Posted on 03/03/2014 7:09:36 PM PST by SeekAndFind
The media often portrays scientists and Christians as incapable of peaceful coexistence. But results from a recent survey suggest the two are not as incompatible as one might think. In fact, 2 million out of nearly 12 million scientists are evangelical Christians. If you were to bring all the evangelical scientists together, they could populate the city of Houston, Texas.
Sociologist Elaine Howard Ecklund and her colleagues at Rice University and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) reported results from the largest study of American views on science and religion at the association's annual conference in Chicago on Sunday, February 16. More than 10,000 people, including 574 self-identified as scientists, responded to the 75-question survey. Among the scientists, 17 percent said the term "evangelical" describes them "somewhat" or "very well," compared to 23 percent of all respondents.
Ecklund first became interested in studying religious people's perceptions of science after a conversation one Sunday morning at a church in Upstate New York. She was attending the church as part of a research study she was conducting for her master's thesis on religion and family life. Upon learning Ecklund attended Cornell University, a woman told her she hoped her daughter would not decide to go there.
And why not?
"She said, 'I'm really scared that when she gets onto campus, that she'll take science classes," and the atheist scientists will convince her to abandon her faith, Ecklund recalled.
At that moment, Ecklund decided that at some point in her career, she would conduct a large study to determine if this view is typical of evangelicals—and whether members of other religious groups feel the same way.
(Excerpt) Read more at christianitytoday.com ...
|
Religion |
% All Respondents |
% Scientists |
|
Evangelical Protestants |
22.9 |
17.1 |
|
Mainline Protestants |
26.9 |
24.9 |
|
Catholics |
23.8 |
19.1 |
|
Jews |
1.9 |
3.9 |
|
Mormons |
1.8 |
1.7 |
|
Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jains |
2.6 |
7.2 |
|
Atheists/Agnostics/No Religion |
15.5 |
24.4 |
|
Something Else |
4.7 |
1.7 |
|
|
% Evangelicals |
% Evangelical Scientists |
|
Attend weekly religious services |
42.4 |
54.2 |
|
Consider myself very religious |
44.1 |
51.2 |
|
Read religious tests weekly |
40.5 |
46.8 |
|
Pray several times a day |
54.7 |
55.6 |
There is no man made global warming . It is a farce to gain control of free enterprise. Crush that concept.
Not a scientific survey but just my personal observation from working in Academia; if you want to see atheist then go to the English Department or the Social Sciences.
If you really want to find unbelievers go to the Library Faculty
(I am a library cataloger so I can say this fairly)
The hard sciences are very logical and pragmatic, as is a serious relationship with The Creator.
Oh Tester, please spare us this day from Your Tests...
Intersting....
“No real Scotsman...”
But how can a Creation believing evangelical Christian be a scientist?
IE, the MRI doesn’t exist because the inventor believes in young earth creationism.
Very interesting....
Also interesting is how the powers that be [PTB] are promoting far more non-christian faiths as scientists as well as atheists.
PTB are never content to not mess with the goalposts...
YEC has nothing to do with developing the technology needed for making the MRI.
Thanks for the ping!
I know... figured you’d get the sarcasm.
You hear this all the time, though, that young earthers can’t be scientists “because they reject science”.
It’s pretty staggering, and yet they consider themselves the *smart* ones.
Go figure......
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