Tópico: Entre cientistas, arreligiosidade vem de casa ?

[APODman]

Talvez não seja por acaso que a ICAR está empenhada em trazer os jovens de volta a igreja.

Science Not to Blame for Non-Religious Scientists

By Dave Mosher, LiveScience Staff Writer

Scientists are less religious than the general population, a new study shows, but the reason has little to do with their study of science or academic pressures. The findings challenge notions that science is responsible for a lack of faith among researchers, indicating that household upbringing carries the biggest weight in determining religiousness.

"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," said Elaine Howard Ecklund, a sociologist at the University at Buffalo and co-author of the study.
"It is important to understand this, because we face religious-scientific controversies over stem-cell research and evolution,” Ecklund said today.

Detailed in the latest issue of the journal Social Problems, the study is based on a survey of 1,646 scientists at 21 elite research universities and in-depth interviews with 271 of the scientists. Specifically, the survey contacted researchers specializing in physics, chemistry, biology, sociology, economics, political science, psychology and other fields.

Ecklund said nearly 75 percent of the subjects responded, which she said is extremely high for a faculty survey.
So why are scientists less religious? The data indicate that being raised in a religious home is the best predictor of how religious someone will be—scientist or member of the general population.
For general population information, Ecklund used data from the 1998 and 2004 General Social Survey (GSS), which is a national survey conducted by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago. Ecklund then compared the data to the scientists’ set, which was modeled after the GSS.
Among the study’s findings:

- 52 percent of scientists surveyed said they had no religious affiliation, compared with only 14 percent of the general population.

- Of the religious scientists, however, 15 percent identified themselves as Jewish compared to 2 percent of the religious general population.

- 14 percent of the general population described themselves as "evangelical" or "fundamentalist.” Less than 2 percent of scientists, however, identified themselves as either of these.

Curiously, younger scientists were more likely to believe in God and attend religious services than older scientists. If these young and religious scientists continue to stay religious, Ecklund said, "it could indicate an overall shift in attitudes toward religion among those in the academy."

fonte: http://www.livescience.com/history/070629_religious_scientists.html

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[uiliníli]

O texto sugere que é a falta de fé que leva as pessoas à ciência, e não a ciência que leva à falta de fé, o que não deixa de fazer sentido. Mas eu não sei, essa afirmação de que há mais religiosos entre os cientistas mais jovens do que entre os mais elhos pode indicar que com o o tempo eles largam a religião, e não necessariamente que está havendo uma mudança, como quer o autor.

[Fernando Silva]

Eu sempre gostei de ciência, desde criança, apesar de católico. Minha fé não interferia em nada.
Deus era apenas o criador e não ficava interferindo o tempo todo, a não ser em caso de milagres.
O resto do tempo, o que valia eram as leis da física (embora criadas por Deus).
Cabia à ciência estudá-las.

[APODman]

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Grande Fernando Silva sumido !

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[Fernando Silva]

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Grande Fernando Silva sumido !

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