fr_freak]

There is a definite correlation between years of schooling and loss of religious faith.

To the extent that this is true, the real question should be whether there is a correlation between the acquisition of actual knowledge and loss of religious faith. For example, there are quite a number of degree programs these days which consist wholly of complete and utter crap, within which there is not a single word of actual, real-world knowledge that would be applicable in any setting other than some academic circle-jerk. Categories like "Women's studies", "Black studies", "Chicano studies", etc. would fall into this category. In these colleges, nothing is real; it is all pure propaganda and indoctrination. There is no knowledge there that is applicable in the real world. Therefore, since the thrust of the degree is political indoctrination, it is easy to see how such indoctrinated people would be less likely to resist the anti-religious elements of the indoctrination the longer they are exposed to it.

What I would find fascinating is what correlation there is between years of hard science and religious faith. For example, whether those who pursue a physics graduate degree and do real work in the area are less likely to have religion. From my understanding, many have begun to believe in God after studying the universe, or have had their faith strengthened. I emphasize the term "real work", because those who simply acquire the degree and then turn around and teach never progress beyond the spoon-fed pablum that they got from whichever professional academic was their instructor, whereas those who do real work in the field learn and grow beyond the mediocre limits of academia, and the inherent social bias.

[Cronos]

Not necessarily — it depends on the subject. Many scientists such as Einstein were religious